CosmicSex on 30 November 2014
| Ninsect said: The way this firm gathers data is highly flawed. 1. Most IMPORTANTLY it requires buyers to get a smartphone app and upload pics of their purchase. Does this correlate with realworld sales at all? The firm has to do the convincing. 2. It only "tracks" 2 retailers, one of which is Target, the only retailer that had the best XB1 deal by far (practically $280 with 2 games). 3. If the above isn't enough to shake your belief, just look at the games list posted above. Do you really believe GTA got outsold by the likes of The Evil Within, FIFA 15 and The Lego Movie Videogame by up to 2:1 and more? |
Actually they require you to upload a receipt which basically means online sales are largely untracked. Also, the Shaperoo and Receipt apps incentivize scanning with points and rewards that are used to promote specific brands according to their site so the bias is literally built in. I made purchases on Friday but I didn't scan my receipts with a app so I quite literally don't exist in this sample.
