2020 was an awful year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, though, it was a great year for DSOGaming. DSOGaming has managed to increase its fanbase and reach, and we had more visitors in 2020 than we did in 2019.
As always, here are our annual stats for 2020. We’ve also included the Top25 countries. US and UK remain the top countries, followed by Canada, India and Germany. Needless to say that we wouldn’t be here without you, so thank you for the support.
Now to some more interesting stuff. In 2021, we plan to get an AMD GPU (whenever the 6800XT or 6900XT becomes widely available). As you may have already seen, we got an RTX3080. We always prefer buying our own hardware, however, NVIDIA got in touch with us and sent us a Founder’s Edition, without any strings attached to it. That was a really media-friendly move from NVIDIA. And yes, we were shocked with what happened with HardwareUnboxed, especially since during that period we were in talks with NVIDIA.
Do also note that we’ll remain neutral and we won’t favour NVIDIA now that it sent us an RTX3080. I mean, you can clearly see that in our latest RTX3080 benchmark article, in which some people accused us of showing underwhelming results (when in fact this is how the RTX2080Ti and RTX3080 perform in the most demanding and unoptimized PC games. Numbers are numbers, they don’t lie. That article also wasn’t a review. However, we always want to see how a new GPU performs on the most demanding PC games. That’s one of the beauties of getting a new GPU; to test some older games that could not run well on previous GPUs).
Regarding our PC games coverage, we’ll do our best to bring you day-1 PC Performance Analysis articles. However, that’s not really up to us as some publishers may not provide us with early review codes. As always, and whenever that happens, we’ll be buying these games in order to cover them. For games using DLSS and Ray Tracing, we’ll keep having separate articles (like we had in 2020).
Regarding reviews, I’ve given complete freedom to our reviewers, without any restrictions or deadlines. That’s the least I can do as they are currently voluntarily contributing to the website. Currently, our active reviewers are Pieter, Stephen, Nick and Chris. Again, it’s been a tough year so I wholeheartedly understand if they don’t have enough time to review a game.
Regarding news, Nick (Metal Messiah) is doing a great job with the PC hardware news. Chris has been absent these past couple of months but again, it’s been a tough year for everyone. That’s why I’ve taken it upon myself to bring you lots of News articles (as well as the PC Performance Analysis articles). So yes, expect more Nude Mods in 2021… hopefully… probably… certainly.
As we’ve already said, we have a Patreon via which you can support us. Spencer, who is doing an excellent job at moderating our Discord server, also had a great idea. If you donate to our Patreon, you are eligible for a “Platinum Members” status, and you can notify the admins about it.
You can also support us by simply “spreading the word.” To be honest, that’s the best way you can support DSOGaming (excluding our Patreon campaign of course); by sharing our stories on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and all other social media.
A lot of things also happened in the background that most of you don’t really know. For instance, we have removed all the ads from Disqus. We’ve also implemented AMP (and I want to give you a heads up that we might experiment with it in the future). Additionally, we’ve added a Dark Mode (that finally works correctly). We’ve also made our website faster to load.
All in all, we hope 2021 will be a great year. We’ll do our best to keep bringing you lots of News stories and articles (I mean, we’ve been working even on New Year’s Eve so yeah, we’re not going anywhere). That’s what we’ll be focusing on; new content for you. So yeah, more mods, more UE4 remakes, more News stories, more Reshade videos, and more… booooooobs (*insert “Honest Trailer” voice). We may also try to bring new more interviews (again though, that’s up entirely to publishers/developers and since we’re asking tough questions, we are certain that most will decline us).
So, happy New Year everyone and stay safe and healthy!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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its a tough time of course for written Media , more people cater more with video nowadays. Maybe you can reach more by creating video content along with article, also doing twitch for more donation. I dont know, cmiiw
I recall TechPowerUp taking that philosophy and it failed. They had their own Youtube channel, a paid newscaster and all of it was a disaster in the end.
I’m not disputing that there shouldn’t be videos in the news articles but who has the time or the patience to watch long dry videos when an article can sum things up in a few minutes?
As this article says the best advertising is word of mouth. On sites that allow links then link to this site.
keep up the good work
Keep up the good work my nibbas.
Keep the site free from any influance or selling out and this will be a good place in 2021
I just wanna se some more dark saide of gaming. Like how cheaters F up things in tarkov. Or more someting like that.
Thanks 🙂
Stay healthy and cool…
This is a good site for PC gaming news. I admit that I can’t comprehend what some of Metal Messiah’s articles say but I do my best.
It’s too bad that PCGamer went down the sh*t hole like they did with their political correctness.
Canada……..just when we forget them they come right back:
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your replaced PCgamer for me as #1 site for my news from pc gaming world. Got tired of their top5 this and top5 that articles and long, want to be funny, articles about absolutely nothing. Keep going
Exactly my thoughts!
I had many disagreements with Andy Chalk from PC gamer in the comments. Guy is an absolute cuck.
Happy new year to you guys too. I mostly visit this site for hardware/tech news, apart from some big gaming stories. keep up the good work John and Metal !
Thumbs Up John Happy New Year
Happy New Year for the best website about PC gaming John 😉
Retro PC gaming is a thing i would like to see on this site someday, think about possibilities 🙂
There are a couple interesting retro related news weekly that he could pick up from the right sources, at least that amount would be a great start.
I don’t know much, but maybe you could mail John a few source ideas to help him progress towards it.
Totally agree with you. We need some retro stuff or a FLASHBACK section.
Oh I’d love that. I love AGDQ (which has lots of retro speedruns). I do cover mods for old games or fan remakes of older games but I have to be realistic here, I don’t have enough time for a PROPER retro concept/column. IndieRetroNews and DF Retro are doing a great job BTW.
Congratulations on the growth! Its a good site for gaming news (my no1 choice)
An suggestion, have peeps be able filter what types of news they want/don’t want in the ways of news.
If someone dislike retro / mods for instance (i like both for instance)… let them be able to filter that for instance as i know it will annoy some other especially of the main news feed have more stuff their uninterested in.
And save that setting in a first party cookie
“I mean, you can clearly see that in our latest RTX3080 benchmark article, in which some people accused us of showing underwhelming results (when in fact this is how the RTX2080Ti and RTX3080 perform in the most demanding and unoptimized PC games. Numbers are numbers, they don’t lie.”
Everybody on the market tested the same games. Those are not “optimized or unpotimized” games. They’re just games. The most popular, recent games and were tested by everyone. You didnt have a special selection of games there.
Your tests show a 20% increase over a 2080TI, where the average increase sits at 32% when averaged over almost 20 different websites from different countries and continents. Almost 60% over a 2080 Super and almost 70% over a regular 2080.
https://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/launch-analyse-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080/launch-analyse-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-seite-2
Those 32% average can go to 40% or more when testing in ray traced benchamrks like Boundry or Bright Memory Infinite. Digital Foundry found the 3080 a clean 50% faster than a 2080TI at 4k, Ultra settings and RT, in Metro . Those are the numbers.
The results you put for the 2080TI seem overinflated, better than they should be. Unless you run a 2080TI Kingpin, those are way higher than they should be
Happy new year to all the staff.
Thank you guys for consistently being the best PC gaming news site on the web. You guys are the only ones doing it like they did in the 90’s and early 2000s. Real news without the fear of establishment garbage.
“Nick (Metal Messiah) is doing a great job with the PC hardware news”
Agreed. He’s been a very worthy addition to the team.
“That’s what we’ll be focusing on; new content for you. So yeah… more… booooooobs”
Always!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1bf33c68dcf343f4a39d179e9e7f0434bd1453ea6dd1030344fd83da1b33a143.gif This is a good site for PC gaming news. I admit that I can’t comprehend what some of Metal Messiah’s articles say but I do my best.
It’s too bad that PCGamer went down the sh*t hole like they did with their political correctness.
Canada……..just when we forget them they come right back:
Keep up the great work, guys.
3 of the websites I visit a lot, daily (among other things) are MsPoweruser, DSOgaming and WCCFTECH. When I found these websites (2016 or earlier), all 3 of them were trainwrecks of ads, design, page layout or loading problems.
Then step by step, all 3 websites improved their layout, speed and ad placement tremendously.
I congratulate you on how good you’ve made your website in the last few years.
Cheers! And thank you for this great corner of the Internet.
This is one of a few gaming sites I still visit. Keep up the good work. The free speech on this site is invaluable.
I just signed up for a Patreon account and $20 a month to DSOG. I think the payments will start on 2/1/21 unless I misunderstood something. This site is worth supporting and it takes money to keep the site going but anyone can help by spreading word of mouth. Link to articles here on sites that you visit.
Feel free to message the admins on the Discord channel for the “Platinum Members” status 😉 . BTW, all Patreon funds will now go directly to our monthly giveaways. If we get additional funds from the Patreon campaign, they’ll go directly to the future PC hardware components purchases.
I think it’s really cool that you plan to do monthly giveaways. Times are tough for a lot of people right now. Being stuck at home with no job prospects and no money is a depressing situation.
HNY! I see Romania is among your top 10!
I didn’t think that Brazil accesses the site much. Brazilian greetings!
Happy New Year to you too, keep it up,
you are doing an excellent job
Long life to DSOGaming. Keep up John and the team, and happy new year for everyone here.
“it was a great year for DSOGaming. DSOGaming has managed to increase its fanbase and reach, ”
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Happy New Year and good health to you guys!
Sounds promising. 2020 DSOG was very dry on nude mods John
Love from Poland 🙂
I hope more nude mods news on 2021,John…
Im always directing people to this site if someone asking about news or review about pc gaming if that guy ask about site without biased political view
So please, please keep reviewing game or delivering news without political view and biased opinion, keep focusing your review at the product not ur feelings or whatever those rainbow hair at k***ku or pc***** did
Oh and hope you guys giving more review of pc hardware especially non sponsored one
Even more try make it unique like reviewing some obscure non known brand like aerocool or something
i just love this website.. beside videocardz
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By far my favorite gaming site and yes Nick aka Metal Messiah (excellent handle) is doing an amazing job!