CoolinInTheCut
Superstar
Honestly, gaming journalism was never great, but I agree, they're definitely at their lowest point right now.
I think a big reason why these guys are failing is because they keep going for these easy wins by click baiting, console warring, and just generally flipping headlines and narratives you would find on gaf/era, and dont actually spend time playing these games and spending enough time to make their own well informed opinions. Just look at the amount of effort goes into KF's content, and the amount of effort that goes into Skill Up's content. Its a huge difference, and it shows in the views for their videos.
How active? Cause I cant imagine it being more than a few hundred people at most still playing that game.
I really dont think a better looking version of that game can pull people away from the juggernauts like Warzone, Fortnite, Apex, Siege, Destiny, etc. The multiplayer shooter space is a completely different landscape today versus back then. The streamer / competitive shooter space is a huge factor in MP games succeeding today, and third person shooters traditionally dont resonate with that crowd.
But you're bringing up a good point on how Sony would just be competing with themselves and fragmenting their own players when the full fledged version of Factions comes out next year.
None of those other cacs they have floating around
