Machina took over numbers after ioi agreed and conferred that responsibility:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=209505&page=1
My guess is that getting the numbers, doing the charts and stuff is such a daunting work (every week) with no end in sight that makes everyone in charge rethink their lives.
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1