I'm just curious, what exactly would you prefer to see here? I don't think this community is specific controversies, but I do think it is, and rightly so, mostly focused on gaming discussion rather than just games. And contentious topics are simply famously those which cause and often merit the most discussion.
Would you prefer instead if all of the posts were simply "How Great Is God of War?" followed by a chain of comments saying nothing but agreement?
The constant negativity, not just in this community, but across the entire lemmyverse really bums me out, and is the main reason I don't spend more time here.
That said, there are plenty of topics to discuss that aren't negative. New games in development, new game releases, sales, discussions about hidden gem games, games you should give another chance after a rocky start, favorite vintage games, screenshots that show the beauty of a game. This is just off the top of my head, and I'm not very good at coming up with ideas.
Instead, this community is just a constant "Nintendo bad" with breaks to talk about how Microsoft shit the bed, followed by Sony shitting the bed. I mean, this community just talked about the Helldivers 2 controversy for like a week. It was just constant posts about it. Every little update about how they made it worse rose to the top.
I'm just honestly sick of all the negativity. Do you people even like playing games? Or do you only like complaining about games?
I don't know, man. The more time I spend on Lemmy, the less I want to be here. If this is what people want this place to be like, then maybe it isn't for me. Y'all seem like you're miserable, and you just want to spread negativity to make everyone as miserable as you.