December 2015 NPD Thread! PS4 and XBO exclusives LTD up!

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Aquamarine said:

Thank fucking NeoGAF moderation for permabanning my friend NPD George / NDP Mulcair.

George / Mulcair is from The NPD Group. He's my contact at the agency in Port Washington. I helped him set up an account and actually was able to convince NPD that it was a good idea to help out GAF / other sites with some official information starting with October 2015 NPD.

But apparently that piece of shit admin Stumpokapow decided to ruin a perfectly good thing and permaban my friend because they got into their stupid little heads that he was "my alt account" which doesn't make any sense. I set up his profile on my computer and then told him the login and password because he's not very good with forums, and apparently that's "proof of an alt account" despite him clearly being a very different poster than I was.

I tried to get back on NeoGAF in the past...I reached out to the mods to be unbanned at multiple points...but they have completely ignored me. So I thought bringing George to GAF could act as a good replacement for data so everyone didn't always have to rely on leaks.

But apparently the arrogance and elitism of the NeoGAF moderators knows no bounds, and they'd rather stick to their draconian ways instead of getting more of a good thing. So you know what? Fuck them. We're done.

We all think it's utterly ridiculous that they're acting like children. This incident has really soured our opinion of the forum. But hey, what can you do? NeoGAF is really going downhill. I'm finally starting to understand why there is so much hatred against them on the Internet.

I have nothing against Chartz forums or any of you guys. NPD used to be really draconian last year so I was pressured pretty hardcore into trying to stop leaks but they've got new management lately that has been more open towards sharing tidbits of data (like hardware), hence the existence of NPD George / NDP Mulcair. This incident will probably close everything down again, which sucks.

If I can leak something here in the future with the permission of NPD I will, but it's probably unlikely.

I always thought it was a smart move from NPD to start sharing little tidbits of data. NPD gained relevancy although unofficially but still it was them directly who was now leading the discussion of software/hardware sales. In the past NPD numbers were total guesswork and because of that those numbers ended up being twisted and false after going through several websites.

NeoGAF has some deep rooted issues and I've seen a lot of people "wake-up". At first the forum makes you feel it is a place for open discussion and opinion. However the discussion is under subtle political direction and certain unpopular/unwanted opinions are silenced. In a way NeoGAF does not allow a person to have "bias", which is ridiculous since it is natural to humans and nobody can escape it completely. Strict moderation policy has only given birth to the same problems we have in our society. Those few in power cannot remain objective and cannot be touched. But that is only my opinion and those problems are real only because I wish NeoGAF would be different. Everything about NeoGAF makes sense if you just think about it as business.

 

VGChartz on the other hand allows a lot more freedom in all fronts and thus "users" remain their individuality to a much higher degree.