boards.ign is now Insider Only..

what do you think?

They got the right to do what they want to, I never really posted there though.  I guess they figured people would pay for it, they prolly needed the money for everything.

ign forums sux0r anyways

Soon enough we will be paying to axcess the site all together.

DAMN THE ECONOMY.

The damn people at IGN are a bunch of greedy bastards.  Sure they need money, but what isn\'t on insider is stuffed with more advertisements that it\'s become ridiculous.

Go to Gamespot where you don\'t have to pay to read a friggin review.

I hated Insider from the beginnig. . . I\'m not payin\' for nothin\'!

IGN suck anyway, they will go under soon. Theres plenty of other sites that give the same and better information for free!.

IGN is awesome

easily one of the best places for Videogame news

paying $20 for a years subscription was more then worth it for me



as for other gaming sites

Gamespot has already started to downsize content and you have to pay for premium services

after that all other Gaming sites are 2nd



so lets hear all those weak arguments on why IGN sucks. I\'m in the mood for a hearty laugh

The fact of the matter is IGN never imagined that the IGN Boards would be so popular. In a little over a year, the IGN Boards have gotten over 30 million posts, making it one of the largest, most active entertainment communities on the entire Internet.

All of the posts on the boards cost IGN money in terms of bandwidth expenses. The past two years have seen a rapid decline in online advertising revenue, which was traditionally the largest source of income for Internet websites, and to put it bluntly, none of our advertisers wanted their ad units to run on the boards, so we weren\'t generating any revenue from the boards.

From a purely economic standpoint, we can\'t afford to offer services that lose a lot of money while bringing none in. The only choices were to eliminate the boards altogether or make them subscription only so they would at least break even. We don\'t know if we\'ll make a profit on the boards or not, but at least this way we can keep them going.
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pretty down to earth reasoning

Originally posted by ddaryl

so lets hear all those weak arguments on why IGN sucks. I\'m in the mood for a hearty laugh

I don\'t want to pick a fight but you wanted to hear my complaints.

1) IGN has decided to make us pay for everything.  Sure $20 doesn\'t seem like a lot, but why pay for what you can get elsewhere.

2)The people at IGN now procrastinate.  They will make you wait weeks after a game is out to read a review.  And when it is out early, it\'s an "insider exclusive".

3) So they make people around the world pay for service, ok, but still do you need 5 million adds in your face everytime you make a click?

The point is, yes they want money.  But they\'ve gone too far.  If you have people paying for premium service you should lighten up on the ads.  I know putting up a site like that cost a lot of money, but the fact remains, I\'d be happier getting it from somewhere else for free.  Even if the reviews/previews/coverage may be slightly better, you can still get what needs to be said, said.

And that my friends, as they say, is that.

They have not gone to far

Youy are not getting the point

They are losing money, and doing whatever it is to survive

Most popular games are reviewed on the day they are released, others take time

Use some intelligence here. Do you know how many people they would have to hire toplay all the games you want reviewed on the very day

IGN has let staff go to help combat tough times


and paying $20 a year for one of THE GREATEST ONLINE GAME SITES ON THE WEB comes out to about 0.05 a day



Sure you can get free news at gamespot

but all other Online News Sites are 2nd rate compared to GS and IGN

and GS is reducing what they offered too


so sign up and support IGN, or don\'t. but in the long run you will miss IGN when E3 comes and TGS

IGN is not obligated to provide a free service.

Originally posted by M4
IGN is not obligated to provide a free service.

Nor are we obligated to purchase it.

Gamespot serves it\'s purpose and has quality news.  How is it that it can survive without forcing people into it\'s premium service?

Because they\'re owned by some big ass company, which IGN is not.

Originally posted by Chrono
what do you think?

I think IGN\'s digging themselves a hole but that\'s just me.  They can expect to see the number of viewers to drop drastically. No one\'s gonna pay for that kinda sh*t

Originally posted by "The One" Billy Gunn


Nor are we obligated to purchase it.

Gamespot serves it\'s purpose and has quality news.  How is it that it can survive without forcing people into it\'s premium service?

Nobody is making you


but this childish crying about it is too funny

how many Game magazines do you buy a year, and you get 1 update every month

IGN provides updates movie downloads, and screenshots pretty much 5 days a week. Yes some are for Insiders only but there are still downloads for free for cheapo\'s like you Billy

IGN\'s news is still free

just the boards and some premium content needs to be purchased, and I still say its worth every penny

If IGN goes down then we are left with one premium gamesite. Like I said all the rest are 2nd rate compared to Gamespot and IGN.

and in case you forget Daily Radar folded up completely. These sites are losing money, so it doesn\'t matter if they lose viewers. They we\'re losing money anyways

Gamespot no longer offers movie downloads, just streams. You have to pay for the premium service at Gamespot

This could just be the beginning of other changes in the how Gamespot operates

I dont know, but IGn has gone downhill in the last couple of months. They rarely update, their reviews seem rubbish to me.

I would be seriously considering Insider if they would show me what insider is all about, perhaps a free 1 day trail?