How Dumb Corporations Killed Traditional Games Media | Unpacked
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I think these corporations are as corrupt and sludgy as the culture we're embroiled in. There was a time when the pressure for results wasn't so unreasonably fiendish, and I think as the industry has grown exponentially the demand for bigger and better increases to unreasonable degrees too. This might sound absurd, but before the PS4 and Xbox One came out, the industry was doing fine and we got the games we wanted, and there were many corporate-owned media outlets that managed to do what they do without getting axed. Gradually they disappeared, and I think the 2010s started that trend. One of my favourite videogame websites GameTrailers were shut down in 2016 and they were corporately owned as well, so when the guys started Easy Allies, that was an extraordinary relief. It's not only corporate websites either, but entities that own magazines. Future Publishing in the UK has shut down numerous games magazines from GamesMaster, PSM3, Xbox World, Nintendo Gamer, Official Nintendo Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine, PLAY and more because the results weren't pleasing enough. Of course magazines aren't popular anymore, but seeing these mags shut down is awful.
JDINCINERATOR
2025-05-31 11:11:43 +0000 UTCHa, just saw this comment. The documentaries are my long-form works haha, I don't have much brain space to do more than that these days! If a topic came up that I was super interested in though, never say never.
Nick Calandra
2025-05-29 17:20:54 +0000 UTCThis is becoming the "Last Week Tonight" of games coverage I hope there's a long form version of Unpacked in the works, I would pay more than I do now for a deep dive into systemic issues, business news and good ol fashioned investigative journalism, and Nick I think you have the voice to do it... So find time in between everything else you do... Go on... Do it
LookItsAnEric
2025-05-19 18:29:55 +0000 UTCI'm happy to see respect like that, even when disagreeing or not likingβ€π
Lil' Cass
2025-05-10 21:31:28 +0000 UTCI mean, we were forced out lol. But yea, even if I'm not the one running it I'm sad to see what it got turned into after we left / were fired. Kind of ironic seeing our videos on the front page still juxtaposed with the heartless stuff above it now.
Nick Calandra
2025-05-10 20:33:29 +0000 UTCAnd that's why we need media outlets like Second Wind. Thank you for being a bastion of loving of gaming. I don't always agree, or even like what you guys say - but you put effort and thought into your work, so here I am supporting you.
Jadedrakerider
2025-05-10 16:29:39 +0000 UTCI looked up what happened to Escapist, and now they have a whole section for Roblox. Yikes. Good thing you got out.
Tristan
2025-05-10 01:22:26 +0000 UTC
