Does VGC report console sales figures too often?

[Hedra42]

Nadwki said:

Hedra42 said:

Nadwki said:
So the weekly sales numbers may or may not be totally right and users discuss it, that's mostly the point of the site right?

No.

This is mostly the point of the site:

"What VGChartz offers is timely data that isn't meant to be 100% accurate but be in the right range. We don't compete with the likes of NPD, GFK or ChartTrack; we offer a service that is totally different"

"To some users of VGChartz data, knowing that a game sold 7 million copies on day 1 with a margin of +-0.5 million and having that data hours after the end of the day is more valuable than having a more accurate figure two days later. These are the people who understand the idea behind VGChartz and what I am striving to achieve with the service." - ioi

The whole article, from which these excerpts are drawn, is here http://www.vgchartz.com/article/82746/editorial-why-it-is-so-easy-to-blame-vgchartz/

Ok, maybe I am not getting it, but I don't see what I said contradicts anything you posted? 

From the link...

'Our primary goal is to provide independent data that is unavailable elsewhere to enable users to analyse the videogame industry.'

You said that the main point of the site was for weekly sales that may or may not be right, and users discuss it. I inferred from that, that you meant that the main reason VGChartz provides weekly numbers is so that users can discuss them on the forums. I may have misunderstood.

That is a large part of it, and it creates a lively community that is interested in it, but VGChartz offers a paid service which includes much more than is seen and discussed here (as implied by the second exerpt I posted). They don't compete with NPD and the like, and they offer a service which is completely different.

"VGChartz offers a professional data service called VGChartz Pro. If you require any custom analysis, preview data, forecasts or any other bespoke service outside of the scope of what is offered publically on VGChartz, or want to know more about the website then please contact us" http://www.vgchartz.com/methodology.php

There was a page with the logos of some high profile users somewhere on this site but I can't seem to find it...