FileFront Shutting Down

Axodious writes "As of March 30th, FileFront, one of the most popular repositories for sharing online gaming videos, will be suspended due to the recent economic downfall. In a brief post, FileFront's management said, 'We regret to inform you that due to the current economic conditions we are forced to indefinitely suspend the FileFront site operations on March 30, 2009. If you have uploaded files, images or posted blogs, or if you would like to download some of your favorite files, please take this opportunity to download them before March 30th when the site will be suspended.' With FileFront shutting down, what will be next? Fileplanet?"

Comments

Re:Yay

[emj]

Yes, considering the really shitty interface for finding and installing programs in Windows it's really a stupid move to make things harder. I only buy games that I know are hassle free, or buy and hour or two every month in a local "arcade".

This is good since I know support Indie games more like; World of Goo, Multiwinia and the Penny Arcade game.

Re:Yay

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you're confused, ignorant or just trolling.

Filefront is the easiest file hosting site to download from. It presents you with a download link that will instantly and directly start the download.

Fileplanet, on the other hand, is crap. It requires you to create an account and be logged in. On top of that, you usually have to wait for a long time in a queue unless the file is super tiny. I have no idea how their paid service works because I am not insane enough to pay a middle man for access to files and software created by others.

Rapidshare sucks because it imposes a download timer and per day download limit.

This news really sucks. Filefront is the last of the good file hosts.