I like that the admins have decided on quality over quantity when it comes to communities. For example, there is only one gaming community instead of breaking everyone into several smaller subsets. It increases interaction and exposes you to other subtopics that might spark your interest.
I hope moving forward they continue with this approach!
It’s fine for now. But I very much would prefer a general gaming community for major topics that anybody familiar or not with games can discuss, but also will need more specific communities for discussing:
PCGaming (including what components are a steal or required theses days, games that are only on Pc or to be ported,etc)
SteamDeck (just coming out last year it has daily information that needs to be passed around to users) l
TableTopgames (convention talk, deals, reissues of old games making comebacks, what games for party sizes, best snacks, etc).
And many more communities that aren’t just for me.
All of these communities end up getting lost in a larger group like Gaming. Cross posting is not a symptom of having too many communities. It is a symptom of moderating gone wrong and (for reddits case) karma farming.
I assume tha different people with a gaming channel or magazine will start their own specific niche gaming Instances. Without a single company in charge there’s more reasons for other parties to have their own instance.