Some of you may not realize but Polygon is part of the Vox Media brand who also own:ĭuring its early reign, The Verge received numerous endorsements from sponsors such as Microsoft and BMW, which ultimately led Chris Grant to consider his position at Joystiq. Vox Media love buying new estates to increase their empire while caring very little about the crap they publish. This is emphasized by their portfolio of other sites, each of which uses the same technology but covers a different niche.

Vox Media are your typical news group, they love quantity, but are not so good on quality.

The site was under development for the majority of 2012, at which time The Verge was running most of the gaming articles coming out of Vox Media. So where did Polygon come from? Polygon originally appeared in late 2012 (October to be precise). Maybe an obvious mistake, but for a site of that size, spreading misinformation is shameful. Backing up his inaccuracy, he said that grandma would want to use the Xbox One over the PS4 because she wouldn't want to use Dual Shock 4 to watch a movie. During the livestream, editor Chris Grant stated on several occasions that one advantage that the Xbox One has over the PS4 is that the Xbox One supports remote controls and the PS4 doesn't. Two days ago, Polygon made a shameful comparison of the Xbox One vs the PS4 during their 12 hour live stream, aimed at showing off the Xbox One and giving users a comparison to Sony's already released console. It's got to the point where most serious gamers consider them the cancer of gaming journalism. Using social sites such as N4G, Reddit and Twitter they spread their spam on a daily basis. In that time, they've published enough inaccurate reviews and misinformed posts to put them up with the best of the view whores.

Not only an inaccurate source, but an untrustworthy one too. Few would have thought that Polygon would soon become one of the most popular gaming sites whilst single-handedly also becoming one of the most annoying. In late 2012, a new gaming site sprang up by name of Polygon.

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