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I voted yes for the following reasons:
Firstly, unless I've missed it somewhere, I still haven't seen any valid explanation as to
why there is a Kinect section, and not a Move section ? If it's down to forum activity, then at the moment - yes... Kinect is popular. But then so was the Move at launch. Before the 'Move discussion thread' got moved to the hardware section, it remained on page 1 of this main section since it's inception.
If it's because of the fact that the Move games can go in the relative gaming sections, then the same could be said for the Kinect games surely? Currently, there are just as many PS3 games that are 'Move Required/Necessary' as there are Kinect titles.
As regards to the comments defining the Move as 'just the controllers', I disagree. The Kinect is only one peripheral - a unit housing some cameras and a mic. The Move
requires the PS Eye, which is a camera and mic also, as well as the Move and Navigation controllers. Even more reason to have a dedicated Move section, rather than a Kinect section one would have thought.... especially seeing as there are also gun attachments which would probably warrant their own thread alone.
The main reason I believe there should be a dedicated section though, is user friendliness. Although a forum is a discussion board by definition, to many visitors it is also an
information board. If you give easy access to information from potential members, then they're more likely to stick around, join up and increase site traffic...rather than going elsewhere. It's good for the forum as a whole, and good for any potential advertising opportunities.
Having to sift through one thread just to find out a specific piece of information is off-putting. I suspect that a lot of site visitors, whether seasoned or newbies, might not have the inclination to look in the Hardware section for Move-related discussion. It isn't clearly highlighted anywhere that this is the section you should be looking in either.
I agree that the whole PS3 area could do with being streamlined, but in other areas maybe ? I'd merge all the game related threads into one section, removing the genre-specific sub-forums, and I'd ditch the preview section too. Having just the one 'game titles' section I feel would give the impression of increased activity, which in turn would probably convince users to contribute more....a livelier atmosphere is more enjoyable than a ghost town where forums are concerned !
just my two-penneth.