Wikipedia vs VGChartz, which one is more accurate?

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HomokHarcos on 14 September 2015

I know that both of them are probably wrong and have errors, but these are the lists for the top 10 best-selling PS1 games, and then PS2 for each website.

PS1

Wikipedia
10.Metal Gear Solid
9.Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
8.Tomb Raider II
7.Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone (seriously?)
6.Final Fantasy VIII
5.Tekken 3
4.Resident Evil
3.Gran Turismo 2
2.Final Fantasy VII
1.Gran Turismo

VGChartz
10.Metal Gear Solid
9.Driver
8.Crash Bandicoot
7.Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
6.Tekken 3
5.Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
4.Final Fantasy VIII
3.Gran Turismo 2
2.Final Fantasy VII
1.Gran Turismo

PS2

Wikipedia
10.Kingdom Hearts
9.Final Fantasy XII
8.Tekken 3
7.Final Fantasy X
6.Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
5.Grand Theft Auto III
4.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
3.Gran Turismo 4
2.Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
1.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

VGChartz
10.Kingdom Hearts
9.Medal of Honor: Frontline
8.Need for Speed Underground 2
7.Need for Speed Underground
6.Final Fantasy X
5.Gran Turismo 4
4.Grand Theft Auto III
3.Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
2.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
1.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Looking at these, which one do you think is closer the actual lists

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Clyde32 on 14 September 2015

Depends, does Wikipedia site their sources?

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RenCutypoison on 14 September 2015

On final fantasy VIII for PS1 on wikipedia, the first difference in the OP, citation is needed it seems.
I'd say VGchartz, but really, both are unreliable sometimes.

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XanderXT on 14 September 2015

Nobody ever bothers to update Wikipedia anymore, so I'll go with VGChartz.

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ice on 14 September 2015

Title should be "Wikipedia vs VGChartz, which one is more inaccurate?"

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Azhraell on 14 September 2015

Vice city shows up twice on the wikipedia list so yeah... I'm going with vgc LOL

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Ultrashroomz on 14 September 2015

iceland said:
Title should be "Wikipedia vs VGChartz, which one is more inaccurate?"

LOL

This.

"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

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outlawauron on 14 September 2015

BraLoD said:
VGC software sale numbers are pretty innacurate, so I pick none.

For old shipment data? Please.

People can rag on VGC for all of the recent information, but nearly all of the older sales information is correct as there's easily available shipment data.

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pleaserecycle on 14 September 2015

The Wikipedia numbers are accurate as of whichever date the cited article was published.

VGChartz numbers mostly appear out of thin air. I'm not saying they're inaccurate though... just that we have no way to test their credibility.

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