ioi speaks out about ergh "VGC analysts"

[Zod95]

Max King of the Wild said:

Zod95 said:

Max King of the Wild said:

And years ago a developer (forgot which one) said that people shouldn't take VGC seriously because VGC numbers of their games were way off. I want to say it was Factor 5/Free Radical or something. That was the begining of when I started to stop taking SW sales to mean anything.

Ok Max, then please tell me: in your opinion, what does VGChartz do differently from its "competitors" (similar services like Media Create, Famistu, Box Office Mojo, BARB, etc.) that makes it exceptionable/unreliable and why such differences are key to the reputation and credibility of the system?

What do they do differently? They report in territories they have absolutely no data for because they try to report global numbers. Their competitors report in specifc markets. Their competitors have much more resources (man power, money and data) for smaller areas.

You raised 2 important issues:

1 - "They report in territories they have absolutely no data"

2 - "Their competitors have much more resources"

So I have 3 questions for you:

1 - How do you know they report in territories they have absolutely no data?

2 - How do you know the resources of VGChartz?

3 - How do you know that, given the resources VGChartz has at disposal, there can't be a way to use them in order to get results as accurate as its competitors?