2020 is almost upon us and I believe it’s the best time to post a new Editorial about the future of DSOGaming. 2019 was perhaps our best year to date as we saw a noticeable growth. We founded DSOGaming in 2011 and after 8 hard years, I can safely say that we’ll be here for a long time. Or at least that’s the plan.
Going into slightly more details, in 2018 we had 5.5 million visitors with 8.5 million pageviews. In 2019, we had 7.3 million visitors with 10.7 million pageviews. So yeah, we are slowly but steadily growing.
We’ve also been trying to be as “friendly” as possible to our readers. Back in the early days of DSOGaming, our community complained about our Interstitial ad. To be honest, I don’t know whether we’d be here right now without that ad. However, in 2015 we decided to remove it so that we could keep our readers happy. We’ve also decided not to block our content behind any “remove_ad_blocker” plugin. We’ve also decided to let you, our readers, decide our Comment Policy, and we also have a column – Users Articles – dedicated to you.
Now one of the reasons DSOGaming is growing is because of you. We wouldn’t be here without you, so we’d like to thank you for your support. In order to show our appreciation to you, we’ve decided to have monthly giveaways. Each and every month, we’ll be purchasing a PC game so we can give it away. Our goal is to be giving away a triple-A game, and not indie games. Later this month, we’ll have a giveaway for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
I also want to make it crystal clear that these giveaways are solely from us. We’ll be buying new copies of these games. Of course this isn’t something new to us as, contrary to other websites, we also pay for our very own hardware. DSOGaming has never been sponsored by NVIDIA, AMD or Intel. Moreover, a lot of publishers have blacklisted us, however we’re at a point right now that we can buy each and every new PC game we want to cover. As such, we’ll be letting you know on Twitter and Facebook whether we’ll have Day1 PC performance analysis articles for your anticipated PC games. We’ll be also letting you know in our articles whether we bought the games ourselves, or whether a publisher had sent us a key.
Now while we’ve been doing our best to appease PC gamers, we’ve seen some people accusing us for ridiculous things. Some believe that we’re being paid by NVIDIA or AMD, and others that we are being paid by Ubisoft, EA, Epic Games, you-name-that-company.
I’ve also seen people that really hate DSOGaming for no apparent reason. And to be honest, this is something that really disheartens me. I’ve seen people wanting and asking moderators to ban DSOG from Reddit, from Google, from forums. Some are even wishing us to die. And sometimes, I kind of wonder whether it’s worth staying true to our guns or not. I mean, it would be easier and less anxious to sell our souls to a company, have a bigger marketing team behind us, make more money than now, offer proper salary to our writers and live a happier life. Of course by doing that, we’d be giving the middle finger to our readers. Seriously, it’s really hard sticking to your ideals when people falsely believe you are a sellout, especially when you’re doing things that other bigger websites are not even attempting to.
We are one of the few websites that does not bother with political stuff as we only care about PC games. We also try to cover as many mods as possible. Fan remakes are also something that we’ve been pushing heavily. Some may find these articles useless, however, we’ve seen that a lot of people are interested in them. And, to be honest, we are happy to see other bigger websites following our lead. We also know that a lot of websites are stealing our content without sourcing us. And that’s fine by us as we can provide you with new original content each and every day; we don’t have to steal stories from other websites.
In conclusion, DSOGaming is currently in a “healthy stage” and is not going anywhere. Since we’re still growing, I think we can safely say that we’ll be staying independent. What this means is that we’ll be buying the games and PC hardware ourselves. Of course things can go south in 2020. As such, you can support us via our Patreon, by whitelisting us on your ad blocker plugin, or by simply sharing our stories.
Thank you for your support everyone!
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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Thats all good, since I visit site daily lol
As someone who jumps around a lot of gaming websites, I really find unique stuff at DSO Gaming, so I hope you guys keep up the great work
This, so much this … thnx guys! 🙂
Keep up the good work. Don’t mind the haters and the trolls and negative people; it’s the 2019 Internet, unfortunately. Block toxicity. o7
Don’t be disheartened by the trolls who come here just to shi* post. They’re just a minority of noisy no-lives. And because they have nothing to do, they shi* post in every website they can find.You can find these kinds of trolls anywhere. They’re a part of the anonymous internet.
I think most of the readers just come to read articles and not post a comment. I used to be active in the comments section here but now I laid low and post a comment few times a year even though I visit the site 2x-3x a day.
TLDR; don’t mind the trolls and keep doing what you’re doing and this site will grow bigger and bigger 🙂
Thanks for the honesty, I think everyone can appreciate it here knowing that every other gaming journalism site is filled with crappy ads and sponsored deals. Btw, maybe for 2020 you could make sure Epic Games gets more coverage because they’re trying to change the gaming industry for the better. I think they’re in a good place at the moment and it would be lovely to see them successfully expand while also helping developers and bringing optimized PC ports from PS4.
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John, don’t let the moron detractors calling you sellouts get you down, they’re stupid people with no basis for those claims. Even when I disagree with part or all of an article of yours, I’ve never once got the hint that your positive or negative coverage was anything other than your own genuine opinion. I’ve been reading DSOG for years and it remains my favorite gaming site by far. Lastly, good things come to those who give their critics the middle finger so keep doing what you’re doing.
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It’s just me or DSOG news appear on WCCFTech a few minutes later?
Yep, wccftech are the master of copy paste. They do have a couple good writers but the majority is trash.
“Baseless accusations and wishes of death”
Yeah, that sounds about right. Welcome to the healthy and totally not filled with unsupervised, unloved, uneducated and narcissistic children gaming community.
It’s not just gaming.
True, true.
You are not carrying the SJW water like all the other cowardly sites, so of course being the little tolitarians that they are you will be “forced to care” by threats of internet cancellation. F.U.C.K. THEM straight to hell. I have boycotted all my usual sites, Blues, Poly, Rock, Paper…all because of their leftist fundamentalist moralizing and lecturing. You are my only site left. Whatever you do, do not cave to their cowardly threats. Love the site and your gaming only content. Keep it up and things will only get better.
Blue’s such a coward. He couldn’t refute my arguments — he even admitted such! — so he banned me.
I’ve been here since 2011, Proud of you dear john, and keep doing what you do, haters gonna hate no matter what you do or say.
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Keep up, DSOG team! Just ignore the haters and trolls. We, readers are many more than them.
Nudity mods news FTW!
great site! I enjoy it. Don’t understand the hate. If people don’t like it… then don’t visit. whatever…. but then again… it’s the internet so what do you expect.
It really doesn’t make sense to log on to a site if you hate it. We have a few here that do nothing more than come here to complain about nude mods and piracy. I don’t care much for PCGamer any more so I come here to keep up with PC gaming.
you paid by amd? good joke for someone who dosent read what you write. they might even believe you. https://media0.giphy.com/media/5HDpB3qtxmgNy/giphy.gif
Stay true to your guns !!! I’m here since 2013 and the website is still awesome. Keep up the good work and don’t listen to f’cking trolls and SJW’s.
Cheers to the gaming website with the most misogynistic, racist, homophobic and incel readership on the net.
I love hearing that one jerk in every article complaining about why someone wrote an article about a topic he doesn’t care for (Suekovitch I think). I love reading people using iPhones, Google, Steam and Windows complain about Epic and how shady they are, talking like total hypocrites.
I visit here like I visit a right-wing political site.. just to see what stupid stuff stupid people are saying about whatever topic. Good job attracting all the wrong people into one spot for my viewing pleasure. Just kidding, Merry Christmas!
Long life to DSOG !
“” We’ve seen some people accusing us for ridiculous things. Some believe that we’re being paid by NVIDIA or AMD, and others that we are being paid by Ubisoft, EA, Epic Games, you-name-that-com.
I’ve also seen people that really hate DSOGaming for no apparent reason. “””
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Hey DSOG/JOHN,
Please don’t bother about what others say or think about your website…Haters and trolls need some excuse to spew out their criticism/nonsense.
You guys are doing an excellent job, and I really mean this from the bottom of my heart…..Keep up the good work, and bring more gaming articles. You guys have kept DSOG true to the core of PC Gaming.
We can find many useful articles here on user-made MODs, fan Remakes, Emulators, and other INDIE gaming stuff, which other gaming websites lack.. I wouldn’t bother or worry much about what others think about this website.
Criticism is good, but it should be constructive. To be honest, I found quite a few interesting articles on here on DSOG, mostly user made MODs here, and few other PC gaming articles.
AMEN !
“” I’ve seen people wanting and asking moderators to ban DSOG from Reddit,
from Google, from forums. Some are even wishing us to die. “”
Wow, that really SUCKS if it’s true. Not sure why people are behaving like this.
Totally disrespectful and inhuman, in my honest opinion..
Bro you gotta chillax with those periods
It’s probably more to do with with the awful DSOG community rather than the site itself.
Don’t want to be sounded like robo-fernando,but i just want to say that this site is EXCELLENT!! can make stupid/funny comment without afraid getting banned unlike other site is this site plus. And of course, always came here just for John nude mods news 😀
“7.3 million visitors”
6 million of those were Fernando Diaz posting “Excellent” and bizzysgs trying to convince himself that his Soyny console is good! Joking aside, it’s great to see the site doing well.
“it’s really hard sticking to your ideals when people falsely believe you are a sellout”
Ignore the haters and trolls.
“people wanting and asking moderators to ban DSOG from Reddit, from Google, from forums.”
That of DSOG upsetting the censorious and hateful NPCs so much clearly shows the site is doing something right. Keep up the great work.
“Some are even wishing us to die”
Ah, yes, the ‘tolerant and compassionate Left’ being so tolerant and compassionate!
“I can safely say that we’ll be here for a long time”
Wonderful. Diversity of opinion is our strength. Long may it last.
Well said, Bub&Bob!
Cheers. I’d personally love to see John humouring and ridiculing the trolls similar to how the likes of Linus, Steve and Jay do, lol!
I agree! John should not take anything they say seriously. I love PC gaming, and this is the only site that I need. John needs to hear that and not the trolls.
Preach it, brother!
i have been here since the beginning and although i criticize the site a lot lately
it is still my go to site and i have no hate for any of you
Bless you for this little corner of the internet John
Good articles and people and writers speaking their minds
Meanwhile on PC Gamer:
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Maybe you need a proper medication.
been coming here for the last 2 years and really enjoy the articles you guys are writing.
Keep up the great work.
Hater gonna hate but dsogaming is the web for gaming(pc) news deal with or die thinking about it
Listen, I disabled adblocker for you. This is something I wouldn’t do for 85% of sites. I really like DSOG.
Yours is the best PC gaming site around and the only one that I check every day. Don’t listen to the trolls.
Keep up the good work, John!
Long live DSOG!!!
best site ever
Just wanted to say I visit the site multiple times a day and I love it, you have the best PC coverage on the internet in My opinion and it’s raw and real. The fact you guys don’t do any BS(it’s just video game news) is one of the reason I love it, you have that real legit fan indie vibe that I will always respect.
Please John and crew don’t ever change who you Guys are or what you do, as long as you love it keep on doing it and keep dreaming big and make your goals a reality.
I also say all this with massive respect as a indie dev and long time hard core PC gamer. Having said that I can 100% relate to what it is like to get hated on for something you do and love. Never give up Man, you guys are doing an awesome job and the community is unique. Also some times life is harsh and people just need to vent don’t take it personally. Just think those individuals still came to your site and they could of gone some where else.
All the best to the DSOGmaing website’s futrue, DSOG crew and it’s community. Last but not least the more successful you are the more some will hate on you, take that as a compliment. I know that sounds insane, but that is just how our world works focus on the positive.
m/ 🙂 m/
Thank you DSOG for the past 8 years and all the best for more years to come.
Allowing users to comment does not constitute an endorsement by the site of their nonsense. I would prefer that the racist/anti-Semitic nescience be banned, but it’s even more important that John give users a say in how Comments are run.
If you don’t like a particular user’s comments, then block him.
Trouble is you wouldn’t have much left.
I understand what you’re saying, but there are only a few users here who post racist/anti-Semitic nonsense. I always vote down and flag their comments (even though I know that nothing will happen), but I never block them.
I never block anyone.
Hey guys, thanks for the years of content you’ve given us. Happy to hear that you’re growing and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for next year
I only found this site earlier this year from one of JokerProduction’s videos, and have stayed ever since.
DSOG is pretty much the only PC game news site I follow and I’ve been satisfied.
I started readin DSOGaming regularly just a few months ago and I find worthy content pretty much daily. I love the info about mods and the performance testing – only you show graphs for things like a dual core CPU. Keep up the good work and don’t go anywhere 🙂
They do need a community moderator, I agree.
Congrats John to you and the team. I enjoy this site but find the community to be one of the worst I have ever encountered, except for a few intelligent and interesting people, which is a shame really.
Happy to still be a part of this community! Thanks for letting me come aboard John!
“We are one of the few websites that does not bother with political stuff as we only care about PC games. We also try to cover as many mods as possible. Fan remakes are also something that we’ve been pushing heavily. Some may find these articles useless, however, we’ve seen that a lot of people are interested in them.”
This is literally why I come here. Great articles, original takes, no nonsense. Great work in 2019, I wish I found you guys sooner.