ReedPop Network seeks buyer for Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 11 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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This is potentially terrible news. I love Eurogamer and RPS, if they get sold to a more greedy network like Fandom the quality of content there will go downhill fast.

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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

I wish we lived in a universe, where these platforms can exist on their own, without falling into the trap of needing financial support from literal satan, in companies like Fandom

[-] echo64@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

that universe requires people to pay money for content rather than having advertiser funded content that people will just block anyway. which in 2023 isn't going to happen

[-] Ecksell@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

If these were all getting financial support from a large company, why did they all switch on more ads, newsletters, anti-adblockers, and subscription prompts at basically the same time? Must’ve been only crumbs, I think they will move on and be better off. A few less click-bait titles in the aggregators are all that is lost I suppose.

The games “news” coverage system is a-changin' again, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Large companies are driven by one thing and only one thing. Shareholder value. So they and their subsidiaries will implement policies that drive shareholder value at the cost of everything else.