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The problem with Install Base is that it's pretty much sales and only sales, which has its place, but the lack of actual game discussion means I don't go there much any more.
Famiboards is better, but it inherited a lot of political BS from Resetera where you're not even allowed to talk about some games and if you say anything that doesn't adhere to extreme political correctness, you're a goner.
Neogaf is quite active still, but it goes hard in the opposite direction with a lot of right wing culture warring, plus it's kind of a time capsule from the 2000s in that there's a pervasive attitude of "lol Nintendo is trash for little kids, real men play on Playstation/PC".
For all its problems, VGChartz still offers a more balanced environment than any of the alternatives, which is why I still come here despite it having shrunk to a fraction of its former size.
