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[metareferential]

Gaf if we all put one dollar monthly we'd be able to have access to the numbers or something.

I guess we'll have to put more than one dollar each.

By the way, does anyone know how much the subscription is?

 

[Psychotext]

Not to give any credit to ioi, but by now we know they are not entirely made up (They are usually within 10% of NPD, would be pretty awesome if he guessed it right all year though, man should go to the casino then)

Give me a break, they're only within 10% after they've modified the results to reflect NPD. Numerous months we've seen examples of them being upwards of 30-40% out before they "massage" their figures to fit reality.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Is this the end? What does this mean?

It means I can now pretend all SEGA games sold a million times more copies than Halo and there's absolutely no way to prove me wrong. MUAHAHAHAHA

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Of course NPD is giving numbers to their subscribers.

Why would they subscribe otherwise?

This a good point, but let me ask this: who in this industry is interested to keep these numbers a secret from the audience and investors? I mean: NPD numbers are also important for judge how a company is performing. Are these people all registered or is this a move to force them to subscribe?

 

[Fantastical]

What's the point of living now?

 

[MMaRsu]

oh boy :lol

 

[The Faceless Master]

ioi wins, flawless victory

 

[GarthVaderUK]

So software will be ranked still just without sales numbers?

Without being listed by SKU, now listed by title i.e. sales of a multiplatform game will be bundled into one chart position.

 

[Nirolak]

Monthly analysis from NPD industry analyst, Anita Frazier, will include software sales figures at both the sku and title level for various new releases

Well, I guess that's better than nothing.

 

[MMaRsu]

It means I can now pretend all SEGA games sold a million times more copies than Halo and there's absolutely no way to prove me wrong. MUAHAHAHAHA

lol sega fan in denial news at 11

 

[confuziz]

Give me a break, they're only within 10% after they've modified the results to reflect NPD. Numerous months we've seen examples of them being upwards of 30-40% out before they "massage" their figures to fit reality.

No, I save the figures in excel before the NPD ones comes out. And you are right about those months though, but lately it 'seems' they have been better. But perhaps it's just wise guessing.. who knows after all

 

[McHuj]

We'll have to rely on quarterly shipped numbers from the stock holder meetings. That isn't as fun.

 

[Pooya]

This applies to Sep NPD report too? damn

 

[sixteen-bit]

What's the point of living now?

there is life after sales age

 

[brandonh83]

What's the point of living now?

Every man dies. But not every man truly lives.

Now, no man will truly live.

Seems like Wallace got his balls yanked out for nothing.

 

[Pureauthor]

Oh fuck you NPD.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

DEATH TO SALES AGE

I wonder how many fanboys are tying the noose as we speak?

 

[jett]

NPD fucking sucks, what else is new.

 

[Fantastical]

there is life after sales age

I'm having trouble seeing it...

THIS IS YOUR FAULT NPD! YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!

Bu...Bu...But how will anyone get banned in NPD threads now?

Now they will just get banned for using banned websites.

 

[offshore]

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?

 

[Horns]

Bu...Bu...But how will anyone get banned in NPD threads now?

 

[xaosslug]

ehl oh ehl

how will we measure our console-peen nao? ;_;

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Fuck, things were gonna get interesting with the Kinect/Move releases. Curse you NPD.

 

[Anerythristic]

At this point I don't care. The beginning of next gen. when the sales age is usually like a boozed up pirate ship is when I will miss it.

 

[MirageDwarf]

I blame MS for this. Company must have imagined embarrassment it will have to face in coming months.

Fuck you stupid NPD group. Now watch more websites using lolchartz as a reference.

 

[PhoenixDark]

NPD has been pretty stale lately. You go in knowing either the Wii or 360 are winning. At least this means like dick measuring and living vicariously through multi billion dollar companies.

 

[DR2K]

So no gaf member is a subscriber?

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

ehl oh ehl

how will we measure our console-peen nao? ;_;

Easily. We can all insist we're right and there's not a damn thing anyone can do to prove anyone wrong, so we can all just keep on insisting. This is going to be great!

Segata's prediction: Sonic Colors sells more than Halo Reach in its first month

 

[GarthVaderUK]

There's probably going to be more fanboy bickering over US sales now, as people try to analyse what little info is provided and interpret the monthly PR statements from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo through fanboy goggles.

 

[Jibber Hack]

It's the beginning of a dark age for sales age.

 

[GhaleonEB]

NPD monopoly don't give a fuck.

Ayup. They have no direct competition. IIRC, PC Data was pissing them off many years ago so NPD gobbled them up. A lack of multiple sources is bad for everyone.

Especially message boards!

 

[Kaako]

 

[Barrett2]

That's too bad, because I have it on *very* good information that PS3 sold almost a million units this month, and Move is selling 5x better than expected. But of course, XBOTS won't listen.

 

[luxarific]

Bu...Bu...But how will anyone get banned in NPD threads now?

I'm just going to miss the glorious gifs. ;_;

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

Pachter will be our savior.

 

[captmcblack]

Seriously, how much would it cost to subscribe and get that info?

GAF should get that info. Fuck hiding that information for no good reason.

 

[elrechazado]

DEATH TO SALES AGE

I wonder how many fanboys are tying the noose as we speak?

No, they're excited, because now they can make shit up without anyone being able to prove them wrong. "Halo sold 19 million in the first month" "oh yeah? well killzone 3 and uncharted 3 outsold the original super mario bro in their first ten minutes"

 

[Cygnus X-1]

So no gaf member is a subscriber?

That's not the problem. Even if they were, this is a public website and thus reporting them here would be an abuse.

 

[SapientWolf]

No, I save the figures in excel before the NPD ones comes out. And you are right about those months though, but lately it 'seems' they have been better. But perhaps it's just wise guessing.. who knows after all

The only people who have the real numbers are the platform holders and publishers. Everyone else is just using estimates.

 

[butter_stick]

NPD has been pretty stale lately. You go in knowing either the Wii or 360 are winning. At least this means like dick measuring and living vicariously through multi billion dollar companies.

But what are us small dick'd losers with no life to do?!

 

[Lonely1]

Now, tech spec GAF speculation for the Next Gen consoles and handhelds is the only fun left in gaming.

 

[TheKaeptain]

YES! No more 500's

 

[Carl]

wat

 

[NeoUltima]

And so ends GAF's favorite pastime.

 

[besiktas1]

Positives people, positives... Now good games that sell bad can pretend they sold well and get a sequel

Spoiler

i know it doesnt work like that

joking aside, other than people on message boards who are interested in if they are winning, do publishers only sign up for this to see how the competition are doing? If they can't see it now, isn't it a good thing? Now they don't know if the drivel the competition made sold well, so now they can only compete with review scores thus pushing up the quality of games?

 

[Seda]

:lol :lol

 

[Psychotext]

There's probably going to be more fanboy bickering over US sales now, as people try to analyse what little info is provided and interpret the monthly PR statements from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo through fanboy goggles.

Exactly that. It doesn't make things better, it makes them so much worse (See, PS3 / 360 sold most in Europe argument).

 

[Gamecocks625]

Let the GAF account suicides begin...

 

[RubberJohnny]

I'll miss the software stuff, but I don't care about hardware. That stuff was interesting in the first few years when it could go in any direction, but the status quo has been maintained for 4 or 5 years now and is unlikely to change.

 

[Zen]

Hellllo VG******. How long before Neogaf cracks and starts accepting that? :lol

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Maybe this will give people the kick in the pants necessary to start leaking ALL the NPD data again (except changing some values here and there so they're untracable).

Come on guys!