Gamer_By_Proxy
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Not too surprising considering they just bought Eurogamer and other outlets.
Layoffs at IGN
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Not too surprising considering they just bought Eurogamer and other outlets.
LectureMaster
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hououinkyouma00
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Always is a big stretch.
I liked IGN back in the late 2000s and early 2010s era when I used to listen to Podcast Beyond and because they were the biggest game site with all the coverage.
They fell off a cliff like a decade ago around the time Colin and Greg left.
Now it's more movies and tv shows then games half of the time.
saintjules
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Mister Wolf
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There's always truck driving. The world always needs more truck drivers. At least that's what my old teacher used to sarcastically tell us in case we flunk out of the apprenticeship
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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Long distance truck driving will probably be one of the first jobs automated away.
Wolfpact1983
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Bumblebeetuna
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LavitzSlambert
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That sucks, Kat was great and always had a great presence on NVC. Good gaming journalist lost, but if the deal was good and if work conditions were getting worse I'm not surprised if she took a decent severance package.
diffusionx
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Who?
StreetsofBeige
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Its the type of industry destined to thin out as normies do their own content for the masses on YT and social media.
Most jobs arent like that. If youre a skilled person in a certain industry, it's pretty hard for random dudes topping you with better content uploaded to YT on a weekend. Most jobs dont even involve social media or streaming to begin with. But media/entertainment anyone can be good at. You got tons of people maing it a career getting more clicks than a corporate site with an office and payroll. The key issue is too many people fighting for attention and if production values are important, then an avg joe cant compete on that. But for a basic game review or guide or streamer giving opinions, anyone can do on YT.
Iced Arcade
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ran into the ground. I was a mod on the IGN forums a few years back and they half-assed the community end.
Sushi_Combo
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Site just never was the same once Colin and Greg left.
MagusMajul
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ign editor seen on San Fransisco streets
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Grildon Tundy
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I have nostalgia for IGN as my go-to video game site in the early 2000s. But it's been Ship of Theseus-ing for decades and become something I don't care for or need.
I only visit it for very specific game walkthrough questions, and even then, GameRant and NeoSeeker tend to have better, more detailed information.
I only visit it for very specific game walkthrough questions, and even then, GameRant and NeoSeeker tend to have better, more detailed information.
I was joking they were clowns here before they made their infamous Football Manager reivew.
Good god, what did IGN do to this review?
US review: 2.0 http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/936/936295p1.html UK review: 9.1 http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/930/930213p2.html :lol How on earth did they let the US one pass? He's complaining a sim managing game isn't like Fifa 09. He complains about non-fans won't like it: No shit...
Isa
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I was reading from the late '90's until the early 2k's. I noticed even back in the day funny habits of previewing games with incredible excitement(more like reading a press release) and hype and then disappointing reviews after launch. Plus many games they'd poopoo I had liked, or they'd give a minor single or two paragraph review. Granted my complaint actually stretches earlier into the 90's to the likes of GamePro and EGM but the fact remains. It was IGN's oddities that led me to look up gaming sites with more dedicated forums as I could enjoy banter and impressions from actual gamers who had the pay the same price as me to gain entry with often far more respectable opinions and valid criticisms.
In a way I'm surprised all of these 10/10 quote makers for GotY edition boxes even lasted this long considering the advancements in streaming and the rise of influencers. They ate their lunch with ease as the viewer can get far more information and at little expense to the influencer or publisher. A single person or small team(editor etc) is much easier to handle than some internet rag. And when FFVII Rebirth was getting its hype train going for marketing the most notable people I saw being flown out to events were all of the streamers/influencers across YT and Twitch.
So I give this news a Too Much Water out of 10.
In a way I'm surprised all of these 10/10 quote makers for GotY edition boxes even lasted this long considering the advancements in streaming and the rise of influencers. They ate their lunch with ease as the viewer can get far more information and at little expense to the influencer or publisher. A single person or small team(editor etc) is much easier to handle than some internet rag. And when FFVII Rebirth was getting its hype train going for marketing the most notable people I saw being flown out to events were all of the streamers/influencers across YT and Twitch.
So I give this news a Too Much Water out of 10.
Laptop1991
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I haven't taken notice of IGN since the 2000's, and even then they wern't my go to site, after their Alien Isolation review i have never been back since.
Putonahappyface
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Black_Stride
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I wonder who else is leaving.
If Kat Bailey didnt make the cut, im wonder who is actually safe.
Wasnt she mostly on NVC?
If Kat Bailey didnt make the cut, im wonder who is actually safe.
Wasnt she mostly on NVC?
StreetsofBeige
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When the internet took off and game sites all shilled big time that's when the 6-10 scale meme was spot on. It wasnt like this in the 90s and even for early gaming mags in the 80s where some mags would give games a F. My bros and I bought gaming mags from the 80s to around the late 90s. My last mag was probably a GameFan mag in 96-97 when PS1/Saturn were kicking and DC wasnt even mentioned yet. My bro's last mag would be a PC Gamer mag from around that time too.
For those of you who only got into reviews during the internet age, believe it or not before that game mags would give games 3/10 or PC Gamer giving shit buggy games a 20% out of 100% etc... I found PC mags to be much more detailed, harsh on reviews and pick it apart. One reason due to editorial space (PC mags were often thicker and more text, less pics), but also opinions were more mature and detailed.
YT streamers werent around yet and didnt really get alive and kicking till the 2010s, and that's when game sites trended down. You can get a lot more in depth info or more honest takes than writers shilling for a publishing company giving even a bottom of the barrel game somehow a 6/10.
On the other hand, movies arent like hat. You dont see movie critics mostly banding together giving every movie a minimum 2 stars out of 4. If it deserves a 0 or 1 star, they'll say so.
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Kenneth Haight
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Isa
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Very true. I used to love EGM simply for the multiple reviews for a single game. Even if they panned it generally, the reader could learn the names and different tastes of the reviewers and find some more reliable takes. Same with Electric Playground from back in the day with Vic and Tommy. My sister and I would enjoy the different takes, especially Tommy because he was so limited in what he thought was a fun game, he hated turn-based stuff and strategy games, anything not flashy and slow. Victor would try to get him to be more fair that the game didn't deserve a low score simply because he didn't enjoy it and that it was recognizably well made.
Eventually Tommy started growing and giving more fair scores even if he wasn't a fan. Those old gaming mags are great reads occasionally lol.
OmegaSupreme
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What a shame.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Who ya gonna call:
Buggy Loop
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Fake
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Sry, but is about time. Is trash after trash, the site have being doing heavily shadowbans in their own site about every critic they receive, not to mention their social media is a bubble or pure fart smell.
Is very depressing the current state of IGN, so no surprises for me. I guess that will consumers are watching more streamers than reading sites like IGN.
Is very depressing the current state of IGN, so no surprises for me. I guess that will consumers are watching more streamers than reading sites like IGN.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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His failed attempt was a lil buggy but not too bad. I give it a 7/10.
Cert.in.Death
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The site is an abomination on mobile. 90% of the time it crashes due to invasive ads.
ByWatterson
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I genuinely don't know who your IGN reader is anymore. They offer nothing of value.
AmuroChan
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Those people from IGN are pretty much all gone. It's mostly a bunch of Gen Z people at IGN now. KF is still around, though I don't know who still watches them.
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