https://gamefaqs.com now redirects you to https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/
I'm not even sure why they did this after owning it for so long.
I'm not even sure why they did this after owning it for so long.
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End of an era: Gamefaqs is officially a subdomain of gamespot.com
- Thread starter Trojita
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this is really random.
Fortunately, everything redirects nicely so I don't really have any issues with the change.
Fortunately, everything redirects nicely so I don't really have any issues with the change.
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GameFAQs as a website is probably old enough at this point that its code could probably use a redesign regardless of its domain.
There was an official explanation when they announced it. Had something to do with making the site more desirable to ad companies.
https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gamefaqs.com US 122, Global 349
https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gamespot.com US 313, Global 687
I was a member on there for a while, but it's been a long time since my last log in and I hardly visit the site anymore.
Hasn't GS owned them for maybe 6+ years?
On another note, does anyone even use that site anymore? I can't think of one thing I might find on gamefaqs that I can't find on the relevant sub-reddit or youtube walkthrough.
Hasn't gamefaqs become archaic at this point?
On another note, does anyone even use that site anymore? I can't think of one thing I might find on gamefaqs that I can't find on the relevant sub-reddit or youtube walkthrough.
Hasn't gamefaqs become archaic at this point?
gamefaqs has been very useless to me recently. i looked up some stuff about newer games and there was jack shit there. i had to resort to looking up youtube videos of what i wanted (i normally don't do that because i despise how most youtubers speak)
I still use it for the guides. Simple, straightforward, strictly text. I don't need to click to get to different sections. And I can print it out if I ever needed to..
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Games that were how new? There was always jack shit there on new games until people put in hardwork to get the guides done or the message boards tried to figure out everything.
It's great for asking questions and getting actual answers for games. Whenever I have a problem with a game I look up GameFAQS and somebody already asked the same question.
I find using a text/image guide infinitely better than a video where you have to scrub through to find what you're looking for, on top of the fact that there could be a person commentating obnoxiously over it.
Didn't even go out with a bang
I still use gamefaqs quite often and while I know gamespot has owned them for awhile.
It was nice that for the longest it had it's own domain.
I still use gamefaqs quite often and while I know gamespot has owned them for awhile.
It was nice that for the longest it had it's own domain.
If you're looking up info on older games such as, say, Glory of Heracles III, there probably isn't a sub-reddit or video walkthrough you can turn to.
Here is the announcement they made last month:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/76238326
The most important thing to note:
The domain change is really the only thing that's being changed. They're not merging the communities.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/76238326
The most important thing to note:
The domain change is really the only thing that's being changed. They're not merging the communities.
I use it frequently but not for its intended purpose: as a collector, its release database is incredibly vast and easy to identify different regional and system releases, even for ancient things. And not just retro stuff, even for modern games, it helps me figure out which indie titles got a physical release or not.
About a decade, I was a contributor to the site and even after that I stopped doing that I still frequented it a lot for the Pokemon boards for battles and trades when it was all friend code based. These days? Glorified search engine.
I loved that site back during the PS2 times. I'll never get over the fact that GTA SA for PS2 was in the top most popular in the main page for many years. Great game with a great bunch of guides and cheat lists.
YouTube and Wikias took its place some years later for me.
YouTube and Wikias took its place some years later for me.
I just published my complete speedrun walkthrough on GameFAQs for a very niche game. I hoped my efforts don't go to waste.
I used to frequent GameSpot forums back in the day. Crazy that it took them this long to do this
Before the buyout, that site was actually pretty good (LUE aside).
But after the buyout, it was a complete mess. And the ads make the site impossible to read.
But after the buyout, it was a complete mess. And the ads make the site impossible to read.
I occasionally look at their individual game message boards to look up questions I might have or to see stuff like missables since even though it takes a bunch of time before a useful faq will pop up, they'll often have a stickied post in a game's message board that talks about broader stuff. It also helps for games that don't explain stats or systems well in game