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Patrick Klepek's avatar

Let's go!

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Kirk Hamilton's avatar

Hell yeah - looking forward to reading!

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C. Clyde's avatar

Congrats and glad to see games journalism with more depth! I’m curious about interests and investment in AI by game publishers given the thousands of workers that have been displaced this year.

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Chris's avatar

I'm really interested in the economics of Playstation hitting the breaks on GASS and gamePass seemingly plateaued.

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I Have Four Names's avatar

Is there any chance we (I mean, you?) could do a lower-cost tier with less benefits to support you? I want to back this but can't afford the standard monthly or yearly right now.

(The Australian dollar is super weak against the US. I'm not being cheap!)

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Stephen Totilo's avatar

Thanks for asking and for the expression of support. That means a lot.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I can do an extra tier (there are a limit to how many offers I can do) but if you’re not in a spot where you can pay, that’s okay.

I will do all I can to keep free subscribers looped in. And my feelings won’t be hurt if you subscribe for a month and then cancel. Regardless, it’ll all be free until February anyway.

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I Have Four Names's avatar

Ok! Well I'm going to wait until February and then buy a single month here and there. Will still feel a bit guilty but still...

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Josif's avatar

Congratulations Stephen!!!

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Brett Bates's avatar

Good luck! I'll be following you over here from Axios.

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Mike's avatar

I don't subscribe to people/stuff, Stephen, but when I saw your tweet I had zero hesitation in signing up for a yearly sub. You are hands down the BEST of the best when it comes to game news and insider info and I am more than happy to support you being independent. Thank you for being awesome.

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Megan Carriker's avatar

Signed up the moment Simon Carless dropped a link to your tweet in his Discord :) Congratulations!

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Casey Newton's avatar

Congratulations Stephen!! Looks great and excited to read.

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Bernie Monsanto's avatar

I support anyone that wants to go independent. There are other people that I think would do an amazing job by going independent. All I ask is that you not break embargo and dont leak anything and I will be happy.

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Dillion Burns's avatar

Good luck!

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Graham Reid's avatar

Hooray serious video game journalism! Looking forward to this, Stephen.

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Tom's avatar

Congrats on taking the dive and looking forward to seeing what’s next :)

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Simon Carless's avatar

It's happening! (hurray!)

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Quinn Wageman's avatar

Congrats, best of luck with the endeavor!

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