• PenguinTD@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    take a very big fistful of salt when reading those data mining firms. They might have paid access to dbs from steamspy or steamdb but as we all know they are not accurate reflection of actual sales etc, only steam and the developers has those data from their analytics.

    They are trying to sell you charts and predictions, they are not there to provide accurate information if you read the charts or * carefully.

    LOL, most followed in a prediction chart, they don’t even know you can buy follow/wishlist as marketing strategy.

    • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      9 months ago

      Yeah you can no longer get accurate information data mining achievements. The most basic way I know to get this info is looking at reviews and calculating out how many people likely bought the game. This can be made more accurate with the score of the game and the genre/popularity. I bet some machine learning is involved along with leaked stats. It’s still interesting neverless.