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  • geosoco@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    A lot of the article is focused on how games journalism has adapted to meet the current business environment (read advertising). Gaming is certainly not alone in that. Newspapers were hit a long time ago, and we’ve seen the same issues there too.

    I’m curious – what value do most people get from games journalism? Would people really miss if pcgamer, kotaku, or eurogamer just disappeared?

    I’d really love to see a detailed balance sheet for some of these orgs to see what the actual operating costs are and how much is going to exec salaries.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      The only one I really value is Digital Foundry. I like how they break down games technically and give insight on how to get the most out of them through settings and whatnot.

      But outside of that, I generally trust user reviews more.