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What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Biz
What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Biz
GameSetWatch - June 23, 2008
Submitted by zukaus (4) at 10:21PM PST on June 22, 2008
Recently, there's been a significantly greater profile for the video game chart compilation site, VGChartz. As well as beginning to contact major news sites on a regular basis to disseminate its news, the site was also the subject of a positive article on O'Reilly Radar from Robert Passarella. But how is the site actually compiled, and is it a good source for reasonably reputable news websites to be citing?
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2wiizy posted on Industry News at 8:20AM PST on June 24, 2008. RE: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Bizbids
3apujanata posted on Industry News at 5:55AM PST on June 23, 2008. RE: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Bizbids
3mrahaju posted on Industry News at 4:37AM PST on June 23, 2008. RE: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Biz@zukaus,
The summary :
But that doesn't really change the main problem with the site. There's a place for a resource like VGChartz, but it'd be a site that clearly labels the source of its estimates (whether it be Chart-Track, NPD, Media Create - even if some of those sources have poor data dissemination and a fractious relationship with the media) and then labels which are its own estimates based on its own industry knowledge and whatever channel checks it has.
But if I was a writer or analyst trying to extrapolate significant information from the resource, especially regarding those titles which don't chart regularly, given the major discrepancies with other figures shown here, I would not recommend it.[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
5Just_Ben posted on Industry News at 11:56PM PST on June 22, 2008. RE: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Bizbids
29zukaus posted on Industry News at 10:21PM PST on June 22, 2008. Article: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game BizRecently, there's been a significantly greater profile for the video game chart compilation site, VGChartz. As well as beginning to contact major news sites on a regular basis to disseminate its news, the site was also the subject of a positive article on O'Reilly Radar from Robert Passarella. But how is the site actually compiled, and is it a good source for reasonably reputable news websites to be citing?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 4 ]
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So, do you have list of the "so-called" NPD errors ? I am not saying that NPD does not have errors, or VGC have many errors, but all the article I saw so far only mentioned that NPD are slow (which is true, since it is monthly) but accurate, while VGC are fast (weekly is faster than monthly) but inaccurate.
I would like to see "proof" that NPD have lots of errors that people always said, but without any evidence that back them up (at least, Simon C. has 4 evidence, which IMO is too few as evidence). When I meant lots of errors, my expectation is somewhere around 10 - 20 instance of errors (4 is barely acceptable).