| Deyon said: I've noticed that the forums and the community is not what it once was and that is why I gathered you guys today to discuss and hopefully we can come to a positive quick solution. I personally believe its due to the absolute domination of the PS4/5 I mean there is no reason to search up and join a sales site when you already know which side is winning from the start. The PS3/360 era was too close and very competitive sales wise that it made the site an attractive place to those who are passionate about the industry. Even though I am a Sony fan, I hope with all my heart that the PS5 bombs and Xbox catches up to save this site and get some new blood around here. Thoughts on my professional analysis? |
The fact that you called it the PS3/360 era and omitted the Wii in that sentence is pretty telling.
But no, your thesis seems inaccurate. The fact is that in 2006-2010 people were more likely to visit websites and forums. And there weren't that many of them to begin with. These days the gaming community is spread out across a great number of robust platforms like YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Discord, not to mention Facebook (which wasn't even a thing back during the heyday of this site, if you can believe that). The fact that VGChartz doesn't have a very good mobile site doesn't help things and certainly doesn't encourage new usership.
Overall I think we all should feel lucky the site even still exists some 12-15 years removed from when it had the best shot at viability. I think we have a strong group of volunteers (and minimally paid) users who are to thank for that.
