Will we get some kind of adjustment based on the NPD numbers?

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jarrod on 13 December 2009

Kenology said:

jarrod said:

bmmb1 said:
Hard to say if there should be any adjustment, especially on the software side, since NPD is not the "be all end all" source that some people consider it to be. It doesn't have access to Walmart or Amazon numbers, and while it may try to compensate for that in various ways, personally I am certain this is responsible for much more inaccuracy than people may think.

NPD had Amazon until August iirc. I'd guess their estimates are probably pretty accurate for Amazon, but their "one multiplier per system" method for Walmart seems insane imo.

PSP figures seem to be the most generally overtracked from what we know. NPD has the top 2 PSP games for November being LittleBig Planet (~42k) and Assassin's Creed (~30k), while VGC has even some of their weekly sales being higher than NPD's total month. VGC's definitely painting a rosier picture for PSP than NPD seems to...

Hey Jarrod, I've noticed people have been having access to leaked NPD numbers. You know where I can find a list of all the leaked numbers somewhere - I'm interested to see them.

Dig through GAF threads. creamsugar and anihawk are two of the "in the know" people, so you could also try to pm them with a specific question if you have an account.