No, not at all, generally not a good sign whatsoever (unless you're wall st apparently). I guess there's the chance it was particularly inefficiently staffed, but then Vox seem like they should have known what they were doing, so that doesn't seem likely.

The new owner seems to have a few gaming brands already, Game Rant being the only one I've heard of though. Perhaps they're planning a consolidation and this is the redundancy from that?

Not necessarily saying there's a silver lining, just trying to rationalise

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Looking through their portfolio, I honestly don't know how XDA and Android Police maintain their quality levels. Everything else is Taboola-level click farming junk.

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The new owner seems to have a few gaming brands already, Game Rant

Isn't GameRant, like, 90% AI-generated clickbait content nowadays? Can't talk about what they were about a few years ago, but every time I find a GR article when looking for something, it's clickbait AI slop. Like "When will the sequel to X release? Everything you need to know" (scroll down to read post) "there's no confirmation about a sequel".

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

There's also a complete rehash of the Wikipedia article about the game, its release and reception, and maybe even a slideshow of memes before you get to the "No confirmation" part. And then a list of all the times the developers have said, "yeah, if they want to do another one, we'd take their money."

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TBF it's not something I really read, just that I've heard of it. Though that's a pretty clear signal of what the future holds for Polygon then