By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales - So Vgchartz Pro has arrived...

Galaki on 08 February 2011
badgenome said:

Sounds dicey. If you're looking to monetize the site, VGChartz Porn would have been the way to go.


Internet and "free porn" are one the the same.



Pre-order limited edition Blue Slime Condoms

Around the Network
kitler53 on 08 February 2011
Pineapple said:

It's easy to think that because we've been members a long time, VGChartz owes us something. But that's really not the case.

And hey, it's not that bad. We might lose some of the data, but most of the interesting stuff should be covered in The Source's news posts. (They're still going to be around roughly exactly the same way as they always were, right?)

i'll tell you want i think vgchartz does owe us ... an explination of what the heck is going on. 

i'm tired of site changes just happening and spending my time looking for things that have gone missing without any warning.  ...and a post from brett buried in threads others started to question what is going on don't count.  just make an announcement thread and let us know what you are doing.  it's simple customer service and it keeps your customers from being angry at you.



Rainbird on 08 February 2011
makingmusic476 said:

As far as I'm aware, all data on the game pages is rounded to the nearest ten thousand units.  As such, weekly sales figures are essentially indiscernable for games selling 5k or less.

Even for games selling in the tens of thousands per week, if it's still below 100k, you won't get a very accurate representation of the figures via a game's dedicated page.

You should check up on stuff like that before you post. The data is rounded to the nearest hundred units, Valkyria Chronicles is sitting at 949.96k in total sales, which translates to 949960 units.



SnesTea on 08 February 2011
darthdevidem01 said:
ethomaz said:

And now begins the downfall of the VGC?

No VGC has been re-organized into the FIRST GALACTIC CHARTZ NETWORK, for safe and secure society!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNAHjsAnTd4

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GNAHjsAnTd4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I've been loving all your posts in this thread darth. Especially this one.

 

At the whiny bitches. Stop whining. Get over it. We really shouldn't care as long as we all get to know that Wii is thrashing the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Also, the site is running a lot faster. And I would also like this opportunity to troll gamer print. For those of us on 4:3 monitors (like when I used my other computer) those shitty ads of yours still load even though the user can't see them. That's just retarded.

Trollolololol.



badgenome on 08 February 2011
Galaki said:
badgenome said:

Sounds dicey. If you're looking to monetize the site, VGChartz Porn would have been the way to go.


Internet and "free porn" are one the the same.

ioi is a VGChartz exclusive. Are you implying that he wouldn't be a huge driver of paid subscriptions? Reported!



Around the Network
Xen on 08 February 2011
Snesboy said:
darthdevidem01 said:
ethomaz said:

And now begins the downfall of the VGC?

No VGC has been re-organized into the FIRST GALACTIC CHARTZ NETWORK, for safe and secure society!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNAHjsAnTd4

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GNAHjsAnTd4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I've been loving all your posts in this thread darth. Especially this one.

 

At the whiny bitches. Stop whining. Get over it. We really shouldn't care as long as we all get to know that Wii is thrashing the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Also, the site is running a lot faster. And I would also like this opportunity to troll gamer print. For those of us on 4:3 monitors (like when I used my other computer) those shitty ads of yours still load even though the user can't see them. That's just retarded.

Trollolololol.

Luckily for us, it's getting outsold 2:1 by the HD duo! Woo!



SnesTea on 08 February 2011
Xen said:
Snesboy said:
darthdevidem01 said:
ethomaz said:

And now begins the downfall of the VGC?

No VGC has been re-organized into the FIRST GALACTIC CHARTZ NETWORK, for safe and secure society!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNAHjsAnTd4

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GNAHjsAnTd4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I've been loving all your posts in this thread darth. Especially this one.

 

At the whiny bitches. Stop whining. Get over it. We really shouldn't care as long as we all get to know that Wii is thrashing the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Also, the site is running a lot faster. And I would also like this opportunity to troll gamer print. For those of us on 4:3 monitors (like when I used my other computer) those shitty ads of yours still load even though the user can't see them. That's just retarded.

Trollolololol.

Luckily for us, it's getting outsold 2:1 by the HD duo! Woo!


Is it really?



mrstickball on 08 February 2011
Kasz216 said:
mrstickball said:

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.

Yep. The real question (for me) is: 'Will the accuracy of VGC become much greater with a monetized system?'. I mean, if the users are getting a little less data, but far greater, almost-NPD levels of accuracy...Wouldn't that be a benefit for most of us? If its just a few tools, I can't see justifying the cost, because theres no way a few extra tools (which could probably be done on the users' end with some pivot tables and know-how in Excel) would be worth it. But if there is more data, better data, and more tools, then it should be pretty good.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

John_Doe on 08 February 2011

I still think vgchartz is too early in its growing cicle to be a paid service. The project is remacable and ambitious but the info is still to inexact, specially in others...



Conegamer on 08 February 2011
kitler53 said:
Pineapple said:

It's easy to think that because we've been members a long time, VGChartz owes us something. But that's really not the case.

And hey, it's not that bad. We might lose some of the data, but most of the interesting stuff should be covered in The Source's news posts. (They're still going to be around roughly exactly the same way as they always were, right?)

i'll tell you want i think vgchartz does owe us ... an explination of what the heck is going on. 

i'm tired of site changes just happening and spending my time looking for things that have gone missing without any warning.  ...and a post from brett buried in threads others started to question what is going on don't count.  just make an announcement thread and let us know what you are doing.  it's simple customer service and it keeps your customers from being angry at you.

I agree, they do need to explain what's going on

Also, I've just realised that this thread will no be much, much harder to do with this data. Any ideas?

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=122379&page=1&str=2052722492#



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.