Report: NPD Group warning analysts not to share game sales info with press [Update]
The NPD Group is reportedly clamping down on how the organization's US game sales reports are being reported by the press. Gamesindustry.biz (free registration required) cites unnamed sources as reporting that financial analysts, have been asked by the company to "remove members of the media from their mailing lists and not discuss stats with reporters or outlets."Analysts pay thousands of dollars to receive the full monthly US game sales report from NPD. In 2010, the company choose to restrict the sales info it released to the public. However it has been hit with recent criticism from game publishers who claim NPD's reports are incomplete and don't take downloadable sales of games into account.
Update: Shacknews received a statement from NPD's Anita Frazier who says that there was not a "warning" issued to analysts about revealing NPD's info to the press. However the statement did admit, "It is our responsibility and right to manage the usage of that information, and our Financial Services clients have agreed to help us and the industry in this regard."











