kirby007 said:
thismeintiel said:
kirby007 said:
I'm not debating his points, i'm just saying the NPD is gospel is getting old, since they do exactly the same as VGC,
Eventho they might be more accurate even they do adjustments
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I wish people would knock this BS off. NPD DOES NOT do exactly what VGC does. NPD gets real, exact data from the majority of retailers and then estimates the smaller ones. VGC gets very little info and goes off of historical patterns. Sometimes it works, sometimes they are WAY off. There is a reason companies use NPD and VGC adjusts their numbers to reflect NPD.
This site is great for what it is. And it's older numbers are great for reference, as they have already been adjusted to be in line with official trackers and shipment numbers. But let's quit trying to downplay NPD just because you don't like the numbers.
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ehm so they both get a certain amount of data and they both extrapolate how is that different? AND PLEASE READ FOR ONCE I"M NOT DEBATING THAT IN ACCURACY NPD > VGC
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VGC gets most of their data from polling customers and retailers, then adjusting their estimates looking at past trends. Like I said, sometimes this works, sometimes they are way off. NPD doesn't poll retailers, at least not the vast majority of them, they actually get to see the monthly sales data from these stores.
