Rumored "bad news" incoming about Sony review event, game reviews, or something completely different
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It includes third parties. The guy MW quoted used EA and Ubisoft as examples. He also spoke of "consoles," plural. Unless he misspoke and this is a one-time, temporary policy in effect for only this one Sony event -- after which everything goes back to normal -- then it sounds like this will affect reviews for games on both consoles.
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One reviewer claimed that he "doesn't trust staged s***," and said he needed to install a console himself in order to honestly review it.
Well, if he feels like he needs to install it himself, he can feel free to do that after purchasing his own.
So what's the problem then?
The problem MUST be that he wants to do so in advance of retail launch, so that he can get the hits. There are a couple of issues with this. Retailers won't sell him a console prior to launch. Second, and perhaps more importantly, the day one patch won't be available until launch.
Thus, a console manufacturer or software publisher who wants to control the environment for a review due to the lack of a day one patch is acting reasonable. Reviewers who are not interested in having a controlled environment are unreasonble, and should wait for the retail patch.
Well, if he feels like he needs to install it himself, he can feel free to do that after purchasing his own.
So what's the problem then?
The problem MUST be that he wants to do so in advance of retail launch, so that he can get the hits. There are a couple of issues with this. Retailers won't sell him a console prior to launch. Second, and perhaps more importantly, the day one patch won't be available until launch.
Thus, a console manufacturer or software publisher who wants to control the environment for a review due to the lack of a day one patch is acting reasonable. Reviewers who are not interested in having a controlled environment are unreasonble, and should wait for the retail patch.
This is not true and bullsh1t
We've tagged this submission as [False Info] and we would've removed this submission if we had seen it earlier. This was taken from a post on 4Chan's /v/ board and there's absolutely no indication that this is true, nor is there any information about it anywhere else.
Jason Schreier (who works at Kotaku) has posted about it on NeoGAF and tweeted it and Arthur Gies (who works at Polygon) has tweeted about it as well, both of them reject this.
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I'm not that different to you.. I still just don't care that much.
These are $60 products. It's not a $30,000+ car or even a $1,000+ TV or piece of electronics. I can generally guess what games I'll at least get my $60 out of, and it's simply a matter of choosing what I think is best worth my time. And if a game has big red flags I don't think these practices will actually stop that from coming out... there are so many outlets for such information, and if you aren't confident in a game.. don't buy it until it's been out for a week.
I'm not saying it's a good practice.. I'm glad some people in that industry care enough to point it out.. it shouldn't be happening that way.
I just don't see it affecting me that much personally.
The solution is: don't accept the terms.. review your game post-retail using a retail copy. Review the systems post retail with a retail system. And as a consumer.. any review of a product like a videogame not out yet should always be taken with a grain of salt.
They are movies.. and they are often experiences that require post-launch userbases to even test fully.
Hmmm ok...i asked it, because Marcus Beer said on Twitter today that it didn;t have anything to do with Xbox.
The third party claim (well the entire post it was part of ) has apparently been refuted.
No one has actually named Microsoft as a party to this current internet news flap. We don't even have concrete data on what it's all about, just speculation.
I never said I didnt like Continuum.At least someone in your family has good taste.
I pretty much agree. I can see why these guys are up in arms about this if true. It affects what they do for a living. When that's threatened you get the sort of reaction were seeing. I'm sure there's also people pissed their free games will now be less and they won't be getting free systems, at least in time for pre-launch from Sony, like they have been in the past. These guys make a living being the first to get something out.
Now, I can understand game companies wanting to show the game in their house to make sure the bugs that are in preproduction games is kept to a minimum. I don't agree with them auditing anything. If they start auditing reviews it's a slippery slope.
Yeah, like Seven said, I ignore my post, since it appears to be based on false info.
It makes websites like this vital to the dissemination of the truth as we gamers see it, regardless of whatever the icons of the videogame industry want us to think or believe. Forums have always been a better source of information regarding the quality of games.
Okaaaay....so basically we are back Sessler, Beer and Dent about Sony, review event and so on? I have a feeling next week we will find out much more.
I swear, Sessler on Twitter acts like he's squirming under gag order or something. He's just dying to verbally tear someone or some corporation a new one, and he can't and it's killing him!
A little 'release' from a game journalist (posting anonymously):
http://imonamilkcarton.livejournal.com/
http://imonamilkcarton.livejournal.com/
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