New Poll - why do you visit VGChartz?

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ioi said:

So ok, back to what we do best:

• Sales charts
• Forums / community (you guys to thank for that!)
• News
  • General news
  • Original articles (reviews / features / sales articles) - needs to be seperated from general news I think

• Game database (although maybe we're trying to do a little too much with cheats / extras / user reviews unless we can promote it more as a stand-alone game db)

So maybe focus on these four core areas in terms of what is presented on the homepage and maybe have news and game database as seperate portals with just basic links on the homepage?

Now, let me first say that I have the stomach to criticise a bit because I love this site.

Core, yes. Focus is very important. The unique thing of VGC is the sales info - no other site comes close to this! The game database closely tied to sales numbers is awesome. (sadly ioi u are alone in updating sales numbers, which means due to time constrains many games have outdated sales numbers, even many big games need sales updates asap. But the other info in the database updates a lot more reliably, like release dates, screenshots (thanks the the big team helping I suppose).

 Let other things grow slowly and only implement if they truly bring something valuable, because I already think VGC has expanded a bit too quickly on the expense of quality. 

For example, there should be a guy filtering out the worthless news. Since 2.0 there's been lots of un-interesting news posted. Some examples:

Xbox LIVE Summer Update- The Details General News Carl Rushworth With less then a week until the Xbox LIVE Summer Update, we have a look at whats in store for Xbox 360 users. 05th Aug 2009 | 691 views, 7 comments

	Microsoft to Reduce Game Installs With Upcoming Update General News Xavier Griffiths The big Xbox 360 update is only a week away, but what makes it bigger, is the smaller install time. 04th Aug 2009 | 1,088 views, 11 comments

	Gran Turismo PSP Pre-order Bonus Revealed General News Seth Pinter Pre-order Gran Turismo, and you’ll get a voucher that will add one of the top cars to your in-game collection of cars in an exclusive color. Five to choose from. 04th Aug 2009 | 815 views, 18 comments

	TMNT: Turtles In Time Re-Shelled Launch Trailer General News Gabriel Franco Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time Re-Shelled is going to be available tomorrow on XBL for 800 Microsoft points. 04th Aug 2009 | 213 views, 3 comments
	Xbox Live Activity For Week Of July 27th General News Carl Rushworth Major nelson has revealed the top played titles on Xbox Live for the week of July 27th. 04th Aug 2009 | 291 views, 2 co Two More Games Added to PS3 Greatest Hits Line-Up General News Seb Parker THQ´s Saints Row 2 and Smackdown vs Raw join the PlayStation 3´s Greatest Hits series of reduced-price games. 04th Aug 2009 | 1,045 views, 8 comments mments   This week in Rhythm Games General News Patrick Maxwell DLC for all actively updated games across all consoles. 04th Aug 2009 | 255 views, 0 comments Deca Sports Price Dropped To Just $19.99 General News Gabriel Franco To celebrate the sequel's Fall release, Deca Sports is now selling for just $19.99. 03rd Aug 2009 | 477 views, 8 comments   Nintendo Mii's Also Usable In Guitar Hero 5 General News Carl Rushworth Activision have stated that you will be able to rock out with your Mii's in 'Mii Freestyle Mode' 03rd Aug 2009 | 564 views, 7 comments XBL Deal Of The Week: R-Type Dimensions At 800 Points General News Gabriel Franco Xbox LIVE Gold Members can now save 33% if they purchase R-Type Dimensions this week. Normally 1200 points, R-Type is the lastest Deal of the Week at 800 points. 03rd Aug 2009 | 220 views, 6 comments American DSi Owners To Get Facebook Fuctionality Tonight General News Gabriel Franco Nintendo of America announced that North American DSi owners will be able to upload photos to their Facebook accounts when the new system update goes live around 5PM PST. 03rd Aug 2009 | 311 views, 4 comments New Releases on Nintendo Download Services in America (8/03/09) General News Gabriel Franco The first M-rated WiiWare game was released today. 03rd Aug 2009 | 1,163 views, 24 comments     The list is endless. IMO these dont belong on a front page. The good news are drowned in this flood of useless niche information. I dont know if these examples are 'general news' or 'original articles', all I know is that I stumble upon these too often, so lately I have stopped watching the news articles almost completely and rely on the forums instead or other sites for important gaming news.