Makes sense.  Is there a source that backs this up or a case where they ever stopped during the year? 

Also is the Wii still tracked? 

look at the gaf media create threads. famitsu / media create randomly stopped at the end of 2014.

but the npd group isn't like them. back in the day (like 10 years ago) we used to get leaks of like....the n64 sold 3 consoles in jan. 2005...things like that.

it's proof that the npd group never stops tracking anything.

It's funny how you can be so right and so wrong while making a single point. Your fundamental flaw is that buying a kinectless sku doesn't prevent you from ever playing kinect games, if you ever decide that just dance is a must have game you can go buy a kinect and you are sweet. With 3DS if you already own the old version you can't go out and buy a clip on device to make it able to play N3DS only games, you have to buy a whole new 3DS.

However I agree that N3DS should be regarded as the same gen product and counted together. But I think any company that does a hardware refresh mid-gen making the previous hardware unable to play all future game releases is being an arsehole dick wanker. This applies to any company that does this not just Nintendo. 

Over on GAF we only really care about PS4, XB1, Wii U, and 3DS so we can do our prediction game. Cream throws in Vita for the fuck of it, and if they're feeling generous, will throw in other systems.

He only did a pie chart for the home consoles this time right? So he didn't leak handheld info at all.

this month creamsugar leaked the home console pie, and he also leaked psv <30k, psvtv >30k

so yes, he did leak more than just the home consoles.

i'm just wondering if this will be the new norm now that aqua's gone and all the other npd insiders on gaf have been scared off except for creamsugar.

We got Vita < 30k and PSTV > 30k

Funny thing is, NPD would still get paid by big companies to track the data even if they published the hardware and top 10 software for free. NPD would say if u don't pay we don't track. And they would pay. And NPD can also copyright their data making re-publication by gaming media something they have to pay for. I think its the paying customers who want to be able to control PR that have demanded tighter non-disclosure conditions so they can control the narrative and spin around how their products are doing.

if so, then why aren't they doing shit in japan?

for example: xbo is an absolute failure in japan. that's horrible pr. why doesn't microsoft do anything in japan to limit public disclosure of data?

i think that's a minor part of it, but i think it's much more that they're excessively greedy because of their monopoly situation.

media create faces off against famitsu for clients, so they have an incentive to be more liberal with data disclosure.

but npd is all on its own in usa tracking. we really need someone to step up and be a competitor.

it could be a perfect evolution for vgchartz. instead of relying so much on algorithms, ioi, go sign a deal with the major usa retailers and give them some real competition.

maybe then they would start publishing the hardware + top 10 software like they used to.

He shares Vita because it is 8th generation...

And yes GAF doesn't care about 7th generation anymore... well me too.