For a while now I have noticed that the news headlines on the first page are very much more often in red color (Sony related) than green (Microsoft related). Now you might say it's because Sony has three consoles on the market (PS3, PS2 and PSP), while MS only has one (X360). But it's not. Because even if you exclude the PSP and PS2 news, the ratio in favor of Sony is massive - from January 1 to January 21 VGC has posted 48 Sony PS3 related news articles, compared to only 20 MS X360 related articles. I'm afraid that quite a bit of "fan enthusiasm" is at play here.
As a Xbox fan I am obviously very upset by this. Now you might say, "but hey, we don't have enough contributors for the Xbox, what can we do?". Well, that would be an unprofessional reply I think. Would it cut it to say that on Gamespot or IGN? "Yeah, we have twice as much PS3 material because all our staff love the trey". No, it wouldn't.
On all other gaming sites I've visited - unless it's clearly a fansite for a specific console or brand - the proportion between news articles and overall material is split fairly evenly between the PS3 and X360.
My suggestion is that if it doesn't come naturally from the grassroots, i.e. the pool of potential contributors simply doesn't contain enough Xbox fans (which is only logical for a site dominated by Sony fans) the site leaders should make sure that both consoles get equal coverage.
Also, lately there's been an awful lot of news about such and such bundle for the PS3 or such and such new batch of screenshots for the Xth time. Even if these type of articles were split even between the HD consoles, my personal opinion is that there's a bit of an amateurish feel to see so many news about bundles and screenshots.
Discuss.
