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Munkeh111 on 15 November 2010

As seen in the VGC methodology page, their is some simple polling of end users, but there is also tracking through retailers and other stuff; and track record has shown that VGC is roughly right most of the time



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Mr.Metralha on 15 November 2010

The future paid version on VGChartz shall put that kind of people to silence.



DélioPT on 15 November 2010

It`s hard to know how VGC is wrong when numbers haven`t gone public. It didn`t take too long for Activision to show COD: Black Ops numbers... why the hold up?



ymeaga1n on 15 November 2010
Nomad Blue said:
Jordahn said:

So we are to NOT believe VGChartz's numbers, but we are to believe that is costs less than $60 to make one Kinect unit?


Nope.  The cost of the Kinect parts was said to be <$60, but that doesn't mean the cost of one Kinect unit <$60.

Correct sir! Marketing, Labor, Overhead, Depreciation...




Grimes on 15 November 2010

"Drat those VGChartz bastards, they are ruining our dastarly plot to fool the public with our manipulative press releases."

Anonymous Company Executive



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

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NYANKS on 15 November 2010
Grimes said:

"Drat those VGChartz bastards, they are ruining our dastarly plot to fool the public with our manipulative press releases."

Anonymous Company Executive

/Thread.  haha I lol'd, good job.



Spedfrom on 15 November 2010

Could it be that Microsoft is feeling butthurt due to VGChartz recent PS3 adjustments? So this would be the backlash. And it would be immesely childish.



forest-spirit on 15 November 2010

"We have the numbers but we won't show them to you even though it would be the best way to discredit those primitive apes at VGChartz. Please wait for NPD to see the truth."

 

That's my interpretation, and it makes no sense.



Porcupine_I on 15 November 2010
Grimes said:

"Drat those VGChartz bastards, they are ruining our dastarly plot to fool the public with our manipulative press releases."

Anonymous Company Executive

and how many did you really sell now, Mister Company Executive?

 

"lots and lots and more than that"



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

jarrod on 15 November 2010
Kasz216 said:

Er... considering that NPD and their internal trackers are also just polling retailers... I fail to see the difference.

Outside of sample size anyway.

NPD also includes consumer side tracking (ie: polling) in their methodology.  In fact, that's specifically how they cover Wal-mart and Sam's Club.

Hell, NPD had a registered polling base of 1.8m.  They tout it on their site even.