Isn't VGCharts the same site just the first version?  Then he made it with a z?

this, i like seeing sales data for a variety of reasons, i don't like nintendo any more though, every since the n64 their consoles and games have been garbage. very few sequels live up to their n64 counterparts and motion controls are still and until startrek style holodecks are a reality will be a waste.
one of the many things i find funny is people that love nintendo products without thinking is they see high sales and preach this nonesense about how since it sold more its better.  majority of the world uses internet explorer, but we all know that sucks too =).

in the end, i don't hate nintendo though, i don't see ZOMG SONY  or OMG MS.  i go where the games are.  the original xbox and 360 have been the best the last 2 gens, next gen the PS4 could be it though, but MS might suddenly shift focus and reveal a slew of next gen exclusives. who knows.

honestly from nintendo what i would want more then anything is remakes of all the good old games. mario party 1 was great, mario 64 was great, mario tennis, conuesrs bad fur day, legend of zleda sure there are others, and there 1-2 good gamecube and wii games too but N64 was the last great nintendo console.

Most gaming sites ignore Nintendo. But this site is dominated by Sony fans if anything.

I would actually say that this site's community is fairly Sony-oriented. In 2007 the site was dominated by Nintendo fans and most of the mods and users were Nintendo fans (and it was a pretty incredible moment when the Wii first passed the 360 in worldwide sales). Then MGS4 launched in 2008. It was the first time the PS3 ever had a really huge hit game and it was the first time the PS3 ever had a significant sales boost from an exclusive. After the sales disappointment of so many exclusive games (Lair, Heavenly Sword, etc.), seeing the success of MGS4 was like a blessing for a system that at the time was struggling greatly. There was a huge influx of PS3 fans after that game launched and the site has maintained a fairly strong Sony community ever since.

Really I think the community is pretty balanced all things considered. There might be fewer 360 fans than PS3 or Wii fans but overall I'd say we have a good variety of users on this site (well, except for PC gamers!).

So, I was a planetn2000 and ign64/cube guy for the majority of my first 6 to 7 years browsing the game web from 1998 to 2006. I always liked when ign brought up NPD and Enterbrain game sales numbers, the reason being that I could not get over how much Nintendo got booted off the charts by Sony, and I was looking forward to a comeback. It was always nice to see one or two Nintendo hit piercing Sony's dominance with either Pokemon or Super Smash Bros, and such.

One of my greatest regrets in the industry was Square's departure from Nintendo. Ever since then, I was hopeless to find a mainstream Final Fantasy announced for anything else than a Wonderswan, a mobile platform or playstation and onto a Nintendo platform.

With that interest in Japanese sales, I ended up on a site called the-magicbox.com . It was a site that specialized in Japanese gaming news in English, and they had both a sales section and a most wanted section. I followed that site for 3-4 years before fully transitioning to VGChartz. I found VGChartz in 2006 when I realized how much data they had, the column graphs on the main page, the line graphs of all the consoles, comparable by aligned launch. The articles were excellent and I noticed they were not at all anti-Nintendo like most non-Nintendo sites, actually they were even a little pro-Nintendo. I immediately fell in love.

Though the years of Sony domination repeatedly reminded me of how much Sony toppled the old king, my time here following the sales charts showed me how much the Nintendo Revolution turned the tables once again.

At first I registered to post comments on articles. When I noticed some posters from the forum posting in the comments section, I became interested in debating with them in the threads. When I joined the forum I realized that being a fanboy was not cool, and not pleasant for anyone. I also started to pay attention to MS and Sony games, something I had never done before. That exposure led me to more openness, and I've learnt a ton of tolerance on this site. There is so much this community has given me in return for my time of coming here.

Now, with a sense of having come full circle, I want to offer something in return. That's why I want to help make this community a better place.

lol, you know, I was going to say that originally, then I thought nah because some might take it the wrong way.

Although... it IS a pretty accurate description since alot of Ninty fans were hiding in the proverbial closet during most of the GC years.  Admitting that you actually owned the "purple lunchbox" to your friends was almost like coming out of the closet lol.

I agree... I started coming here in mid-2007 and officially joined in late '07 when I started following the weekly charts, and at the time there was alot of Ninty fans and a good portion of Sony fans too... I'd say the split was 60/40 in favor of Nintendo, with like 0.01 M$ fans lol.

I think the reason there's alot less people who identify as 360 gamers / fans first on here is because there's alot of overlap there, where most 360 owners are former or still current Ninty / Sony / even Sega fans that made the switch this generation for any number of reasons (no HD-type games on Wii, PS3 being too expensive initially, etc), but they still identify with their roots.  I'd put myself in this category... big 360 gamer this generation, but every generation prior I was a Nintendo-only guy, until I picked up a PS2 late last gen because I was missing out on too many good games.

Brilliant moderators mean that this is one of few safe havens for us Nintendo fans.

when i first came to this site i was a nintendo fanboy. at the time what drew me here was that the news kept hyping the demand for wii's and i had a hard time believing it was real (seemed too good to be true). i found this site while i was searching for hard numbers to compare sales to as the news sites didn't have any facts just observations at the time.

the community is what kept me coming back.

I came across this site when i was looking for sales data of a few niche games .I then found this one of the better sites for Nintendo fans,as there seems to be less trolling here than other sites.Ive been a gamer since the early 80s and i never owned a Nintendo console until the cube (i was a hardcore sega fan and wouldnt budge).This was due to the dimise of the dreamcast,but the cube really brought me up to speed what Nintendo are all about and i became hooked.Ive owned all the consoles this gen at some time but the Wii is the console that has had the most game time from me (3DS may catch up eventually).Im 34 years of age and i dont class the cube or Wii as kiddy consoles as there is some really hardcore content on both those machines contrary to popular belief.In fact what is more harcore..an 8 hour long campaign mode in a popular shoot em up or a good 40/50 hours plus on a decent Mario game.