Yeah, don't be an ass. I'm quite confident my knowledge of statistics is way beyond yours.
All this is saying is that Steamspy has 98% confidence the true sales number falls somewhere between 2 million and 5 million. It is easy as pie to have that kind of confidence when you place your value between such a humongous range (i.e. margin of error). The confidence is not the issue. The range is the issue. In any other walk of life, if you gave someone a margin of error of 3 million and then said, "Don't worry; I have 98% confidence the true number is somewhere within that 3 million margin of error," they would laugh you out of the room.
Do I need to quote you again?
Originally Posted by kanisatha
No these are not margins of error.
I was responding to this. We are in agreement now, they are margins of error, correct? If you are going to so confidently state something which is incorrect, be prepared to be smartassed out of the room. Furthermore, Steamspy collects many other analytics which are exceedingly useful. The analysis of user reviews as well as looking at trends like the day 1 concurrent player count followed by the decline in players are both useful points of data which can be used by someone who is new to the industry and potentially looking to make a new game to help them evaluate the market case for their potential game.
