Gametrailers.com shuts down after 13 years
02-08-16 | 09:11 PM
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Gametrailers.com shuts down after 13 years
This was posted today in their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/gametrailers/
They used to be my go to place for video game trailers before Youtube and Facebook. It seems that video game companies simply decided to forgo them and post the videos themselves.
After 13 years, GameTrailers is closing down today.
When GameTrailers was founded in 2002, internet video was a revolutionary concept. YouTube wouldn’t be founded for another three years; consumer live streaming was nine years away. Back then, online game journalism was still dominated by text articles and static imagery. The most prestigious coverage still happened in print. If you wanted to watch a show about video games, you had to watch it on a special TV station that had 10 shows.
GameTrailers helped change all that. Today, game journalism is dominated by video: trailers, live gameplay, Let’s Plays, and news shows. Now there are millions of hours of content available at any time on your PC, your game console, your TV, and your phone.
We’re proud we helped bring this world into being. That is the legacy of GameTrailers. We're grateful to all of our fans who helped make us successful. Thank you for your continued support over the years. It has been an adventure.
When GameTrailers was founded in 2002, internet video was a revolutionary concept. YouTube wouldn’t be founded for another three years; consumer live streaming was nine years away. Back then, online game journalism was still dominated by text articles and static imagery. The most prestigious coverage still happened in print. If you wanted to watch a show about video games, you had to watch it on a special TV station that had 10 shows.
GameTrailers helped change all that. Today, game journalism is dominated by video: trailers, live gameplay, Let’s Plays, and news shows. Now there are millions of hours of content available at any time on your PC, your game console, your TV, and your phone.
We’re proud we helped bring this world into being. That is the legacy of GameTrailers. We're grateful to all of our fans who helped make us successful. Thank you for your continued support over the years. It has been an adventure.
https://www.facebook.com/gametrailers/
They used to be my go to place for video game trailers before Youtube and Facebook. It seems that video game companies simply decided to forgo them and post the videos themselves.
02-08-16 | 09:15 PM
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DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Gametrailers.com shuts down after 13 years
I can't remember the last time I went to the site, but there were certainly a couple years where they were the go to. With YouTube and Facebook it's no surprise that there's less reason for them to exist.
02-09-16 | 08:11 AM
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02-09-16 | 08:29 AM
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DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Gametrailers.com shuts down after 13 years
Really a good place long ago and really hit it big when the Xbox and PS2 hit the scene. But no doubt YouTube pretty much help kill it. There are way to many fly-by-night want to be famous and the first to post out there. And sadly a majority are useless... a sad day it is....
to see it going away.
02-09-16 | 10:20 AM
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DVD Talk Limited Edition
I knew something looked different on that site
02-09-16 | 10:05 PM
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DVD Talk Hero
Re: Gametrailers.com shuts down after 13 years
The only reason I really knew about them is because of their affiliation with Screw Attack and The Angry Video Game Nerd.
04-12-16 | 07:05 PM
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Re: Gametrailers.com shuts down after 13 years
The GameTrailers guys have a new youtube channel:
Easy Allies
They even have the GT guys voice doing their reviews. Awesome:
And Kyle Bosman has his own channel now:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJ...z_nnvsJ-gkOQ5A
Easy Allies
They even have the GT guys voice doing their reviews. Awesome:
And Kyle Bosman has his own channel now:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJ...z_nnvsJ-gkOQ5A
Last edited by mhg83; 04-12-16 at 07:11 PM.
