"I find that the hardware sales are definitely more spot on than the software sales, I'm the head mod of the forums there and I've found over time that the hardware sales (how many Wiis, 360s, PS3s sold) are on time and very close to what NPD reports, and you can't really beat that for free.
You don't need to quote VGChartz blindly, but we're there as a free resource if you need it...and it's generally accurate.
If anything it's a nice database for recent sales, as even if there are some screw ups with software sales, they get fixed."
"I honestly never cared...it looked promising nearly 2 years ago, but without some gameplay or additional details, I have no reason to be excited for this game."
"I think you could assume if you had something lower than an ATI 1000 series or the equivalent Nvidia card that your PC would not run a new, intensive RTS like this very well, even if it is from Blizzard.
Usually, you can either run a game well or you cross your fingers and hope for 30 fps somehow."
"flOw, the original flash game, was made after Spore was introduced, along with the cell phase.
I figured everyone knew that flOw was a stylized flash game that emulated Spore's cell phase, which got popular and brought to the software-starved PS3..."
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