CBS announced that they are acquiring CNET, including the popular gaming site, Gamespot. The move will give CBS a share in the coveted top 10 Internet destinations with the acquisition, and help them become a major player in the world of tech and video game journalism. The deal includes the full CNET umbrella, which is comprised of CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, CNET News, UrbanBaby, BNET, and Search.com. Estimates claim that the network receives more than 200 million monthly viewers, with over 54 million of them being unique users. Pretty impressive.
So does this mean anything for Gamespot? Not really. If you recall, IGN was bought out by News Corp (Fox) a while back and it really didn’t make any noticeable differences.
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May 15th, 2008 at 9:27 am
The gamespot acquisition doesn’t interest me (can you really trust their rankings at this point?) so much as the CNET part. I get a lot of news by way of CNET and I hate seeing more news organizations merge because it generally results in less coverage overall and less valuable/reliable coverage. Not that any one news organization is great, it’s just that when there are many independent news organizations, you’re more likely to get better coverage than when just one big conglomerate is covering the story.
May 15th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I no longer frequent Gamespot (I used to be there everyday). I’ve converted to Giant Bomb. Regarding GB, I just wish their article titles were more descriptive and the site layout was better because I enjoy the content.