bluejay Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 The Official N64 Thread has 250 replies, which should be around 80 to 100 threads if it were to be a real subforum. I think the interest in the console is plenty for it to deserve a proper place for discussion. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 There are plenty of sites for Nintendo. Best off to play there for such things. Never know, it could get added but I wouldn't hold your breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 The Channel F thread is bigger. Just saying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 5 hours ago, atari2600land said: The Channel F thread is bigger. Just saying. But it's not as popular nor is it better known. Ask anyone you meet in the streets today "Do you know what the Fairchild Channel F is?" Then, ask them, do you know what a Nintendo 64 is?" They will most likely answer, "No," then "Yes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 4 hours ago, bluejay said: But it's not as popular nor is it better known. Ask anyone you meet in the streets today "Do you know what the Fairchild Channel F is?" Then, ask them, do you know what a Nintendo 64 is?" They will most likely answer, "No," then "Yes." This whole forum is dedicated to Atari. There are other systems from that time frame that also have sub forums and there is the modern gaming section as well. As I mentioned before, there are already many other forums that cater specifically to Nintendo and all of it's machines. If the N64 offerings here on AtariAge are not what you are looking for, I suggest spending time on another forum where the N64 is more of a focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) I'm just another member with no authority and can't speak for Albert or his team of moderators, but I do know that forum subdivisions aren't popularity contest. They're based on traffic and when there's very little of it, there's no reason to do this. Furthermore, relegating it to a little used sub-forum instead of the more visible thread we have ongoing these days in the general classic gaming area would diminish that activity even further. As a N64 fan, I think it would be unfortunate and entirely counterproductive to what you're hoping to accomplish if N64 discussion was banished to a back corner of AtariAge instead of the much more visible location it occurs in at the present. Edited January 19, 2020 by Atariboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Atariboy said: I'm just another member with no authority and can't speak for Albert or his team of moderators, but I do know that forum subdivisions aren't popularity contest. They're based on traffic and when there's very little of it, there's no reason to do this. Furthermore, relegating it to a little used sub-forum instead of the more visible thread we have ongoing these days in the general classic gaming area would diminish that activity even further. As a N64 fan, I think it would be unfortunate and entirely counterproductive to what you're hoping to accomplish if N64 discussion was banished to a back corner of AtariAge instead of the much more visible location it occurs in at the present. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 24 years on, is N64 considered classic or modern? I like N64 but I feel that over sub-dividing the forum, especially super mainstream stuff like that, isn't healthy unless there's a crap-ton of discussion about it. A dedicated thread with 250 posts in it sounds like a perfect place for discussion. Just like the NeoGeo thread that is super excited about NG specific stuff. I was a big fan of IGN64 way back when so generally speaking, I'd follow any N64 related stuff on a dedicated thread, even if it didn't get its own sub forum. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I want a Tiger game.com subforum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I am an N64 fan, but based on the traffic, I think the existing thread is perfect for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 In particular, I believe that subforums are created for formats that have little or no following elsewhere on the Internet, but significantly enough to yield more than one single discussion thread. For instance on the classic computing scene subforums were created for Apple II because it almost doesn't exist elsewhere except for very hardware oriented discussions, and subforums were created for the Commodores because the existing ones were thought to be very Euro-centric while the majority of the AA audience is America-centric. As you may have noticed, none of the Nintendo formats have their own subforums here on AtariAge except for specific High Score Contests. The addition of modern gaming in general probably was due to there was no other place other than strictly off-topic to discuss them, and as the number of new systems grow, new sections are added for convenience even though those certainly have following elsewhere as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Get N or Get Out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I'm still waiting for my Onlive sub-forum. Is Stadia coming soon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I lost some money on OnLive. Gone forever! Let's make a forum for complaining about how physical media is the best. OH WAIT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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