Gameuberking said:
vivster said:
Gameuberking said:
vivster said:
wary-wallaroo said:
Xeon said:
I think vgchartz has more difficulty accurately tracking PlayStation consoles because PlayStation is available in more markets. This includes smaller ones where it is more difficult to track as accurately. |
Sure, but that doesn't explain why, when actual, real numbers are released, they're so hesistant to update and why to this day they are still rather heavily undertracking the PS4 (and/or overtracking the X1)
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That was explained in length by ioi.
The short version is that you can't just slap more units in countries where you can't verify or at least comprehend where the units are coming from. So he chooses slightly wrong but verifyable numbers over accurate but completely made up numbers.
Of course there are countries where undertracking is verifyable and still not adjusted. I assume that's because of different reasons.
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A smoke and mirrors explanation, as they had no issue leaving undertracked Euro numbers and overtracked US becasue they "canceled" each other out.
Sure they can, they know a few Key markets through official means so its a simply adding the missing numbers to the rest.
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If that explanation is not good enough, what is your take?
Is ioi too stupid or too lazy? Or is he just a troll that is paid by Microsoft?
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Its not. They lack info for their current guesstamates which makes them currently as legit as some posters on here. They havent factored in economic growth in markets and gaming growth world wide and they lack the ability to do so. Extrapolating ww sales from a few markets they know is futile. The formula they have that onced worked is now near useless. They lack ability/sources to even make a decent guess in most ww markets.
Dont know or care, but we all got a bies little or big its there.
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Its not about bias, its about money, why on earth would ioi stop posting numbers even if his formula is wrong of it keeps the site running and making money? They can just adjust to official numbers when they are out. Fanboyism means very little when money is involved. Not that i am claiming he is a fanboy, but just saying even if he was, i doubt he would let it get in the way of making money.
And before i am warned for quote trees, im on my phone, i wont be arsed to trim it when this site is so shitty when it comes to mobile
