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# Background Information
This dataset (obtained from
-[Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/gregorut/videogamesales/data)) contains
-a list of video games with sales greater than 100,000 copies. It was
-generated by a scrape of vgchartz.com.
+[Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/gregorut/videogamesales/data)) contains a list
+of video games with sales greater than 100,000 copies. It was generated by a
+scrape of vgchartz.com.
Fields include:
-- Rank: Ranking of overall sales
-- Name: The game name
-- Platform: Platform of the game release (i.e. PC,PS4, etc.)
-- Year: Year of the game\'s release
-- Genre: Genre of the game
-- Publisher: Publisher of the game
-- NA~Sales~: Sales in North America (in millions)
-- EU~Sales~: Sales in Europe (in millions)
-- JP~Sales~: Sales in Japan (in millions)
-- Other~Sales~: Sales in the rest of the world (in millions)
-- Global~Sales~: Total worldwide sales.
-
-There are 16,598 records. 2 records were dropped due to incomplete
-information.
+- Rank: Ranking of overall sales
+- Name: The game name
+- Platform: Platform of the game release (i.e. PC,PS4, etc.)
+- Year: Year of the game's release
+- Genre: Genre of the game
+- Publisher: Publisher of the game
+- NA~Sales~: Sales in North America (in millions)
+- EU~Sales~: Sales in Europe (in millions)
+- JP~Sales~: Sales in Japan (in millions)
+- Other~Sales~: Sales in the rest of the world (in millions)
+- Global~Sales~: Total worldwide sales.
+
+There are 16,598 records. 2 records were dropped due to incomplete information.
# Import the Data
@@ -166,18 +165,18 @@ Sales](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20200720-data-exploration-video-game-sales/0
# Discussion
-The purpose of exploring datasets is to ask questions, answer questions,
-and discover intelligence that can be used to inform decision-making.
-So, what have we found in this dataset?
-
-Today we simply explored a publicly-available dataset to see what kind
-of information it contained. During that exploration, we found that
-video game sales peaked in 2006. That peak was largely due to Nintendo,
-who sold the top 5 games in 2006 and has a number of games in the top-10
-list for the years 1980-2020. Additionally, the top four platforms by
-global sales (Wii, NES, GB, DS) are owned by Nintendo.
-
-We didn\'t explore everything this dataset has to offer, but we can tell
-from a brief analysis that Nintendo seems to rule sales in the video
-gaming world. Further analysis could provide insight into which genres,
-regions, publishers, or world events are correlated with sales.
+The purpose of exploring datasets is to ask questions, answer questions, and
+discover intelligence that can be used to inform decision-making. So, what have
+we found in this dataset?
+
+Today we simply explored a publicly-available dataset to see what kind of
+information it contained. During that exploration, we found that video game
+sales peaked in 2006. That peak was largely due to Nintendo, who sold the top 5
+games in 2006 and has a number of games in the top-10 list for the years
+1980-2020. Additionally, the top four platforms by global sales (Wii, NES, GB,
+DS) are owned by Nintendo.
+
+We didn't explore everything this dataset has to offer, but we can tell from a
+brief analysis that Nintendo seems to rule sales in the video gaming world.
+Further analysis could provide insight into which genres, regions, publishers,
+or world events are correlated with sales.