Comments on: Articles of Interest http://www.edery.org/2009/06/articles-of-interest-140/ For those interested in the business of making good video games. Entrepreneurial spirit a must. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David J Edery http://www.edery.org/2009/06/articles-of-interest-140/comment-page-1/#comment-258692 David J Edery Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:17:29 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1019#comment-258692 For digital sales, they might have surveyed a statistically significant number of users across all demographics to get an idea of where they were purchasing from, though who knows for sure if NPD doesn't explain itself? I was pretty unhappy with the level of disclosure in the news story but it's so hard to find public stats to discuss that I figured it was better than nothing. :-/ Oh, and I agree -- they certainly can't be including mobile (iPhone, etc) For digital sales, they might have surveyed a statistically significant number of users across all demographics to get an idea of where they were purchasing from, though who knows for sure if NPD doesn’t explain itself? I was pretty unhappy with the level of disclosure in the news story but it’s so hard to find public stats to discuss that I figured it was better than nothing. :-/

Oh, and I agree — they certainly can’t be including mobile (iPhone, etc)

]]> By: Kim http://www.edery.org/2009/06/articles-of-interest-140/comment-page-1/#comment-258690 Kim Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:59:45 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1019#comment-258690 oh, and I'll guess iPhone app store also not included. oh, and I’ll guess iPhone app store also not included.

]]> By: Kim http://www.edery.org/2009/06/articles-of-interest-140/comment-page-1/#comment-258689 Kim Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:59:12 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=1019#comment-258689 I haven't looked at the fine print in the NPD data, but I'm curious where they get that digital game sales figure from. If the methodology they use is similar to their retail numbers, then it's gathered from participating distributors, so those 3 would have accounted for 56% of sales from among those who participated, which could have been a list of just a handful? I can beleive it for Steam amongst core gamers, but provided that they are exclusing console download sales. Bigfish/Real seems suspect. The both do well, but if MSN/Yahoo/AOL/etc were included, surely that might throw it off. Anyhow, I'll have to go see if I can dig up the methodology I haven’t looked at the fine print in the NPD data, but I’m curious where they get that digital game sales figure from. If the methodology they use is similar to their retail numbers, then it’s gathered from participating distributors, so those 3 would have accounted for 56% of sales from among those who participated, which could have been a list of just a handful?

I can beleive it for Steam amongst core gamers, but provided that they are exclusing console download sales. Bigfish/Real seems suspect. The both do well, but if MSN/Yahoo/AOL/etc were included, surely that might throw it off. Anyhow, I’ll have to go see if I can dig up the methodology

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