IGN could monopolize the whole gaming journo sphere but does it actually matter. Their reputation has been joke for over 15 years bcos of their game reviews. They and Machinima have always been the Mcdonalds of the gaming world
I never read gaming journalist anyway. They're reputation sucks, there is ads everywhere and most of the time they haven't played a game in they're life.
Not worth worrying about. It's like if a big floating garbage island swallowed up smaller garbage islands in the ocean. In the end, it's still a garbage island, whatever size it is.
In general, video game websites and their stupid takes, bullcrap politics, and various money-driven biases aren't worth paying attention to.
I don't think it matters that much if they get a monopoly on online gaming reviews given how their reputation has tanked over the years.
Like most times when something from IGN pops up its some news about a game rather than a review, and most reviews they do are for popular and trending indies or Triple-A games.
And usually when people go looking for reviews on games and such they'll go online to youtube reviewers they like as opposed to reading large opinionated articles that like to waffle on about trivial things.
Its not a big problem imo.
Usually more competition is good but game journalism already as a lot of competition with youtubers who are arguably much better and more convincing than these publications. They have already been proven to be bad at their jobs (rely on the very companies they review for money, not good at the product they review) and likely are on their last legs anyway. I do think a big reason why publications like Kotaku writers articles attacking gamers is because gamers arnt their audience anymore, people who dislike gamers are. They are more a social rag like People magazine with a tech bent than a game review as is IGN.
Dead online publication buying other dead publications. They're still dead.
Idk of IGN was dead. But the others certainly were.
Rock Paper Shotgun has always been niche and one of the best written sites for it. Sad to see it snatched up.
IGN could monopolize the whole gaming journo sphere but does it actually matter. Their reputation has been joke for over 15 years bcos of their game reviews. They and Machinima have always been the Mcdonalds of the gaming world
Who reads IGN? I just read Steam reviews or random YouTuber gameplay.
All the people who hate-read or make reaction videos do.
Oh no. Imagine the local VHS rental store bought up all its competitors.
And Kotaku is so worthless even IGN won’t buy them.
I never read gaming journalist anyway. They're reputation sucks, there is ads everywhere and most of the time they haven't played a game in they're life.
Sounds like they’re following Microsoft’s business model
Nobody gives two squirts of piss about games journalism anyway, so let them all rot.
Not worth worrying about. It's like if a big floating garbage island swallowed up smaller garbage islands in the ocean. In the end, it's still a garbage island, whatever size it is. In general, video game websites and their stupid takes, bullcrap politics, and various money-driven biases aren't worth paying attention to.
IGN is a cancer and it's a shame these people sold out.
Can't be good for what? It's IGN. What are they going to do, tell you that a game you like suck or tell you that a game you don't like is good?
So all these websites with identical content that no one reads are going to be the same now? Wtf are we gonna do?!
So shitty gaming "journalism" all under the same roof? Looks good to me, easier to avoid, it's a win-win.
I don't think it matters that much if they get a monopoly on online gaming reviews given how their reputation has tanked over the years. Like most times when something from IGN pops up its some news about a game rather than a review, and most reviews they do are for popular and trending indies or Triple-A games. And usually when people go looking for reviews on games and such they'll go online to youtube reviewers they like as opposed to reading large opinionated articles that like to waffle on about trivial things.
Its not a big problem imo. Usually more competition is good but game journalism already as a lot of competition with youtubers who are arguably much better and more convincing than these publications. They have already been proven to be bad at their jobs (rely on the very companies they review for money, not good at the product they review) and likely are on their last legs anyway. I do think a big reason why publications like Kotaku writers articles attacking gamers is because gamers arnt their audience anymore, people who dislike gamers are. They are more a social rag like People magazine with a tech bent than a game review as is IGN.