Which of these setups do you prefer?

[kevinandskyforever80]

Ladies and gentlemen, please let me know which of these four set-ups for a forum you like better. Please note that "-" denotes a sub-forum. This is strictly for the gaming category on a gaming message board. My current setup is setup 1, however, I believe that setup 3 may be a far better option.


Setup 1
General Gaming Discussion
-Girl Gamers
Computer Gaming
Nintendo
-Wii
-GameCube
-Nintendo 64
-Super Nintendo
-Nintendo Entertainment System
-Color TV Game
-Nintendo 3DS
-Nintendo DS
-Virtual Boy
-Game Boy
Sega
-Dreamcast
-Saturn
-32X
-Sega CD
-Genesis
-Master System
-SC-3000
-SG-1000
-Nomad
-Game Gear
PlayStation
-PlayStation Move
-PlayStation Cloud
-PlayStation 3
-PlayStation 2
-PlayStation
-PlayStation Portable
Xbox
-Project Natal / Kinect
-Xbox 360
-Xbox
OnLive
Other Consoles
-Gaikai
-OTOY
-Playcast
-Atari
-3DO Interactive Multiplayer
-Amiga
-Neo Geo



Setup 2
General Gaming Discussion
-Girl Gamers
PC Gaming
Mac Gaming
Console War 7th Generation
Wii
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
OnLive
PlayStation Portable
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
Console War 6th Generation
GameCube
PlayStation 2
Dreamcast
Xbox
Pre-Sixth Generation
-Fifth Generation
-Fourth Generation
-Third Generation
-Second Generation
-First Generation



Setup 3
General Gaming Discussion
-Girl Gamers
PC Gaming
Mac Gaming
GameCube
PlayStation 2
Dreamcast
Xbox
Seventh Generation
-Wii
-Xbox 360
-PlayStation 3
-OnLive
-Gaikai
-OTOY
-Playcast
Fifth Generation
-Nintendo 64
-PlayStation
-Saturn
-Atari Jaguar
-3DO Interactive Multiplayer
-Amiga CD32
-Neo Geo CD
Other Consoles

[lemon-tree]

Setup 2, it is the best mix of them. There is no searching into multiple sub-forums just to get to the most relevant sections.
Setup 1 has too many sub-divisions and sub-forums for individual game types isn't really necessary until you have enough threads to justify it.
Setup 3 is giving preference to older consoles such as the PS2, and the more recent consoles are hidden away in a sub-forum, this should be the other way round, as in setup 2.
So, overall I would pick setup 2 as the starting point and then add further necessary sub-forums to the more densely populated forums as you gain more posts.

[kevinandskyforever80]

Thanks, I was thinking the same thing.