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SamuelRSmith on 14 February 2015
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Jabbamk1 said:


That doesn't explain how you can "track" a game which is one month from release and rank it as the 45th best selling game in the USA for that week. Perhaps you missed the fact that THE GAME ISN'T OUT YET!

It explains exactly that.

And don't give me that whole "an estimate from Sony is the same as an estimate from VGChartz". That's a load of bs. 

I didn't say that.

VGChartz quite literally make their numbers up as proved above. You even said yourself that they use no actual data to come to their numbers and just use complete guess work based on trends in order to come up with a definitve number. Companies like NPD and Gfk use 90-95% actual hard data with the rest being an estimate. NPD and Gfk are far more accurate than VGChartz and anyone who says otherwise is deluded. 

Agreed.

And please don't use that condescending attitude with myself. I work for a market research organisation within the telecommunications industry. I know how it works. 

Thanks for the job description. Pretty vague though, I mean, if I saw that on LinkedIn, my first thought would be that you worked as one of those dudes who call me up to do surveys.