VGChartz logic

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BMaker11 said:

burninmylight said:

26. "Anecdotal evidence must be taken as fact if it favours your company of choice!" (credit to Anfebious)

26.1 Your local Wal-Mart/Gamestop/Target/Best Buy is the be-all, end-all, center of the universe, final judge one the health of how well a console sales. If your local store has/doesn't have it, then that is all the evidence we need to reach a verdict on something.

This is the only one I take issue with, everything else was spot on. Everyone keeps dismissing "anecdotal evidence" as just that.....anecdotal evidence.

But VGC is a diverse community. And when people from LA, San Fransisco, San Diego, Houston, San Antonio, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Jacksonville, New York City, Boston, etc. (you get the picture, right? Large markets) are all saying "Console X is sold out at all my local stores, Console Y is always in stock"....that means something. When it's just one guy, sure, take it with a grain of salt. But when it's so widespread, that's gotta mean something

No, it does not have to mean anything lol