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The specialist gaming media is trusted more than YouTubers, vloggers, the mainstream media and advertising, a survey has revealed.
83% of UK players reported faith in the specialist press — like us, here, PC Gamer, your friendly neighbourhood website/magazine/force for PC gaming good — while YouTubers and vloggers racked up a trust rating of 71%.
Advertising is trusted by 60% of players, which is a mite high, I’d say, and mainstream media — newspapers et al — bagged a 70% rating. Trailers, meanwhile, managed a whopping 75% trust rating, which is as you’d expect, really.
In Europe the figures change a bit — specialist media bagging a 75% rating and YouTubers 61%, with advertising only managing 44%, showing continental Europeans are a mite more cynical than the Brits.
There’s a few more interesting stats over on the article, so check that out — including how influence differs from trust: 68% saying specialist media actually influences their decisions, while a much closer 67% allow YouTubers to inform their purchasing decisions. We’ve all got our uses, it seems.
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