Is Vgchartz sales numbers reliable ?

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Sleepyprince on 23 November 2013

The simple question is in the title.

Those numbers came from what source ?

Are they pretty much reliable ? Why ?

I'm intersted in it.

Thanks in advance.

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Somini on 23 November 2013

Sleepyprince said:

The simple question is in the title.

Those numbers came from what source ?

Are they pretty much reliable ? Why ?

I'm intersted in it.

Thanks in advance.

The numbers are reliable, though they get less reliable the more recent they get. Of course they also get less reliable if you're looking at very old numbers!

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DanneSandin on 23 November 2013

I'd say they're very reliable after some time has past. They might not be very accurate when the first sales numbers goes up (although, they're probably good enough), but after some adjustments I'd say they're pretty good.

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007BondAgent on 23 November 2013

Nope.

Sorry

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_crazy_man_ on 23 November 2013

Physical retail? Somewhat.

Hardware? Adjustments everywhere

Preorders? Lolz

Luckily the system in flexible and admits when its wrong and adjusts accordingly.

No digital tracking is gonna be the death of this site as a tracker, I see it just focusing on sales everyone else reports (kinda is like that now anyhow).

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kirby007 on 23 November 2013

i'd keep it at sort off

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Boutros on 23 November 2013

VGChartz Methodology

Data-Collection Methodology

All sales estimates on VGChartz are arrived at via a number of proprietrary and ever-developing methods:

Passively polling end users to find out what games they are currently purchasing and playing
Polling retail partners to find out what games and hardware they are selling
Using statistical trend fitting and historical data for similar games
Studying resell prices to determine consumer demand and inventory levels
Consulting with publishers and manufacturers to find out how many units they are introducing into the channel

All data is regularly checked against manufacturer shipments and data released publicly from other tracking firms to ensure accuracy. VGChartz holds no responsibility for the use of our data – any business decisions made are made at your own risk.

http://www.vgchartz.com/methodology.php