>>719203197
/v/ lost #GG
>Kotaku died 3 times over but it is still around
>All the publications that spoke against it are still around
>All the vidya publications of the time that only talked about games died in that era (Gamepro, Gametrailers, All Games Beta, Joystiq)
>The board fragmented into pieces with everybody starting their own altchan
>Original content did a nose dive
>Chan culture died
>Caused moot to leave the site
>Nothing but /pol/ shit and reddit tourists for years


Joystiq closure was particularly painful because they did one last attempt by copying Kotaku 3 weeks before the end and it did not bring them traffic. #GG later said they caused the downfall of Joystiq, the sad reality is that bad publicity is still publicity reason why Joystiq died and Kotaku is still around.