Next-Gen has claimed that “senior industry sources” have told them that the world’s largest gaming convention, whose profits have just been going up every year, is suddenly over.

I’m calling bullshit.  I think this is a tactic to raise traffic, that it’s a boldfaced lie (or a prank on a reporter who refuses to report rumor as something other than fact,) and that it’s a sign that Next-Gen has finally gone down the tubes.

I’m going to paste the link, rather than link it, because I don’t want most people visiting the page, but I want there to be posterity.  http://next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3538&Itemid=2  Do not visit this page; it’s bullshit.

If Next-Gen doesn’t run a front-page screen-top apology for a month, their credibility has been shot to hell.  ‘Course, it’s not like they’re worth reading anyway, given that they rate games starting at 8 of 10, have appalling grammar, and never admit to passing rumor off as news.  (Sure, they’ve been caught doing it before, but saying E3 is over is a bit fucking much.)

E3 just started a network site, and accepted quite a bit of money to get people involved.  If they shut down after that, they’re in for tremendous trouble.  They provide massive marketing opportunities at comparatively low prices, make four to seven hundred dollars a head for a crowd of sixty thousand and have a massive impact on the direction of gaming.

I just don’t believe it.  Cite your sources or go the fuck home.  Next-Gen is nothing better than the Daily Sun.