• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        7 days ago

        You’re probably right that it’s weird. I think most of my amusement comes from the way that those of us who are powerless delude ourselves into believing that we can be powerful - but no matter how you count it, zero times two is still zero. And I’ve just realized, they probably won’t hire that many contractors, they’ll test out LLM slop first. If it sells ads at the same rate, they’ll “phase out” the human side over time. The corp ideals will put profits over people, always. They’ll take the obvious path, because they care about one metric: profit.

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 days ago

          If people were powerless to the whims of a corporation, Kinda Funny wouldn’t exist, but if you believe you’re powerless, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

          • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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            6 days ago

            I’ve never heard of that company. What’s their quarterly ad revenue? I don’t mean their minor hobby nonsense on Patreon or the scraps they get from Google & Amazon, I mean direct ad rev from studios or the like. Also, what’s their average visibility on Metacritic? Do they get counted as a “professional” outlet with pull quotes, or are they in a category that doesn’t count?

            • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              6 days ago

              See, that’s just it. This entire business doesn’t survive on ad revenue anymore. Everything that isn’t Gamespot and IGN have folded, because the money that used to be there in ads isn’t there anymore. Subscriptions are what keep companies like this sustainable and afloat. Kinda Funny came from former IGN employees, and they knew the power they had to bring their audience to them rather than surrendering to the whims of IGN. Digital Foundry, Giant Bomb, Video Games Chronicle, MinnMax, GamesBeat, Aftermath…they all transitioned to doing this.

              • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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                6 days ago

                Oh. Good for them, I guess. I’ve never heard of them. Heck, the only one of those i ever heard about was Giant Bomb, and what I knew was that they died and got rebooted.

                I guess it’s a good thing that some people are willing to whale for media figures. I won’t bother, because I don’t give enough meaningful data to be part of a valuable product in the older world - then again, I also still watch TV by antenna and listen to terrestrial radio most of the time.