| starcraft said: In recent times, despite VGChartz consistently providing very accurate short and medium term sales estimates for most consoles, the degree of vitriol it attracts for 'guessing,' 'making the numbers up' or for being 'biased' (in favour of any number of consoles!!) has anecdotally increased dramatically. There is some suggestion that this might be a by-product of a new generation starting, which is in some way supported by the majority of vitriol being directed at Xbox One numbers over the last couple of months. |
My understanding has always been VGC tracks hardware sold to consumers, and I think a lot of the confusion revolves around shipment numbers. Shipped != sold. The sticky wicket VGChartz has is finding the difference.
If VGC could show comparisons of how much has been sold to consumers and how much has been shipped to retailers, that'd clear up some of the confusion and antagony. The estimated sell-through rate would undoubtedly cause other arguments though too.
I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016
