As most of you here that are reading this, I am a Playstation fan and have been since the PS1 but that never stopped me from enjoying other consoles and discussing even the ones I don't like fairly such as the Wii U. Why am I mentioning this? Because as a Playstation fan I am embarrassed to say N4G is probably one of the worst places on the internet for video game discussion and here's why.
The bubble system is beyond flawed, why do you ask? It lets users silence those opinions they don't like. This is especially problematic in a site like N4G where a large majority of it's fanbase is composed of Playstation fans. For an example if a Nintendo or Xbox fan makes a post that isn't positive about Playstation they risk losing bubbles, in fact I've seen this happen numerous of times.
This isn't good for healthy or balanced discussion and tilts the discussion heavily in favor of what is popular on this site, which is Playstation. It doesn't matter if I make great points in a discussion the masses of fans will simply disagree/bubble me down because they aren't voting fairly and is voting purely based on what their bias is. This also results in Playstation fans having more bubbles than the other fanbases, often times giving them the last word in since the other person can't even give a response.
This system needs a revision if N4G wants to promote a balanced and varied discussion, if not it'll continue the trend of preaching to the choir. I know this may upset some of you and I don't expect to see many that agree with me here but I think it's important that I voice my opinion.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Completely agree with you. One of the many reasons i find N4G to be garbage.
And as for the report about it being short, shorter blogs have been posted before for an example
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...
With that said I don't really think my blog will get approved, and I don't blame you. What other site would publish a blog that's critical of the site on the front page?
Great summary of whats wrong with this site. I would like to add that stories that are flamebait are rewarded with the highest degrees of exposure. This just gives clicks to terrible "journalists"(if you even want to call them that). N4G is like a cesspool of fanboyism. It needs to change, but it wont. The owner of this site is profiting too much off the backs of fanboys.