A (maybe not so) modest proposal, Re: VGC sales tracking.

[Mummelmann]

mutantsushi said:

Shadow1980 said:

20+% is not "a few." Margins of error like that would be considered unacceptable anywhere else...

I'm sorry, I look at the charts you posted and I see the lines tracking each other very closely, even getting small changes,
while apparently the discrepancy comes in exact scale of peaks for short periods of a month or so.
As you say, VGC isn't believed to be a hyper-accurate source of info, so it is fulfilling expectations of it.

You completely fail to address WHY this needs to change, or what use value is achieved by VGC changing it's ways.
I dont' understand why the VGC approach is inadequate for informative needs of amateur forum goers with an interest.
It is grossly approximating the overall sales picture, as the charts show. What is the need for hyper precision?
Financial professionals pay for access to necessary data for there trade.
If you need/want to function at that level, why wouldn't you use those professional tools like other who need/want it?
What is the outcome of implementing this change? Internet fanbois will suddenly become coherent and rational?

The biggest issue with vgchartz numbers are the enormous margins of error with contemporary numbers, they're quite precise after the fact and after exstensive adjustment. The problem is having a running discussion on running figures if these are very faulty. For instance, the PS4 was overtracked by an insane 40-50% for almost all of Q1 last year, that makes all discussion on its sales for the period worthless with any basis in our own numbers and that's a huge issue. Who wants to come in and discuss numbers months after the sales themselves, or simply spend their time bashing the lack of precision by citing other sources?

That's vgchartz' biggest issue, by far, even more than the soul-destroying ads.