G4 tech tv dies, and all I hear is how it does not make sense, the fans are pissed, and "it's just like Firefly". This is without a doubt one of the greatest thing's to happen to the gaming industry since Final Fantasy started sucking. IT MAKES ROOM FOR SOMETHING BETTER!!!!
If G4 limped along with it's meager ratings and the wrong people in charge of it but some how kept getting funded the demographic that G4 represents would be aware of it's presence enough to occasionally tune in but nothing would change and gamers would continue to be a marginalized demographic that never grows up.
Loosing our sleeping pill(and it was a great one) is going to open a Pandora's box of Blogg's and Pod-Casts and internet based content attempting to lure the G4 demographic to there site. There are already hundreds of video game based podcasts on the itunes store. [https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/podcasts-video-games/id1404?mt=2]
So yes this exists but now, we have nothing on cable to go watch. We still want the same info, and seek the same entertainment. So now the podcast/blogg numbers go up, then people try and launch a indie version of G4. This eventually will be a cycle, as the either two things are gonna happen (both of which can create a cycle). 1.One of the indie version's of G4 is self sustaining and able to make profit. 2.People keep trying to make an alternative to G4 that keeps failing but they keep trying until enough of the sub-culture is involved that one version or another become self sustaining.
Yeah, I just said the same thing twice. Because it's happening. Kevin Smith is making a fortune right now appealing to comic book fans. So is Warner Brothers, video games outsell both of these demographics. VG out sells comics (yes even online) and more units of games are sold then tickets every year. The best part is, gamers go to movies a ton, and many of us buy comic books. This is a multiple demographic demographic. We are four quadrant, and cross every line possible. Al-Queda plays video games. So do Navy Seals, the President's staff plays games on their smartphones, and so does everybody at Fox news.
You know who doesn't play games? Caucasian wealthy men over 60. Yeah I know a couple in that demographic also but those are the exceptions not the rule. Who are most of the decision makers in television/film/entertainment period? White old rich guys. Yes, the female power broker demographic is skyrocketing, and ethinic minorities are moving up so fast in my lifetime minority will not be used anymore because of how inaccurate it is compared to usage in the 90's.
The bottom line is the people who don't understand gamers are still in charge, but that is going to change. Eventually these folks will pass away and get replaced as in every part of life on this planet. We, the fan, the gamer, the geek, the unsung, the discarded portion of the "Geek" sub-culture. We will have more power in every industry in the next 50 years one way or another. We are about to begin the Golden age of the Gamer Geek.
Arena gaming is coming, immursive 3-D is coming, every CES, or tech convention that happens every year continues to show us that. I for one am so excited I can't believe I am able to be any small part of this.
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