Q: Why does this Pop Report only include NES games?
A: NES games are our largest submitted system and we wanted to make sure to provide the greatest benefit to our customers right away.
Q: Why not wait to release a full Pop Report?
A: We felt compelled to share something of note with our collecting community now and while this is by no means a full picture, it does provide a solid look at grading stats for NES games. This particular report is a limited, temporary effort while we work on the more robust process of generating dynamic Pop Reports for all systems.
Q: Why no seal ratings?
A: The bottom line is we very much want to include seal ratings going forward, but we couldn’t achieve it in this version due to the complicated nature of gathering all the data and sharing it in a digestible, user-friendly manner. We appreciate that a pop report without seal ratings is incomplete, but we didn’t want to make perfect the enemy of the good. We will get there soon!
Q: When do you think seal ratings and live Pop Reports will be available?
A: We are very close. We are in the midst of perfecting the live Pop Report currently and believe that we can release the best version, the one everybody wants to see, in the first few months of 2022.
Q: What’s going to change with the updated Pop Reports?
A: The most significant changes will be to a dynamic (live) format, which will update automatically based on graded submissions, as well as the addition of seal ratings and more robust variant information. We have worked hard to consolidate variants so that the data is interpretable for collectors of all levels of knowledge. This initial version includes the most major variants for the NES games we have identified and graded so far. Meanwhile, we are building the resources to fully understand and interpret the complex nature of video game variants, even to the most granular level.
Q: Will Pop Reports exist for CIB games and Carts?
A: Our more detailed rundown of Pops will also include unopened, "Complete In Box" (CIB) games as well as loose Cartridges as part of the forthcoming Pop edition. We have provided a sample of what that will look like with some sample data from the most-submitted NES CIB’s and Nintendo World Championship cartridges.
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