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Declan said:

I'm mad that my favorite console isn't leading in Japan this week/this month/LTD.  Obviously that means VGChartz is dishonest in their reporting of numbers.

 

 Fixed.



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Torillian said:
Declan said:

My suspiscion is that they're just made up based on what Media Create and Famitsu publish.  If they used their own independent samples, there's no way the numbers would always come out so close to the others.

Couldn't that same thing happen if all the numbers were fairly accurate and close to the true value of sales for that week?

not only this, but VGChartz has the japan preview, which is based off of 1 stores sales. Since they get that stores sales ealiest they do the preview. Sure it isn't very accurate compared to when all the numbers come in, but it is something.

Also, VGChartz used to publish their Japan numbers before Famitsu and Media Create, but since then has changed the order around so it is now typically Others, NA, Japan, so Japan usually comes in on Thursday now.

So obviously VGChartz generates their own numbers.




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@Carl

Yes they are. But suppose I created a thread every week with my own Japan numbers which were nothing more than a mix of Famitsu and Media Create - they would be accurate too. But pointless.



Derek said:
Declan said:

I'm mad that my favorite console isn't leading in Japan this week/this month/LTD.  Obviously that means VGChartz is dishonest in their reporting of numbers.

 

 Fixed.

as log as it isnt a wii flamebait. LOL.

 



And Derek, that's just poor.



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i think VGC has the best #s on the www they have Sw #s also and they update weekly the reason Y there so close is so i can make my will ps3 beat the wii and make it ? in a row threads and look good wen im right

@ Declan wat do u think the #s should look like for this week



                                                             

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Declan said:
@Carl

Yes they are. But suppose I created a thread every week with my own Japan numbers which were nothing more than a mix of Famitsu and Media Create - they would be accurate too. But pointless.

Nobody would give 4 flying fucks about your numbers though.

VGChartz is a sales website. And the sales are accurate... i really dont see a problem.



                            

@ pretty much everyone: I think Declan already corrected himself and stated that he considers it poor by VGC to merely mimick the numbers of other sources, while that doesn't really happen with Euro - US numbers. It's the "look, we have our own Japan numbers... which seem just to stem from Famitsu - Media Create"-vibe he doesn't appreciate apparently.

note that I do not comment on the validity of the statement above :p



This thread doesn't make any sense?

Your saying VG Chartz numbers should be completely different from everyone elses numbers?



Wait, so even though the numbers aren't a mix of MC and Famitsu, and we already know that they get data from at least a few stores, you think they're fake?

What kind of conspiracy theorist are you?

You have nothing to base this on.



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