Kotaku has sold out

Is it just me or has Kotaku completely sold out? I feel like every other article is secretly (or not so secretly) an ad. I expect more from them. With Giant Bomb's increasing focus on news coverage, I feel like I need to go elsewhere less and less.  Perhaps this is just a product of the 24 hour news cycle, and thus a constant need for updates, but it seems like the majority of what Kotaku's reporting is complete garbage.  I'm all for fewer articles if it means that they'd actually have substance. Do you guys agree or do you still feel the need for up to the second news? 

When you go to that website, A GIANT AD HOVERS OVER THE TOP HEADLINE!
 
Kotaku sold out a long time ago

Why don't you show some examples of this in effect?

kotaku lol

There are other video game websites?

Even Giantbomb is getting ads.   
 
It's revenue.  Doesn't mean they've "sold out".

I haven't been to Kotaku for a while. Much like IGN/1UP top ten lists, I get tired of Japanese kink articles. After Gawker posted that big 'Fuck The Readers' article, I just didn't go back.
 
Also, this:
@TurboMan said:

When you go to that website, A GIANT AD HOVERS OVER THE TOP HEADLINE!

what wait?  Internet revenue is driven by advertising?  WHEN THE FUCK WAS I GOING TO BE TOLD ABOUT THIS.

  Much like IGN/1UP top ten lists, I get tired of Japanese kink articles. 

Well, before they sold out there were assholes. Now they're assholes with money.

It's not the banner ads that bug me. It's when they started reporting ads as news. This is not OK. If you want to make money thats fine, but don't try to play it off like it's content. 

  @Meowshi said:

Even Giantbomb is getting ads.    It's revenue.  Doesn't mean they've "sold out".

Okay great.  I don't frequent Kotaku so that doesn't really affect me.

Even Giantbomb is getting ads.

@TatoBins said:

It's not the banner ads that bug me. It's when they started reporting ads as news. This is not OK. If you want to make money thats fine, but don't try to play it off like it's content.

I don't think kotaku are getting paid for that. Especially since it's a Sony ad. The last thing Sony needs right now is controversy about them paying websites to run their ads as news stories. I'm pretty sure kotaku just saw that ad and thought it's funny. The fact that they're reporting a video they found funny as news is terrible in it's own way, but it's not the same as covertly sneaking paid adverts in as content.

Kotaku fucking sucks FACT

I just started to really hate their articles. Some of those dudes are nice guys from what a friend of mine has said but I get bored reading their stuff. Good on them for making cash but they should re-evaluate what made them interesting before and go back and do that. Giantbomb is where I'm staying. I followed Jeff from his previous site of employment. Took me forever to sign up here. I usually just read and watch videos but I like this community and don't mind taking part in it.

Damn hippies.
 
Just cause you're a pothead living in a cardboard box dosen't mean that others can't actually make money.

The Beatles sold out too. I heard John Lennon is in heaven.

kotaku lol

I kind of stopped going there after they redesigned the site. I'm not going to judge yet, but GB has to do something about this new layout too. For some reason I can only post in this tiny 1" x 3" box at the bottom of the page, and overall I just don't find this new layout as pleasant to look at. OH well...at least they haven't lost my email address and password yet.

Reel Big Fish taught me that selling out was better then working in fast food all my life.

I dont go to Kotaku anymore not because they "sold out" I just hate the design of the site and how you have to navigate it.

@sixpin said:

  Much like IGN/1UP top ten lists, I get tired of Japanese kink articles. 

Then Gamesradar would drive you to suicide.

I usually just read through their rss feed, but the cross posting with it's sister sites are beginning to bug the hell out of me. 
Those summaries of the day from each blog bugs me too.  
 
You know what? I'll do it now. 
I'm going to remove Gizmodo and Kotaku from my rss reader and just keep Lifehacker.

Well at least they changed back from that fugly design I guess.

I stopped going to Kotaku when I realized Giant Bomb was more entertaining (I had a GB Account for a while, but never really used the forums) and the crack-fueled redesign choices only made it more clear why I left.

I haven't been to kotaku since they changed their site design. Yuck. GB and Joystiq a winner is them.

When you go to that website, A GIANT AD HOVERS OVER THE TOP HEADLINE!  Kotaku sold out a long time ago

When you go to that website, A GIANT AD HOVERS OVER THE TOP HEADLINE!  Kotaku sold out a long time ago

Okay great.  I don't frequent Kotaku so that doesn't really affect me.

  @Meowshi said:

Even Giantbomb is getting ads.    It's revenue.  Doesn't mean they've "sold out".

I don't know how the ad system works , but I haven't seen any ads on GB for a while , last one I remember was the ODST ad .

@Meowshi: Distinct difference between having ads and selling out.   You have to pay the bills, so having advertisements is a perfectly acceptable way to do so.  Being payed to post certain articles or say certain things, that is selling out(not saying that Kotaku does this, I don't visit that sight enough to objectively say).

@PrimeSynergy said:

@sixpin said:

  Much like IGN/1UP top ten lists, I get tired of Japanese kink articles. 

Then Gamesradar would drive you to suicide.

That's funny. I've not been to Gamesradar in a long time either (though your comment made me go look). Honestly, between Giant Bomb and Twitter updates I don't really feel the need to check other sites.

I stopped using Kotaku when people got angry at me for saying something negative about hentai dating sims.

Sold out? Are they a respectable, independent and serious source for information now?
 
No?

You use Kotaku! Really? 
 
Been an awful site for a good while now.

I usually just read through their rss feed, but the cross posting with it's sister sites are beginning to bug the hell out of me. Those summaries of the day from each blog bugs me too.   You know what? I'll do it now. I'm going to remove Gizmodo and Kotaku from my rss reader and just keep Lifehacker.

I quite like the iPhone site for quick news, the proper website is terrible. Some quite interesting articles on threre very once in a while. Eurogamer tends to be my top news site, but Patrick sure is doing a good shift right now.

Just noticing now? Their layout is garbage. Content, on the other hand, has had better days. The A.J. Glasser days for example.

They used to be my main gaming site. Now they're not.

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...  GAWKER MEDIA IS A TABLOID NEWS COMPANY THAT SERVES NEWS AS ENTERTAINMENT!  Stop comparing it to other sites that focus on journalism and facts.  Kotaku is the National Enquirer of video games, meant to be enjoyed for entertainment purposes only.   Enjoy it for what it is, and stop taking it so seriously.

It's not the banner ads that bug me. It's when they started reporting ads as news. This is not OK. If you want to make money thats fine, but don't try to play it off like it's content. 

So i guess GB will be selling out this year or next when they are putting up ads?  DAMN PEOPLE! damn them for wanting to put food on the table for their family and a roof over their heads! they shouldn't be allowed to earn money! with this analogy you sold out the second you started a job and started paying taxes. YOU SELL OUTS.

@TatoBins said:

It's not the banner ads that bug me. It's when they started reporting ads as news. This is not OK. If you want to make money thats fine, but don't try to play it off like it's content. 

Giant Bomb would never write an article about an ad. Oh, wait.