VGChartz Game Sales Parser

A simple Python-based parser that extracts game sales data from VGChartz and saves it to a CSV file for further processing.

⚠️ Note: This parser collects raw data and does not clean or normalize it. It's intended for use in data pipelines where further processing will be applied.

This parser absolutely could (and should) be improved — with logging, better structure, and proper error handling. However, the main goal was to create a "workflow" where the maximum raw data is provided for analysis and processing, which was achieved.

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📦 Features

• Collects data on:
  • Game title
  • Platform
  • Publisher & Developer
  • VGChartz score, critic/user scores
  • Regional and global sales figures
  • Release date
• Exports data to games.csv
• Supports automatic pagination (fetches all available pages)

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🛠 Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• requests
• pandas
• lxml

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

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🚀 How to Run

python vgchartz_parser.py

This will fetch all game data from VGChartz and export it to games.csv in the same directory.

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📂 Output

The output file games.csv contains one row per game with the following columns:

• name
• platform
• publisher
• developer
• vgs_score
• critic_score
• user_score
• total_shipped
• total_sales
• na_sales
• pal_sales
• jp_sales
• other_sales
• release_date

Sample output CSV.

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⚙️ Code Structure

• run(start_url) – handles pagination and sends HTTP requests.
• process_gamelist(tree) – extracts data from a single page of results.
• Output is stored in a list of dictionaries and then exported via pandas.

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🧑‍💻 Contributing

Feel free to use, fork, or suggest improvements via pull requests or issues.

Found a bug or want to suggest a feature? Open an issue here.