There are some boards like Politics & Society and Serious Discussion that have a good amount of activity despite not being taken into account for most signature campaigns. If there was enough demand, it will be possible to someday have a dedicated gaming board.
The reason why some of these off topic discussions don’t get much attention is because users are just trying to meet their signature quota and don’t have much time for other discussions that might be interesting but there isn’t a financial benefit involved.
Yep. It's all about the signature campaigns.
What if bitcoin becomes so successful that game companies start accepting payment of microtransactions with bitcoin?
I'm sure the demand would be high then. Why not be ahead of the game and add the gaming board, then?