I've got some criticism for the games pages, which I hope might be helpful.

When I go to a game page, the first thing I see is the latest updates, which I think is the least interesting thing for most users, and the screenshots are at the very bottom, even though they tell me more about the game than its update history. At a place like Wikipedia they hide the update history since almost nobody needs it. The most important thing to see first is probably the boxart, release date, genre, and summary.

And since there's already a big VGChartz logo banner, and then my own face, then an ad, then a console or game-specific banner, it feels like the game page doesn't start until 80% of the way down the initial screen. By the time I get to the latest updates I already have to scroll down to see all the stuff I'm actually there for. It feels weird scrolling down a half page to find out Tetris is a puzzle game from 1989.

And I know it's almost always obvious due to the Japanese names using Japanese characters, but the Alternative Names for a game section might be better off with those little region flag icons that the release dates get, for the more confusing ones, like Out of This World (US) aka Another World (Europe) aka Outer World (Japan).

Trust me, you don't wanna know what it was during the beta

A lot of things were fixed, really

VG CHARTZ is hardcore....we dont need user friendly shit..pffff

As for those complaining about scrolling to the side, yeah, that's a problem, but it'll be fixed so quit worrying and complaining. They have already seen that it's clearly an issue, and I guarantee you they're hard at work correcting that problem.

The site just isn't currently programmed properly to adjust to different resolutions. Wait for the next site update - which shouldn't be too far away (a few days at most, I'd expect), and that problem will certainly be fixed.

On that topic, though, I'm running a dual-monitor system. One monitor is running at 1280 x 1024 and the other is at 1024 x 768. The site has about 65 pixels of extra space on each side at the higher resolution - which is perfect. It makes me scroll on the lower resolution, though.

What was wrong with the old one? I liked it

+ the top menu isn't as sensitive, doesn't disappear when you scroll away as fast
+ being able to look at the charts for different areas by clicking on the country's flag
+ top 10 instead of just a top 5
+ prediction league not emphasized (I didn't really ever look at it anyways)

- The scrolling is pretty janky right now, but I'm assuming you're working on that.
- not being able to look at different areas' overall hardware sales side-by-side
- headings for "recent headlines", "poll of the week", etc. don't stand out enough (makes it easy to scroll past what you're looking for).
-having to scroll down past 2 pages to get to hot topics
-the contrast between the dark background and the bright oranges, blues, reds, and greens is kind of hard on the eyes

Is editing the thread title intentional or a bug?

If it's intentional I can't do it. (Xxain & ctk495 can though)

I'll tackle this one, fellas.

The old one was outdated and antiquated. It was a design model that couldn't be properly expanded upon, and it needed to go.

As TalonMan has stated, this update is far, far more than a graphical update. In fact, the "graphical update" is probably the smallest part of the whole thing. See, the entire site has been reworked and recoded. EVERYTHING has been altered and a lot of new technology has been integrated into the setup. Presently, there isn't much that's actually different in the way the site itself operates (as you or I would see it), but with the new technological improvements, Brett & Co. can far more easily carry the site into new unexplored areas and do a LOT of things that we couldn't even consider before. There are a LOT of possiblities to consider now that just couldn't be done previously.

Yes, the old one had an acceptable APPEARANCE, but FUNCTIONALLY, it was an NES trying to compete against the PS1. It just couldn't cut it, and something else needed to come out.

And as for appearance, everybody, if you don't like it, ask for selectable colour schemes. As for interchangeable backgrounds. Rather than complaining, make suggestions! Tell what they could do to make your concern/complaint better. These guys have been incredibly hard at work on this site for quite a long time - all you people complaining and bickering and attacking them for this change don't realize how cutting your words are. You surf this site for free, and these guys have been working hard just to make you happy with it. Take a chill pill, relax, and back off. Look at what they've actually done to improve the site and allow VGChartz to progress into the future, instead of bickering and making them feel unappreciated.

Most of your concerns will be worked out, anyways, so don't worry. It takes time to roll out as big of an upgrade as this is. I'm sure 90% of the issues mentioned in this thread will be worked out by Monday, and most of those that aren't will be completed before next Friday.

Also, there's a bug. Definitely didn't do that many page returns on my previous post, but it gave me LOTS. There's supposed to be three pagebreaks between the first sentence and the bulk of the post, then two breaks, two, three, and three. Instead we've got about five or six, then three, three, five or six, and five or six.

Hey, these are actually some great suggestions & I would love to see them implemented  :D

Alas, I don't think it would be possible.  Making themes selectable including the "classic" may be too hard.  Many things have changed such as color coded text, not just background colors.

Customizable homepage would also be awesome since google, youtube, & facbook all do this (google is by far the best at it).  But it sounds like something that would be out of the scope of a smaller website like this.

I hope I'm wrong though  :D

PS:  I just found a bug.  Half the time I click on the flash on this website, firefox crashes. Also, I can no longer right click on the top horizontal bar to open any of those items (eg. forum) in another window.  Not sure if latter is a bug or another poor design choice.