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Gamespot Goes to Subscription Model

Posted by michael on from the ask-not-for-whom-the-paypal-tolls dept.

-PS-Sangloth writes "Gamespot, arguably the best video gaming website will expand in July to a pay service(Gamespot Complete). It seems that while review scores will be free, the actual reviews for new PC games will cease to be available to non-payers 7 days after the review was written. This is a real pity, I suspect many PC Gamers, like me, don't have credit cards(or cash), and Gamespot has good, hard, objective reviews. Read what they said at Gamespot Complete."

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  1. Pretty good features by forged · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    • GameSpot Complete, our no-compromise, no-holds-barred gaming service, will feature:
      • 1. Complete access to all of our content
        2. Unlimited high-speed downloads
        3. Unlimited streaming video
        4. A version of the site with no invasive ads--no banners, pop-ups, pop-unders, superstitials, prestitials, or interstitials

    Hey, these are nifty features.

    Let's hope they will offer more than just PayPal as their subscription service :->

  2. Still cheaper than printed magazines by codexus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I'm sure many of the people complaining about the price are already buying real, printed on dead trees, game magazines.

    And as someone already pointed out if you can't afford $5 a month for a game magazine (either online or print) you're unlikely to be able to buy games.

    I also would like to point out that gamespot is providing real content unlike Slashdot which is made by its users. ;P

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  3. Re:Um by byran+lei · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    >Yes but people are reluctant to part with any money at all for content
    >on the web that can be found elsewhere for free. After all you can
    >
    Do you blame them? The "content" on sites like Gamespot *IS* pretty much worthless. Would *YOU* buy a game recomended by the very people who run around saying XBox and it's crap games was/are going to rule the console gaming market? If you would, I've got a nice lake in the middle of the SaHell I'ld like to sell you. The only really useful feature of a site like Gamespot is the message bases when people who actually buy and play these games comment on them. If they start charging to acess those bases they can kiss their site bye-bye.

  4. Re:What a shame by snarkh · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    For a site like Gamespot or Slashdot, it would be very hard to maintain objectivity and credibility in their journalism, since they'd basically be representing a product.

    Objectivity and credibility of Slashdot's journalism?

    I hope you were joking.