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eyeofcore on 28 December 2013
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Yakuzaice said:
eyeofcore said:

Yes, it is...  You are kinda overreacting with your response... NPD covers only 60-65% of US market.

NPD doesn't have data from 100% of the market, but the numbers they publish are extrapolated out to 100% of the market.  It is very possible for VGC to overtrack hardware.


Can you give me proof of NPD doing that which is unlikely since it would/could damage their credibility. Just because 60-65% market is that way does not mean rest of the market which is not tracked which is 35-40% will have same/similar results as that 60-65% of the market... VGC is making rough estimates that are likely incorrect and I don't cite them as credible source, they have a hit and miss. We will see if they were correct.

Lets wait for official numbers from companies themself...

pezus said:
eyeofcore said:
pezus said:
Calling it now: NPD will show yet again that WiiU+3DS are being overtracked in the US.
Everything else is still a mystery


NPD never showed that Wii U and 3DS were overtracked, you are probably thinking that NPD covers entire North America... NPD does not cover entire USA and they cover 60 to 65% of US retailers so they show 60-65% of US market and not 100% as you probably think.

NPD does not track Toy R Us nor Sam's Club which are one of major retailers so it does not show the complete picture for every console or hardware... So NPD showing Wii U and 3DS being overtracked is impossible and is impossible to overtrack the hardware, you can only undertrack it :P

Huh. You find out something new every day.

NPD estimate sales for the entire US.

What you're saying is that NPD always undertracks hardware and basically that their numbers are meaningless.

We always find out something new every single day, we learn every second of our lives...

NPD covers 60-65% of US retailers and their estimation of entire US is likely in correct since those 35-40% of the market that they don't cover probably does not act the same way and I need a proof that NPD estimates sales for entire USA by looking at their 60-65% of the market that they cover in US only... We are talking about North America and not USA only so you are leaving out Canada and I think Mexico if I stand correct... So NPD is not definitive source of entire NA market, they only look at US.

I don't say that they numbers are meaningless, those 60-65% have a meaning, but what they estimate for rest 35-40% of the market is meaningless as a definitive result of 60-65% of US market. We need to take a look at other companies that track US market, they might have some part or entire part of 35-40% of US market that NPD does not cover.