Will VgChartz ever have a large, meaningful Xbox fanbase?

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The Xbox gamer community is an inverse to the intelligence of the Sony gamer community. As the intelligence level declines, so too does the size of the Xbox gamer community. As the intelligence level increases, so too does the size of the Xbox gamer community.

The problem with a site is the amount of bias. Not only bias from within the community but also by the modding staff. A modding staff that allows one community to be heard more loudly than say another does no favors for itself. It is the diversity of a site, the breadth of ideas, and voices that allow it to grow. It doesn't mean we all agree on one topic, it doesn't mean we all disagree either, but we are rational and logical in our arguments and opinions.

I'm not a fan of Sony or Nintendo, but even I know PS3 backward compatibility, even if offered in a module, is the best option for Sony in the PS4. I'm not going to suggest an option that would hurt them in their current financial state or one that would subjectively offer a technological advantage but also likewise a technological failure (cloud-based gaming service). Certainly in the US it would be the worst idea due to the varying and often poor bandwidth options here.

The problem with this site is all too often bias is tolerated. Often anything Xbox related can be slammed without a supporting argument or the weakest of arguments, but any attempt to do the same with the Sony or Nintendo becomes a reason for banning or admonishment.

If what the site owners, administrators, moderators, and members want is a site that only speaks for one community in gaming, so be it. It will be what they eventually end up with. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has them and the Internet is drowning in assholes.

How many times do we need to hear from people who have never played a game, but yet hate on it or the genre because they don't like it? How many times does a fact need to be told before the community just accepts that the fact and truth is indeed a truth and stops trying to argue otherwise? The gaming community needs to become less silo'ed, less fanboyish, and more rational, reasonable, and intelligent. It doesn't mean we can't be passionate about what we like or don't like, it just means we can have a better, more intelligent conversation about it. Not endless stirring of pots, or arguments for the sake of arguing.

Yes, I hold the general Xbox community in high regard because despite the 12 year old XBL stereotype people have of Xbox gamers, they generally are a very reasonable and mature group that when engaged in a conversation about something gaming related offer an amazingly intelligent conversation. I've talked to gamers of a wide array of ages in person and the level of conversation is impressive. The problem is that what we seem to get online, especially when it comes to Sony gamers and a lesser extent Nintendo gamers, is often a lack of intelligent, reasonable, or rational conversation.

I don't care what community you belong to, it's gets frustrating having the same conversation over and over and over again, despite whatever rational and reasonable conversation you try to have. Or trying to start up a new conversation that hasn't been broached before and having it crushed under the weight of opinions rather than rational and intelligent arguments.

Xbox gamers are Xbox gamers, they may also be PC gamers, Nintendo gamers, or Sony gamers, but the bottom line is they are Xbox gamers. They get really tired of people suggesting their gaming preference is the worst for no other reason than whoever is saying is doesn't like some aspect of the Xbox gaming world.

If someone likes Kinect, damn them for liking Kinect because your opinion is that Kinect sucks. If someone likes a particular game they get damned because they and millions of others enjoy a particular game. Halo 4 sells millions of copies and idiots that have never played the game want to argue that sales don't determine quality, but then will turn right around and point to how many fewer copies of Halo 4 have sold than prior iterations of the game. If you point out how well the game rated in Metacritic, than either Metacritic is flawed or the fact that it performed poorer (largely because of ONE review) in Metacritic than prior iterations suggests that any opinion contrary to the opposing viewpoint is in fact wrong. There is no opportunity to win an argument when the battle is between subjective opinion, so why bother engaging in it?

That's the challenge for any Xbox gamer. Why bother engaging in any argument? Why not just let the nay-sayers say whatever they want and move on to a less argumentative conversation or site altogether?