I would say that vgcharts should expand to be the biggest it can be, sometimes this causes a bad result (ign) but it can help create quite a reliable and diverse site. Id personally like to see the site expand a lot in different directions but only while keeping its core focus, perhaps on less of a user level and more professional while still having user input (btw you never respond to my pm's :p )
As vgcharts gains more partners it will be seen as reliable, as one user said I would imagine partnering with other sites would probably be better then trying to create a ground up one, it just becomes redundant ya know? Maybe have vgcharts statistics plastered on a site or two.
Basically make vgcharts a center of the universe for sites reporting data, ideally. Posting news stories I think should mostly be limited to sales related things though. Like a podcast that can have a staff member or two discussing their opinions on trends and so forth, but keep it sorta fun too, not like an analyst preach session.
I wouldnt mind some gaming site things though, maybe a vgcharts grade scale or some important news stories, I just think if you try to expand the site down the cliche route then it becomes another site but with some sales data too. Its cool how its focused now.
Note: Some games in my collection are no longer owned, but have owned.
