Fandom Acquires GameSpot, Giant Bomb, GameFAQs, TV Guide and Metacritic

Post by ASalazarMX » Mon, Oct 03, 2022, 3:40 PM UTC

rickreynoldssf wrote: post #77

I'm an Ex-Engineering Manager at GameSpot & Giantbomb at CBS (2013-2016). All the stuff Dave mentioned was very much the same when I was there. The unit was always in trouble losing money quarter after quarter and focus was always on the ad sales. E3 was the biggest time for revenue and it was stressful in the lead up to it hoping we'd sign enough to keep things going. It got progressively worse each year. Towards th…

Post by ASalazarMX » Mon, Oct 03, 2022, 3:45 PM UTC

bdw5204 wrote: post #12

CM30 wrote: post #2

Oh god this is worrying. Fandom has already made Wikia an absolutely unusable, ad ridden nightmare, to the point many communities set up their own wikis to avoid dealing with it. I hope they don't apply that same monetisation to GameSpot, GameFAQs, etc. Otherwise those sites will die almost overnight.

GameFAQs has already been dying for the last 10-15 years. Its amazing how most of their user reviews are from 2000-2005 or so and how frequently they don't even have guides for games anymore. Their message boards went from being notoriously overmoderated with tons of silly rules like a ban on profanity to notoriously undermoderated with very few rules (but what few they have are still enforced bureaucratically) and l…

Post by AdamH12113 » Mon, Oct 03, 2022, 3:48 PM UTC

bdw5204 wrote: post #12

CM30 wrote: post #2

Oh god this is worrying. Fandom has already made Wikia an absolutely unusable, ad ridden nightmare, to the point many communities set up their own wikis to avoid dealing with it. I hope they don't apply that same monetisation to GameSpot, GameFAQs, etc. Otherwise those sites will die almost overnight.

GameFAQs has already been dying for the last 10-15 years. Its amazing how most of their user reviews are from 2000-2005 or so and how frequently they don't even have guides for games anymore. Their message boards went from being notoriously overmoderated with tons of silly rules like a ban on profanity to notoriously undermoderated with very few rules (but what few they have are still enforced bureaucratically) and l…

Post by Trasmatta » Mon, Oct 03, 2022, 3:49 PM UTC

rickreynoldssf wrote: post #77

I'm an Ex-Engineering Manager at GameSpot & Giantbomb at CBS (2013-2016). All the stuff Dave mentioned was very much the same when I was there. The unit was always in trouble losing money quarter after quarter and focus was always on the ad sales. E3 was the biggest time for revenue and it was stressful in the lead up to it hoping we'd sign enough to keep things going. It got progressively worse each year. Towards th…

Post by Trasmatta » Mon, Oct 03, 2022, 3:53 PM UTC

rickreynoldssf wrote: post #108

Trasmatta wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I assumed Jeff would peel off with most of the Giant Bomb guys and start something new by now. Not sure if you saw, but Jeff did leave several months ago, and started a solo Patreon.

Oh... I did not know that. I don't follow the site any more. A week or two ago I saw what I thought was a recent clip with Jeff in it. Good for him!