Again we’re wandering a bit off topic (although I did start it). The point is “Does the marketing for a KS 6-12 months down the road deserve front page news (rather than being on the forums, which is much more suitable in my opinion)? When “other” news is being missed for actual releases due to time and space constraints”

It’s not just BoW, its basically all of the “broad coverage” mini wargaming news sites. We see “news articles” with concept art, perhaps a render when the KS is 6 months away. Wouldn’t it be better to feature this kind of thing when it’s a month away (when the hype actually matters), rather than covering it and missing out on none KS news.

Some of the news is just marketing that has the purpose of maintaining your company profile (little content, but you get mentioned), and is a pretty common business practice (can’t fault them for that).

Again, not suggesting any embargo on KS news, but rather a “focus” on timely news, when products are being released (or will be within a month or two). This goes for non KS news as well. It’s only an issue when news gets missed due to space and time constraints, if it’s a slow news week…then post about the speculation news items. However a lot of news sites are either being bombarded with news promoted by various companies that sole intent is to grab headline space away from any competition (again a common business practice), but of late a lot of these news items are either for something so far down the road it ends up getting reposted again nearer launch or contains very little news in itself.

Somethings could be brought up in the forums and discussed if you are already interested in it (and no doubt other would join in the discussion), however the usual reader is just skimming the front page for news (which is why I said I’m seeing the word “Kickstarter” and I’m starting to treat it as spam. Perhaps I’m starting to treat it as spam as I’ve seen so many of late with very little “news” in them).

Many sites are missing news of actual launch products and new releases and covering things that could matter 6 months away. Perhaps the problem is theirs too much news these days (after all we are in a golden age for the hobby), but it’s up to the news sites to better prioritise how they cover things perhaps. BoW isn’t the only place I’ve posted about this recent trend (I’ve not got an axe to grind against the team), but again perhaps this is all middle aged rage and I need to go and buy a sports car or something (or write to Points of View on the Beeb) 😀