I have been seeing this a lot lately but i was just thinking that mabey they should have something that shows when the numbers are changed. Such as this week the Others numbers were changed big time. Like idk in the news or something post it up there that the numbers have been changed so everyone can know and see it

Just a thought

it happens because one of our data sources sends us data late or one of our data sources that only send data like once a month just sent us new numbers.

yeah i get that part but idk i just think it should be posted when they get changed

It is kind of annoying when they do that this is why I take VG numbers always with a lot of salt.

The numbers are usually within the ballpark of where they will end up. More data simply improves the accuracy.

Anyone "gloating" that, for instance, PS3 sales beat 360 hardware sales - for a given week - by a small amount - needs to get a hold of themselves.

All figures have a given margin of error, so its quite possible the figures could be updated anytime in the future - and the positions reversed.

All data should just be considered "indicative" of real world figures - nothing else. And they get updated all the time, so it doesn't make sense to start a thread (or update) just saying "Numbers have been updated".

It happens....I do like the idea posted by Everstar of a thread/post by the site explaining changes in the numbers. I know you guys have a lot of work running the site (and you all do a fantastic job). This is just an observation/suggestion, keep up the good work.

It would help the site be more transparant. So +1

The numbers are updated almost every week, most of the time only small adjustments. This is why the prediction league doesn't pay out right away and waits 1 week before doing so.

Do you really want a list of 600 things that have changed that week every week? Seems like it would be rather useless. If you just show hardware changes, then people will complain and say VGChartz is hiding its software inaccuracies.

Also, the Site doesn't need transparency, as it is already there. You can see every change made to any item whenever you want. You just have to do some legwork to see it yourself.

Did previous numbers get adjusted? Wii is at 47.6% despite not outselling PS360 in Europe this week but if I recall it was at 47.3 or 47.4 last week. Or maybe I remember wrongly.