According to Press Engine data, the global pool of games journalists has shrunk by 25%

“For quality games media, I continue to believe that the best form of stability is dedicated reader bases to remove reliance on funds, and a hybrid of direct reader funding and advertisements. If people want to keep reading quality content from full time professionals, they need to support it or lose it. That’s never been more critical than now.”

The games media outlets that have survived, except for Gamespot and IGN, have just about all switched to this model. It seems to be the only way it survives.

  • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    click- and rage-bait headlines on Facebook over quality journalism

    Gaming journalism has been overrun with that.

    What I, and I think many people, want are trustworthy, knowledgable reviews.

    I can’t trust any of the major publications. I trust a small handful of YouTubers who are giving me more of what I want than the entire professional industry.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Good riddance to any gar journalists who rate games on a 6/10 to 10/10 scale. I insinuated because sponsors, but fuck that.