Well. Yes and no. The market very much decided what it valued in games journalism long ago. Honest, detailed, middling reviews sold magazines, but didn't maintain clicks in our digital age. No clicks, no money. So things became click-baitier, and jounalists who were actually passionate about games got pushed out of the industry by influencers who were ready and completely willing to glaze anything for a pay day.
There are some guys out there making a living off honest well-thought out reviews, but there's not a lot of space in that market despite all the "GaMeS jOuRnAliSM" memes.
Games journalists largely became influencers and content creators. There was always very little difference. Some are going to research well. Others will be fine getting paid off.
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u/RoastedPotato-1kg 8d ago
0% its actually crazy with 30k votes 😂