RIP Gamepowerup. I doubt it'll be revived, it needs some serious originality, yet something that the current powers that be agree with. Not saying that's a bad thing, but the limitations on the site as it was, and lack of support didn't help. I miss even just cleaning spam from the forums and the few that visited and posted, but in the end, Gamepowerup wasn't meant to be and probably shouldn't have been started as there was no serious gameplay laid out or push for improvement or uniqueness. It was extremely simiilar to TPU to such an extent it wasn't worth getting a new forum account there...it was just as easy going to the small games section here. That's why I think the entity that was Gamepowerup should become an extended games section on TPU.
Not saying my outlook is right or completely justified, but as a severely dissapointed individual that created a thread that helped launch the site, created an in-depth CoD4 review, tried to get more visitors and keep the forums clean only to have one random day a (what I considered) online home dissapear was dissapointing. Gamepowerup won't be worth the time of this place overall, sure there are tons of gamers, and it would be better justified initially to start with a larger gaming section that maybe grows into it's own forum/site, but not starting a "TPU clone" site as a gaming site, that failed, really bad. And watching that failure, I almost feel I f*!#ed up just starting that thread and getting the ball rolling almost 2 years go.
Date: 8/25/2007
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=38246&highlight=Game+Reviews
GPU! Failed...GPUz came up, other important things came up, and personally I feel that there were some things that should've been ran by other staff that had the time to monitor or more involvement by those that could make changes to have had that site grow..but enough pissing and moaning, it didn't happen, sad truth...even if GPU! was open today, it wouldn't be any different from 2 years ago...and so I think W1z did a justifiable thing by closing GPU! down. Dump the least intersting project in better pursuit of the support for the main money maker. That's totally the way to go, I can't blame him or others that may have helped make the decision, even if that's not the reason, GPU was going nowhere and wouldn't have. If you want a gaming site, you're better off browsing the 1000's of them already out there till you find one that fits your needs and comfort level...there isn't one that has a forum like TPU, which was part of why I loved GPU, but none-the-less there's plenty of gaming sites out there, and maybe someday, if enough of you want it, there's a small chance a justifiable purpose could be proposed to increase the size of the Games section of TPU Forums...but at the same time he's posted a few times good reasons for not wanting to, and I agree there too. Thing is, if you like gaming and the game's section doesn't do it, go somewhere else for that stuff. Fow now from my view, that's how it works, and that's how it is, that could change someday...and I hope it does, but until then, just gotta keep on enjoying what is provided and helping it grow into something positive and useful at the same time.
