Author Topic: ign and gamespy merge (Read 6864 times)

vudu · « **on:** December 04, 2003, 06:19:23 PM »

IGN and GameSpy Announce Merger Agreement

two not-so-hot gaming websites merge to form one super not-so-hot gaming website.

while i typically enjoy gamespy's reviews, its editorials and features are rather poor, and ign leaves a bad taste in my mouth in general. if ign wasn't one of the best places to find breaking news, (if there is such a thing in the videogame world) i would probably avoid the site all together.

now i can probably count on gamespy's reviews going down the toilets. anyone know any sites that have good reviews in a timely fashion besides gamespot?

Gibdo Master · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2003, 06:22:57 PM »

Yeah, I was kind of wondering how this would effect things. Probably not for the good.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2003, 06:41:29 PM »

Since I read neither... I really don't care.

I mean, it's not like IGN or GameSpy make games. They just report about them. Badly. The only thing about this that could concern me at all is Fileplanet, which I actually do use at times.

akdaman1 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2003, 06:44:12 PM »

Well for good reviews look for PGC ( have you heard of that site yet )

Well seriously , I enjoy N-philes , and Cube-europe for reviews.

Gibdo Master · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2003, 06:47:28 PM »

The main reason I go to IGN is for the pics and vids and the occasional exclusive.

RABicle · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2003, 07:33:38 PM »

It's all just an effort to destroy GameSpot which IGN has been scared f for a long time becase they catching up in the traffic stakes.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2003, 08:18:04 PM »

heh. just found the new PA strip (it hasn't been posted yet, so a direct link is all there is), and I have to say that I agree 100%

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #7 on:** December 04, 2003, 08:31:32 PM »

What's to happen with Insider?

Edit: oh duh maybe I should have read the article

akdaman1 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2003, 11:02:20 PM »

( Impression of most people on these boards )

SUPER , you are always poting 3 worded c### , You always spam topics . If I could ban you I would . ( LOL )

J/K

Sorry I just had to do that .

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2003, 11:18:59 PM »

Actually, I do have something interesting to add. ZDNet WAS going to buy GameSpy (for the bizarre sum of 60 million bux) , but that deal fell through and this was the next best thing, apparently.

Ahahahahaha somebody was going to pay 60 million for gamespy, absolutely hilarious

vudu · « **Reply #10 on:** December 05, 2003, 04:05:27 AM »

grey, i was just coming here to post the exact same comic. looks like you beat me by a good eight hours. i blame it on the fact that i have to sleep.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #11 on:** December 05, 2003, 11:46:27 AM »

FilePlanet accepts video game Fan Films.

+1 to GameSpy.

Ghost_of_a_Flea · « **Reply #12 on:** December 05, 2003, 12:32:24 PM »

A merger that basically means absolutely nothing to anyone who reads either GameSpy or IGN... it seems like a very productive merger. Personally I rarely go to any game site outside of PGC and Penny Arcade (great new comic btw), so it doesn't concern me... it just seems humorous.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2003, 01:06:24 PM »

"now i can probably count on gamespy's reviews going down the toilets."

Too late. They already switched to a stupid five star system (probably because the old scoring was too similar to IGN's) so now every game either gets a perfect score or a crappy score that totally f*cks up the average at gamerankings.com which kind of blows since that's the best site to look for reviews.

Not that IGN Xbox's "every game gets a 9 or higher" didn't already mess up the averages but since I don't have an Xbox that doesn't really concern me.

Love the Penny Arcade comic. Are those two guys supposed to look like Planeteers or am I just overinfacuated with obscure references?

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2003, 04:16:53 AM »

They are planeteers, the whole thing is a captain planet reference.

Fish · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2003, 05:26:29 AM »

Captain Planet was great!

I wish they would show re runs here. And I also liked the NES game.

And I agree with PA, never really liked either IGN, and I visited Gamespy like once a month tops.

ThePerm · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2003, 09:03:17 AM »

this is why i like penny arcade...they like are jsut like us...yet they know how to use it...you know what i mean....

RABicle · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2003, 05:34:04 PM »

The thing I do like about Gamespy is that they host hundreds of really good fansites for various video games. Whenever I'm looking for a good fansite of game x chances are theres a good one being hosted by Gamespy.

Munky · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2003, 10:54:46 AM »

I'm not too fond of either site, but I do use GameSpy for File Planet as well as GameSpy Arcade once in a while to play Halo online. Hopefully those two services remain in-tact.

Oldskool · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2003, 11:38:25 AM »

Is this gonna be the gaming website worlds equivelent to Microsoft. Big and often sucky.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #20 on:** December 13, 2003, 01:54:58 PM »

"Power... of... ****!"

"Power... of... OBSOLESCENCE!"

"Unite to form... A BUNCH OF STUPID CRAP NOBODY CARES ABOUT!"

(Penny Arcade)

ib2kool4u912 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 13, 2003, 02:41:18 PM »

^^^ Grey Ninja posted the link to that comic at the beginning of this thread

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Author Topic: ign and gamespy merge (Read 6864 times)