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I wonder if this article will get as many "I DONT GIVE A SHIT" comments as the Robert Bowling one did

@Deathpooky said:

Yeah, the writing has been on the wall for a while. The sites have been great, the content has been great, but they've never gotten the ad business they needed as best I can tell from the outside looking in.

I can remember a few big ad deals they did and some random temporary partnerships and sponsored stuff. Then the subscription drives gave them some money, but not nearly enough to run multiple websites with 30-50 total employees for a year. And since then as a subscriber I've been wondering how they've been making money. They've got a devoted fanbase and make great content, but they don't have the traffic of the other, more rapidly updating game news sites, they don't have the coverage of the bigger review sites, the unique, interesting coverage they do have is largely more expensive video content, and they haven't had nice advertising deals.

The best hope from here is that the ad/business infrastructure of a company like CBS/Gamespot can provide the backend support they need, while not compromising the content. I imagine it'll be tough, but I don't see how they had another choice if they weren't making money after 4+ years of operation.

Yes and to your point, I dont know that they ever were getting a ton of advertising money anyway. Has everyone by now seen that 2010 Shelby Bonie interview? I haven't watched it in a long time but my impression always was..

That the Whiskey sites were formed by Shelby Bonnie with a lot of investment money, basically with the intention of building up the publishing platform, social tools and user base, and then selling it once it got hot. Successfully done in that regard, and it makes total sense now. The news story that broke this says the main impetus for selling was AOL wanted to specifically buy the Whiskey publishing tools

"But the major reason for the acquisition is that BermanBraun ... needs to be able to scale its online content production. The Whiskey platform should be able to allow it to more easily grow and create new sites more quickly, as well as mine data across them."

@Wandrecanada said:

Also this means your info might have just been sold.

This was my first thought as well, like when MySpace was sold to Newscorp, they weren't buying stupid Myspace with that $600 million they were buying all the users.

The most worrying news is that the Whiskey's "content pubishing platform" was sold to BermanBraun (whatever that is) and is NOT part of this deal (I guess that includes Dave as well?)

So I just hope the GB site doesn't end up looking as hideous unappealing as Gamespot's currently does

This is incredibly weird and conflicting... But as long as I can still watch stupid Quick Looks in HD with the guys rapping over gameplay I'll be happy

It's too bad the awesome gritty comic book style is somehting that will probably never be replicated in another game or movie

How great was Full Throttle

@Rappelsiini said:

I've been wondering why there isn't something like this out already...

I just found out (as in a few minutes ago) that there are in fact other devices like this, the iControlpad and the Gametel Controller to name two.

More than price I find that software support is a bigger inhibitor to buying something so superfluous. But between Super Crate Box on iPad and Bed Bath's recent $39 iCade sale -- I can safely say I will never need to buy another video game again

Yoshi's Island is just the absolute pinnacle of 2D Mario Sidescrollers. I don't mean for that to sound like an opinion, pretty sure it's been scientifically proven

@CanItRunBF3 said:

Whats wrong with Kotaku? Did you just say that because Patrick works for a competing site, and you think he might be friends with you if you trash it?

Nothing's wrong with Kotaku! I go there for all my Cosplay news. And I especially love their reviews written for mongoloids. Hey Patrick call me sometime!

@Jimjamjaha said:

Yes US release was first that's why that version had the horrendous cover art.

Release dates don't have anything to do with the way cover art changes from region to region. Just a tip