Why do sales matter to gamers?

[Sqrl]

Words Of Wisdom said:

Sqrl said:

The analogy is perfectly legitimate, it almost seems as if you thought some big words would confuse me, sorry to dissapoint if that was the case.

Contrary to what you seem to believe, the subject matter of the "source" in an analogy is not required to be tangential or even related in any way to the "target" subject matter.

The very point of the analogy is to move away from the subject, to something you can relate to more readily. For this added ease of comprehension/illustration you don't always get the perfect analogy.

In any case, you're really only dodging the question, would you like to answer? Of course avoiding the question is itself an answer but I figured I would offer anyways.

I'm avoiding a meaningless question because you can't make the analogy that news is akin to video game sales data alone.

News would be more akin to video game sales data and console updates and release lists and much more.

Some of it is highly relevant: Recent crime in your area akin to the console update coming out tomorrow.

Some is somewhat relevant: A new bill coming to legislation akin to release lists for games coming later on.

Some is mostly irrelevant: The scores for all the local sports games akin to video game sales data.

There are people who are totally into local sports but a majority usually aren't unless they're directly involved (children, friends, participation). Likewise, most gamers don't care about sales data unless they're directly involved (chatting on a sales forum).

And no, I'm not trying to confuse you with "big words" but if they do confuse you I can use smaller ones. ^_^

News is largely information pertaining to the direction of political agendas, sales data is information pertaining to the direction of console agendas. How are you not seeing the validity of that analogy?

You know what forget it, its not worth debating about, particularly given the ironic context. If you don't want to answer the question thats your choice, and it speaks loud enough on its own.