UK Software Charts is a Mess

[MikeRox]

pokoko said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Because game sales are more important. Ya know, since that shows how many copies of a game were actually sold and thus how well it did and how likely dlc/sequels are.

But hey if you just want a chart filled with COD map packs and FIFA points...

I guess you don't know but they're able to do sub charts now.  Technology is crazy.

Look, I get that you only care about one thing but you're hardly everyone and your "more important" is bull.  Revenue is more important than units sold.  That's kind of the point of the OP and why only looking at initial game sales is part of the picture.  It's not about keeping your charts orderly and simple, it's about understanding where the industry is heading and why.

It depends on the purpose of the charts. The Chart Track ones are actually about volume rather than revenue. It's meant to represent what is the "most popular" with the general public.

This is why Minecraft Xbox Edition etc frequently charted even though it's only a quarter of the price of a regular game.

So in that regard, 1000 people spending £1000 on boosters etc on a F2P game wouldn't have the same impact. I guess you could try to do it on number of downloads, however, if it's the same person buying a pack many many times, it's still not representative in the same way.