April 2014 NPD Thread!

[Shinobi-san]

naruball said:

Shinobi-san said:

 

Yeah i agree. Sorry i was just getting a bit upset and the immature comment from that so called "insider". Absolutely people should call out Vgc, but while doing so, they need to have perspective as to what Vgchartz is. Vgchartz does not proclaim to have perfect tracking, add to that, the numbers are completely free. So yeah...i really dont see why people advocate for it to banned anywhere.

Hasn't ioi commented and said that their estimates are within a 10% margin of error? 10% is completely fine; that's far from the case here. 

Havent seen him throw those exact percentages around in a long time. In any case i dont take what ioi says too seriously. He is the owner of the site so obviously he wants it to do well, i expect him to talk it up. And plus theres been times when Vgc's tracking has been great. So hey, for a free service why not talk it up?

But when you look at Vgchartz objectively i think it becomes clear what the real situation is. It also becomes clear that they have certain limitations etc. and they cant compete with the likes of NPD who must have a significantly larger sample size (at this stage im not even sure if Vgc has a sample at all).

It just takes a little common sense to understand the role Vgc plays. To actively try and get Vgc banned from a social platform is beyond me.