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And sorry to hear about the layoffs of course. Hope everyone lands on their feet.
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Big Layoffs at Game Informer (Imran Khan, Suriel Vazquez, Kyle Hilliard, Javy Gwaltney, Jeff Marchiafava, Elise Favis confirmed so far)
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And sorry to hear about the layoffs of course. Hope everyone lands on their feet.
This is expected but deeply sad. GameInformer at one point was a top 5 circulated magazine. I haven't read it in a long time, but it was an institution and its fate is tied with GameStop.
Hope the people who are laid off or still there land on their feet. This goes for not just the writers, but also all the people who do art, lay it out, manage their digital and physical distribution.
There is a lot that goes into publishing a magazine. Feels like GI will be one of the last big US game magazines.
Hope the people who are laid off or still there land on their feet. This goes for not just the writers, but also all the people who do art, lay it out, manage their digital and physical distribution.
There is a lot that goes into publishing a magazine. Feels like GI will be one of the last big US game magazines.
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Absolutely brutal. Love Kyle Hilliard and others on their Replay series. Hope everyone lands on their feet.
Gamestop getting into the Twitter bot account game?
Think it's a joke that he's trying not to get fired.
Edit: Or maybe not a joke, and he's really trying to not get fired.
No, he's the video producer that's joking about how much he loves GameStop to avoid getting fired.
If Gamestop wholly owns GI, why wouldn't they just sell off the publication? Probably would have given them a bigger cash boost, no?
Sad news to hear. GI used to be my favorite source of gaming news in the 2000s. To see experience such losses and possibly have a bleak future as it is tied to the waning Gamestop is a not pleasant to think about.
Best of luck to all those let go and all those still there.
Best of luck to all those let go and all those still there.
Between GameStop and the lackluster sales of magazines in our digital age I had been worried about GameInformer for awhile.
My 120 or so issues will be lonely without any new ones.
Assuming it is closing anyways.
My 120 or so issues will be lonely without any new ones.
Assuming it is closing anyways.
Hope everyone is able to transition to something new without too much trouble. I know it's rough out there.
Maybe nobody wanted to buy. Or maybe they feel that cutting costs allows them to still extract some value out of it.
GI is doing well for them.
I wouldn't be surprised if the GameStop execs think they can keep the profits that GI brings in while cutting 50% of the staff in some sick mindset that it's a positive gain for the company
I feel like that isn't accurate given the fact that you could always buy the magazines as just the magazines
GI helps to keep up the Power Rewards subscriptions. I doubt they want to mess with that revenue.
Yup, I agree this sounds the most likely scenario. Imran already said they were profitable as far as he knew.
I have a sub that ends in November. I was mainly keeping it for the GI sub since I rarely go to Gamestop anymore, but the $5 price bump and reduced features for a PowerUp Rewards membership means I'm out.
yeah you weren't supposed to sell the GI issue separately, and more recently you COULDN'T sell the GI issue separately through the POS. like, if you scanned the UPC it would tell you "sales of individual GI issues are prohibited" or some shit. i would just hand them out, there were plenty.
GameStop is a horrible company.
GameStop is a horrible company.
It would be best to take a week off. Trying to put out a podcast right now would be absurd, to use Ben Hanson's favorite word.
My last issue was the batman arkham knight spread and that was also around the same time I let my power up rewards lapse because i stopped going to gamestop at that point :(
Arkham Knight was like the last big game they broke. They use to break so many cool projects in the PS2 and early Xbox 360 days.
And you can buy a subscription without a powerup pro membership. I just bought a 2 year sub earlier this year and I don't have any currently active Gamestop membership
In this day and age who would want to buy a print based magazine. Unfortunately print is all but dead now, save for the few holdouts.
got to make sure that no one steals their own property while they're at it
I would certainly contribute to a patreon of a magazine staffed by these fine folks.
You can buy a subscription to the magazine. It's only sold at GameStop, but back issues are available direct from Game Informer, and I think there still might be a mail-in option to subscribe to the magazine. I have a subscription that is not tied to a GameStop membership.
You know, layoffs are always horrible, but it's certainly possible to treat the departing employees with the dignity, care, and respect the situation deserves. Lots of companies do it.
Really gross display by GameStop here.
Really gross display by GameStop here.
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Yeah, this is true. I just have a normal subscription to the magazine, no GameStop memberships involved. You can just scroll down on this page and find the options.
Jesus Christ, that's so scummy. Glad your boss was helpful at least. :\
Yup. On two separate occasions at 2 different Gamestops I tried to buy an individual issue and literally couldn't.
they've also discouraged mentioning the magazine at all, and fault the employee for signing someone up for a PUR card with a physical magazine attached.
Always sucks to hear about people losing their jobs. Hope they end up in good situations.
Liked the GI podcast a great deal.
That said, the way I consume gaming news is part of the reason why these downsizings/shut downs happen in the (quality) gaming journalism space.
Metacritic, YouTube, Twitch, Twitter and ResetEra are pushing paid gaming journalism out of the market. Similar to how Expedia, AirBnB, Google Flights etc. have made travel agencies obsolete.
I'm in my mid 30s so I still remember when magazines were THE go to source for scoops, rumours, reviews, demos, trailers etc.
Nowadays, I read like two or three articles per month tops. Actually, I'm often too lazy to click on the article and just read the cliffnotes version on ERA.
When it comes to making purchase decisions on games, I browse the review thread here and go watch YouTube videos.
Also doesn't help that the publishers/developers have "cut out the middleman" and communicate with consumers directly now.
Podcasts? Yeah, but I'm not sure how GI or Kotaku extract any money from me with them. Never signed up for MeUndees or Squarespace.
tl;dr: This is only the beginning :(
Liked the GI podcast a great deal.
That said, the way I consume gaming news is part of the reason why these downsizings/shut downs happen in the (quality) gaming journalism space.
Metacritic, YouTube, Twitch, Twitter and ResetEra are pushing paid gaming journalism out of the market. Similar to how Expedia, AirBnB, Google Flights etc. have made travel agencies obsolete.
I'm in my mid 30s so I still remember when magazines were THE go to source for scoops, rumours, reviews, demos, trailers etc.
Nowadays, I read like two or three articles per month tops. Actually, I'm often too lazy to click on the article and just read the cliffnotes version on ERA.
When it comes to making purchase decisions on games, I browse the review thread here and go watch YouTube videos.
Also doesn't help that the publishers/developers have "cut out the middleman" and communicate with consumers directly now.
Podcasts? Yeah, but I'm not sure how GI or Kotaku extract any money from me with them. Never signed up for MeUndees or Squarespace.
tl;dr: This is only the beginning :(
That's what I wanted to ask, is there nothing like a minimum period of notice in the US? Here it is at least 1 month if you have a permanent contract, even longer depending on your position / how long you are in the company, this is valid for both sides obviously.
Could someone explain this "good" story to me?
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Same. And, I don't sub to some creators who I love, but GI I would 100% support them however I could.