So Vgchartz Pro has arrived...

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mrstickball said:

hallowedbeeddie said:

unfortunately in our capitalist society everything is business. I rather have diarrhea than pay for subcription to almost anything.

To me this is part of what is wrong with the world in general, but I wont go into details on my thoughts of course. see you around people. I Wish and hope everyone here the best

edit: you know its a sort of strange feeling. I´ve come here since late 2007, subscribed late 2008 and have a a very low post count.

You´d think I hardly ever come here by my count, but I´ve come here almost everyday even if I´m not logged in and spend many hours going through many threads.

 It has only been recently (these past few weeks) that I´ve actually really stooped coming. and this wont help. so I say it´s a strange feeling deciding to leave considering the amount of time I spent here in the past. 

You forget why its a business.

Without access to sales data, companies will make crappier games that sell poorly, and close up shop. People have to have a profit motive to do things in life. NPD charges $100,000 per year for their data. VGC can likely expand and make everything better by adding more professional tools for developers/publishers/ect.

And if you really, really hate VGC, then feel free to make your own game charts website, work 40-50hrs a week, and then decide if its worth it to do it for free.

 

Do I like this change to a more paid format? No. I've been a member from almost day-1 (look at my ID). But there's a reason its here. Besides, getting a top-40 weekly is better than anything NPD, EEDAR, or any other company will give you.

Yep... that's about right.

As the numbers get more accurate and popular and used... the more expensive things get...

For the record, I only joined because of the numbers as well.  Well actually i joined because i was annoyed of people ignoring the numbers.  That one crazy guy who thought PS3 was way ahead of everything because it sold real well in portugal.