Support TheSixthAxis with Ko-fi | TheSixthAxis

Hiya everybody. We now have a distinct type of publish for you in the present day from our traditional protection of the gaming business. You could or could not know that TheSixthAxis has been round for 18 years now, with too many individuals to call who’ve contributed to our continued existence. Although we do have a particular thanks and point out to TheSixthAxis’ co-founders Alex and Michael, and long-time editor Peter, who outlined our website again within the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii period.

All through our 18 years, TheSixthAxis has maintained its independence, permitting us to cowl the video games and information we would like, the best way we would like. We now have full editorial management and our crew of nice writers, previous and current, have all the time been allowed to write down the articles they need to, with just a little steering right here and there. TheSixthAxis has additionally been about neighborhood. Whereas our boards now not exist as greater than a time capsule, they had been a hub for individuals from all around the world to get to know one another and construct friendships that grew. We proceed to attempt to foster a neighborhood by means of our social media channels, and we’re all the time occupied with listening to from our readers.

With all of that in thoughts, and with the present panorama of the video games media, we are actually exploring how one can change into a partly reader-funded outlet so we will proceed to spend money on the positioning, and assist our writers, permitting them to proceed to pen the information, options, and opinions that you just go to us for. To that finish, we have now launched a brand new web page on Ko-fi the place you’ll be able to tip us.

It’s fully as much as you ways a lot you need to tip us, whether or not you need to tip on a month-to-month foundation, or if you wish to tip us in any respect. There is no such thing as a obligation or requirement. As a lot as we might like to be absolutely reader funded, we count on promoting to stay a crucial supply of earnings, although we are going to all the time attempt to stay respectful with their implementation.

Conventional gaming web sites like ours are fewer in quantity which implies fewer alternatives for brand new writers to interrupt into the business, much less protection of smaller video games as websites battle for views, and fewer content material so that you can take pleasure in general. Your assist will imply we will spend money on our present writers, and new writers who need to get into video games journalism. As a lot as we’d like to, none of us might be round to write down for TheSixthAxis perpetually, so we would like to have the ability to hand over the positioning to the subsequent era of writers when that point comes far sooner or later. We are able to spend money on enhancing our web site so your expertise is smoother. It additionally means we will allocate assets to cowl extra video games, from AAA to solo builders who proper now could also be making the subsequent massive factor, however too few of us learn about it. There’s a lot we need to do as a crew, and we need to stay impartial and to maintain the lights on whereas pursuing balanced and considerate protection of the video games business.