Is anybody else getting sick of it?

It feels impossible to go on a video game website at the moment without seeing the same news stories re-hashed over and over again. "(insert game name here) runs at 1080p on PS4, 720p on Xbox One". "Flappy Birds (insert whatever you like)." It's the same on every site I visit at the moment. Is anybody else sick of seeing these recycled articles all the time?

Spec comparisons are always a big deal when systems launch. With these current consoles, resolution/fps has become the benchmark. With all the talk of "specs don't really matter, it's the games that count", it's become interesting to see that maybe specs do matter.

Personally, it's not a big deal to me. But it gives people something to talk about.

I pretty much don't even read those articles.

I hate it that threads pop up seconds after N4G articles pop up. I'm also sick of all the sales and specs talk and game threads barely receive any comments at all.

I want more 'escape from mount stupid' type features. Or articles that talk about the history and development hell of old franchises. Its good perspective for today.

Now THAT to me is news. Its good to be an enlightened gamer.

blame it at the general lack of "news" as the sites tend to live off of news, we see the same thing written and rewritten on the sites at downtime.

That said it is also a symptom of a case of too many sites I think.

There is usually a lull this time of year. We get the big Christmas rush where there's lots to talk about, then a couple of outliers who wait until January (usually, though not much this year), February starts to get a few more releases. By March the conversations will be more varied. There are a ton of releases coming for March. Infamous, Titanfall, South Park, etc.

There just isn't much new in the news right now. It's not helped by the fact that the release schedule is a bit gimped while developers build new games for the new machines. It will pass, just give it a month.

These two, basically. You can't really blame the sites that report news for slow news periods. It's an inevitability no matter what you report for.

There aren't any games out and there isn't a lot of stuff to talk about