I think there are at least some changes that need to be made. I have felt for a few years now that the "news section" really needs to be separate from "game discussion" section.People just don't talk about games anymore. You go to gaming section and it's just full of news posts. No discussions. It's not like people don't play games or don't want to discuss it, it's just that they don't bother to do so on Pakgamers. I fail to understand why that is so?
"Game discussion" should specifically for discussion/views/experience pertaining to that specific game "after" its release (no news/pre-release hype etc.). And there should be just one for each game (so that the discussion is cumulative).
There should also be a third category along the lines of "General Gaming Discussion". For example, stuff not pertaining to one specific game should go there. So topics related to a particular genre (rather than games) or topics like "What are you playing right now" go there.
Since this is just my personal view, and I don't run the site, it is really up to the people running the site what to do. Obviously there is no guarantee these changes would necessarily boost the games discussion but at least I feel that would make the relevant discussion more directly accessible.
Yeah I remember the brief period when you made a lot of posts to the PSP section. But the section still didn't go active as it should have been probably (even in that time).PG is still good, but back in the day we had actual heated discussions on games/consoles/companies. Maybe it's still the same but I don't participate.. but I doubt that's the case. Radd, Chandoo, CT, DCMD, Shyber etc..
I have never been a prolific poster but I did make a number of posts in the Wii section, but usually there would be very few responses (understandable given the console wasn't that prevalent here).
The general gaming section and Playstation section were definitely much more active though.