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iceland said:

Yes, the Xbox Fanbase is running the risk of being extincted here on VGChartz. This is common knowledge by the community and is often joked about (I have no problem with the jokes). It's no secret that the majority of users are Red and Blue leaning despite the site itself being so green. When I joined this site my primary console of choice was the Xbox 360, and although the Xbox fanbase was smaller than the other two it was active and full of personalities. I knew the Xbox community had fallen even further, I had no clue how far until I recently came across an old thread which I remember seeing about the Xbox fanbase getting "meaningful". After seeing this and looking at some current stats, things look a lot more grim. Can we save the ecosystem?

 

Let's look at the top posters of this site so far this month. We're almost midway through February, this should be a pretty good indication of things. 

 

 

I think we can agree most of them are great users but not one is a primary Xbox One user, I'm not even sure if any of them own one. Looking at the top 50 isn't much better, I can count maybe 5(?) xbox fans. Why is this important? Variety. That's why. Unless you want the site to evolve into a hive mind this should be something every person on VGC wants to help improve even if you dislike MS/XBOX you should be in favor of revitalizing the Xbox fanbase. I mean how many contests have been flooded with Nintendo and Sony games winning with xbox games not even standing a chance? How many polls have xbox-related answers as the lowest by far? Where's the fun in that? You want a more colorful and more interesting VGC? Let's make an effort on improving this site and making it more welcoming for Xbox gamers.

 

More stats

 

If you look at the first page of Xbox section topics, the latest 30 threads. #30's last reply was on Jan 26th. That's over 2 weeks. As I'm writing this, 61 Xbox threads have been active in 2016.

 

Let's compare to the Nintendo section. The oldest date on a reply in the last 30 threads was 1 day ago. Compared to Xbox's 16 days ago. Threads active in 2016 so far? 425

 

Now Sony. oldest 30 thread activity post? 3 days. Threads active in 2016? 202

 

That's quite the difference, Nintendo fanbase is far more active

 

There's a lot of things that helped contribute to the dwindling Xbox fanbase. The Xbox Reveal, Negative media press which has carried over into the forums, the in-activeness of big Xbox posters and the banning of Jay which was seen as a major community member (Note: his banning is not up for debate). I encourage the remaining Xbox fans to be as active as possible (you too PC/Ouya fans). We need diversity, we need a solution. I'd like the see the pie chart more even in the future.

 

Suggestions? Thoughts on the overall ecosystem?  Does this end the Nintendo vs Playstation fanbase debate?

Can we get these stats over time? Perhaps we could see any trends or correlations both in general and to do with certain events.



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At this point, I'd say the Xbox fanbase here is about to reach single digital percentage. And its probably below that when you count active members. This is something any xbox fan has to come to realize here. Its always been pro-nintendo/sony here, that isn't about to change. But I find the almost total elimination of the fanbase steadily from 2013 to be worrying.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

I wonder if there will even be an Xbox community here by gens end.



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Splatoon threads alone must be around 100 from that graphic.



It's not anyone's fault but Xbox's. It's not that VGchartz is overrun by Nintendo or Sony fanboys, though obviously they exist, it's that less people prefer Xbox. They just need some games, but they keep porting them to PC or doing limited exclusive deals. Less fans, because Xbox One has less to offer than the 360.



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It's because the other 2 have no gaemz.




Chazore said:
Should lump PC users in there too lol, there are only roughly 5-7 of us and those related threads die within the day most of the time. It is sad that the site has become like this towards two other groups, I liked it back when the XBE was more active and Jay was around delivering news and talking of gaming in general. Now though it;s all about how bad the platform is doing, how there is no reason to get an Xbox or how they are losing "exclusives" despite MS also trying to pander to their original crowd, PC gamers which they at one time owned a majority of.

Unfortunately like Versus said, there is no wishful thinking that will bring back the old times or a lot more users for Xbox. I imagine this site will be more Sony/Nintendo as the years go on while other groups will be unlikely to grow with said passage of time.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are a lot more than "roughly 5-7" PC users on VGC. Just looking at my friend list on Steam, I found 10 VGC users that own over 100 games on Steam. 7 owned less than 100, of which 5 owned 50+. One of the two left was Vivster, a known PC guy.

 

Just because people don't participate in all PC discussion does not mean they aren't PC gamers.



What defines an Xbox fanbase anyway? I mean, I own a Ps4, but my heart is still Xbox Green.



Teeqoz said:
Chazore said:
Should lump PC users in there too lol, there are only roughly 5-7 of us and those related threads die within the day most of the time. It is sad that the site has become like this towards two other groups, I liked it back when the XBE was more active and Jay was around delivering news and talking of gaming in general. Now though it;s all about how bad the platform is doing, how there is no reason to get an Xbox or how they are losing "exclusives" despite MS also trying to pander to their original crowd, PC gamers which they at one time owned a majority of.

Unfortunately like Versus said, there is no wishful thinking that will bring back the old times or a lot more users for Xbox. I imagine this site will be more Sony/Nintendo as the years go on while other groups will be unlikely to grow with said passage of time.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are a lot more than "roughly 5-7" PC users on VGC. Just looking at my friend list on Steam, I found 10 VGC users that own over 100 games on Steam. 7 owned less than 100, of which 5 owned 50+. One of the two left was Vivster, a known PC guy.

 

Just because people don't participate in all PC discussion does not mean they aren't PC gamers.

*raises hand* 89 games on Steam



Teeqoz said:
 

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are a lot more than "roughly 5-7" PC users on VGC. Just looking at my friend list on Steam, I found 10 VGC users that own over 100 games on Steam. 7 owned less than 100, of which 5 owned 50+. One of the two left was Vivster, a known PC guy.

 

Just because people don't participate in all PC discussion does not mean they aren't PC gamers.

How many on here *main* a PC and not a console?, that's what I was reffering to, the people that actively participate in the main PC thread for the most part game on their PC than their other systems or own more for that platform.

Well then why isn't there more PC discussion if there are that many users? (inb4 "they don't care about PC", then why have PC on here at all?)

 

Also:



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