I have been checking the site since Wed, and still there are no numbers for this week.  Did I miss something?  Just checking on it.

expect a double update next week, most likely

no one really knows. site admin , ioi, has been missing and not logged on since Sept, 21.

This is more of a hobby / side business for him and thus, his life and fulltime job take precedence.

ioi should allow one of the senior mods to update the numbers. These delays happen a bit too often.

Do you think that updating the numbers is a simple matter of clicking a button or something like that? It probably requires hours of analysis, expertise, specific (and maybe custom) software tools (along with expertise on them)...

Thread number 9324732473204987 of "Where are the numbers?"

I can't get enough of this.

Crack!

 The clear answer is that if ioi wants this site to be taken seriously, he should teach other people/admins how to use his numbers and compile and post in the occasion that he isn't around to do it.  If posting all the sales numbers is a one man job and he won't let anybody else do it when he can't, that's a complete joke.  I doubt there's nobody else on earth who can get the numbers besides him.  

I'm 95% sure it is a complex process. He probably collects emails/data from various informants, dumps them all into a big tracking database/spreadsheet, applies some formulas, checks the numbers for spikes/errors, etc...

Only then do you get a bunch of numbers (and charts) out of it. Once that is done, the actual update itself is probably quite trivial.

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Guys - this is simply the difference between a "hobbyist" site and a "professional" one. VGChartz is not a professional site (i.e. office, salaries, etc...) and unless some company wants to buy ioi out (and put him in charge of it full-time) it is unlikely to ever become professional.

I have been in a similar position before, and can tell you that the act of running the site itself can be extremely stressful.

Just wish ioi well, and hope everything turns out for the best. Be prepared for no updates for weeks(!) - and possibly ever again :P

It's a simple answer to the question. ioi hasn't been on since last friday. That's why there is no update