Something I miss from Reddit was that just about all my favorite games had their own subreddits. Like I happen to be a huge fan of Snowrunner but I don’t see any communities specifically about Snowrunner on Lemmy. But Elden Ring has a community on 2 instances with less than 100 subs total. I think the one hosted on Lemmy.world has 8 subs and 1 post. Elden Ring was game of the year in 2022!
I guess I just don’t see enough engagement on these dedicated communities to see the value in making my own Snowrunner community or any other game in general really.
Thoughts?
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As Lemmy continues to grow, individual game subs will begin to grow. Right now there are not enough users to sustain these individual communities.
IMO only if you plan to be active there and post content to it.
I’m conflicted. While I wish I could go to a targeted community for games I am playing, my experience with Reddit is that these end up being filled with shitposts and memes.
Yes. Bring on the shitposts. It’s what I’m here for.
bleh shitposts belong in meme subs
Absolutely, but it’s tricky with a such a small user base. Most of the indie game subreddits didn’t have a lot of activity even there. The bigger ones like valheim didn’t even participate in the protest so nobody showed up here to make it, unlike gw2 and warframe that are somewhat active since they promoted this site on their subreddits.
So while I wish we had them, it might be too early, even the consolidated gaming magazines / communities don’t have that much activity going on.
You make a good point. The other thing is that the games’ publishers make those subs on Reddit. They’re for marketing more than anything else. Like the OP I miss the SnowRunner sub and I’ve only deleted my Reddit account today. That sub, although run by the publisher, is pretty chill. They let people criticize the game openly and it’s fun to see people’s screenshots and videos. They say they don’t like “low effort content” blah blah blah but they allow memes. I posted a reply to this same post on Lemmy. My response there is like yours: not enough users.
Morrowind and Final Fantasy (franchise) were two of my favorite game subs. As for their communities, one is pretty low traffic and the other doesn’t even exist.
I feel like Elder Scrolls and Final Fantasy both would make good specific game communities since they’re both fairly popular.
Do you think a single instance dedicated to hosting all the myriad game communities would be a good idea / take off? It’s something I was thinking about when I was first learning about how all this works.
someone get in there and plant this flag before fextralife does lol
Yes, please. The Animal Crossing sub was delightful and wholesome and the WoW sub had great guides. There are different genres that have different vibes and variety is the spice of life.
