Topic: Nintendolife versus Push Square

So I frequent both Nintendolife and Push Square, primarily as a lurker, and I can't help but notice the large discrepancy in the traffic. Nintendolife seems to attract way more comments, both to the articles/features and also on the forums, than Push Square does. What do you think are the reasons for this? Has Nintendolife been around for a lot longer? Or are Nintendo fans just more interested in talking with fellow fans than Playstation fans are? I have noticed that there seem to be way more Nintendo fansites out there than Playstation ones. I, personally, love all my Nintendo systems and Playstation systems.

Cross-posting on Push Square for responses there.

This site isn't really interested in talking about Messi, McLaren, driving over pedestrians or World War 2!

(Sorry for the cheeky comment)

I guess it's because NL is the "big brother" of Push Square and the Xbox one.

(Also I have my theory that many people join here because of the name)

Most PlayStation only gamers use Sony's own forums to communicate with each other. There's a Sony trophy site thats very active too.

Or maybe we are but third party companies won't let us! lol.

Yes.

Or are Nintendo fans just more interested in talking with fellow fans than Playstation fans are?

No group of fans is more interested in talking than another, we just have less options in general unless we want to go on the abysmal Miiverse. Also worth noting that Microsoft and Sony are less about first party games - in which case people owning those systems are more likely to go to a general gaming site, not a company specific one.

Haha no. That wasn't funny. Ever heard of games called tearaway? How about little big planet? Journey? Those are all PlayStation games. Stop generalizing every non-Nintendo game as being violent.

Edit- sorry if that came out a little too angry. I'm just tired of Nintendo fans generalizing PlayStation and Xbox fans, and vice-versa.

It was more a comment about lack of third party support

For one thing Nintendolife has been around longer then the other two sites. Also I believe that the age of its user base has something to do with it. Nintendo tends to have a lot of the younger games, which have more time to hang out on the forums. Also there are a lot more sites that report Plantation and Xbox news and reviews then Nintendo or at least do it justice without giving in to the Sony and MS fanboys.

Yeah sorry if my comment came out a little too angry lol. I'm just tired of Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox fans generalizing each other.

If you think PS has low traffic, you really haven't been to PureXbox. I go to all three sites, but I am more active in NL (because I love Nintendo games), then PS (because I own a PS3) and finally PX (since I am planning to get an Xbox One). I like all three sites though.

I kind of thought it was because the sites that Nintendo fans can communicate in a "safe" and civilized matter and get news was more limited than Sony fans. In other words Sony fans are spread more thinly on other sites than Nintendo.

School yard computer wars circa 1980s.

"You have a spectrum? Jeez, they can't even display colour!"
"Well all the colours on your C64 are just dirty shades of brown"
"Your games sound like they are farting! Two words Rob Hubbard"
"Noone listens to computer music. You put a cassette on while you play and listen to proper music".

So Playstation vs Xbone vs Wii is....normal for our western civilisation lol

Thanks for the responses everyone! Makes sense to me. Are these other Playstation sites that are out there mainly the trophy-related sites? I just haven't come across too many, whereas for Nintendo, I've seen GoNintendo, Nintendo World Report, Nintendo Everything, and Nintendo Enthusiast (though most of these are news/features sites, and have less reader interaction).

I'll come forward and be brutally honest. The main reason I prefer Nintendolife is the colour scheme. Seriously. Sorry writer and reviewers who think the quality of their work is key. The colour scheme is way more important. At least to me.

Because "Push Square" is a horrible name for new people searching for a Playstation site.

Should be easy. readies rocket launcher
...Wait, we're not going to fight them? o.o

Because I'm here, and not on Push Square

I think we all come here for @Shane904

Nintendo Life had about the same traffic 6-7 years ago (relatively speaking). Tasuki might know the answer to this, but I noticed that traffic has steadily increased lately.