IGN/GameSpy Tries Hitpoints, Lusts Non-Gaming Market

Thanks to Washington Post/MSNBC for its fairly hagiographic profile of the merged IGN/GameSpy website/game matchmaking network. Among the more interesting comments: "IGN/GameSpy is letting some subscribers download entire games instead of just patches. Firaxis's Civilization III: Play the World is one of the debut titles under the program, called HitPoints... [which] gives away games on a frequent-flier-style basis, determined by how many and what kind of GameSpy subscription programs a user has signed up for." It's also revealed: "Chief executive Mark A. Jung would not mind the company being a Best Buy Co. or Circuit City Stores Inc. He cites Viacom Inc., the vast entertainment and publishing conglomerate, as an example of the multi-brand company he wants IGN/GameSpy to be, one that builds on his core audience." Does IGN/GameSpy accurately represent the mainstream?

Comments

Re:the company being a Best Buy Co. or Circuit Cit

[FoolishBose]

I agree, walking to the store to buy a new game is the only time I have to walk outside and interact with the world these days...oh wait, I get them from Suprnova, nevermind.

Re:Gamespy IGN, Two great tastes

[Snowmit]

It's GameSpot, not IGN that's involved with GameFAQs. If it was IGN, then every now and then GIANT HAMBURGERS would dance all over the screen while you desperately tried to figure out how to see more of the DOA girls' breasts.