BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Sucks because he was a solid source of sales data and didn’t behave like the fucking Riddler like Mat Piscatella.
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Chris Dring leaving gamesindustry.biz
- Thread starter BennyBlanco
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Sucks because he was a solid source of sales data and didn’t behave like the fucking Riddler like Mat Piscatella.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Oh no, there goes one big part of GAF weekly engagement.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
This dude spit facts, literally statistics, and people would get so butthurt. It was ridiculous.
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
I wouldn't worry. Patreon, youtube channel etc inc. You'll pay for your info!
Woopah
Member
I would imagine he will lose access to the data, and that access will instead be given to his successor.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
SweetTooth
Gold Member
Nintendo stock will dive to this news..their biggest shill will stop shilling for sometime
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
tmlDan
Member
he's not an analyst, he doesn't spit facts, you're referring the Matt Piscatella
panda-zebra
Member
Cushy position at Nintendo on the cards?
He is openly a big Nintendo fan and was never one to rush to criticise them too harshly, but he wasn't as bad as you make out IMO. Can definitely see him taking a position with a big publisher, doubt he's off to another industry altogether.
PauloRoberto
Member
One less clown, good. I hated how he adored to be the center of the news, spitting incomplete data just to flame war. Good riddance!
Woopah
Member
He was a big fan but he didn't "shill" in his analysis.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Spat out my coffee. If I need to ask work to send me a new laptop, I'm going to link to your comment in the request form.
BigBeauford
Member
Can't wait for him to light the "Dragon Age sold like shit" match on the way out this month and walk away.
yazenov
Member
A sigh of relief for xbox fans.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Why? We love finding out how every version of Xbox is doing, whether it's Xbox Playstation or Xbox Switch.
panda-zebra
Member
He literally wasn't allowed to share data directly without express permission bar historic relational percentage comparisons - which was fine when people had assembled large sheets of data and could shed a little more light by plugging the %s in.
The idea that he did this to fuel fanboi flame wars is a bit silly. Last thing anyone wants in his position is numpties on social media warring in the comments (although it's all engagement right, lol). He deffo allowed himself to get dragged in occasionally and had to take a few embarrassing time outs.
Going out with a bang, I like it. Fingers crossed he'll be even more forthcoming than usual with data and in twitter replies.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
Only Fans when?
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
People insulting a guy that only brings numbers (facts) out 
I'm so sorry your box isn't doing as good as you wished for...but don't kill the messenger.
I'm so sorry your box isn't doing as good as you wished for...but don't kill the messenger.
PauloRoberto
Member
Let's agree to disagree.
Woopah
Member
This. He gave sales data because that's his job, not to "fan wars". If people act like fanboys then that's on them, not Chris.
SEGAvangelist
Member
I've been playing so much on my Xbox PlayStation 5 Pro.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Oh shit....guys, whatever will we do?
saintjules
Member
I think it was just because people spam his stuff on here to where you saw it every other day. And it was mostly UK data content that doesn't pertain to any other region.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
yea, I didn't see all he posted of course. But what I saw was just UK stats. Might not mean much to the US, but not worth getting butthurt over either. I was always just kinda meh towards UK numbers.
Woopah
Member
He had both UK and Europe numbers. Hopefully these still get shared by someone else.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I'm sure you're happy to see this announcement though.
TommyCronin6969
Member
"Game" sold more than 1.1 times as much as "other game" in a 2 week period starting on a Tuesday in France.
That's all the shit he did, stuff that means absolutely nothing.
Woopah
Member
That's what he was allowed to share. It's better than nothing.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
Outside Wii and DS the UK has traditionally been much weaker for Nintendo than people tend to assume. The Switch has been a huge success though. It’s hard not to give them credit.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
You know they want less data to be known. And we know why they feel that way.
Cyberpunkd
Member
And that is why gaming media is a joke.
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Woopah
Member
Who is "they"?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
People like
adamsapple
and others that decry when a UK games sales report based on physical media is released.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
People like
Dring also reports GSD sales etc, physical only sales when both major consoles mostly sell digital will always remain a half baked metric, but that's besides the point.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Dring also reports GSD sales etc, physical only sales when both major consoles mostly sell digital will always remain a half baked metric, but that's besides the point.
Half baked data is better than no data.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I don't think GI.Biz or Dring himself will completely stop reporting available data.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I hope you're right.
Woopah
Member
People like
Chris actually stopped writing UK physical sales reports quite a while ago. He has continued writing UK and Europe digital reports though.
Dring also reports GSD sales etc, physical only sales when both major consoles mostly sell digital will always remain a half baked metric, but that's besides the point.
I hope not, but I do expect Chris to lose access to the data.