Want to Support gameXcess? July 9, 2010

I made it no secret when I did my article on how to transfer data to a new Xbox 360 slim that I make no money whatsoever from this website.  I do this website not because I make money, but because I want to offer a better option for gaming news than what is currently offered by “larger” sites.  WordPress does not allow advertising on their websites (which I cannot understand if you own your own domain), and my YouTube videos are also devoid of advertising.  Because of that, I also do my best to pull any trailers or content the second they become sponsored in order to keep the playing field even, and also because I consider them pretty harassing.

The downside of this is without any income I’m not able to get all of the latest hardware I’d like to in order to do the content I’d like to do on this website.  I just can’t afford it.

To rectify this I was considering linking something like an Amazon wish list to the website, with a whole bunch of stuff I’d like to review or comment on but obviously can’t due to cost.  The kinds of things on the wish list would mostly just be games or the new Xbox 360 Slim.  Obviously nobody would be under any obligation to even look at the list, but I could assure you that I would happily unbox and video review anything sent to me for the site.

I think it would be the best option, it would allow me to keep new content coming on the website, and keep the site advertising free.  It also shouldn’t upset wordpress, but who knows.