BoW nothing more than advertisment?

[JackRussel]

So I noticed Beasts of War today and I posted on the fact they are covering 40k 6th edition rumours whilst a certain company increases prices and yet BoW continues to defend that company! Will anyone every offer good consumer advice for Wargaming advice, will anyone ever be a voice for us gamers or are we condemned to fan boys being big in the community? I noticed Bluetable painting doing it as well, it is supposed to be advice BUT, they look at it from their point of view, not looking out for what a regular person can afford or the practices of each company. Anyway, here is my post, do any of you guys agree?


I stopped playing early 2011 so this does not affect me, however, I feel this shows something about Beasts of War, this is pushed to the side whilst they post more about 6th edition that has not been confirmed, this is consumer advice people need along with the other things, talking about a rumour is alright in passing but the fact BoW has done so much coverage is ridiculous when things like this are pushed to a small side forum that is hard to spot. I liked BoW but this to me shows how corporate it has become in the last few years, it went from a cool place to see what's in a big ass box to 1 piece metal miniatures and acting like fans instead of professionals. Sorry BoW but unless you get your arses in motion I don't think I can support you any longer, I hope you can go back to what you used to do one day.

In lighter news though, The D6 Generation are still pretty good at consumer advice, not great but it is a good listen for the sensible gamer.

[Dustcrusher]

The age-old issue of selling out rears its head again, it seems.

The way I see it is this, and I say this not having gone to their site much in a while, other than reading a couple of product announcements:

BoW is trying to make money in a niche market. Unfortunately (in my arrogant opinion, others clearly disagree), Games Workshop is a huge slice of that pie. Enough people still play, and plenty of them still demand even more 40k/WFB content (even though I say "there's too much already and you want more?!" but I digress). EDIT: Frankly, I'm just glad they actually have significant coverage of non-GW products at all.

Pretty much anyone who has gamed for long enough knows that GW are extremely <ahem> sensitive to any criticism. A bad review or two would likely lead to no more free product. No free product means it's more expensive to put on the show period, plus it means they might cut out reviews of smaller studio products because suddenly their budget for non-freebies is eaten up by GW.

I would love it if they suddenly got a brass pair and sounded off about the price hikes, GW's reaction be damned, but it won't happen. GW brings in the hits and ad revenue. I don't like it either, but for now it's the way it is.

[LupusFerreus]

If only all the sites could have some sort of "industrial action" against GW.

[dunce002917]

I haven't played 40k (or what others call the 401k game) and the news of the makers to increase the prices does not help their cause...

BoW is in a niche market and their videos have a high production value so I have no qualms with some "company" sponsored posts/videos/etc.

I like BoW, they helped me as a noob in WM/Hordes and they even covered Infinity (which my group stopped playing in favor of Malifaux). Now, they're blowing my mind with the WM Colossal unboxings and previews...

So advertise away BoW, you probably just convinced me to buy the Stormwall...