Proposal: Crowdfunded non-profit sales tracker for the U.S.

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Shadow1980 said:

zorg1000 said:

They didnt say that, they said there is no incentive for companies to give out data like that to the general public so they dont.

What I'd like to know, and what nobody seems willing or able to explain, is why things are so different in Japan. They have three different sales trackers, two of which are still divulging sales figures publicly. And they're video game magazines. Video game magazines! If a couple of video game magazines can track and publish sales in Japan, then why the hell can't anyone compete with the NPD in the U.S.? Why can't IGN or GameSpot or Game Informer do what Famitsu and Dengeki do? Why can't anyone? Is it the retailers being secretive? Does the NPD Group somehow have their loyalty? Or do some people simply assume that with no real backing?

Because NPD probably gives a nice sum to gamestores like Gamestop.