Jabbamk1 said:
OMG, you guys. I can't stop laughing.
If you don't know I'm a massive musou fan. I was just browsing Chartz (because one of the users releases COMG Japan pre order numbers there in an easy to read format) and decided to take a look at the numbers they were putting out. Then I noticed the image below-
It shows that "Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires" was the 45th best selling game of the week ending Jan 31st in the USA. Just ahead of Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor.
Except there is just one issue. THE GAME DOESN'T COME OUT TILL THE END OF FEBRUARY! So how the hell have chartz "tracked" this game to place it as the 45th best seller of that week.... when the game hasn't even been released.
I really can't stop laughing at how people keep trusting chartz and posting their numbers as if it's gospel. This is just another bit of proof that chartz make up their numbers....The game was delayed from the date listed on chartz yet they haven't fixed it and have still released "tracked" numbers claiming it's the 45th best seller..... Unbelievable.
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Nice catch there.
It happened twice in May 2014. First they tracked sales of Spiderman (XOne) even though the game was delayed for two weeks.
Then they tracked Borderlands 2 for Vita much higher than Vita sales, even though it was impossible to buy a game standalone, it was only available in a bundle. Yet they showed about 50,000 units difference.
Until then, I had taken VGC numbers more seriously, but after that I consider them all just a guess. They have since overtracked PS4 software sales by more than 10 million units, and not a single month has passed that they haven't been forced to reevaluate their numbers in light of official reports.
Sometimes they guess better than other times, but that is all it is - a guess. And shouod be used only as a material for discussion between official announcements.
