ioi said:
TWRoO said:
To ioi and future changes: Put the console sales graphs back and I'll find out where you live and come give you a hug, or maybe buy a t-shirt from gamrprint.
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You mean the hardware comparison graph?
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The major reason I was hardly here during most of 2010 and 2011 is because they dissapeared, I vaguely remember there was some promise of improved graph features when the old graphs were taken down even before VGC3.0, I didn't really understand why the old ones were taken down in the meantime but when the neat graphs for game sales were added I thought the hardware return (and improvement) was just around the corner.
Perhaps you intend graphing features to only be available on VGC Pro, which I can understand certainly for games as VGCPro is apparently meant for developers and investors etc, but unless you expect the big 3 themselves to be interested in VGC Pro I don't think investors/publishers/devs are particularly bothered about hardware figures except for general trends that can be easily followed by looking at the weekly numbers anyway.
TBH I'd actually be satiated with being able to graph a single consoles weekly sales in the 3 major regions NA, EU and Other. (or 4, not really sure what to do with Japan myself, as it's definately an important market but it's comparatively small nowadays).
If it returned like it was at the end of VGC1.0s life then I would actually hold my promise and buy a t-shirt (having a tough time deciding between Mario, Zelda and Portal though)
ie: the ability to compare 3 different sales lines (EU PS3 vs. UK Wii vs. AU DS for example, even though that would be a useless comparison in itself) for both weekly sales as well as from launch, and control the start and end dates like we used to.
If you can improve on the old system (more sales lines at once, more intuitive system) then I'll probably be back here like I used to be (though I have been quite active these last few months) especially as with the 3DS and Vita there is something new and exciting to compare with the graphs.