

Shutting Down Inside Mac Games
#1
Posted 21 November 2014 - 02:46 PM
This has been long overdue but we are considering shutting down Inside Mac Games on a permanent basis. We would love to keep it alive but the sad fact is that it has been neglected for far too long and it's time to make some changes. We would like to open up some discussions to see if we can come up with a solution.
Here's some ideas to get the discussions going:
1) We shut it done....hasta la vista.
2) Sell Inside Mac Games to an interested buyer.
3) Develop a new web site with the help of the community (more news oriented, less reviews, etc).
4) Other suggestions.
Thoughts?
#2
Posted 21 November 2014 - 03:57 PM

Option 3 would be my preference, but this still would require at least some dedicated staff. Other Mac gaming sites with only two or three writers, like Mac Gamer HQ, also are noticeably struggling.
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#3
Posted 21 November 2014 - 04:13 PM
- Is it possible to hire some people and pay them for ad profit?
- Have you spoken with other Mac gaming sites if it would be possible to do some kind of merge?
#4
Posted 21 November 2014 - 04:41 PM
#5
Posted 21 November 2014 - 04:48 PM
I'm very sad to see this happen but I'm not really surprised either. I know how difficult it is to keep something like this up plus the landscape in Mac gaming has changed dramatically since the early days of Inside Mac Games. I've been with this since the beginning, even did reviews for the site for a while, so this will be sorely missed.
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#6
Posted 21 November 2014 - 04:55 PM
#7
Posted 21 November 2014 - 04:55 PM
Man, sad news, but I understand things change. It'd be wonderful if the forum remained in some fashion. I've enjoyed it. IMG Pro for EVUUUUUH!!!
#9
Posted 21 November 2014 - 05:33 PM
Not seeing a merge happen, nor do I want a merge to happen with other Mac game sites. They all have different styles and focus. I know who runs them all on a semi-personal basis. This isn't a critique, but everyone wants to do their own thing in a specific way. Merging has lots of issues with that.
I do have a fair amount of web development experience. I am interested in the idea of the community helping develop a new site. That option shouldn't go off the table just yet.
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#10
Posted 21 November 2014 - 05:40 PM
#11
Posted 21 November 2014 - 06:52 PM
#12
Posted 21 November 2014 - 08:16 PM
#13
Posted 21 November 2014 - 08:32 PM
I hope in any case the forum will be kept alive in its current form.
How will this all affect MacGameFiles and MacGameStore?
#14
Posted 22 November 2014 - 02:11 AM
4. Forum only.
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#15
Posted 22 November 2014 - 07:14 AM
Mr Pink, on 21 November 2014 - 08:32 PM, said:
I hope in any case the forum will be kept alive in its current form.
How will this all affect MacGameFiles and MacGameStore?
MacGameFiles will be shut down before the end of the year. MacGameStore is alive and well. We just released version 3.0 of the client.
#16
Posted 22 November 2014 - 07:28 AM
Like beefing up the News/Review sections there... problem is, MGS already has a forum.
So the IMG forum should stay separate.
I'd still stick with option 3 or a standalone IMG forum website.
#17
Posted 22 November 2014 - 08:03 AM
For the longest time, I've wanted to merge the IMG Forums into the MGS ones because maintaining two separate installs of IPB is a mess, especially when we want to do a big upgrade on them (like going to 3.4 from 3.3). The two site's forums are both running on the same core engine, with just some changes with how accounts are handled (for shopper security).
The MGS forums are absolutely dead because everyone comes here to talk mac games instead. Which is kind of silly speaking from a business standpoint. I would figure a store would want to encapsulate as many target users into one service, than have them spread out. But speaking from a user standpoint, and community, its nicer to have things separated without the overbearing 'big bertha' trying to sell you stuff.
So its a hard call.
I definitely would hate to see the IMG "community" (forums) vanish though. Those should continue to exist somehow, somewhere, in full. As the wealth and history of information buried in these forum tables, is immense.
PS: I wont miss the loss of MGF. I wrote that back in '99 lol... and not much has changed since! Stale old useless site.
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#18
Posted 22 November 2014 - 11:12 AM
Frigidman™, on 22 November 2014 - 08:03 AM, said:
For the longest time, I've wanted to merge the IMG Forums into the MGS ones because maintaining two separate installs of IPB is a mess, especially when we want to do a big upgrade on them (like going to 3.4 from 3.3). The two site's forums are both running on the same core engine, with just some changes with how accounts are handled (for shopper security).
The MGS forums are absolutely dead because everyone comes here to talk mac games instead. Which is kind of silly speaking from a business standpoint. I would figure a store would want to encapsulate as many target users into one service, than have them spread out. But speaking from a user standpoint, and community, its nicer to have things separated without the overbearing 'big bertha' trying to sell you stuff.
So its a hard call.
I definitely would hate to see the IMG "community" (forums) vanish though. Those should continue to exist somehow, somewhere, in full. As the wealth and history of information buried in these forum tables, is immense.
PS: I wont miss the loss of MGF. I wrote that back in '99 lol... and not much has changed since! Stale old useless site.
guess it makes sense, daft to run two different forums. i hope you still keep the name, its been around so long.
#19
Posted 22 November 2014 - 11:23 AM
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#20
Posted 22 November 2014 - 12:13 PM