Will VGC wait for November NPD before releasing the next week's numbers?

[vivster]

starcraft said:

vivster said:

How was this handled in recent years?

I realize that it's pretty tough to track the sales in that week and would totally understand for them to wait for proper numbers to avoid massive adjustments.

I always find this wording strange.

Certainly I think its reasonable to assume that NPD has a lower margin of error than VGC, particularly on software.

But it is still a sample extrapolation-based service!

Sorry was badly worded. That's not a general statement about VGC's numbers. I just mean that VGC will have to gather a lot of credible data for this week to make a good estimate. It's probably harder this week than any other week in the year because you can't really rely on static trends that much. That's why you would need to gather more than usual data(without NPD) to make a confident statement.