LogFAQs > #965917346

squexa posted...

GameFAQs missed the boat on transitioning to the social media era and it's too late now. I think the main issue is that GameFAQs only operates as a host of other people's content, which means they have little control over how people write their walkthroughs. This means inconsistent levels of quality (there are still walkthroughs using ASCII in 2022) and lots of gaps in content. I tried to find a walkthrough for Halo Infinite a while ago and found out we had none. Like... I get Halo's not what it used to be, but not having any guide at all for a mainline Halo is pretty bad.

Also, forums are dying as a whole and GameFAQs is conservative even by forum standards. Gen Z communicates in pictures, videos, memes and emojis. GameFAQs forums are still almost entirely text based. And even if we do start appealing to Gen Z, how many of them would want to join a community of 30-40 year olds that know each other for decades?

I think it's only natural that a site known for old ass ASCII guides would still have people writing ASCII guides for it. And that it's forums would reflect that as well.

Lets be honest, I think we're kind of lucky GameFAQs is still around. I imagine it gets enough traffic/ad revenue to keep running but not enough to actively develop and promote. I know SBAllen does some work on the site but I got the impression that he has other responsibilities as well within Red Ventures. I wouldn't think it's like the CJayC years where it sounded this site alone was a 40 hour a week job.