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Jumpin on 13 December 2009

According the the website traffic tracker alexa, the gaming website IGN has experienced a severe decline since early 2008, in fact, it halved from its peak point in early 2008 to early 2009, then it halved again effectively making IGN about 1/4th as popular as it once was.

 

The website has become out of touch with the general gaming public. Their Nintendo chief editor, Matt Cassamasina seems to be writing up a bunch of weird articles that seem more suitable for the website Sony Defense Force rather than any major Wii website. I think this is probably a major factor in driving away a gigantic portion of the websites audience, and ultimately not just dropping the website out of the top 50, but out of the top 200 most visited websites altogether.



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Khuutra on 13 December 2009

I hate to ask this, but could you link to your source?



Xxain on 13 December 2009

Any proof at all its the reason your claiming it to be?



Falcon095 on 13 December 2009
Khuutra said:
I hate to ask this, but could you link to your source?

I guess this must be it.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ign.com



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Stefan.De.Machtige on 13 December 2009

A link please or it didn't happen.



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Asriel on 13 December 2009

Yeah, I hardly go on IGN any more. For news I hang around here, for reviews I usually check a few sites off metacritic, and mainly Eurogamer.



Khuutra on 13 December 2009
Falcon095 said:
Khuutra said:
I hate to ask this, but could you link to your source?

I guess this must be it.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ign.com

That's very interesting - but it suggests their reach has halved, rather than quartered, and it's actually on the upswing.



Xxain on 13 December 2009
Falcon095 said:
Khuutra said:
I hate to ask this, but could you link to your source?

I guess this must be it.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ign.com


Lets say this is true... I want a link where it says its the writer in questions fault

kingofwale on 13 December 2009

unreliable source.

also... Of course traffic of a site peak and falls.... You can't expect gamers to go to IGN to look up reviews in Summer..... as oppose to MW2/NSMBWii release week



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psrock on 13 December 2009

Let me get this straight:

Th general public : Wii fans, have left IGN which has caused a major decline in viewership. Now, where did those Wii fans go ?



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