[12] With this re-launch came the move from collecting publicly available data to carrying out original research on the videogame market, and VGChartz began to produce its own weekly charts.

[7] With the launch of PlayStation Move and Kinect towards the end of 2010, renewed interest in the videogame market led VGChartz to report estimates for initial sales of both pieces of hardware.

[15][16] Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft Chief of Staff for Interactive Entertainment Business, openly criticized VGChartz data for Kinect on his Twitter feed,[17] later adding "Sorry if my note offended.

"[18] The comments from Greenberg prompted Walton to write an editorial, "Why it is so Easy to Blame VGChartz," in which he addressed why media organizations and publishers try to undermine the data and methods on the site.

Critics have noted that the website is ad-supported and claims to track every country's individual hardware and software sales to a single digit, something not even Microsoft or Sony are always capable of achieving.

The main service provided by VG Chartz is weekly charts of hardware and software sales for the video game consoles sold by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft.

This data is presented in three separate charts that each cover one of the three main video game markets (Japan, North America, and EMEAA encompassing Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia).