The_Liquid_Laser said:
I'm not questioning their numbers or their facts. I am questioning their opinions. In this guy's opinion he stated something relevant. In my opinion it is not relevant. Spider-Man released about 3 months ago, and it just so happens to be the fastest selling game in a niche genre just because we are in the middle of the holiday season.
In fact, this is more the type of statement you'd expect from a company representative or marketer. Reggie Fils-Aime makes statements like this all the time. Like I wouldn't be surprised if he said something like "Super Mario Party is the fastest selling Mario Party ever." It's a BS statement that sounds nice and that is what you'd expect from Reggie. But this "analyst" from NPD is making the same kind of statement. He doesn't sound like an analyst. He sounds like he's marketing for Sony.
I mean, marketers use facts too. But the marketer is going to present the facts in a way that makes their company look the best, so they make statements like this one. The real question is, "Why does this 'analyst' talk like a marketer?"
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There is something very wrong with your statement.
First off, lets et the facts out of the way. Is said game the fastest selling game in said genre? Yes. According to data. But your issue here isn't the data. Its that he shred it as if it were "relevant" information. Something you describe as "their opinions".
Thing about that though, is that its your "opinion" that its not relevant information. Now you want us to take your opinion seriously while its based on the dismissal of someone else's opinion (which in truth isn't even relevant because he wasn't giving an opinion to begin with, because what he said was factual...... no matter how relevant you think it is).
See how that is wrong?
Secondly..... to the 4M plus people that cared enough to buy that game.... and then to the God knows how many people that has ever bought a "niche super hero genre" game before; that information is/may be very relevant to them.
Real questions here are....... why is this a problem for you? Why do you care that an analyst shared record breaking information to the public based on factual accurate data?