Who is VG Chartz? (Destiny)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Monday, July 24, 2017, 15:49 (2656 days ago) @ Cody Miller

since nothing has changed in their methodology over 3 years.

Uh, you don't see that as a problem, given that digital pre-orders are increasingly common in the industry, but VG Chartzzzz doesn't account for them? By tracking physical pre-orders nowadays, all you could potentially surmise is the general market share that a title has for each platform. And even that is probably super rough, statistically.

Edit: This same thing is happening in music. It's like saying that the music industry has imploded because you're only paying attention to CD sales and ignoring subscription services. The problem with digital pre-orders is that there's no middle man to use as a data source. The digital video games market is effectively operating in a black box, and retailers aren't going to disclose their internal numbers.