Game Site Space For $$ 41
Wagner James Au writes "Thought y'all would be interested in part two of my 'Preview Ho' series for Kotaku -- in it, a media buyer tells me how Gamespot and Gamespy sells editorial space on their sites to big publishers for thousands of dollars. In other words, the games you see on the front pages of those sites are often there because publishers paid for that privilege. In their defense, Gamespy's Vice President of Content Publishing tells me the practice is 'pretty common both in print and online'." Nothing surprising here, but it's interesting to see it laid out like this.
No (Score:2, Insightful)
Thought y'all would be interested in part two of my 'Preview Ho' series for Kotaku
No, I'm not.
Re:No (Score:2)
Quality infomation exists (Score:1)
http://www.g-pinions.com/ [g-pinions.com]
and guess what else (Score:5, Funny)
Re:and guess what else (Score:2)
Roland, meet Beatles-Beatles.
Re:and guess what else (Score:1)
Re:Just like Slashdot! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Just like Slashdot! (Score:2)
I've gotten to the point now where I don't even read the "previews" of games expecting a negative word about the game at all. PC Gamer is an excellent example of a magazine that never gives a negative word in its previews. Ditto for IGN. Usually when it comes to previews I just kind of skim the article looking for features that are mentioned and so forth. Is
Smaller sites are better anyway (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Smaller sites are better anyway (Score:2)
Yeah, I tend to trust reviews I write myself, too. : p
j/k. I'll hafta go check out your site when I get home.
Re:Smaller sites are better anyway (Score:2)
Any idiot can write a game review (no offense, I'm not referring to your site at all!), but it takes time and a track record to build trust with the public. No trust = no credibility, and honestly, credibility is the only thing they have. Re
Just because everyone does it... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Just because everyone does it... (Score:2)
Re:Just because everyone does it... (Score:2)
A preview is what game site give you before the title is released. Hence the "pre" preposition.
A review is what you get once the game has been released (or in the case of magazines, shortly before when they have a final copy to work with). "Re" meaning "again" here.
Now we get to the shared root -- "view." There is no necessary viewing of the material in an reviewtisement. It is most likely just some guy pushing the product without opinion, therefore a lie.
Yeah and... (Score:2)
Hardware review sites and prints give great reviews to hardware because they get lots of free hardware and lots of cash for *other things* *cough*addspace*cough*.
I will tell you how great NewEgg.com has been because they send me all kinds of *Good Stuff*.. but damnit I have to pay for it..
dont they make enough money already? (Score:1)
Reviews (Score:1)
I remember when those sites used to be useful!
Does anyone know of a site that still reviews games and accessories? It seems like Amazon is your best bet these days.
It most likely is because there are so many games out there these days that it would require a huge staff to review.
Re:Reviews (Score:3, Interesting)
As for GameSpy, someone from one of their sub-sites [planethalflife.com] recently asked if they could make my MINERVA [hylobatidae.org] mod the level-of-the-week, or something. Unfortu
Thank goodness... (Score:3, Funny)
Lies!!! (Score:1)
OH PSHAW! The next thing you'll tell me is that reviewers write positive slanting reviews of games to keep the ad dollars flowing in from major publishers!
A good game sells itself (Score:1)
Re:A good game sells itself (Score:2)
I actually think that was the problem in The Blair Witch Project.
In other news, (Score:1)
Newpaper Adspace for $$$
Billboard Adspace for $$$
But seriously, it's just common business practice. Is it that 'suprising'?
Re:In other news, (Score:2)
Indies (Score:1)
Re:Indies (Score:1)
Bet the GP's logic makes perfect sense, if you sell some of the "front page" space, there is something that won't be seen. And its highly likely that is the more independent games.
IGN Monopoly (Score:1)
Opportunity for Game Blogs (Score:2)
"Now is the time for the blogs, the fervent fan sites and news aggregators to step up. The game blogs and alternate videogame news sources should do everything possible to keep this story alive while maintaining their own integrity. If these compromise stories are