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What i gather from Jeff's words so far is that Red Ventures wants to do some cutting edge shit with Giantbomb and solve some longstanding issues the current GB faces. Which apparently has to do with them having a hard time to make a dent on the major platforms because their content is spread between multiple platforms and the best stuff is pretty much behind a paywall on a website that is not twitch or youtube. Also it sounds like they want to open up the thing and let more people be part of the creation process.

When i put this all together, i'm seeing some sort of curated videoplatform where a bunch of contractors all make various shows that revolve around videogames. Danny might host a show on european amiga classics. Samantha Kalman might host a show about rhythm games. A monthly episode of Flight Club with Vinny and Drew. I don't know what the businessplan would be though. If the issue is that they want to have all their best content out there on youtube, hiding the good stuff behind a paywall is counterproductive.

For what it's worth, it does sound like the idea that GB revolves mostly around a website is something that will change. Jeff even said that if they were a few years later with GB, this site would probably not even be here. It just made sense at the time. It probably won't make much sense in 2021 to make it the central point of your business. Especially now that they're completely cut off from all the previous gamespot / CBSi engineers that have had their hand in the site over the years.