Jesus Quintana said:
How would they even hope to compete in that marketplace? The only reputation they have is bad, and the only people left here would leave in a heartbeat if that change went down. It seems like it would be a lateral move, and a hard one to make when I suspect they have no money to work with, and now no tech to make a transition.
Yeah, I'll concede that Defy didn't do itself any favors with the way it's been handling ex-Viacom and Themis Media assets. Realistically, their only options involve either consolidation of what's currently available or flat-out shutting down the site and pulling out of the business altogether. However, with an EiC still being in place and the core activities being relocated in L.A., I'll assume they're gearing up for *something* along the lines of an internal shuffle or merger. Don't quote me on that, though.
My "Buzzfeed Gaming" comment mostly referred to the way they've been garnishing their content with easily-produced material. Listicles and galleries are basically easily churned-out opinion pieces that are tailor-made for maximum ad revenue, so I could see more of these items dominating the site's programming grid.
I wouldn't even be surprised if the notion of a content-specific schedule disappeared and The Escapist survived by just reporting on whatever it could sink its teeth into, whenever that would happen. No topics, no features - just gaming news and the occasional clickbait portal-esque offering. "The X Best Weapons Ever in All Them Vidyas, as Chosen By Me", with one page per item.
So it wouldn't be much of a transition, but more of a massive shrinkage and re-organization of their current structure. That can't possibly be too difficult to implement, right?
