Barkley said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Do you think Minecraft isn't popular in the US? It is. Minecraft is popular everywhere. Minecraft is even popular in Japan, and they rarely buy Western games there. A more likely culprit is that NPD is very uneven from where they collect their sources. Some games include digital and some don't. Even with PC factored in, do they only get data from Steam? Because a lot of people buy Minecraft directly from Mojang.
And if this is all based on revenue, then why aren't games like Fortnite on the list? Isn't the point of using revenue is to compare orthodox console games with Free to Play? But this list obviously doesn't include Free to Play. That is why it's bogus.
The NPD is a shill for certain big Western studios. I'm sure this list is technically accurate in some sense, but not in any sense that I should actually care about. There are so many caveats that the list is basically pointless. The data gets "massaged" by the NPD until it makes certain Western game companies look good like Activision and Rockstar. Where is PUBG? I thought that was a successful game, especially in the US. Why does the NPD split Pokemon into two games while all SKU's of Call of Duty get combined? There are so many questions and caveats that the list is pointless.
That's why I'm saying the list sucks. It might be technically correct, but the list is disingenuous. The data is "massaged" enough that no one should care. If the point is to rank traditional one time purchase games, then Minecraft should definitely be at the top. If the point is to compare revenue, then Fortnite should be on the list. Instead the point seems to be to make Activision look good. "This list was brought to you by Activision."
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Nice conspiracy theory.
As for Fortnite.... microtransactions, DLC, Season Passes and ingame purchases are not included, the list is about game sales, that's it.
For PUBG the NPD are not given digital pc sales figures for this particular game, which is it's biggest platform.
Seems to me that you just hate the games at the top of the list.
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Id say its pretty obvious NPD wants to make certain western devs look better.
During Wii and DS gen Ninty games were dominating the top 10. What do they do to change this? They combine the SKU's for games.
For example they used to list Call of Duty separate for each platform. That way it was easier for them to fall off the top of the list.
Yet they continue to separate Pokemon games when other trackers combine them. Mainly Nintendo themselves
