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It is laborious to imagine that 2024 is definitely over, however it’s formally 2025. Final 12 months was one of many largest years for me personally, with the start of my first baby and the way busy it was for SteamDeckHQ. We coated tons of recent video games, labored with superb new individuals, introduced extra writers into our fold, and went to new, superb occasions that blew our minds. And with 2025, now we have a whole lot of plans for the 12 months, in addition to ambition to develop on our social media channels, YouTube, and as an expert outlet, however we will not do it alone.
Final 12 months, many unbiased retailers like us confronted numerous challenges, and it led to a whole lot of retailers we love coming near being closed or some really shutting down. It additionally damage a whole lot of superb journalists who both misplaced their jobs from mass layoffs or had been inspired to go away regardless of their expertise and seniority. It is a powerful time to be an unbiased outlet and journalist proper now, and as AI continues scraping web sites, Google making its search engine a lot more durable to make use of, and the rising prices of working and increasing with stagnating charges, I needed to take this second to ask in your assist.
We’re fortunate to be surviving and kicking like we’re within the face of all of those points for unbiased retailers, and it does not appear like these issues can be going away subsequent 12 months. There are a few initiatives we’re part of that look very promising, however we’re nonetheless planning to develop additional, and we’d like assist with that.
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If 1% of our customers subscribed to the $3 tier on Patreon, we might be making greater than what now we have ever gotten from advert income on the web site, which is fairly superb. We’re making a strong quantity to maintain us working, however we do want to rent extra writers and workers to assist us with video manufacturing, so our bills are most definitely going to develop a bit extra, too. Supporting us by Patreon actually means quite a bit to all of us, so thanks for even contemplating it.
I’ve already posted the primary of two new behind-the-scenes updates that I plan to publish at first of 2025, and the opposite one can be going up throughout the week.
If you wish to assist us however do not have the additional cash, that is completely okay too! Each time you learn our articles, share our work or have interaction with us on social media, it helps us develop and develop little by little. All of it contributes, and it is one thing I respect immensely. Any manner you select to assist us actually does imply quite a bit to all of us right here.
Thanks for taking the time to learn, and I look ahead to speaking extra about all the pieces now we have occurring for this 12 months! And an enormous thanks to all of our present Patreon subscribers and doable new ones, you guys are the most effective.
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