MiguelItUp
Member
Good for them! It's always cool to see folks break away from something like this.
Haint
Member
I never understood their payment/business structure in the first place. They were owned by Eurogaymer/IGN but ran a DF specific Patreon like an indie Youtuber. Who was getting that money? I'm assuming them, cause otherwise why on God's green earth would people be Patreoning IGN/Eurogaymer money? But then they were also all presumably drawing fat salaries and benefit packages from their corporate owners, so why were people also paying them Patreon bucks?
Just an incredibly bizarre structure no one has ever been able to explain, I've mentioned this in several threads at this point.
Just an incredibly bizarre structure no one has ever been able to explain, I've mentioned this in several threads at this point.
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I think IGN just had an ownership stake in the company. So DF would have been responsible for generating income and paying wages.
CloudShiner
Member
He owns 5%, and his three chins own another 5.
PatientGamer
Member
Why did I have it in my mind that Digital Foundry was controlled and owned by Eurogamer?? I must've been living under a rock.
Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Yeah, I aint never paid
ecosse_011172
Banned
Why?
ecosse_011172
Banned
I'm sure you're a svelte Adonis...
My man you seem so fixated on what's "adult", are you trying to roleplay your maturity? This is GAF not Fallout New Vegas
ReBurn
Gold Member
ecosse_011172
Banned
No, just laughing at the people obsessed with whether someone likes games with balloon tits or not.My man you seem so fixated on what's "adult", are you trying to roleplay your maturity? This is GAF not Fallout New Vegas
ReBurn
Gold Member
The true currency of the Internet
ecosse_011172
Banned
Worth more than gold.
Donald mac Ronald
Member
Both are trash. Maybe df will go even more woke
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
I imagine it's split three-ways between Mr Potato Head, wichard and the gimp
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Senua
Member
YCoCg
Member
How is this retarded take still going? This just shows some of you have more interest in outrage than what's actually put out "HURR DURR DF NEVAH DUN VIDEO ON HOGWARTS"
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YCoCg
Member
They were but EuroGamer's parent company was owned by GAMERS Network, and then sold, and some point ended up under IGN, so IGN owns EuroGamer and Digital Foundry from that. DF have now bought out their shares with a private shareholder so they can just be their own thing now.
II_JumPeR_I
Member
Not just that, they are also very slow. New games left and right but here is a rtx video nobody gives a fuck about
PeteBull
Member
Come on bro, we just playfully roasting alex bugaga here, he is big boy, he can take it
I watch their yt channel all the time, including podcasts, enough to remember their own coworker(that german guy Audie) made a meme with rich's face and aloy fat meme face, its fine to joke around
They provide us with tons of legit data/content, and yup sometimes we gotta take their subjective opinions with ocean of salt, but thats fine, we are human beings with proper brains, we can come to our own conclusions after all =]
MrJangles
Member
Will always get a pass for me for his unashamed Sega & PC bias. His time at the helm of Sega Magazine and especially Sega Saturn Magazine were great days. And taken much further with UK:Resistance
bighugeguns
Member
You should build a reddit clone but the likes and dislikes reflects on your account's crypto wallet. Karma for cash. I'm sure that totally won't be a shitshow, lol
bender
What time is it?
How is this retarded take still going? This just shows some of you have more interest in outrage than what's actually put out "HURR DURR DF NEVAH DUN VIDEO ON HOGWARTS"
Only six videos?
Stratostar
Member
Excellent news. They have some cringe takes which I'll gladly roast them for (John thinks fucking Yooka-Laylee is a better platformer than DKCR—nearly made me lose all respect for him) but DF do great work.
I don't care for all their content but I do watch their face-offs/technical reviews for the latest games. I think it's fair to say they help create awareness and healthy discussion around the technical aspects of games, which is a good thing.
Mark Cerny himself watches DF. Says it all.
I don't care for all their content but I do watch their face-offs/technical reviews for the latest games. I think it's fair to say they help create awareness and healthy discussion around the technical aspects of games, which is a good thing.
Mark Cerny himself watches DF. Says it all.
Haint
Member
I don't think so cause their Patreon is fairly recent and would have only grown to something approaching self sufficiency much more recently. Obviously they were funded in their entirety by Eurogaymer long before they launched a Patreon, and certainly haven't been anywhere close to self funding themselves from the Patreon this whole time. They've definitely been drawing salaries and benefits from EG/IGN. At best they may have bought a stake in the brand/company from EG when they launched the Patreon. I suspect that may be why they launched the Patreon in the first place, gave EG an ultimatum that they all walk and start a new business if they don't sell them a percentage and let them run/keep a Patreon for themselves.
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Itchy Tickles
Member
I have resorted to just clicking on their other channel, DF Clips, as I don't really have that much interest in watching such long podcast like videos. There are usually 2 or 3 sections of interest, so using that channel is better for me.
ReBurn
Gold Member
As long as the money hits my account who cares if the plebs get paid
YCoCg
Member
As explained in the video, it's more expanding on things they wanted to do, John has wanted to expand DF Retro and possibly even do a bi-weekly podcast about Retro news in games/translations/hardware/controllers, etc and Rich is OK with that but they were told by IGN that they wouldn't be funding that as "no one is interested in old games" despite them showing the numbers for DF Retro videos. They've also wanted to expand PC coverage but were denied and wern't able to hire more people, something they're now looking out for, expanding the team and exploring the ideas they've wanted to before that were shot down.
Kataploom
Gold Member
Oh, Thanks, I haven't checked the video because when it's just them talking I tend to lose attention (they speak so calmly and with such a deep bass, damn).
I hope that means Linux gaming will be covered, if they push it, it probably is gonna get more traction, right now I can't stand Windows gaming unless I have to and so many of the stuttering issues they report are tied to Windows gaming and DX12, so if they test in both it would help aleviate some PC gaming trolling from console players.
It's tough. I wanted to discuss whether DF was "bought" by Nvidia or not, but people would rather discuss the Apex Bugaga's skirt and whether or not it likes to be fucked in the ass.
While you're hysterical about each other's asses, you're getting closer to being slaves to the boss.
While you're hysterical about each other's asses, you're getting closer to being slaves to the boss.
Fess
Member
He was there in CVG writing about Commodore too, I should check if I still have some mags left!Will always get a pass for me for his unashamed Sega & PC bias. His time at the helm of Sega Magazine and especially Sega Saturn Magazine were great days. And taken much further with UK:Resistance
kevboard
Member
Eurogamer was bought by IGN
YCoCg
Member
EuroGamer's parent company was bought out by IGN last year and it transferred their shares in DF to IGN.
mitch1971
Member
They all have a face for radio.
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Good, fuck IGN
Griffon
Member
I still give them a free pass for the excellent advocacy for consistent frametime that they've done. They've opened the eyes of many industry people and it had a remarkable positive effect.
With that said, on practically every other fronts, they're completely out of their depth. I'm surprised no youtube channel made by real industry experts didn't swoop in and ate their lunch, because oftentimes DF's analysis is really bottom of the barrel.
With that said, on practically every other fronts, they're completely out of their depth. I'm surprised no youtube channel made by real industry experts didn't swoop in and ate their lunch, because oftentimes DF's analysis is really bottom of the barrel.
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finally, now they can review Hogswarts.
DF Retro and when they discuss Saturn and Sega are always good times. But like most, I am mostly interested in their Retro content. I actually find their pixel break downs as part of the problem with the industry, constantly chasing graphics.
DF Retro and when they discuss Saturn and Sega are always good times. But like most, I am mostly interested in their Retro content. I actually find their pixel break downs as part of the problem with the industry, constantly chasing graphics.