Most forms of media have their own top sales charts, and ESA boss Michael Gallagher believes the games are overdue for a similar treatment. Kotaku reports that Gallagher is seeking a more regular set of charts to explain video game sales, aside from the monthly NPD data.

“I do think that the movie industry has a significant advantage over other forms of media,” Gallagher said, “because on Monday morning… whether you are driving, or looking at the newspaper, what’s there: the top ten movies. What’s next to that? Numbers. I don’t know if they are completely accurate, but we’re trained to believe they are. And that helps the movie industry.” He says games are “still seeking our center of gravity.”

He goes on to suggest that the growing industry hasn’t had its sales tracking grow with it. “I think there is thought, because you now have significant revenue, and growth and investment and where that flows you tend to get better information,” he said. “Reporters ask for it, investors certainly do and then there are consumers. There is an advantage to the companies to figure out a way to report that.”

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