| LegitHyperbole said: Oh I know exactly what ERA and GAF are. What if you could tell the ones that are getting banned (Which are the sensible ones) that there's a nice cosy spot over here away from that nonsense. Why do ya go back? It's like some social experiment that's gone completely wrong. Sure ya can get news on Twitter... not that that place is much better in it's own way. |
I mainly use Twitter for auto notifications from Wario64 whenever some tech or gaming deal happens.
For gaming, I usually go to Gematsu for news articles or Reddit's GamingLeaks sub forum for leaks.
But Resetera like Ryuu mentions has insiders, faster input of news, etc - there's a lot of stuff that are not mentioned in Gematsu or any one other source mainly because you got hundreds of people who flock to the site to post news of whatever event like its some sort of competition so its the fastest way to get a hold of any type of information in regards to gaming and non-gaming as well.
If I remember right, a major game announcement was made few months ago - about 5-6 people posted a thread and they had to merge all the threads together so it was odd seeing the first 5-6 posts almost the same exact post lol.
| Ryuu96 said: This. Discord/Reddit/Twitter has fucked forums. The majority of people on forums like VGChartz/ResetEra/NeoGaf are those who have been on those forums already for years, ResetEra is lucky in that it was an off-shoot from the biggest gaming forum on the internet, Lol. If you tried to make an entirely brand new forum website nowadays with no connection to ResetEra, it would probably fail. People have changed, moved on with their lives, as you said, but a lack of new users are coming in and the console wars are over. Younger generation is all about TikTok/Discord, Reddit, Lol. VGChartz is still primarily a videogame forum, as is ResetEra. But ResetEra will always be more well known and then I ask, if someone has a choice between ResetEra or VGChartz, why would they pick VGChartz if gaming is what you care most about? ResetEra is way more active, they post news way quicker than us, they even have news that originate from themselves and their insiders, Lol, ResetEra also looks nicer both desktop and mobile and works better. The main reasons I can think of as to why someone would pick VGChartz over ResetEra (or Reddit/Discord) is because you actually prefer a much smaller community and it's easier to sign up to. |
I joined VGChartz on a whim (perhaps the database got me on hold), was looking at console sales data (while visiting another gaming forum and talking about sales there) - joined in 2011 when I realized this site had a forum lmao.
100% dedicated Forums are a dying form of communication just like how IRC was before forums became popular decades ago
Now you got the successor to IRC in the form of Discord and Reddit is a condensed forum like site with multiple venues for different types of discussions.
And with how much tech is changing and as new generations come in - less usage of older forms of communication will happen and more usage of newer quicker forms of communication will happen like TikTok, Instagram, etc.
Its the reason why you havent seen that many new people joining the site and the average age of even on ResetERA is above 30. I was surprised to see there were several people in their 40s, 50s and even 60s on ResetERA.
But then it dawned on me...I'm coming up as well even though I'm in my mid 30s. Aging sucks yo :(
Last edited by BasilZero - on 05 August 2024
