pezus said:
Adinnieken said:
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.
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VGChartz does track USA seperately, just like NPD.
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When did they start doing that?
