G4 Cancels Videogame Programming

[Rangerboy87]

And the shark jumping is complete...I knew this was coming...it started slowly morphing into other stuff...I really lost favor with the network in the last couple of years...stopped watching completely after Sessler left...now they can be what they really wanna be...SpikeTV2

wait they haven't changed their name to SpikeTV2.

OT: so they finally realized that a channel even remotely targeting gaming is not that reasonable... wait they stopped targeting gaming in 2008. goodbye X-play, good ridons G4.

I was saying that I think their goal is to be another SpikeTV...they will stay g4 (for now, but I'll bet $100 it will change next year), but everything else will become their version of SpikeTV...it's been going that way for a while...sad to see the decline

 

[aceman67]

Attack of the Show didn't "premiere" two years after X-Play, it was originally "The Screensavers" and that dates back to 1998 when the station was known as ZDTV (then became Tech-TV, then G4 screwed everything up.)

Do your research please.

 

[Elguappo]

But seriously, who's watching this? There's already saturation in the market for faux-mature 20-something entertainment (read: Spike TV). I'm annoyed they're getting rid of their initial audience, but I'm surprised (and alarmed) that they will be able to expand by copying other pretentious channels - channels who's man-child audience is already secure.

 

[Valis7]

I remember G4 from WAY back in the day when they ran shows like Portal,G4tv.com, Pulse, Arena, and judgement day. Ever since the merger with TechTV the network slowly went from 'geek' to 'mainstream'. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but I just lost interest gradually when they started canning more and more 'tech' shows.

Now the network has lost it's only niche.

 

[Grape_Bullion]

Probably been said a million times over, but anyone who is upset about this and feels betrayed really has no business giving any sort of opinion on television programming. G4 died a long time ago.

 

[Groxnax]

*sigh*

I liked X-Play when Adam and Morgan were on it, they made the best scathing/funny reviews an they introduced me to Yahtzee and this site.

It will be missed.

 

[MopBox]

I will remember you...

... will you remember me...?

 

[triggrhappy94]

So... EscapistTV, anyone?

No but really. I got to watch very little Xplay. G4 wasn't included the TV package I had at my house, so it was always a treat when I got to see a couple episodes.
It's sad, but it was coming. I hope that Sessler and Web find good jobs somewhere, because they were fun to watch.