Gamespot OVERTAKES IGN as The Most Visited Gaming Site in The Industry

http://gamerlimit.com/2010/03/gamespot-overtakes-ign-as-the-most-visited-gaming-site/

Gamespot, after many years of wrangling with IGN has finally taken a lengthy lead in traffic rankings. Gamespot has now held onto the number 1 Alexa (non-poker) gaming site traffic positionfor a solid month.

Could this be a sign of quality returning to Gamespot, or just a blackhole of a site consuming everything in its path?

I know there is a lot of hate toward traffic counters like Alexa, and I must admit, Alexa isn't the most reliable source for traffic stats, but generally, for the top 5,000 sites, it is pretty accurate.

Interested where your favorite gaming site sits? Well be sure to check out the Alexa gaming site

Just thought System Wars would like to know this. You can go back to fighting the good fight now.8)

GS is pretty bad as far as reviews, and news. The only thing going for them is the profiles, forums etc. Although, I will agree that GS usually makes a good choice for GOTY. The only 2 exceptions I can think of are the last 2 years.

How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.savebattery

How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.savebattery

I have a few sites I go for reviews... gamespy,IGN,gametrailers, and gamespot. And a few youtube guys that also review games. I just use all of them to give me an idea of the game, some do a better job than others. But at the end of the day its my opinion the one that maters.

[QUOTE="savebattery"]How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.PandaBear86

GS is pretty bad as far as reviews, and news. The only thing going for them is the profiles, forums etc. Although, I will agree that GS usually makes a good choice for GOTY. The only 2 exceptions I can think of are the last 2 years.

AmayaPapaya

Good the two best gaming sites on the web get the most traffic.

Good the two best gaming sites on the web get the most traffic.

Espada12

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Good the two best gaming sites on the web get the most traffic.

Origami_Kill3r

Of course I did.

Who cares?

I like Gamespot's reviews and I love the forums.

well when you type in "video games" into the address bar or videogames.com, it brings you here to GS. Many people in general when looking for gaming info are most likely brought here first. Thats my guess. Fuhgeddabouditt

Gamespot has gone downhill ever since Greg left.

I like Ign better because they review Ipod Touch/ Iphone games more...

Also they allways publish funny articles sometimes and do great reviews

Gamespot is good because reviews and forums but Ign has better layout

Gamespot is horrible now, not even close to what it used to be. There used to be so many features (the ones Carrie would write which are non-existant now), interesting articles, On the Spot (not the same), better guides and so much other stuff. Now its pretty much only reviews and news, and even those really suck.

How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.savebattery

Off topic is the only semi-deccent place on this website where discussion actually takes place. Dont get me started on IGN, I think they wing it most of the time.

I honestly feel System Wars plays a big part in its traffic. I only go to IGN for TV/movies.

Giantbomb deserves to be number one. They have really good reviews and news. Plus, their Quick Looks are informative and hilarious.

accessability .............. Vgchartz feels like much better gaming website than GS, but it's very complicated, IGNdesign is also quite complicated. Anyway GSis all about SW.

congrats to gamespot8)

i hate how ign changed their reviews. the last 30days, last week .ect ect i dont go to that site anymore. besides to look at the news because gamespot takes all day to post stories

GS is pretty bad as far as reviews, and news. The only thing going for them is the profiles, forums etc. Although, I will agree that GS usually makes a good choice for GOTY. The only 2 exceptions I can think of are the last 2 years.

AmayaPapaya

As for GS , I am glad they are getting more traffic then IGN. IGN latly has been making flame bate fanboy articles... like Greg Miller and his horrible biased articles for someone who is supposed to be on the PS team he is a disgrace with his bad speed ridden embarassment of a podcast... also the fact that GS doesn't make you pay to see articles. What does IGN expect with lousy people working there and their chobot chick who is on Microsoft payroll, and the fact that 90% you need to be an insider to look at anything good which cost real world cash. GS doesn't do this stuff and they aren't biased with crazy scores (well sometimes crazy scores but more grounded then ign, and its mw2 praising staff).

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GS is pretty bad as far as reviews, and news. The only thing going for them is the profiles, forums etc. Although, I will agree that GS usually makes a good choice for GOTY. The only 2 exceptions I can think of are the last 2 years.

Origami_Kill3r

Eh.. IGN covers more than just games.. so I wouldn't say Gamespot won.. Look at the overall package of what IGN has to offer compared to Gamespot.. I like Gamespot's website for forums, and I visit other websites for gaming news, vids, trailers, etc.

How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.savebattery

Well GS and Gamefaqs are combined so...IGN is still better.peanutbudduh

Well, I think Gamespot is the best gaming site out there, so good on them. :D Hopefully, the popularity will keep growing.

system wars ftw! IGN and GS arre the 2 reviewers i read mostly... between the 2 of them i tend to slightly prefer IGN for news and etc. But GS has a nice forum, and I always read GS´s reviews.

I love gamespot =D

IGN is a bunch of lemmings.

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Gamespot, after many years of wrangling with IGN has finally taken a lengthy lead in traffic rankings.

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fiyerman48

no surprise there, ign is all over the X360 lately, actually for like over a year, every link you'll click it will take you to the X360 version of that game, always, if a game has great visual on the X360 they say "it has awesome graphics" if a game has great visuals on the PS3 "it has awesome graphics on the PS3" like it had it own scale like the wii and handhelds -.-

bias is all that they are right now, i have an account on ign and i keep getting mails saying "it has bee 100, 200 days since you updated your wish list" there's nothing i like about ign right now, reviews use to be great but they lost that too =/

Too bad this isn't website wars.

How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.savebattery

[QUOTE="savebattery"]How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.bobbetybob

But I like Mcdonalds :cry:

Giantbomb deserves to be number one. They have really good reviews and news. Plus, their Quick Looks are informative and hilarious.

Phoenix534

Gamespot has gone downhill ever since Greg left.

AHUGECAT

Not at all. GS aint bad to be honest Reviews are usually accurate. People complaining about Demons Souls being game of the year either havent played it or even bothered to find out what its about. DS was chosen because its unique and its one of the 1st games in years that can be said to be truly unique in its approach to multi player, it deserves the reward and the fact that the guys at GS realize this over blockbusters like Uncharted 2 says a lot about there tastes in games. You guys just jump on bandwagons.

GS is fine i cant really think of a review i strongly disagree with. The site is well looked after the forums are reasonably well moderated GS doing a better job than the Gamefaqs Mods if i am honest.

The site it self is not over the top and to an extent is neat and easy to access. What more do you guys want? Or is it an excuse to moan and poo on something because you all want to be different or out there but actually all sound the damn same.

Im hung over so excuse my grammar etc if you even bother to read it.

Just to add i guess game of the year is truly the opinion of the game players running this site no control from outside advertising because by the time game of the year is chosen the money making wagons have moved out. < Well i hope.

That's great, I've never liked IGN, especially when it comes to reviews. Even the GS staff has better written and more in-depth reviews than the likes of Bozon and Harris. This site is much more aesthetically pleasing, too, though the frequent ERRORS when posting are annoying

[QUOTE="savebattery"]How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.bobbetybob

How sad. Gamespot and IGN are two of the worst sites I've ever been to in terms of quality journalism. It kind of makes me sad to know I contributed to this ranking.savebattery