By virtue of replying no, but I did think I was being lectured at, so sorry about that piece of talking past you.Pretty much. What, did you think that responding to you meant I disagreed with you?
By virtue of replying no, but I did think I was being lectured at, so sorry about that piece of talking past you.Pretty much. What, did you think that responding to you meant I disagreed with you?
Looking at the stars or the motions of the planets gives access to raw data and so one know what any measurement means. For that matter the ICV2 list has a pretty cleear meaning but you cannot draw inferences as the the health of the industry from it since a simple ranking does not tell you weither this years sales are greater than or less than last years.When you're in our shoes, you collect what data you can find and you draw a picture. You've got to keep in mind what quality of data you have, and know that your picture is going to be inaccurate, but it's better to be the guy who said that there are five planets and they move around the Earth, then the guy who didn't waste any time looking at the stars.
In any case, I was responding to this post:
Yes, Amazon numbers are much, much more reliable then your gut. So are the ICV2 numbers. Even given what I said above, it's one thing to ignore the stars, and yet another to argue about them without reference to, or in denial of, what is known.
It's the fifth best selling RPG right now, according to some figures. That's not niche of a niche.
By virtue of replying no, but I did think I was being lectured at, so sorry about that piece of talking past you.
Whenever you see a metric, you should ask yourself the purpose of its presentation, to help you decide if it is pertinent to your use.
Amazon does not provide ranking metrics to give you a good idea of how well different products are selling within their market spaces - Amazon's not in the business of providing market analysis. They're presenting them in the hopes they may influence your purchasing choice. Their metric is not likely to be appropriate for analysis.
I wonder how the ICV2 survey came up with a "tied" ranking for D&D and Pathfinder. Did they calculate a margin of error below which they call two companies equal? If anyone knows/can link to details of how the survey and rankings work, I'd appreciate it.
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If I understand correctly ICv2 only polls the hobby market, and not the big retailers . . . right?
If I understand correctly ICv2 only polls the hobby market, and not the big retailers . . . right?