Would YOU pay a Giant Bomb subscription fee?

I simply can't. No credit card and no trust in Paypal. It's hardly possible to transfer money from Europe to the USA for me, aside from complicated shit like an "overseas bank transfer", which virtually no website accepts as far as I know.

NO

It depends what they give you with the subscription.

I'd probably be willing to pay a yearly subscription, assuming it was a reasonable amount and it had decent benefits.
Simply allowing more page editing options, for example, wouldn't be enough for me..
 
@Dimitrio said:

" @RsistncE: I know its incredible. I don't understand how people can stand behind paying $60 a month for XBL because its "worth" it, when PS3 is just as good. "

Lol no way, this is a good site an all but come on. You can still get your sources for games from elsewhere.

" @RsistncE: I know its incredible. I don't understand how people can stand behind paying $60 a month for XBL because its "worth" it, when PS3 is just as good. "

"Lol no way, this is a good site an all but come on. You can still get your sources for games from elsewhere. "

" I simply can't. No credit card and no trust in Paypal. It's hardly possible to transfer money from Europe to the USA for me, aside from complicated shit like an "overseas bank transfer", which virtually no website accepts as far as I know. "

A lot would have to be offered for me to do so as I'm not one to pay for a sub to site that I don't put my life into. So I would have to say no.

" In the 3rd Giant Bomb PAX panel, Jeff briefly talked about a potential subscription based Giant Bomb dealy-ma-bob. If this were implemented, would you pay a fee for subscription and if you would, how much would you pay? I'd totally be for a yearly, or even monthly subscription. I would probably pay up to around 50 bucks a year, depending on what kind of benefits you'd get for subscribing. I already pay that for XBL and I'm completely happy with that service, and I think the Giant Bomb boys could make a subscription fee well worth it. "

Let's see:
 
No ads
More "theme" options
High def videos...
 
WAIT NO! This is starting to sound awfully alike Gamespot. Don't do it. I'm down with more shirts.

I'm really busy most of the time, so I doubt it.  If it allowed interaction in live events, then I might consider it.  Even then, it would have to be during my free time.  We'll see where they go with it.

when i heard subscription fee i thought of discounts on store items or acces to special store items.

I already subscribe to IGN, so I've go no problems with paying for GB's awesome content.  As for price, I'd suggest something in IGN's range.

I guess it depends on what the benefits were.

I'm noticing that some of the newer members are more eager to pay a subscription fee...

To the Giantbomb MMO? of course.

I'd never pay a subscription for this site unless they put out a monthly magazine that has its own bells and whistles.

I would pay a monthly fee. It would filter out a lot garbage (both users and adds).

While I love the GB crew and the site, I would not pay for a subscription fee here. At least not at this point. The reason being that I already subscribe to other bigger sites, am over subscribed as it is, and I don't think GB is big enough yet in terms of crew and as a business to deliver on the sort of premium content I would expect as a paying customer/subscriber. The boys here got a really good thing going as it is. I think they should keep doing what they're doing and go with the current business model. Don't fuck it up with subscriptions, because it's one thing when you're getting it for free, but it's totally another thing when you're paying for it.  What I mean by this is there is a different set of expectations that comes with paid content, which changes the mindset of the business catering to the paying users and user base that is paying for the premium content, not to mention the rift it would create between the free users and subscribers.
 
I'd gladly pay for some more shirts or hoodies though. How about one that says "Jeff Gerstmann wore this shirt "? I would so buy and proudly wear such a piece of apparel.

No. I love this site, but i would never pay for a subscription ever. The big thing is you can't charge for anything that was once free. Ever. If you do you go from being the awesome guys that the gaming community loves, to the enemy. I'm not saying its fair, but its how alot of people feel. 
 
Make a site where gamers can listen to your podcasts and watch your videos for free and your site visitors feel like they are your friends. We want to do stuff for you. Help you out. We want to spread the word about the site to get more traffic, write free wiki articles for you, send you free stuff,  and voluntarily turn off our adblocking on your pages.
 
Try to charge for that site or even for additional content and that tie is broken. We don't feel like your friends anymore. We feel like just a source of income. We dont want to do anything for you, because we are paying you. People start to feel like they owe you nothing, and you owe them everything. The desire to create new free content for the site goes to nil and the adblockers go back on. Further, people start pirating the crap out of whatever media you try to hide behind a paid subscription. Just ask the Ricky Gervais podcast people. They tried to monetize their content and it was on piratebay in hours. They went from one of the most popular podcasts in the world to basically nothing incredibly fast.
 
Its rough, but i think gaming sites need to find non-subscription ways to make money if they want to be relevant or popular with net-savvy gamers.

No

I love this site to death... though I would feel rather upset if they did do a subscription service for content (i.e. videos and such). I would gladly opt of if it only removed ads or gave you access to more things in the store. I don't think it is a terrible idea to have a subscription... but to be brutally honest, I think it is a dick move. I have faith in this site though, so I am not going anywhere.

absolutely not

I would consider it. I don't have a method of payment though, be it a PayPal, debit card etc.
 
If Normal members were heavily restricted (couldn't edit stuff, etc.), then I'd definitely consider  it.

Probably. 
 
If only to support the editorial content. I couldn't give a flying fuck about special privileges or a T-Shirt.

I would if the privileges provided were worth it. I know the cash if going towards Friday night drink night, but it is all good. I appreciate what the guys have done here.

Yes, definitely.

For the love of god YES! No more ODST commercials. If that means 5-10 bucks a month out of my wallet, I'm cool with that. At least you know its going to an awesome team, and not some useless corp stockholders (cnet).

" For the love of god YES! No more ODST commercials. If that means 5-10 bucks a month out of my wallet, I'm cool with that. At least you know its going to an awesome team, and not some useless corp stockholders (cnet). "

I would. I still wouldn't mind ads. (they pay the bills)  Throw in a "free" item and I'm in. I've been listening to these guys for years (GB and the old GS days), that's worth it to me.

I would, but only if the benefits are really nice, because eh, why not? It's a good site to support, and fees wouldn't ever be THAT high, knowing the model of the site, they'll probably start small, then add a lot of neat features in the future.

 No.

I would probably pay some sort of fee, yes. But at this point I would rather buy shirts and stuff from them.

I would, I think. I would want to for sure but it depends on the package.

This is by far my favorite video game website. I would throw down around $5 a month for a little extra content...like maybe video to go along with the bombcast?  As long as it's a small fee, for NEW content / goodies I'm down with it. Anything to support GB!