Comment on Gaming Website Polgyon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Layoffs

• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, not at all, generally not a good sign at all. I guess there’s the chance it was particularly inefficiently staffed, but then Vox seem like they should have known what they were doing, so that doesn’t seem likely.

  The new owner seems to have a few gaming brands already, Game Rant being the only one I’ve heard of though. Perhaps they’re planning a consolidation and this is the redundancy from that?

  Not necessarily saying there’s a silver lining, I guess I’m maybe looking for one

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  • Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The new owner seems to have a few gaming brands already, Game Rant

    Isn’t GameRant, like, 90% AI-generated clickbait content nowadays? Can’t talk about what they were about a few years ago, but every time I find a GR article when looking for something, it’s clickbait AI slop. Like “When will the sequel to X release? Everything you need to know” (scroll down to read post) “there’s no confirmation about a sequel”.

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    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There’s also a complete rehash of the Wikipedia article about the game, its release and reception, and maybe even a slideshow of memes before you get to the “No confirmation” part. And then a list of all the times the developers have said, “yeah, if they want to do another one, we’d take their money.”

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    • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      TBF it’s not something I really read, just that I’ve heard of it. That’s a pretty clear signal of what the future holds for Polygon then

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  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Looking through their portfolio, I honestly don’t know how XDA and Android Police maintain their quality levels. Everything else is Taboola-level click farming junk.

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