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.
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 18 hours 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.world 18 hours 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 18 hours 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.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
“Whaling for media figures” is just paying for the quality product you want.