My takeaway from this is they were subsidized in large part by the major companies whose products they reviewed. With those companies experiencing heavy financial turbulence as of late, they've had to cut back on how much money they spread around to create favorable opinions. It's not like these game "journalism" conglomerates generated any substantial revenue from their customers. The vast majority of consumers stopped trusting in their integrity a long time ago.
My takeaway from this is they were subsidized in large part by the major companies whose products they reviewed. With those companies experiencing heavy financial turbulence as of late, they've had to cut back on how much money they spread around to create favorable opinions. It's not like these game "journalism" conglomerates generated any substantial revenue from their customers. The vast majority of consumers stopped trusting in their integrity a long time ago.