Poll of the Day > GameFAQs going to become gamefaqs.gamespot.com or something

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Muffinz0rz
01/24/18 4:30:51 PM
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https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/76238326
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01/24/18 4:31:27 PM
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RIP GameFUQs
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Kyuubi4269
01/24/18 4:34:02 PM
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So CBS is finally redirecting all fresh traffic to GameSpot.
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Zeus
01/24/18 4:37:23 PM
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The primary reason for this domain change is to show that as a collective, GameFAQs and GameSpot are the definitive, largest destination for gaming on the Internet. By combining our strengths and hosting the sites on the same domain, we will offer the largest and most comprehensive place to go to for anything gaming. We considered many options on how to get the two sites on the same domain. Ultimately, it made the most sense to have both sites on the GameSpot domain, as it is the flagship CBS Interactive gaming brand, rather than hosting both sites on the GameFAQs domain or even moving both to another new (and unknown) domain.


Kind of like when Google combined Youtube and Google+ they're one of the largest social media sites (ie, ignoring that YT is actually doing the heavy lifting and the whole move was artificially inflating the pointless G+'s numbers)
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Nichtcrawler X
01/24/18 4:43:10 PM
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Kinda surprised SBAllen actually dared to make that reference, although it made me wonder where my quote went, as it has always been that original CJayC statement...
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CaptainStrong
01/24/18 4:48:14 PM
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>You can say that the sites soul will be 100% less stripped than it was back in 2003.
What?
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LinkPizza
01/24/18 4:58:23 PM
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Maybe it's because I'm at work, or busy and don't have time to think, or just don't get it, but what is the point? Who does this help? Oh, I guess maybe I forget about the guides sometimes... whatever.

As long as it doesn't change this site too much, I probably won't care about the useless move...
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shadowsword87
01/24/18 4:59:33 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
>You can say that the sites soul will be 100% less stripped than it was back in 2003.
What?


There was an admin who said GameFAQs wouldn't join CBS because it would kill GameFAQ's soul.
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Mario_VS_DK
01/24/18 5:00:19 PM
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But I have the Gamespot domain blocked in my adblocker...
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RCtheWSBC
01/24/18 5:01:56 PM
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Just kill it already
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Rockies
01/24/18 5:06:07 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
>You can say that the sites soul will be 100% less stripped than it was back in 2003.
What?


There was an admin who said GameFAQs wouldn't join CBS because it would kill GameFAQ's soul.


I think he specifically said that they wouldn't strip out the soul by merging it with GameSpot. So Allen's quote doesn't really make sense, he should have joked that they are completing the soul-stripping, but I guess that's not good PR
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Blighboy
01/24/18 5:08:07 PM
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Zeus posted...
GameFAQs and GameSpot are the definitive, largest destination for gaming on the Internet

I find this questionable.
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Jen0125
01/24/18 5:08:23 PM
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just do the dang thing
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RCtheWSBC
01/24/18 5:12:40 PM
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Pull the trigger, bitch, I dare you
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Rockies
01/24/18 5:13:56 PM
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Blighboy posted...
Zeus posted...
GameFAQs and GameSpot are the definitive, largest destination for gaming on the Internet

I find this questionable.


It sounds so wrong, but... what else would it be? NeoGAF? How big are they?

Obviously YouTube is bigger but I assume he meant specifically geared toward gaming. Of course, what about Twitch? Is that no longer considered a gaming site?
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LinkPizza
01/24/18 5:16:03 PM
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Rockies posted...
Blighboy posted...
Zeus posted...
GameFAQs and GameSpot are the definitive, largest destination for gaming on the Internet

I find this questionable.


It sounds so wrong, but... what else would it be? NeoGAF? How big are they?

Obviously YouTube is bigger but I assume he meant specifically geared toward gaming. Of course, what about Twitch? Is that no longer considered a gaming site?

It's more for streaming. So maybe they mean where you can find info to read on games or something.
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Mead
01/24/18 5:20:13 PM
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Lol ew

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Kimbos_Egg
01/24/18 5:20:47 PM
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Rockies
01/24/18 5:21:23 PM
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Yeah, you can say Twitch is a streaming site, but it's still primarily focused on gaming (even as other content has started to spring up more and more).

Even so, the way he phrased it as "definitive, largest destination" is still wrong. YouTube is both larger and more definitive in nearly every sense, despite gaming only being a small part of it. The only thing special about GameFAQs nowadays is its database, but the obscure games tend to have the minimum amount of info anyway.
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LinkPizza
01/24/18 5:23:40 PM
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Rockies posted...
Yeah, you can say Twitch is a streaming site, but it's still primarily focused on gaming (even as other content has started to spring up more and more).

Even so, the way he phrased it as "definitive, largest destination" is still wrong. YouTube is both larger and more definitive in nearly every sense, despite gaming only being a small part of it. The only thing special about GameFAQs nowadays is its database, but the obscure games tend to have the minimum amount of info anyway.

Then maybe they're lying. Or maybe they're saying "definitive, largest destination", but under a very certain criteria... IDK. I think the more sounds pointless. Don't ask me. I'm just throwing out ideas...
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Zeus
01/24/18 5:29:10 PM
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Blighboy posted...
Zeus posted...
GameFAQs and GameSpot are the definitive, largest destination for gaming on the Internet

I find this questionable.


While I would question SBA's assertion, what competition does Gamefaqs really have? Looking at Alexa, it slightly outranks IGN and then greatly outranks sites like Destructoid. I'm not sure that it's so much a matter that Gamefaqs is doing well for itself -- which, considering it's almost in the top 100 for US sites, it's not doing bad -- but instead that the dedicated market has shrunk.
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Rockies
01/24/18 5:31:38 PM
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Lol I forgot about IGN. Kinda surprising that gfaqs has a higher Alexa.

But I wonder how much GameFAQs traffic is from people who actually stick around and browse the site, rather than people who just got an FAQ from a google search. I guess either way clicks are clicks?
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Mead
01/24/18 5:36:38 PM
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Cant remember the last time I even used an FAQ for anything

On the rare occasion that I need help with a game youtube is more effective
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LinkPizza
01/24/18 5:38:55 PM
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Mead posted...
Cant remember the last time I even used an FAQ for anything

On the rare occasion that I need help with a game youtube is more effective

True. I use to use this site all the time for help. But now it's YouTube. Or the boards for the game for specific questions and help. An actual guide from here is probably the last step, when it use to be the first. Haha.
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Rockies
01/24/18 5:43:40 PM
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@SBAllen will post about this on CE but not here

What's up with that, why doesn't he ever visit us
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SBAllen
01/24/18 5:47:00 PM
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Hi
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Zeus
01/24/18 5:47:47 PM
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Mead posted...
Cant remember the last time I even used an FAQ for anything


I've used them for checklists and item/stats lists.
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jramirez23
01/24/18 5:50:25 PM
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It's just a domain name change. The two communities will remain separate.
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Rockies
01/24/18 5:52:44 PM
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Success! Allen responded to my mention! One of 25 ain't bad
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RCtheWSBC
01/24/18 5:53:45 PM
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Rockies posted...
Success! Allen responded to my mention! One of 25 ain't bad

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GanonsSpirit
01/24/18 5:54:28 PM
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SBAllen posted...
GameFAQs will sit on the GameSpot domain, but the two entities will not be combined in any way.

I heard something like this from the last admin.
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Tomba42
01/24/18 5:55:14 PM
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Great its going to ruin all my bookmarks.

Also this feels like the frog and the boiling water scenario. Sure this change isnt gong to kill the site (like SBAllen said there may even be some short term benefits) or the next small change, or even the next few. But one day Im gong to look back and realize Ive been boiled alive and theres no point in coming back here again.
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Blighboy
01/24/18 6:00:29 PM
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Rockies posted...
Lol I forgot about IGN. Kinda surprising that gfaqs has a higher Alexa.

But I wonder how much GameFAQs traffic is from people who actually stick around and browse the site, rather than people who just got an FAQ from a google search. I guess either way clicks are clicks?

It almost feels like a "we are the best in a rapidly dying category" kind of assertion.
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SBAllen
01/24/18 6:00:34 PM
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Tomba42 posted...
Great its going to ruin all my bookmarks.

Your bookmarks will work in perpetuity.

Tomba42 posted...
Also this feels like the frog and the boiling water scenario. Sure this change isnt gong to kill the site (like SBAllen said there may even be some short term benefits) or the next small change, or even the next few. But one day Im gong to look back and realize Ive been boiled alive and theres no point in coming back here again.

A small handful of extra letters in your URL bar in your browser is akin to being boiled alive? Dang, that's intense. :)
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Zeus
01/24/18 6:08:46 PM
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jramirez23 posted...
It's just a domain name change. The two communities will remain separate.


#Segregation
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Tomba42
01/24/18 6:12:14 PM
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SBAllen posted...
Tomba42 posted...
Great its going to ruin all my bookmarks.

Your bookmarks will work in perpetuity.

Tomba42 posted...
Also this feels like the frog and the boiling water scenario. Sure this change isnt gong to kill the site (like SBAllen said there may even be some short term benefits) or the next small change, or even the next few. But one day Im gong to look back and realize Ive been boiled alive and theres no point in coming back here again.

A small handful of extra letters in your URL bar in your browser is akin to being boiled alive? Dang, that's intense. :)


I was an English major so drama is in my blood. That being said, the boiling in the metaphor hasnt started yet. This is more of a warm current.
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demonwyrm
01/24/18 6:15:25 PM
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Rockies posted...
Of course, what about Twitch? Is that no longer considered a gaming site?

It seems to have devolved into a destination for horny teenagers that can't access actual porn. There are a lot of new female streamers who sit around wearing almost nothing pretending like they actually give a shit about gaming (which they're usually awful at) hoping to pilfer viewers from the other girls who've jumped on the Twitch train.

Supposedly it's being fixed.
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WarGreymon77
01/24/18 7:52:57 PM
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Mead posted...
Lol ew

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That was... an interesting time. Wew!
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dragon504
01/24/18 7:55:39 PM
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WarGreymon77 posted...
Mead posted...
Lol ew

has flashbacks of the merged forums

That was... an interesting time. Wew!


Ugh.
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Nightengale
01/24/18 8:13:36 PM
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CJayC is rolling in his grave
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Mead
01/24/18 8:37:00 PM
#41:


Zeus posted...
Mead posted...
Cant remember the last time I even used an FAQ for anything


I've used them for checklists and item/stats lists.


Thanks @zeus I was worried you wouldnt quote and directly respond to my post
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helIy
01/24/18 8:38:03 PM
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this is literally disgusting

why the url change anyways?

if gamefaqs is now being hosted on gamespots servers, it should be nothing to just transfer the current domain name and make everything stay the same

ugh
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shadowsword87
01/24/18 8:46:46 PM
#43:


helIy posted...
this is literally disgusting

why the url change anyways?

if gamefaqs is now being hosted on gamespots servers, it should be nothing to just transfer the current domain name and make everything stay the same

ugh


Don't worry, all of the gamefaqs links will just redirect, so it's not a big deal at all.

Kinda /s
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Far-Queue
01/24/18 8:59:16 PM
#44:


We owe all of that success to you all: the contributors, the message board posters...


Youre welcome, @SBAllen
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Zeus
01/24/18 9:03:16 PM
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Mead posted...
Zeus posted...
Mead posted...
Cant remember the last time I even used an FAQ for anything


I've used them for checklists and item/stats lists.


Thanks @zeus I was worried you wouldnt quote and directly respond to my post


@Mead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79DijItQXMM


Otherwise it's the same post that Link quoted and responded to, so you should be thanking him too. I don't want him to feel left out.
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ferko420
01/24/18 9:03:50 PM
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Will my gfaqs login let me watch the new star trek???
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helIy
01/24/18 9:50:39 PM
#47:


shadowsword87 posted...
Don't worry, all of the gamefaqs links will just redirect, so it's not a big deal at all.

Kinda /s

yeah, the fact everything with perpetually redirect makes it even more stupider
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Nightengale
01/24/18 11:09:10 PM
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helIy posted...
shadowsword87 posted...
Don't worry, all of the gamefaqs links will just redirect, so it's not a big deal at all.

Kinda /s

yeah, the fact everything with perpetually redirect makes it even more stupider

Indeed. I, for one, prefer my links to be broken and unusable.
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Lokarin
01/24/18 11:10:48 PM
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1 day of Melon as moderator and this happens
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dragon504
01/24/18 11:37:39 PM
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Lokarin posted...
1 day of Melon as moderator and this happens


the math checks out
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