section request No dedicated PS1 or PS2 section? Or the N64? Or the XBOX?

[RetroSonicHero]

I find it a bit odd that we have a DREAMCAST section for the Classic Consoles Forum, but not a Playstation 1, 2, N64, or hell even the Saturn while we're at it. And especially the XBOX, as well.

 

I can understand the concern of clutter with the sections, that's completely understandable. I'm mostly just curious why these dedicated console sections don't exist for, at the very least, the PS1 and PS2 since those are two of the highest selling consoles of all time with massive fanbases and owners.

 

An original XBOX section would be great as well, given the big homebrew scene and whatnot.

 

 

I don't know, maybe I'm off-base for asking about this. Sorry if I am; I don't want to cause trouble or anything.

Edited May 25 by RetroSonicHero

[Punisher5.0]

We have dedicated "official" threads for most of those systems and its worked fine for years. 

[Atariboy]

While I take no fault with what you're asking, I don't understand why people ask for this. By my count we're at 75 forums with almost the same number of sub-forums.

 

Where do all of you find the time to even pay half attention to more than a handful of these? And you want it divided up even more? I can't keep up with more than a handful of these on a daily basis since it's so spread out already.

[+jeremiahjt]

The PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo 64 have got to have some other forums somewhere for people to discuss. Those systems were and are extremely popular. The Saturn has a forum over a Sega-16. Now, for Xbox, I am not sure. That one does not seem as popular today as the other ones.

 

All that being said, this is ATARIAge. If we have a forum for every system Nintendo makes, might we one day become a Nintendo forum? I sure hope not. I would be in favor of an Emerson Arcadia-2001 forum or an RCA Studio II forum before any of those. Systems that were contemporaries with Atari systems make more sense to have spaces here.

[Reaperman]

The more dedicated forums we get, the harder it is to keep up on all of it.

 

Since 'the great forum ballooning,' I've had to start subscribing to 'new homebrew' youtube channels since I was missing out on too many here, and not finding out of them until it was way too late to get in on it.

 

Edited May 26 by Reaperman

[Tanooki]

If it were my call, and it is not, I'd have just made official sections for each hardware maker who either was a key player and is dead or still ticking, and if they had a substantial handheld base/line I'd throw it a subforum off that section maybe.

 

If a split existed only really Nintendo and Sony would have enough chance, largely just Nintendo to earn a dedicated handheld section.

 

Realistically it probably would just make more sense to have a section per hardware maker and it gets everything rolled into it, end of story.  That would leave the smallest footprint with ease of finding what you want.

Nintendo, Sega, Atari, Sony, NEC(TG/PCE), SNK(NeoGeo/PocketColor), and so on...then a general one after for the one offs and older stuff that didn't last long like Colecovision, Vectrex, Int, etc.

 

What tends to work best for the lazy browser is having to hit the least places in the fastest time to get what they wand and onto the next.

[jhd]

I am a huge fan of the PlayStation (and the PS 2), but there is not nearly enough discussion to justify a dedicated sub-forum.  

[BawesomeBurf]

We have sub-forums for PS3 and PS4, which are basically dead. I know those are in a different category, but would rather have them eliminate those and give us PS1 and PS2 instead. Or just general hardware companies like Tanooki suggested. 

[carlsson]

Like Jeremiah writes above, I believe the main principle is that AtariAge is intended for Atari branded systems, plus other vintage systems which have a significant following but no other community to cater to it. Over the years, more and more sections have been formed even for systems which have communities elsewhere, sometimes when there exists what appears to be an Euro-centric forum elsewhere (e.g. Commodore 8-bit and Amiga), but AtariAge is more American in its audience and those don't feel like they belong on a mostly European forum.

 

Perhaps you're right that there could be a general Sony section and then all PlayStation stuff goes there, either directly in the section or further divided into subsections. The same could be said about Nintendo and Sega too. In all three cases, I do think there are active communities elsewhere even from an US user perspective, so it would be more a service to AtariAge users than an initiative to gather loose souls who have no place to discuss currently.

[+jeremiahjt]

7 hours ago, BawesomeBurf said:

We have sub-forums for PS3 and PS4, which are basically dead. I know those are in a different category, but would rather have them eliminate those and give us PS1 and PS2 instead. Or just general hardware companies like Tanooki suggested. 

The reason we have those is because those forums were created when those were the current systems. When they ceased being the current system, the forums were left. To have a PlayStation 1 forum and/or a PlaySation 2 forum, they would have to be created with the express purpose of having a space for already dead Sony systems. Do we really need that? I do not think so. Again,  this is AtariAge, not VideoGameAge.

[Punisher5.0]

If you look at the Official PS1 thread it averages under 50 posts a year. Thats hardly worth making a separate forum for. I dont even think there is a dedicated PS2 thread here.

[Tanooki]

Which is why I kind of suggested streamlining it.  Just have a single section for Nintendo, Sony, MS, Arcade... catch all bins that from the mass of releases over decades would easily cluster enough use to bother existing.

[roots.genoa]

I personally don't care that much since I browse my unread posts stream and check what looks interesting, but sometimes I wonder if there are not a lot of posts about PS1 or SNES precisely because there are not specific sections. Creating a new topic in the right section can be intimidating for a newcomer, or even someone like me that posts a lot but only has created one topic for almost 10 years.

[carlsson]

I keep suggesting that maybe you want to create a PS2 or a SNES club, and see how much posts you drum up in the club. Essentially those are like user-generated forum sections, except that you need to look up the clubs and join them before you see the posts. I don't know how much work it is technically (or if it at all is possible) to move threads from a club into the main forum if it would turn out to be a major topic, but it is one step ahead one single "everything goes" official thread.