IGN sold

And that's when I became a gamespot fanboy. Ssshhh don't talk now, sleep......

I think GS and IGN keep up a good level of balanced reviews and content. That's MY opinion of course.

Congratulation GS Competition Over :D

So you buy IGN for 650mil and sell it for 100mil? IGN better have generated more than  that 500mil difference in profit since 2005

What was the value of gamespot in 2005 versus 2013? I know they aren't totally comparable because ign does movies, tv, etc

IGN rate too high. A good game is a 7 not a 9. A 9 is nearly a masterpiece.

i bought  it because i realized once  or twice a year a game did not get a "9".

now that i own it every  single game can have a 9 instead of the 95% that get 9's there now.

I  prefer GameSpot then IGN. But I like to check  IGN everyday because of  Naomi :) 

as long as they keep Naomi Kyle, they can do whatever they want

IGN gives this article a 9.0 :P

hopefully the new people will fire some of those inflammatory journalist

IGN > Gamespot all day everyday of the week.

I like IGN, they provide things in a totally differant way. I prefer Gamespots pre-release coverage, but IGN does more video reviews. As for the content of the reviews. I enjoy reading both IGN, Gamespot, and Game Informer.

Then of course I write my own when I have time.

I prefer  GT any day

Now you know IGN is gonna give eFax.com a 9.0 or higher.

Hopefully FilePlanet will be up again soon.

maybe they can revamp the mess IGN is

eh  i never go to IGN >_>

IGN has better gaming reviews/articles in general and it was also good because of their Movies & TV. Its nice to have things all in one place.

okay :|

IGN is kind of what G4TechTV was SUPPOSED to be- Tech, Gaming, Comics, other forms of culture (i tried to work for them years ago when they reviewed musicians and CDs) Gamespot is what G4 was- Focused most on games and gaming hardware. 

I like both sites, and i hope IGN does not change. 

I don't think that IGN being sold will hurt IGN.

I like both sites. I find IGN gives more information on games in articles, but GS gives more video footage.

never did care for ign much so rip

I like both sites. Gamespot has by far the better and funnier web shows, but IGN is usually a bit more up to date with news & reviews. Anyway I'm sure whoever bought them will make up the money by having Jessica Chobot posing in various, skimpy costumes !

I actually prefer IGN. Yes the people are more leud with their comments, but they provide more gaming information that's current. That's what's important to me.

i wonder if they will actually start to monitor their comments a bit better then. im not saying GS is the best at that either, but the tone and rhetoric seem to be a bit more civilized here than on IGN, which was why i never bothered to create an account over there. but i did check it from time to time to get some alternate perspectives on stories and games and whatnot. 

I can see one of two things resulting from this, 1. Remodel IGNs site or 2. Keep as is.

I guess this means that Gamespot "Wins" now that IGN has been sold off. Will they disband the current form of IGN. I did like IGN somewhat.

I knew it is in good hands

I think thats the name of the investment company, from the movie "Other Guys."

And with this purchase, they also get back a site they originally created & then sold, 1up.com.  Since IGN bought the company that ZD sold 1up.com a few years ago.