| Seece said: 3. US is 90% of NA market, we're talking neglible numbers here, it doesn't really matter. (http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41672/USA/) 24k. The fact NPD never adjusts, the big 3 use the numbers (and likely communicate shipments with them) and that they're a multimillion dollar company that track a lot of things at retailer should tell you it's the more reliable tracker, by far. I don't care to argue this though, the industry and majority accept NPD numbers, if you wanna hang on to VGC's because they paint a better picture, have at it. |
10% is a significant difference, definitely not negligible.
And the fact that NPD never adjusts is actually a problem, in my view. As a mathematician and scientist, I naturally distrust any statistically-derived result that does not involve re-analysis of its data based on further information and corrections to the model.
It's funny, by the way, because you could make the same sorts of claims regarding both Famitsu and Media Create, yet they quite often disagree with each other.
Meanwhile, I find it hilarious that you go "if you wanna hang on to VGC's because they paint a better picture, have at it", all the while refusing to correct the title of your own thread to correct for the false claim that WiiU is down YOY in every region. Wii U is up in USA, even using NPD numbers.
