I agree. You touched on the crux of my point is we can only predict figures which are made available.
If there is suddenly reliable retail information for digital downloads (again not to be confused with subscribers) then we should look at whether these are predicted separately or not. Until then, the figures do not exist and are therefore not predictable.
Furthermore I think there actually needs to be a TSE distinction: Retail sales (Disc) Retail sales (Download/Installs) Subscribers (May come from same retail sale or even the same person maintaining several subscriptions!)
This is why Subscribers can never be included in the numbers. They simply do not represent a retail sale, not matter if you combine digital sales with physical sales or not.
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I agree. You touched on the crux of my point is we can only predict figures which are made available.
If there is suddenly reliable retail information for digital downloads (again not to be confused with subscribers) then we should look at whether these are predicted separately or not. Until then, the figures do not exist and are therefore not predictable.
Furthermore I think there actually needs to be a TSE distinction:
Retail sales (Disc)
Retail sales (Download/Installs)
Subscribers (May come from same retail sale or even the same person maintaining several subscriptions!)
This is why Subscribers can never be included in the numbers. They simply do not represent a retail sale, not matter if you combine digital sales with physical sales or not.