Influencers is such a better system. I think two things sealed the fate of gaming journalists: (1) the Internet killed journalism revenues, and (2) the Internet showed gaming journalists what their fans are really like. A lot of them couldn't handle the double whammy and spent their twilight years using all their power and influence to destroy their readership, sort of like how Hitler tried to destroy Germany on the way out. I wouldn't call that quality and I doubt anyone misses them.