Because Ecks vs Sever did so well. O__O
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Because Ecks vs Sever did so well. O__O
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/30/ei...mann-incident/
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Although Gamespot and publisher Eidos have not yet made public statements over what led to the firing of Gamespot's Editorial Director Jeff Gertsmann, the accusation of publisher pressure is exploding all over the companies' forums. Gamespot currently has numerous threads on the incident, with one thread in particular having thousands of posts. Eidos has taken a different approach, locking down all threads on their site after apparently purging derogatory posts from thousands of angry gamers reacting to the rumor yesterday night.
More sources are now confirming that Gerstmann's firing was indeed over his Kane & Lynch review. The situation will likely continue to escalate among the gaming community until somebody either tells the truth or gives some reasonable spin to what's going on. At this point the reputations of Eidos, Gamespot and Gerstmann actually do hang in the balance within the industry. In the wake of Sony's stumbles attacking Kotaku, we just can't imagine that the Gamespot executives didn't expect this to explode as it has. Are they so out of touch? The simple fact of the matter is until someone talks, this isn't going away.
I was really looking forward to Kane and Lynch. :(
This would solve a lot of problems with gaming journalism and the industry as a whole.Quote:
Originally Posted by burgundy
If reviews are supposed to serve as a buying guide, then what good are they after the game comes out and GameStop only gets 3 copies because no one preordered?
Gamestop isn't the only place to buy games.
To idiots who only buy games at GameStop? None.Quote:
Originally Posted by g0zen
And if you're preordering a game, you're buying it whether or not it has a good, bad, or no early review.
You do know you can cancel preorders, right? You can shift them to something else or even demand your money back, which they're required to give. Also, what is this 'to idiots who only buy games at GameStop'? Other than online, where do you go that sells anything other than the mass retail franchises at release?
So preorder a game if you're so goddamn worried GameStop won't get any extra and Best Buy won't have it and wait until a day later to pick it up after the reviews hit. Are you really that fricking desperate to play every game day one? Are you 14?
How are you better off reading some creampuff review a week before release that is only there because a site has a sweetheart deal with a publisher?
And yes, if you buy all your new releases at GameStop, you are an idiot, considering that they will absolutely charge you the highest prices for new releases anywhere and do not price match or have any promotions, save for trade-in deals, which are inherently ripoffs on their own.
The mass retail franchises that arent Gamestop, duh