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NintendoPie on 22 July 2012
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ioi said:

The first few items are already being worked on. Some of the other stuff we can do (combining multi-plat etc) but that won't be ready for a while:

Will be ready in the next couple of weeks:

  • HW line charts for multiple platforms spanning a number of weeks (use a date selector for start and end).
  • SW line charts for multiple games. (examples: http://goo.gl/xnymB , http://goo.gl/CX8xz , http://goo.gl/I2UrA ). Not just limited by series. And not only totals in chronological order, but also weeklies.
  • For both cases above, possibility of aligned launch numbers choosing a week start and end, or a date matching one of the items analyzed. By region can be also superimposed. Tabular results would also display (unselectable if needed). The option to use shipping numbers (and/or) against sales numbers would be great (HW only) -> http://goo.gl/beOIA.
  • First week sales analysis of games. (example: http://goo.gl/w32mp ) - had this, easy to bring back.

Tools we can add:

  • Pie charts, column charts, on demand. - what do you mean by this?
  • Sorting functions on the front page totals - which totals?
  • Multiplat groupings checkbox in SW totals. See here for an example -> http://goo.gl/1SBd0 - interesting - this goes into the category of "nice to have but how much would it actually be used". Sometimes the effort required to build these tools exceeds the amount of use they'll actually get. This is a very niche one imo.
  • Ability to compare 1st party games by plat in SW totals -> http://goo.gl/nYpgX (ignore the text, just look at the tables) - again possible but is it that hard to just read it off a chart?
  • The option to combine multi-plat totals in the top-tens rather than having 3+ entries for one same game. - possible
  • The option to remove bundled games if desired. The ability to look at bundle counts and sku counts separately if possible. - we don't flag what is bundled (and some games are partly bundled, partly stand-alone) so this isn't really doable?
  • R&D into digital sales figures. - We have partnerships in place for this so expect to see more in the future.

 

Essentially, you want to see the line comparison tools for hardware and software (by date and launch aligned) - we have those ready it is just a case of doing a final debug and pushing them live.

Ah! Thank Goodness! Just seeing the first few sentences made things better. :D