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kirby007 on 02 July 2008

That way it is easy for VGChartz haters 2 say VGChartz steals the japanese numbers? ( from Famitsu, etc... )

Imo sometimes it does feels that way.

So why not beat them to the punch, and switch the times from the american and japanese numbers.

others, japanese, american

Maybe it isn't possible, but I wondered why I never see someone talking about it ( or I do but then it is in a bad way for VGChartz.... )



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SamuelRSmith on 02 July 2008

I've always wondered why the Japanese charts are always dated a day after the American and Others.



kirby007 on 02 July 2008

if VGChartz would be first, it would generate alot more attention



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nordlead on 02 July 2008

from what I remember, the American and European numbers come in at the same time, and ioi just decided to calculate the European numbers first.

All the Japanese numbers don't come in till later so he does them last. The Japanese preview is based off one of the retailers who submit the numbers earlier in the week.

EDIT: also, ioi lives in the UK, and famitsu was just released today. if ioi releases the numbers today, then they came on the same day, and famitsu just had the benefit of time zone differences.




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DMeisterJ on 02 July 2008

Yeah, I was always curious about that too.



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BengaBenga on 02 July 2008

The preliminary data is always posted on Monday, although not always super acurate VGC does post them first.
In the päst the Japanese data was posted earlier as well, but i think ioi has a strict schedule for the data now.
Since the American data is probably most important for the site (number of hits) I think that's why that's posted first.



alpha_dk on 02 July 2008
BengaBenga said:
The preliminary data is always posted on Monday, although not always super acurate VGC does post them first.
In the päst the Japanese data was posted earlier as well, but i think ioi has a strict schedule for the data now.
Since the American data is probably most important for the site (number of hits) I think that's why that's posted first.

...

Are we thinking of the same America?  The one with Florida and Kansas and stuff?

Or are you thinking of the America with France and Great Britain?



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BengaBenga on 02 July 2008
alpha_dk said:
BengaBenga said:
The preliminary data is always posted on Monday, although not always super acurate VGC does post them first.
In the päst the Japanese data was posted earlier as well, but i think ioi has a strict schedule for the data now.
Since the American data is probably most important for the site (number of hits) I think that's why that's posted first.

...

Are we thinking of the same America?  The one with Florida and Kansas and stuff?

Or are you thinking of the America with France and Great Britain?

 

Yeah, I meant the America with Brussels as its capital and a blue flag with golden stars in a circle...

Seriously though: I meant first between Japan and America. Since ioi lives in Europe it makes sense that he posts those numbers first, since he's closest to the source.



super_etecoon on 02 July 2008

Yep...I'd like to see us beat them to the punch as well.

I'd also like to see a log showing the adjustments made to the numbers and explanations as to why they were adjusted.



kirby007 on 02 July 2008

and i'm pretty certain ( now ) that it will affect the hits in a good way



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