NexGenWars.com vs. VGCharts.com

Peanut · 12-13-2006, 04:59 PM

What needs to be realized is that none of this is right. The NPD doesn't even get full numbers. Wal-Mart, the biggest seller of video games in all of North America, doesn't even report their numbers to the NPD. And they aren't the only ones either.

Therefore, none of those sites are accurate. At all. Just think about this, if combined there are 100,000 separate stores that don't report to the NPD, there are hundreds of thousands by the way, but let's just say 100,000 for arguments sake. Now, if those 100,000 stores sold only one console per store, that's over 100,000 consoles not accounted for. What if those stores sold 10 consoles? That's a million consoles not accounted for in NPD sales numbers.

Basically, what I'm saying is that both those sites are wrong. The NPD is just a small look into real sales, and no one really knows how much has been sold except the companies who do the selling. You can't rely on anything but official press releases. Even then, companies like Sony tend to used the term "sold" very loosely. Like when they say they "sold" 500,000 PSP's in a month, that number is more like 300,000, because in reality they shipped 500,000. That doesn't mean they sold.

Anyways, long winded post, but there you have it.

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12-13-2006, 04:59 PM	#6
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	What needs to be realized is that none of this is right. The NPD doesn't even get full numbers. Wal-Mart, the biggest seller of video games in all of North America, doesn't even report their numbers to the NPD. And they aren't the only ones either. Therefore, none of those sites are accurate. At all. Just think about this, if combined there are 100,000 separate stores that don't report to the NPD, there are hundreds of thousands by the way, but let's just say 100,000 for arguments sake. Now, if those 100,000 stores sold only one console per store, that's over 100,000 consoles not accounted for. What if those stores sold 10 consoles? That's a million consoles not accounted for in NPD sales numbers. Basically, what I'm saying is that both those sites are wrong. The NPD is just a small look into real sales, and no one really knows how much has been sold except the companies who do the selling. You can't rely on anything but official press releases. Even then, companies like Sony tend to used the term "sold" very loosely. Like when they say they "sold" 500,000 PSP's in a month, that number is more like 300,000, because in reality they shipped 500,000. That doesn't mean they sold. Anyways, long winded post, but there you have it.