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Adinnieken on 11 May 2012
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kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:

That's just a strawman arguement, in this case the percentile change doesn't show how much vgchartz has overtracked the 360 compared to the ps3 any better then just posting the actual numbers.

This month in america vgchartz has overtracked the 360 by 52,000 which is 22% overtracked.

The ps3 is overtracked anything from 22,000 to 54,000 which is 11%-32% overtracked.

Using the actual real numbers the gap of overtracking is either roughly the same or in the Ps3's favour. Using the Percentile numbers it could be above, below or the same and nobody has a clue.

I think we have a clue....

But more importantly, the 360 has 47% market share which represents a very good place to be going forward.  This NPD looks bad for all but CLEARLY it looks better for MS than anyone else in the home console market.

The problem here is that the NPD numbers are just the United States and VGChartz tracks the entirety of the Americas.  There's no way to gauge whether or not VGChartz over or undertracks until the quarterly reports, at which point we then go into the Shipped vs. Sold debate.

VGChartz numbers are guidance, they aren't the last word in sales.  For people to base their fanboy dedication on the numbers that VGChartz comes up with is like beliviing in an all-powerful being that lives in the sky.  VGChartz numbers are one thing, one guide.  NPD numbers are another guide, albeit a more accurate guide to a more specific market.

I would liken the NPDs to a Frommer's Travel Guide.  It may not provide you with everything you could possibly do in a country, but it provides the most accurate picture of what is available to do.  Where as VGChartz is like using the Internet as a travel guide.  You're going to get a lot more information, some of it great, some of it not so great.  It's only as accurate as the sources it has available to it, so you get what you pay for.