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GameTrailers to close after 13 years
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Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
This just killed me inside. Thanks dex3108, you killed me by showing me this.
Maybe GT was still around if they all SHOUTED LIKE CRAZY THE ENTIRE TIME AND SCREAMED AND DID WEIRD FACES LOL YOLO SO RANDOM
[HILARIOUS!]
If People keep coming to your website and giving you whatever clickthrough revenue they get from people coming to the website, why would Defy ever put up a message telling people that there's no reason to come back?
GTdotcom is only going to get shut off when Defy can figure out something else to put on it that will make more money than doing nothing.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Is the SIFTD thing up yet?
ShaoranWright
Member
Talking about hilarious, does anyone know in which mandatory update episode they dress up and speak like british people?. I remembered that and I'd like to watch again if possible.
I meant as guests
Mikey Jr.
Member
I'm not sure Greg likes Bosman. Bosman made fun of them on his show once and Greg called it out.
I think Bosman said something like "kinda funny? Not really" or something to that affect.
Oh wow lol. knowing Bosman he was probably just being funny. Hopefully...
Probably. I mean, Sterling even took off his gloves as a mark of respect because of a funny jab he did towards him.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Oh sorry.
This is in the top three worst things I've ever seen. The world makes me sad.
Part of me is sad.....the other part of me wants to see him play The Witness.
EdReedFan20
Member
There wasn't one last week. That felt so strange.
I've caught myself going to gametrailers after seeing stuff on Street Fighter V to watch their review just from habit. Then I get that "Oh. Well shit..." moment. I still haven't really read or watched a review on the game because I get bummed out and lose interest. This has happened a few times, now.
psynergylover
Member
Yep, I think I'm checked out of game coverage now like reviews and previews, GT were the only good ones at it left. Guess I'll just use Gaf for that stuff.
nikeboy94
Member
You know for some reason, I'm also gonna miss Kyle's "Not Funny, GT" series. It was just so weird haha. Man....I really hope the GT crew find a new home and not fade away into history.
Seriously, how does he come up with this stuff? lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o6LxMaofdQ
Seriously, how does he come up with this stuff? lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o6LxMaofdQ
Jesus, how I have never even seen this show let alone this episode before?
He's called them out a lot more times than that. I can't stand Greg Miller so I'm all for it.
chromatic9
Member
Dude is wearing a Wu-Tang shirt though. They were cool when I was a lad, back in the day.
One thing I noticed is how Giant Bomb have dropped their own video player and use the youtube one. The viewing figures are pretty low, used to think maybe most visited the site and watched through their own player. I know they have their own fan funding for years.
They haven't dropped the player? Just checked a few pages and it's their own thing still.
Oh man, why haven't I seen this before?
chromatic9
Member
You saying this isn't the youtube player simply embedded? Is this what you get? Looks like the YT player to me.
plasmawave
Banned
It's not funny, but it is funny.
You saying this isn't the youtube player simply embedded? Is this what you get? Looks like the YT player to me.
Looking at it, if you click the cog on their player, you can pick their player or YouTube so it's the user call. I'm always HTML5.
I went down a hole...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEm4LaeqxFo
nikeboy94
Member
Lol yh, I don't think it was featured well on the site. It would just pop up every now and then.
chromatic9
Member
Oh right so a browser thing. I guess most still get their own player then.
YT pops up every time for me even for new stuff. For a long time I had to wait a few days for their YT upload due to issues with their own player crashing my browser or sending my ram to max usage but now any new video defaults to YT. I assumed they dropped it.
You saying this isn't the youtube player simply embedded? Is this what you get? Looks like the YT player to me.
It looks like GB recently went with the player defaulting to YT on the site for people who are not premium members (don't think YT was a choice for non-premium members previously, might be wrong on that one), but they still use their own players too (progressive, streaming and HTML5 for premium members, which they're gonna make available for everyone soon IIRC). Jeff has said that they generally get more views on the site than on YT, or at least as much. The subscription service obviously helps a lot, Jeff has said that they wouldn't have survived without one.
Anyways, hope at least some of the GT crew can get a Patreon going or something like that. GT was the only site I followed that isn't GB.
Acquiescence
Member
That's some Tim and Eric shit right there.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Holy shit, that was hilarious. Never seen that before.
chromatic9
Member
Thanks for the info. Yes I've heard Jeff say ad money alone wouldn't keep them going.
With the GT crew, I think they can replicate something like Giant Bomb assuming they really want to. I get the feeling some may want to find their own way or do something else.
What is a surprise is Defy didn't or couldn't sell GT on, even as a going concern. it's brand, history and relationship with the industry is surely worth something even if run on a much lower scale.
I think it took Viacom at least a year to find a buyer. Probably felt the cost of keeping it running while trying to sell wasn't worth it.
MrCunningham
Member
I am looking forward to this as well, should be interesting when it finally goes up.
Jeff or Brad said on Tuesday's Bombcast that it took Viacom a long time to find a buyer, so it was probably easier (and maybe cheaper) for Defy just to fire everyone.
Shang
Member
It's not that different, but what Kyle said was more like "I happen to think those guys are less than Kinda Funny, but that's besides the point."
Very slight change, but I think the snark level is important.
Nobody got fired.
I'd like to think Greg can take a joke
He has a user on neogaf, somebody ask him?
And yes, I think he can take a joke, he seems like a nice guy but of course you never know theese things
Mikey Jr.
Member
Yeah, that sounds worse. Not sure why bosman said that.
cm osi
Member
well he said "he was talking shit about us". doesn't seem he toke it nicely
Zomba13
Member
Lol, the whole point of the segment was saying how much of a "smooth move" it was to go start their own thing and fund it through patreon. He said the same about Jim Sterling leaving the escapist and Patrick Klepek leaving Giant Bomb and going to Kotaku.
If all he took from it was the "less than Kinda Funny" joke then that is actually kinda funny.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Yeah the Kinda Funny thing was really awkward.
It was in their episode about "our favorite gaming journalists" or something. Tim brought up Bosman saying he was great and Greg was basically trying to change the subject. Tim kept bringing it back up again basically making Greg say "I haven't seen his stuff besides the one where he was talking shit about us". Tim kept pushing it saying "uh I don't think he was talking shit, I think he was calling us sellouts" (Kyle wasn't)
It was awkward though. All Bosman says is "If you ask my opinion, I think they're less than Kinda Funny". Classic smug Bosman
It was in their episode about "our favorite gaming journalists" or something. Tim brought up Bosman saying he was great and Greg was basically trying to change the subject. Tim kept bringing it back up again basically making Greg say "I haven't seen his stuff besides the one where he was talking shit about us". Tim kept pushing it saying "uh I don't think he was talking shit, I think he was calling us sellouts" (Kyle wasn't)
It was awkward though. All Bosman says is "If you ask my opinion, I think they're less than Kinda Funny". Classic smug Bosman
he's not wrong, even if I enjoy some KF content