In a perfect world what you say might work. The reality is that when VGChartz numbers are posted, and there is no other information to go off of, even with their track record of being 20-100% off in their predictions, the stock follows what the posted numbers say and anyone who voices dissent gets 10+ downbids, even if they are in the top 15, or they get utterly ignored.
I can tell you that people ARE following VGChartz info right now at no risk because everyone else is doing it too, and its these stocks that are past the point where the rest of the industry cares about them that are being abused in this manner.
I am not suggesting we ban or prevent VGChartz information from being shared, I just think that by ending the life of stocks at an average of 3-6 months into their lifespan (for most games) the focus would shift from these to games that are either about to be released that might make the top 10 of NPD, or games that are doing well that were just released, which is more relevant to the rest of the industry and attracts new players.
Remember we got the Digg story for having the most accurate predictions for the NPD numbers, we have lost our focus and now pretty much only trade stocks based on VGChartz info. If this continues we'll likely lose new players because they won't have the money to get into the race and the site will die.
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In a perfect world what you say might work. The reality is that when VGChartz numbers are posted, and there is no other information to go off of, even with their track record of being 20-100% off in their predictions, the stock follows what the posted numbers say and anyone who voices dissent gets 10+ downbids, even if they are in the top 15, or they get utterly ignored.
I can tell you that people ARE following VGChartz info right now at no risk because everyone else is doing it too, and its these stocks that are past the point where the rest of the industry cares about them that are being abused in this manner.
I am not suggesting we ban or prevent VGChartz information from being shared, I just think that by ending the life of stocks at an average of 3-6 months into their lifespan (for most games) the focus would shift from these to games that are either about to be released that might make the top 10 of NPD, or games that are doing well that were just released, which is more relevant to the rest of the industry and attracts new players.
Remember we got the Digg story for having the most accurate predictions for the NPD numbers, we have lost our focus and now pretty much only trade stocks based on VGChartz info. If this continues we'll likely lose new players because they won't have the money to get into the race and the site will die.