I can agree with the Vita thread. It moves too quickly and a lot of the stuff is just...well I dunno.
But with other official threads, they tend to remain topical. I know with the ones I do I put the update in the thread title, and then update the OP accordingly with the news. So if you're posting and merely looking at the first page, it'll be topical.
Either that or just skip to the last page, really. Official threads rarely go off-topic because they only consist of people who own and love the game. At least in my experience.







