vivster said:
Yes but what good does it to ioi? If he had a schedule he would be more busy explaining delays than actually doing charts. |
A schedule is for the visitors. IOI doesn't have to do it just to make us happy, but to keep us hooked on the site.
Suppose that someone new discovers this website and really likes what he sees. He decides he'll come back the next tuesday when the EMEA numbers are added.
Tuesday: Nice, the new EMEA numbers. Interesting, I really wonder what has happened in Japan, I'm coming back tomorrow to check them out.
Wednesday: Same as yesterday, I don't want to miss the NA numbers tomorrow!
Thursday: Cool, Seeing all the data collected in a global chart. I'm gonna create an account so I can discuss about the numbers on the forum.
Friday-monday: I'm really hooked to the interesting discussions about the numbers, I'm coming back each day to discuss about them and post about my favourite game/console/whatever. VGCHartz just got a new regular user.
So this guy has been visiting for a few weeks. He logs in on a random tuesday, eager for the new EMEA numbers.
Tuesday: Oh, no numbers, that's strange. I'll come back tomorrow to check them out.
Wednesday: Huh, still no numbers! But they'll be there tomorrow, IOI will probably upload everything in one day.
Thursday: Still no numbers, what's going on?
So he decides to check in now and then, yet there are no numbers. He doesn't post on the forum as much, simply because there are no new numbers to discuss about. He comes back a few times next week, just to check if the numbers are there. But they aren't.
Twoo weeks later he checks once, and numbers still aren't there. This person has just lost interest in the site.
Even if wouldn't be this bad, keeping to a schedule results in people knowing what to expect. Not keeping it will result in people not visiting the site as often as they could. Obviously this schedule needs to be realistic so IOI can keep to it.
