Great read, GT was my top and only game site to visit, due to personality... Sucks that I won't get to view my fave people on gaming anymore.
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GameTrailers to close after 13 years
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Great read, GT was my top and only game site to visit, due to personality... Sucks that I won't get to view my fave people on gaming anymore.
shanshan310
Member
Baron von Loathsome
Member
He's right about the video players. I've loved GT for years, but yeah, their video player has always been awful.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Gaf makes money, I dont think you need to worry about that.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Kyle hugged yoshida IIRC, didn't he?
Baron von Loathsome
Member
You can be sure of that.
This post has been sponsored by Deadpool, in theaters this Friday.
This site has been party of my gaming life since 2005. I watched so many trailers from them, and one of my few subscriptions on youtube when that became a thing.
Eagerly awaited the weekly GT time and Final Bosman.
Thank you to all who worked at GT and good luck on your future and most likely successful future.
This news is.....
Eagerly awaited the weekly GT time and Final Bosman.
Thank you to all who worked at GT and good luck on your future and most likely successful future.
This news is.....
Is that you making this up? It doesn't even make sense considering what the game slice podcast is meant to be.
*Unless you are crowd funded like Jim
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
And Jim is one guy, making his one man money for himself. You can't split it amongst 5 or 6 key GT people.
Man, this is so sad. There must be a way out...
There's also the fact Patreon donators might pull out of funding on the turn of a hairpin. It's great for start-ups and creative artists wanting to get a foot in the door, but not so much for already established professionals.
As if Brandon Kyle Huber and Blood couldn't have their own sustainable Patreons...
One way I can see to break the entitlement of adblocked free content is to do paid subscriptions. Would love to know whether GT could could pull in enough subscribers to keep a staff of 3-4 people with office, equipment, and other expenses.
Madrugador
Member
I used to check Gametrailers on a daily basis for a lot of years. Even to this day, I continued to do It every week to see what I could find.
Really liked the Countdowns, Screwattack and AVGN (when they were aired on GT) and Pop Fiction.
Sad to hear it's over, but after what happend in the last few years, I suppose it was expected.
Really liked the Countdowns, Screwattack and AVGN (when they were aired on GT) and Pop Fiction.
Sad to hear it's over, but after what happend in the last few years, I suppose it was expected.
Nightengale
Member
One would think that since Defy is shutting them down instead of say... selling them, I would venture to guess there were no buyers.
Without a big media publisher like Vox pulling a Polygon, it's very difficult to basically get the funds to get going with a new brand altogether with a crew that isn't small.
I thought about subscriptions way back, but then I realised it would actually take some sort of Defy resources to pull off and a couple more staff. They were working at their limit with the current shows they had and you can't pull content that was previously free without a backlash. You'd need new things to pull it off.
……forgetit
Member
I haven't checked up on my GT account in ages, turns out a was permabanned in 2013 and I have no idea why lol. Though it looks like my Gaf account was opened not long before that though.
Edit: looks like I got banned because I didn't read, some things never change.
Edit: looks like I got banned because I didn't read, some things never change.
Alcotholic
Banned
Was this something known for a while? Because it's surprising that they would drop the bomb and close their doors.
Patreon is not meant to be a sole source of income anyway. You still need a marketable product as well. I'm sure they could pull in quite a bit if they went the patreon route, but in the end it would likely mean they would have to relocate to somewhere where rent isn't so high.
On the Bloodborne link, someone is having trouble watching it and Shu casually replies to help. Sort of OT but I sometimes forget what that guy's job is, haha.
"Live from Ian's Garage!"
They have their fans, but it's ultimately them as a collective that brought in the masses. Individual Patreons would only create a rift in funding success between all of them imo
Fourth Storm
Member
Wow, this is a huge bummer. I've been visiting the site for years, like many others here. Best of luck to the whole crew as they move on.
Like Ian owns a garage
Rap2thaMoon
Member
Finishing watching the last stream and watching Jones have tears in his eyes made me almost tear up myself. I wish the best of luck too all the guys and hope that "EVERYONE" lands of their feet and find a job they could enjoy just like GT. I'd been watching Gametrailers maybe sins 2007-08 however it's the current crew that made me like them as much as i do now and especially Huber, he brought such enthusiasm to the videos that he stared in and that he made me try out games i normally wouldn't or at least wanting to try out. So in the upcoming months i will try to playthough as many RE games as possible, thanks Huber. However it's the GT staff that i appreciate the most and i want to wish them the best of luck in the coming months and beyond. Thanks Gametrailers. Oh and Yakuza, i would probably never try out a Yakuza game without Huber, starting with 4. So thanks again.
very sad.But honestly, only Huber and Bossman really kept GT on life support.
I have only accessed their content through Youtube, because their player was just as shitty
as IGN's.
GT was a shadow of its glory days (2009-2013) with formats like Bonus Round, Invisible Walls, Angry Video Game Nerd, Epic Battle Cry, Annoyed Gamer, Pach-Attack,....
Kid of ironic, that they were best when the most polarizing personas were still around/involved (Shane, Marcus, Geoff, Ryan). The good boys lost the fight.
Kyle, please focus on comedy and you will be fine.
Å
Åesop
Unconfirmed Member
I didnt even pay for Shenmue 3, but I would definetly pay for a GT successor.. off to a new project guys!
Also did someone upload the last livestream? Would like to have it ony my harddrive.
Also did someone upload the last livestream? Would like to have it ony my harddrive.
Glad you're happy people lost jobs.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Damn. I only discovered them last year from their E3 Sony Conference Video. I don't know anyone else in the enthusiast press who are as honest, diverse and enthusiastic about gaming as these guys.
They will be missed and I hope this isn't the last I'lll hear about the crew.
They will be missed and I hope this isn't the last I'lll hear about the crew.
Meh, I assume that the type of people who make these types of comments are either too privleged to know what the outside world is like or too lucky to have never lost a job. Either way, idiocy and mindlessness.
FantasticMrSnake
Member
I haven't checked up on GT since 4 years or maybe more, but it is sad to see them close anyway.
Did they said why?
Did they said why?
don't feed the troll.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
There is plenty of content channels out there in which there are multiple staff members. KindaFunny, Funhaus, ScrewAttack and that's just right off the top of my head.
I just think Defy didn't really help out GT all that much. Rooster Teeth for example did a great job giving Funhause exposure.
Just look at Kinda Funny, I think it's definitely possible that at least some of them can band together and form a new youtube channel and be Patreon supported. They surely don't need fancy offices and sets to make their GT time discussions, streams, reviews and shows like The Final Bosman etc. They are the real assets of GT and what made it great.
What is up with idiots that make driveby post like this?
Napalm_Frank
Member
RIP GT Time
RIP Tabletop Adventures
RIP Huber Hype
RIP Final Bosman
RIP Dumb Game Monday
RIP Mandatory Update
RIP E3 Coverage
RIP Full Playthrough Streams
The only games media site I followed. At least I guess we know who to blame for the closure.
RIP Tabletop Adventures
RIP Huber Hype
RIP Final Bosman
RIP Dumb Game Monday
RIP Mandatory Update
RIP E3 Coverage
RIP Full Playthrough Streams
The only games media site I followed
. At least I guess we know who to blame for the closure.
Gun Animal
Member
tbh I'd be much more interested in backing Kyle Bosman or Ian Hinck individually than the whole crew. I feel like Kyle Bosman is probably the single most appealing personality in games media right now, and if he went the Sterling route I'd back him indefinitely, but I'd be hesitant to throw money at a neo-GT situation... too much dead weight for an independent operation.