| MaskedBandit2 said: You're right. I do have common sense, which is why I'd never pay for VGCPro even if I had the money to do so. Just because it's free, doesn't mean I can't offer criticism about the methodology and the presentation however. To me, there is large dissonance between what they think they are doing and what they actually are doing - at least in terms of how it's presented. And like I said, it's crazy how they publish the precise numbers as they do. From my understanding, they collect data (if any at all) for a particular game or platform, run it through some equations to extrapolate on regional levels, and then publish whatever number they come up with. The problem is, what is there starting data and how can they possibly estimate out to the nearest unit. Just as example, there is no noticable difference between their reported sales of 158,346; 158,907; 159,623; 160,721; or 161,914. None, and it likely goes further out than that. What is the starting data they have here between these kinds of sales, and how much of the slight difference is just statistical noise? How can they possibly say one game sold more than the other here and rank them? I'll bring it up again because the response was not satisfactory - there should be no reason to publish to the nearest unit when you state they are estimates. The only difference between publishing 158,346 and 160k is that one number is precise and appears correct and exact while the other is rounded off, appearing much more of an estimate (which it is) with reasonable doubt attached (which there should be). And that's one main reason why the numbers they publish are misleading. |
I get where you're coming from, I just don't see your need to constantly point out the site's shortcomings and dump on it for the rest of us, and then demand some kind of explanation.
At least for me, the rankings and the subsequent meltdowns and debates are 99% of the reason I come here. Pure entertainment :)
Why are you here? If it's for official and exact numbers, then I fear you're in the wrong place. Go with the flow, or get out of line dude!
