September 2014 NPD Thread! Everything is up!

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mornelithe said:

Arkaign said:
ioi can't share NPD without getting sued, otherwise people would resell NPD data like crazy.

Data is their entire business and they take it VERY seriously.

Things will go on, VGC will estimate and correct as possible, NPD leaks will come out and be further distilled through the PR statements of the major players. There will be good months for clarity, and not so good months.

Hopefully, someday the silliness of trying to hide all of this information ceases.

If it can be monetized, and proven profitable, there's no reason for them to change.

I'd venture to guess that companies requested from NPD to make the data private, as they didn't want to publicly disclose figures they don't want disclosed (particularly if they happen to be unflattering).