Isn't common? There are even games for which publishers will never send out review copies. If consumers are basing their decision on certain reviews, the absence of those reviews should be a big enough sign. Compared to publishers linking review scores to embargo dates this is very tame. If a consumer wants to make an informed decision he still can, he just won't buy the game at launch. The fact that they themselves immediately claim this is a bad sign about the quality of the game, is not very objective and just seems a lot like complaining. A simple statement without any 'judgement' on the game would have informed us equally well about the lack of reviews.
Doing your job and expecting a game to be delivered on a nice silver platter on time for your embargo are two different things. Nobody is stopping them from doing their job.
Pretty much. Get some asses in movie theater seats and grab that money before people who may not be on top of things like that find out the movie's shit.
Exactly. This type of thing tells me EA are not confident enough that the final product can stand on its own. I mean, they've attached another beta invite for another Battlefield game with MOH:W as an extra incentive to pick it up soon.
Oho, alt account discovered?
Why? Consumers can always wait a few days. But it's going to be a race to get the first reviews out.
Technically, everyone that has ever posted impressions of a game is a game reviewer. There's not some Guild of Game Reviewers out there for you to rage against.
Mainstream consumers are more than happy to close their eyes and open their mouth. But I'm talking about what smart consumers would do.
A much more respectful way to say it. No statements about the quality of the game, just short to the point.
Their job is reviewing the game. They can still do that. When a gaming site doesn't get a review copy at all, they just do it after the release. Yes, it is bad for people who want the game and can't see if the game is worth it before launch day, but it doesn't impact a journalist in his work. It isn't the PR company's responsibility to make sure a journalist gets his hand on the game. They want a journalist get his hands on the game for their work. Review copies don't exist to help you make a informed decision.
- Because they can still write them after launch.
Why boycott though? That means less clicks/views because of less reviews. And this is one isolated case, doing anything now wont help anything for this one game. They get to do the review now anyway.
