New Forums for Console Gaming?

bobcat73Wed 09/04/08 16:09

Not sure about everyone else, but how about some forums on here for console gaming. I am now the owner of both Xbox360 and PS3 consoles and would be up for some OUT related online competitions in whatever games people have...

saturosWed 09/04/08 16:10

Not a bad idea.

I thought we had one already. Shows how much attention I pay to the boards ;)

I am loving Oblivion..STILL!

bobcat73Wed 09/04/08 16:13

Well theres the "Skills:Video and computing" section... i just wondered if they should be split into Xbox / PS3 the like...

alexjames33Wed 09/04/08 16:13

Good idea

snoboardrWed 09/04/08 16:33

Isn't the drama the sheer volume of different gaming wotsits - N64, Gameboy, Gamecube, Dreamcast, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii.

I've started a poll at quickfind:348387 - go and vote.

Also, aren't some games available across more than one format? Or are the big popular games all format specific?

freestylWed 09/04/08 17:31

Some games are format specific, most cross consoles. To be honest, one console section is fine just as long as someone titles their query correctly.

Gran Theft Auto 4 Xbox360 is going to be plenty specific enough for those trying to play it on the PS3 not to get that involved. (It's out soon BTW).

If there were to be a split in a forum group then it'd be best served along the lines of technical issues and playing issues.

snoboardrWed 09/04/08 17:46

quoting > "If there were to be a split in a forum group then it'd be best served along the lines of technical issues and playing issues."

Yup, that's kinda what I thought, as I figured many big games are cross-platform. Perhaps it should be handled a la television and music - in terms of genre of game - as well as the tech/play issues.

Can some folk who know more about this than I do make some sensible suggestions on what may be half a dozen relevant and suitable topics for splitting up the consoles discussions into more specific sections.

freestylWed 09/04/08 18:31

Just a thought but it may help for you to look at the games section of www.play.com as that lists games quite nicely by genre and lists consoles too.

bobcat73Mon 14/04/08 09:00

Well, i agree that maybe genre and tech/play issues would be a good idea, but my main comment was regarding the online communities that systems are now starting to create (mainly on the next gen consoles) and an area where people can discuss the relevant updates/online gaming etc - which are more specific to the console type (mainly wii/ps3/xbox360).

GTA4, for example will have downloadable extras available on XBOX360 console only - in other merged platform forums what tends to happen are just a lot of comments on which platform is best...

freestylMon 14/04/08 10:55

quoting > "in other merged platform forums what tends to happen are just a lot of comments on which platform is best..."

Hmm, he has a point. It is also confusing as hell when I see a game on a console I don't have, find it for the one I do have then have no idea whether it is quite the same or not!

gayrathMon 14/04/08 11:16

I like all the games info in 1 place personally. I think if you start createing new forums we could have forum overload.

PS3, PS2, XBox, XBox 360, Wii, DS, PSP, PC, Retro. I think the forums are broken down way too much as it is, without doing it even more.

Maybe having a selection such as Games:reviews, games:spoilers and games:hints and cheats might be a better way of managing them.