| Proxy-Pie said: Bingo. I think the former big presence of all 3 fandoms on the site had to do with how great Gen 7 was in terms of sales. First Nintendo was dominating sales, then Xbox picked up, then PS also picked up, then Ninty slowed down, then Ninty sales fell off a cliff (3DS initially, WiiU), but the last transformation point was the release of the PS4 and Xbox One. Since that point, there's been nothing interesting in terms of sales. PS4 dominating, Xbox doing bad-okayish, WiiU sales super low and 3DS doing fine. The XBO reveal certainly hurt the Xbox fandom, with most "non-aligned" users that just liked the 360 for what it had to offer rather than brand loyalty moving on to other plaftorms. The rest of the die-hard MS fandom got so much shit it wasn't even funny, so it was inevitable that we'd end up without an MS presence on here. I've even seen one of the users you listed talk crap on kowenicki (one of this site's Xbox pillars) even on Vizioneck, which is pretty sad to be honest. Many pillars on all sides started frequenting this site less and less ever since the sales became so monotone. Many prominent Sony fans also left the site (Again, some of their own accord and some were banned for flaming/flamebaiting) for Vizioneck. Having a single fandom dominate a forum doesn't create much room for heated discussion, so that's why we still have 2 major fandoms here |
I guess JayWood leaving the site also affected the Xbox community here, as the new XBE never had the volume of discussion that the original one had.
