Slimebeast said: I would always ask myself "is this news worthy? Does it contribute to anything significant? Do the readers need this? Are we giving a balanced picture here?"
I would not go for it and post everything I liked just because it gives the site hits. I really didn't knew about such a policy, that hits are so important. That's sad.
At the same time most of you people have the nerve to complain that game developers and publishers are repeating the same formula and only think about their sales in front of creativity, originality and artistic integrity. |
It's not all about site hits!
We don't post any random crap that comes up. But if something is news, it's relevant, a lot of people would want to know about it (Heavy Rain is disproportionately popular on this site), and it will thus direct more traffic to the site, then it's a good thing.
If we wanted hits, aren't there easier ways to do it? Honestly, if we made one "Wii is doomed" article, we would get a million hits in about an hour. But that would be dishonest, and untrue, and unfair to the readers. So, we don't do it.
I challenge you to find one news post, just one, which is concerned with a small feature of a game that nobody cares about.
The fact that there is a lack of 360-related articles is entirely due to the fact that nobody wants to post them, because those people who post don't have very much interest in the 360. Is that the fault of the contributors, or those who could contribute, but can't be bothered? I agree that this is a problem. An over-abundance of PS3-related articles is not a problem. Call me when we start getting articles about the sales of the Hero of Sparta PS3 Mini, because then I'll admit it's an issue.