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Should we make communities for specific games? (self.games)
submitted 2 years ago by bloodtide to c/games
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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.