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diff --git a/content/blog/2020-07-20-video-game-sales.md b/content/blog/2020-07-20-video-game-sales.md index 24ca14b..749bad8 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020-07-20-video-game-sales.md +++ b/content/blog/2020-07-20-video-game-sales.md @@ -8,26 +8,25 @@ draft = false # 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. |