slowmo said:
I think the change was clear for all to see in 2009 to early 2010. The site did nothing to protect the smaller Microsoft community of fans and ultimately the majority of the most balanced Microsoft fans left in disgust at the relentless trolling (Natal/Kinect bashed at every opportunity for 3 years). The same thing has been happening with Nintendo for the last 2 years too now. Ultimately the site suffers from having a huge skewed majority of Sony fans that make reasonable balanced conversations almost impossible at times as a minority cannot help themselves but enter even the most positive of threads and stick a cheap shot in to ruin the discussion. It's no surprise that the activity has plummeted in the last week or so as people have run out of Xbox One bashing threads to post. I'm sure the usual faces will appear to say this isn't true but it's plain to see for anyone who is even remotely unbiased where the issues lie with the forum. If the Xbox One isn't a huge success at E3 I'll be leaving the site as there will be no point in stopping to read the drivel in the Microsoft boards that will no doubt be posted for weeks. I would add that the current moderation team can do nothing about the complete inaction of the mods in the past that caused us to arrive at this point. |
Now, you'remaking the OP seem like he has a point.
So, you say you will leave if people dont stop criticising Microsoft? You might aswell leave the internet completely because i dont think there will be any place where that wont happen.
Gaming forums are the place where the core gamers come to talk about games. It is obvious a device like kinect, aimed at casuals is gonna be shunned.
Nintendo fans have got it much worse and they are still around. I cant say i agree with what you're saying at all. You have to understand that people have a reason to complain, and to just right it off as "mean to the brand i like" makes it seem a bit off. I would understand if its a thread like "the Xbox community thread". If someone went in there and started bashing microsoft products it would indeed be inappropriate unless its someone that has contributed to the thread for a long time and wants to share his concerns with the others. But aside from those, i cant see how you can claim silence from others over what they dislike.
