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BengaBenga on 23 June 2008
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mrstickball said:
BengaBenga said:

mrstickball,

I have to say, working in an industry that's a lot bigger than the games industry, that sometimes you make decisions based on estimated guesses. I wish I had something like VGChartz in what I do. That wouldn't mean I wouldn't hire some high-payed consultants anymore, but it would mean I could do more myself AND have a better view on what the consultants are doing for their money.
Sometimes an investment decision has to be made in a very short time, so you don't even have the time to wait on 3rd party figures.

Now, I'm not saying that VGChartz should be the main vg data supplier for the vg industry, but you can believe me that a lot of people in other businesses would often be happy with a free market analysis of 3% coverage.

 

 I am not arguing that what VGC is doing, for a free service, isn't great. They're doing a great job. But again, you shouldn't be surprised that you get ripped once in awhile by NPD, Gamasutra, or other publications that aren't quite...Free.

I've been a member of this site for almost 2 years now. It's a wonderful site, and I've always loved what Brett, and the others of the website have done over the past 2 years. But again, you can't kid yourself on what it is. My only hope is that VGC can get enough revenue, and cout to throw it's weight around, and get more retailers in on their extrapolations.

Yeah, I feel you.

What I'm trying to say, and what I really miss in all the discussions of late, is that there is another side to the story. Sure VGC should strive to get a higher coverage. But all around everyone is glorifying a maximum coverage, while what I notice in my job is that quite often the time constraint is much higher then the quality constraint. Especially in investment decisions. That's why I thought Passarella's article was so good, because he's having the same kind of decisions to make. But despite that, the anti-boys were screaming that the data quality is too low. What's the problem? People who are actually in business, like Pachter and Passarella, have no problem with VGC data. They are professionals and know how to use low-coverage data.
If those guys don't have a problem with it, I don't see why so many gamers should.