What was the traffic during NX-Switch revealed again, especially after January presentation?

From what I've seen, there were lot of discussions about sales potential, reaction to specs and price, 1st and 3rd party contents speculation, and etc. I'd expect the same to PS5 and XSX with console reveal, E3, and launch month.

I must say these past few times I've visited the forum it's awfully calm. I can almost hear the crickets chirp.

Hello? Anyone there?

Perhaps if there was a request form to access politics rather than just having it publically open? It's not really a forum for constructive political talk. It's mostly good as a place to blow off steam on the low intelligence racists, outrage culture MRAs, and culty fanatics that skulk around in there. But it is also a completely off-topic location that probably shouldn't be visible to regular and new users, because (while it has its uses) it is the ugly side of VGchartz.

I think the forum has its uses, but it should be a gated community. The place is shameful to show to the public, and I can see how it would alienate and drive away many.

A lot of toxic people left and honestly i think it's for the better.

I do. I want to avoid poisonous in-crowds and circle-jerks as much as possible. Shit just annoys me.

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You're kind of being pouty for no reason.  He was just giving an example.  The fact is, we want new users to come here, and the "default" forum choices will showcase a much different complexion of VGChartz than what the average user who has learned this trick currently see.  I for one, since I started doing this over a year ago, have forgotten mostly about the politics aspect of this site.  But I forget that for any new visitors that come to check out the numbers or an article will instantly be given a snapshot of our community that is oftentimes toxic, whichever persuasion they may be.  and that's all well in good if you have come to VIDEO GAME CHARTZ for your political venting, but that subset of forum goers is miniscule and any positive traffic numbers the site receives from it are quickly negated by the overwhelming number of visitors who just don't need that in their life.  

I dont understand the politics issue, there is like 1 or 2 active threads at any given time.

I just think they should be an "opt-in" and not an "opt-out."  The politics pages aren't VGC's best look, and in fact I feel they don't represent the best users in the best light. 

Not that I think that hiding or removing the politics forum from this site will drastically change viewership.  The fact is, and I have stated this several times in this thread, it isn't 2006, 2007, or 2008 anymore.  We live in a post-smartphone saturation society and that is probably the biggest activity killer on this site...and I'm not even referring to mobile optimization.  The fact is that from the years 1995-2010 one of the main ways we all got on the internet was through a PC or laptop.  Those days are long gone and so are the insane traffic numbers from that era.  Couple this with the fact that there really isn't a "competition" or "console war" going on at the moment, the numbers aren't posted for software, and NPD is getting stricter and stricter and there really just isn't a way to ever get back to those numbers.  At the very least we could make this place inviting, though.

You got that from my comment? There's more to politics than liberals and conservatives. Most people, myself included, are sick and tired of seeing the shit everyday. Politics are injected into everything. Music, television, film, you name it. Why it has to be on a gaming forum is beyond me.

Deleted a dumb comment. Still stand by this part, though. There's no need for divisive and hateful political discussion everywhere.