So... Global SW for Aug 8th is up...

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BraLoD said:

Global Top Sellers 08th August 2015
1	3DS	Doubutsu no Mori: Happy Home Designer	187,510
2	3DS	Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad	83,481
3	XOne	Rare Replay	78,024
4	WiiU	Splatoon	74,632
5	PS4	Batman: Arkham Knight	59,677
6	PS4	Grand Theft Auto V	50,297
7	PS4	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35,991
8	3DS	Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	31,032
9	PS4	The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited	28,036
10	X360	Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition	24,090

Still no HW numbers, but ioi is showing some sign of life, so I guess... yeah.

We already have HW numbers up to 29 August. So my question is will we have to wait for SW to catch up to HW (i.e. wait 2 months, from now) for the first September hardware numbers?

Question: Will we get October NPD results before VGC posts it's first September week numbers?

Given the huge lag between hardware and software reporting, it's clear software estimation is becoming increasing difficult and I think a change-up is required on that front. Software should be reported on a monthly basis only with the only weekly report being estimates for sales of newly launched games. The tracking should remain weekly, but reporting should only be monthly. Then, hardware can be reported weekly with much less lag time.

I was just about to post a goodbye thread, well I was going post a goodbye if VGC doesn't post new numbers by 17 October (which would have made it one month since the previous update) thread . I guess I won't be saying goodbye for now. But I am losing interest in this site if it continues to lag in its numbers to this extent. It's coming to the point where we are getting more frequent sales data from more accurate sources (NPD and quarterly company reports), and once we start getting that more reliable data quicker than what VGC puts out it makes VGC irrelevant as a sales tracking website. It is looking almost certain that we will get the quarterly reports before VGC has all of the Sept quarter posted.