Viper1 on 19 June 2008
I remember when I first entered into video game journalism I contacted NPD about purchasing their monthly video game data. I was told they don't sell the data to the media and the cost is ~20k (though they offer the top 10 for free to major media outlets).
VGC's free dissemination of data is a stark contrast to my first professional encounter with NPD. Their entire video game sales market hinges on the validity of VGC as a provider of sales data.
Media Create, Famitsu, Chart Track, GfK, Dataspelsbranschen, etc...would do well to not follow the folly of NPD and work with VGC.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
