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Oct 27, 2017
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#Puddlegate for Spiderman, Xbox and Sony backwards compatibility, cross platform play, tomb raider vs uncharted.. ect. This entire forum has its threads derailed on a regular basis by fans of specific companies.

Was there a reason we haven't created sub forums for the gaming side? Xbox, Sony, Nintendo, PC, and General gaming discussion? I feel like the conversations would be more productive.

It wouldn't just keep it more productive but Xbox specific OTs could be on the Xbox side, PlayStation on the Sony side, multiplatform games on the General side. Some of these threads move so quickly it's easy for actual news to be removed from the front page by OTs and other console specific threads. At least I've had many cases where I look at something, go "oh that's awesome" and realize it was posted 4 days ago because the front page is covered with OTs and argument threads.

I get where we all came from and it's the way it was at the old place... But maybe ask the community if they would rather separate into subforums to promote debate or conversation rather than bias argument.
 

Sorel

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Oct 27, 2017
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It would just promote less activities all around, I'm found with how it is now.

Though I'd like if you could pin some thread to make them stay on your front page
 

Kyoufu

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That just further encourages people to seclude themselves in their own bubbles. The OTs are as far as I'd go with that personally. Actual separate sub forums would be awful imo.
 

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I don't think putting communities in their respective bubble helps foster constructive discussion. Sure, people disagree and it gets ugly sometimes but that's how the real world works.
 

Eumi

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Console warring is already incredibly dumb and irritating, we don't need to split this forum into groups to further fuel that tribalism.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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if you want echo chambers, just go into sony exclusive review threads, smash/direct hype threads or the Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape thread
 

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Bad idea imo, by creating subforums for Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and PC you're just giving fanboys echo chambers instead of encouraging them to visit one forum to read all of these console manufacturers news.
 
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