Mazzy said:
Is there a limit to what or how much you can share? It seems like all the insiders (coincidentally you seeming to be the only exception) speak in riddles and rhetoric when they share numbers. Using obscure shorthand, responding to user questions instead of outright posting numbers, posting unlabeled charts, etc. I imagine NPD would find out regardless since it's the same usual suspects sharing in the same way at the same place month after month.
Does NPD allow only limited amounts of info or do they simply not know who cream, john harker, zhuge, etc. are and these leakers just try to stay out of the spotlight by regulating their leaks? |
I'm allowed to post limited amounts of info as a courtesy (thanks to my contact who was unjustly banned from GAF) because it's completely immaterial to The NPD Group's business and somebody would have leaked it anyway.
Those riddles and rhetoric are all nonsensical...I don't understand why it's still done in this day and age. The NPD Group watches NeoGAF like a hawk, they know every single time someone leaks data from NPD in those threads (like CosmicQueso, John Harker, Creamsugar, etc.) Although that's all unauthorized and obviously if too much gets leaked they're going to be royally pissed off. They'll take legal action against places like NeoGAF if it gets too excessive...they already did that back in 2006 when bunkum released massive amounts of NPD data every month (think HUNDREDS of leaks).
