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Mad-Dogg posted...

I'm not doubting his credentials, I'm saying that if he posts something that people want to believe deep down is true then it will be the word of law, but if its the type of post that others do not want to believe then it will be pointed out that in the end its still someone that is making guesswork and thus still isn't a actual source for sales. It doesn't change anything I said, its for the agenda someone needs is when these type of tweets truly matter.

Which leads me back to this post of his that says: People have really bad reading comprehension if they think both games flopped and sales are awful.

If his word is law, then not a single person that his citing his tweets also cannot conveniently ignore this that he posted.

I don't ignore that at all. Just because gamers speak in extremes doesn't mean he is saying anything contradictory. The game is selling around half of what FFVII did. It is underperforming. That doesn't mean it flopped and that the sales are awful.

There is nothing that indicates he is only guessing these sales figures. He works for a company that specifically has Square-Enix as a client to provide analysis. Obviously that will include information that we are not privy to.

When someone like Daniel Ahmad or Mat Piscatella post something about sales figures they're about as reliable as it can possibly get outside of the publisher themselves as this is literally their day to day job. They're not hiding behind an anonymous account. They work with these companies and they are considered a source of information. They are liable and responsible that the things they say are accurate.

It appears you are emotionally invested in this because this isn't something you want to hear. If Square-Enix was happy and confident with Rebirth's sales they would have celebrated them by now. They didn't. But again this doesn't mean the game was some massive flop. It means there's absolutely nothing notable about the sales to celebrate or show off to investors.