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JGarret said:
I can only comment on number 7....she´s pretty average if you ask me haha.

Yes, but would you?



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Yea i confused as well, but sorry to hijack your thread but are we getting numbers today?



BHR-3 said:

Lets get right to it im confused

1 What does America mean its obvious vgc tracks more than just the 50 states what are the other regions? so why call it America and display USAs flag?

2 What regions does Other Europe include?

3 What regions does Other include? (underneath Ausie) in the graphs

4 Is there any regions that are not included in the sales data that you know about that sell consoles and games?

5 Is there any retailers that you know about that are not included that sell consoles and games?

6 I notice that the numbers get adjusted from time to time does this happen at certain times of the year or is it done at random?

7 Why is the attractive looking female at the top of the site only have a mario shirt on couldnt be able to change like the forum bar color when you visit different sections of the site or as time goes on?

1) the americas, this has been stated many many times. Why the US flag? It is the biggest market, and there is no "Americas" flag.

2) Other Europe is the countries in Europe (the continent) that aren't listed individually

3) Other is other countries not included in any of the Americas, Europe, Austraila, or Japan figures.

4) VGChartz estimates worldwide sales, so there are no regions that aren't covered. Sales figures may not be retrieved from all regions, but that is no different than not getting 100% of the sales from Japan and estimating the rest.

5) no, again, VGChartz estimates those retailers it doesn't get numbers from. Just like NPD or Mediacrate

6) there are adjustments every week.

7) VGChartz is Nintendo biased, just like the rest of the world.




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I really don't understand why they don't just give US numbers.  It would really reduce arguments/speculation come NPD day.  But I guess they like for there to be that bit of ambiguity.



theprof00 said:
nightsurge said:
I believe Americas on VGC includes all of North and South America regions. US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, etc (I think).

Eh, Brazil is just getting the ps2, so we shouldn't even worry about that. Chile is probably the same. .... pretty much all of south america now that I think of it.

Are you serious? The system is like 10years old



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theprof00 said:
nightsurge said:
I believe Americas on VGC includes all of North and South America regions. US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, etc (I think).

Eh, Brazil is just getting the ps2, so we shouldn't even worry about that. Chile is probably the same. .... pretty much all of south america now that I think of it.

Really?  My cousin lives in Chile and even has Xbox Live with his 360.



Xbbjf9s said:
theprof00 said:
nightsurge said:
I believe Americas on VGC includes all of North and South America regions. US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, etc (I think).

Eh, Brazil is just getting the ps2, so we shouldn't even worry about that. Chile is probably the same. .... pretty much all of south america now that I think of it.

Are you serious? The system is like 10years old

they are officially getting it. However, they have been importing from the states for a long long time. The official launch is supposed to make the system cheaper for them though. Don't know enough about it to really say much though.




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nightsurge said:
theprof00 said:
nightsurge said:
I believe Americas on VGC includes all of North and South America regions. US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, etc (I think).

Eh, Brazil is just getting the ps2, so we shouldn't even worry about that. Chile is probably the same. .... pretty much all of south america now that I think of it.

Really?  My cousin lives in Chile and even has Xbox Live with his 360.

probably imported, or maybe 360 is actually on sale in chile?

about the xboxlive, it's possible that he can have it even if they aren't on sale there. Who knows... those countries are so hard to track anything.



BHR-3 said:

Lets get right to it im confused

1 What does America mean its obvious vgc tracks more than just the 50 states what are the other regions? so why call it America and display USAs flag?

2 What regions does Other Europe include?

3 What regions does Other include? (underneath Ausie) in the graphs

4 Is there any regions that are not included in the sales data that you know about that sell consoles and games?

5 Is there any retailers that you know about that are not included that sell consoles and games?

6 I notice that the numbers get adjusted from time to time does this happen at certain times of the year or is it done at random?

7 Why is the attractive looking female at the top of the site only have a mario shirt on couldnt be able to change like the forum bar color when you visit different sections of the site or as time goes on?

1. The America section for VGC includes all of North and South America: USA accounts for about 85-90% of it usually, Canada and Mexico are the next greatest parts, the rest is central and South American countries.

2. The rest of Europe

3. The rest of the world (at least those places that actually have official console releases.... many places actually import from a more major region)

4. Not really, all regions are accounted for, there may not be direct data from everywhere for obvious reasons, but small amounts of data and extrapolation and other data tracking methods can help get a relatively accurate estimation for obscure regions

5. None that I know of as I don't know what pure data is collected, but yes there will be many that VGC gets no data for, but again they are still accounted for.... this website works in exactly the same way as NPD and all the other trackers but on a smaller scale (though a wider range of information)

6. Yes, they get adjusted as new data comes in, in theory every adjustment should bring the figures closer to reality (they will never be reality except by crazy fluke... again the same applies for the major trackers)

7. Because the more images you have to load the slower the website runs, it would also invlove paying for the (or a new) model again... this is probably why the designs are not modelled on the GamerPrint website either.



theprof00 said:
JGarret said:
I can only comment on number 7....she´s pretty average if you ask me haha.

Yes, but would you?


Presuming I was single, hell yeah! You should see some of the gals I hooked up with in my 20's. I remember approaching the bartender at my favorite watering hole (oh, and she was something to look at herself) with a gal on my arm and bartender gal says "Well, this one is a lot better looking than that one you were with last weekend, what the hell were you thinking?"