What video game news website hasn't tossed numerical facts around regarding the success (or failure) of a console, or software? But just because the numbers are let loose in a news story, doesn't always mean that everyone who reads the story will believe that said numbers are true. In fact, the statistical tracking website for gaming, VG Chartz, has come under some scrutiny by gamers, and Cinemablend.com decided to toss a few questions their way to see what the fuss is all about.
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Brett (owner of VGChartz) said, "Considering the site is essentially run by one person (who also has a full time job and fiancée) and is offered to people for free then I think many have expectations which are far too high. I do my best with the information I have but of course it is not perfect."
So, he opens his interview with some whine. He admits that is numbers are not accurate! End of story...
Who do you trust better, a guy who's barely 18 years old and is potentially a fanboy (nexgenwars), that DOES NOT check sales numbers, but rather, "calculates" them with an unproven formula simply based on "sales speed" (taken out of his ass, of course; pseudo-science obviously, since the guy doesn't even have a college degree), or a guy with a job and a fiancee (VGchartz), that actually checks monthly stats in american and europe, and weekly sales in japan? Seriously, I trust the later more than the earlier, thanks.
"The figures on VG Chartz represent the entire market. I obviously don’t collect data for 100% of the market, but with the help of a few others behind the scenes we collect a sample of data and use scaling factors derived from analyzing historical data and estimating the extent and bias of our market coverage to arrive at our final figures."
That's no better than the method NGW uses. This guy WANTS people to believe he's developed some complicated algorithm to extrapolate meaningful data from limited resources. The fact is, he's essentially making an "educated guesstimate", based on past sales figures....nothing more.
well considering vgcharts is actually close to the real numbers than nextgenwars, i suggest everyone should use vgcharts for a reference.