Nah, from the looks of the number of people volunteering on discord, the years where prominent members track sales, I doubt the new guys are as well equipped to take up the mantle.
You can have discussion but it will pale to what Salesgaf originally bring to the table. The NPD guy isn't even here anymore.
Agreed, if SalesAge community move on, it will be hard to replace.
The argument is fairly niche compared to general gaming despite its importance and only a small fraction of gamers really care about it.
The more passionate about VG sales aggregated here on GAF from all around the world due to specific circumstance tracing back to early '00s which in turn attracted even more new users through time which wanted to know and talk about the industry (be them active users or lurkers).
It's not a coincidences that typical SalesAge threads are now filled with people (many lurkers) asking about discord links.
Old school GAF NPD threads were the best, its the reason I too lurked these boards over a decade ago. I used to do NTDOY day trading based on GAF discussion!
Ah! that's funny.
Bunkum days were indeed crazy.