New gaming website "This Week in Video Games" launched by Skill Up (thisweekinvideogames.com)
from GreyCat@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 04:04
https://lemmy.world/post/33122457

>>This video’s first part<< is his pitch for the website if you want to hear it from him directly.

But basically he wants to make a website that is fully ad-free, truly independant and community-funded, not funded by publishers or venture capital. With pieces written not by AI bots but actual people that don’t need to pander to SEO in their titles or articles.

#games

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absquatulate@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 06:44 next collapse

Been following the guy on youtube for a while and I love the initiative, but damn, I find it hard to justify 10€ a month for just a single dedicated gaming publication. I expect I will support them every few months or so, but yeah, to me 100€/year seems too hefty.

Also what worries me is that this model has been tried, before the days of ad-supported web, and didn’t fare so well, so why would it work now?

victorz@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 07:15 next collapse

People have so much more money now! 🙃

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 12:08 next collapse

It’s also the only model that’s survived after the ad-supported web. If you’re not IGN, this is the only way games media works.

GreyCat@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 21:37 collapse

Yeah, that’s pretty expensive ngl. It would be nice if they introduced a lower tier 🤔

so why would it work now?

From what he says, it seems that he is counting on the fact that he already has an audience from his youtube channel, and that he won’t have to start from nothing.

Spesknight@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 07:58 next collapse

In Italy we have FinalRound.it that is ad free, independent and donation based (only in Italian though)

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 12:18 next collapse

Great idea, immediatly tarnished by using third party tracking tools (Google Analytics).

GreyCat@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 21:32 collapse

Are you sure ? I don’t see any connection to google analytics in ublock origin.

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world on 20 Jul 12:34 collapse

No analytics scripts show up that’s true, but they explicitly claim the right to use it in their privacy statement.

GreyCat@lemmy.world on 20 Jul 18:26 collapse

Got it, thanks for the info.
Hadn’t read that.

JTskulk@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 19:55 next collapse

I enabled javascript on this website just for it to tell me to go away lmao

GreyCat@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 21:34 collapse

What ? Why ? I’m using ublock origin in hard mode and I don’t have any problem.

JTskulk@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 21:42 collapse

I also use UBO and I scrolled down a bit and got a pop up saying the content is for donators only so I closed the tab.

GreyCat@lemmy.world on 19 Jul 18:54 collapse

Oh yeah that is pretty weird. It’s normal that they have premium content but the way they show it to users is odd.

If you care enough to try the site again, the news and features tab doesn’t have that.

That fake “pop-up” is only on the homepage if you scroll down a little…

pjusk@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Jul 21:57 collapse

Love skillup and their cover ups! I watch all their stuff so for me this was easy to justify support for. Also a very clean website goddamn! Excited to see how this goes.