2/3 Full-time staff let go at GameTrailers

Equal parts hillarious and saddening.

This sucks :\

Well I give them all a penis windmill salute. Thanks for your biased contributions in helping make the gaming media a joke. Make sure the door hits you in the ass.

Sites like GS or IGN are too big,they´re not going away anytime soon,besides,even if the forum activity is a bit down from before its still pretty active compared to most sites(much higher activity than Giantbomb for instance) and articles sometimes get thousands of posts,that´s where most of the acticity on the site is these days. Also,some threads would be over 10k yeah,but they were so rare even at the peak of the GS forums that it doesn´t make that much of a difference anyway.

Well there goes that website. One of the few websites where I actually liked a lot of the people behind it. They seemed pretty genuine.

That video had me laughing. "ps3 is stronger than 90% of gaming PCs" lol and dat grenade physics in MW2. What a fuckin' joke they're

These kinda sites are losing purpose.... places like reddit are far more informative.

Reddit is a terrible site though. I'd rather spend my entire life in the comment sections on Youtube than five minutes more on that site.

well arn't you a weird one...

Not really I just find Reddit to be a deeply disturbing place.

YouTube yo. That's where you can find proper critique from people who are much more free of agendas or paychecks than gaming journalism (lol).

I can link you a few channels I watch if you want. It's good stuff from passionate, yet rational, people.

Having to fire staff is different from going away.

Lem :p

Sony fanboys cried at every review. Bashed guys shows so they just left all together. Angry Gamer.

Sony Fanboys suck my friend, If you're one of them you would never notice this phenomenon.

Discrediting games because of resolution. Crying about reviews. Crying about games being taken from their precious and going multi-plat.

Basing the merit of their games on graphics alone. Calling developers that work their asses off to feed their families Lazy.

The list is endless. Sony fanboys are a cancer on gaming. Facts are right in front of your face?

There are articles all around the net stating the Sony fanboy suckage?

Just a Google search away my fellow poster. Enjoy your search. :P

They used to be one of my favorite sites, but then they went downhill once Shane and Marcus left. The remaining people weren't interested or opinionated enough for me to continue wanting to watch them. GameSpot has turned into a bunch of feminazis. IGN is the only place left with interesting characters.

That site was propped up by AVGN

Yeah,but as it is GS is more likely to hire more people than to let anyone go,its still pretty huge.

have a look here

It´s on the top 5 gaming related websites worldwide and only IGN is games media from the ones ahead of it(the others are twitch,battle.net and steam),and you have to dig a lot to find the next ones from games media on the list,ng4 and PC gamer are next,followed by Eurogamer,so if stuff like giantbomb wich isnt anywhere near close to GS popularity/revenue/monthly hits is still hiring,do you really think GS will have to fire anyone for the same reasons GT is anytime soon? I don´t.

Hate to see anybody lose their jobs....unless they deserve it by sticking their balls in your Taco Bell lettuce or something.

I could be wrong. Personally I think gaming journalism has gone down hill. I look to places like you tube for reviews anymore. I know anecdotal evidence is basically meaningless here. Just my two cents. Point still stands though. Gamespot needs to fix their shit.

No,I know what you mean and I don´t disagree,GS is just still way too big to care about all the nitpicks from forum regulars,wich is why several of the well known posters on this board like timmy00,jxchamp,darklink,arach666,adrienwerner,archvile,silvurcross,,thegame21,etc either barely post anymore or stopped completely,but they´re to few to make any difference,the site is just too big.

And lets face it,the only reason IGN is ahead of GS is because it doesnt just covers games like GS,they have a broader audience with movies,tv shows and music as well,while GS is just games.

LOL I know I shouldnt cause people are getting fired and all but I cant help but laugh reading through this. Mods on GT forums were god awefull and banned people for everything and for nothing. Ever since I left GT forums and came to GS I never looked back. Mods here are more laid back than those little shits at GT. I seriously blame GT mods for driving off people out of that site

yea...as much as i love looking at tara long...i cant stand the other dude

Ah, they got bought out. This always happens after a company is acquired by another.

Rough losing those jobs though. I've been through one of those mass firing "events" and even though I wasn't fired it was a pretty shitty time for everyone.

Gametrailers started out strong. I thought it would overtake IGN and Gamespot at one point. Now it's going to die a slow death like 1up.