titiklabingapat
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http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=82582&newsChannel=newsOne
around the minute mark.
:lol
Pachter looks a bit older than usual.
around the minute mark.
:lol
Pachter looks a bit older than usual.
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Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Reuters quoted that ioi site, video inside!
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AnimeTheme
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ioi proves that numbers alone can make big money, even when they are fake or stolen.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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ioi's webiste is concentrated of crap numbers but it is more known then the GAF. Scandalous.
Cosmonaut X
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yoopoo said:
So it's basically classic ioi - when the numbers released by a genuine tracking firm don't match his numbers, there must be something wrong with the numbers from the tracking organisation.
Still the same old song & dance.
AnimeTheme
Member
yoopoo said:
His big ego thinks his dice-thrown or randomly averaged numbers are better than NPD? :lol
So it's still the old saying that he has all the shits from "insiders" but he can never name or prove them.
Rlan said:
Well at least there is a "Controversy" section... at the very bottom.
What's so hard to understand about Brawl numbers ? If we use the film industry model, 1.4 million the first week, 0.7 million the second week after a ~50% dropoff, 0.35 million the third week and 0.2 million in the fourth week, which is about 2.7 millions for the whole month.
I know the VG industry isn't like the movie industry, since you sell new consoles and especially with Nintendo games which tend to have longer legs, but jeez, there's nothing shady and impossible about Brawl numbers.
I know the VG industry isn't like the movie industry, since you sell new consoles and especially with Nintendo games which tend to have longer legs, but jeez, there's nothing shady and impossible about Brawl numbers.
leroy hacker
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By the way, that Chartz-quoting New York Times story from a few weeks ago was never corrected.
Phife Dawg
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Even if you don't have any knowledge on the subject whatsoever, a site which ends in "chartZ" should give you an idea that it may not be the most credible site there is.
Still BS. Latest example was when Sven from Capcom confirmed that their number for Okami Wii (100k) was indeed not correct.kbear said:
Pureauthor
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xbhaskarx said:
Of all things to note, they went with the 'Jeff Bell trolls a Master Ninja' topic? :lol
Mithos Yggdrasill
Banned
Jocchan said:
Holy shit. I think that this addition is a nice thing to clarify that ioi's numbers are crap.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Could someone find that googlesearch-image of VG Chartz with the quote "it's a quessing game, really...". I could only find
I like to read the Europe/PAL threads on their message boards as the data is released to see the terrible maths and leaping to conclusions followed by the rapid back-peddling as they read GAF and other sources that have more plausible explanations. :lol
I'd never dream of registering or posting to correct them though as it only encourages them (although I do spot the occasional GAFfer there though).
I'd never dream of registering or posting to correct them though as it only encourages them (although I do spot the occasional GAFfer there though).
AranhaHunter
Banned
man, ioi must be banking, I'm kind of jealous, I should've created a site with made up numbers.....
Pureauthor
Member
Dibbz said:
That's the GAF poster's screenname before he was permabanned from here. It might be his screenname there as well, I think.
Mithos Yggdrasill said:
They just undid this - apparently not notable - so are probably watching this thread and the Wiki one.
I put a note in the discussion page about their factual inaccuracies that were pointed out by someone else for March.
If anyone has news site links that point out the constantly shifting after the fact nature of the site's 'data' now is the time to add them and reinstate the controversy part of the article.
PetriP-TNT
Member
The "Rhonin the wizard" guy who undid the NeoGaf part also seems to be posting to the ioisite, user id=6844
CowboyAstronaut
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yoopoo said:
He's not the only person puzzled by the 360 and PS3's numbers in April. I'm completely shocked about them as well and I DO believe something is off.
I don't suspect foul play nor do I have proof to suggest that my belief that something is off is remotely accurate, but I'll trust my gut instinct on this one.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
CowboyAstronaut
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jvalioli said:
So wait... the way they come up with their numbers is by guessing?
Does he at least correct his numbers after his guesses don't turn up accurate and replace them with more accurate numbers?
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
ioi = indescribably original investigator
Pureauthor
Member
M3wThr33 said:
Actually, he does. Discreetly, but he does all the same.
charlequin
Banned
CowboyAstronaut said:
ioi's claim is that he extrapolates them using a super-secret process based on information provided to him by "insiders" at various retail outlets.
(In reality, yeah: guessing.)
I don't know that that's really an "at least."
Pureauthor
Member
charlequin said:
Yeah, that's going beyond the call of duty.
(Man, my sense of humour gets borked whenever I stay up too late.)
AranhaHunter
Banned
I think I'll create a site called dvdvsbluraychartz and make up some numbers for dvd and blu ray sales. Hopefully I can get the kind of traffic ioi is getting and I can start making some money off some dumb kids who'll believe my numbers.