The one thing that stood out to me was, he mentioned that he got a quite impressive answer.
" I asked Brett Walton his methodology, and he gave me the following, quite impressive answer:"
Including:
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- Sampled direct sell-through data
- plenty of statistical analysis, regression calculations, market projections"
But he didn't seem to understand the answer or refuses to, because:
"It's a reasonable figure, of course, because the VGChartz folks are smart people. But it's not a real figure. It's a educated guesstimate"
So, VGC guesstimates, but he would 'extrapolate' (ie do a fancier guessestimate)
"But if I was a writer or analyst trying to extrapolate significant information from the resource, especially regarding those titles which don't chart regularly, given the major discrepancies with other figures shown here, I would not recommend it."
Torturing the numbers. Hear them scream.
