If you remember back in December, news was leaked that G4 would officially be changing into the Esquire Channel so that they could "morph the gaming network into a channel more in line with the modern male. New programming for the Esquire channel is already in production, and includes shows focused on cooking, travel, and fashion." But why exactly are they changing? We all loved G4 the way it was, a place to go to sit back and relax to watch and listen to discussion about video games and other things in pop culture.
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Because for some reason gamers were only staying around for Xplay and Attack of the Show instead of that campus drunk show and Cheaters?
Damn I miss TechTV
Because taking the "NeoGAF format" and putting it on TV didn't work.
Because talking down to your audience and patronizing your viewers only turns them off.
Because giving Kevin Periera and Morgan Webb a job was a mistake.
Because pimping Olivia Munn wasn't enough to get ratings.
Because the suits behind this channel didn't really understand gaming in the first place.
Cops reruns for the win!
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It's because the execs in charge of the channel are morons. Simple as that.
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They are blaming us, the target audience, for the downfall of G4 when it was THEM that did it. They didn't care about us, or cater to us, so why would we watch it? Everytime I turned the channel on (before DirecTV got rid of it) COPS was on.... what does cops have to do with gamers?
They are making remarks like our audience doesn't deserve a channel, and its irritating. Maybe if they actually care then G4 would be fine. They are also misleading saying it will still cater to us, the gamers, on multiple occasions yet not a single show about gaming or tech AT ALL is scheduled. Its target at "males" yet they have "cooking, travel, and fashion" as content? The execs are clueless entirely.