If everything can change so quick what is the point in spreading rumors about things that will probably change? Sounds like click bait attempts to me. Rile up the base, have other sites Link to cboat posts here and then make excuses for him when the rumor turns out to be false. Is this what neogaf wants for itself
"Rile up the base"? REALLY? People from within the development community are the ones who are the "sources" behind most of this information. CBoaT, Pete, Bruce, and the others have proven on atleast one occasion to be spot on. With CBoaT and Pete taking top honors.
Most insiders only parrot things they hear, and sometimes the information is flat out wrong, sometimes things are totally scrapped, and sometimes everything falls apart. However, if you actually believe that some of us are going out there with some Anti-Microsoft agenda than I suggest you take a long cold shower.
I've heard information from sources that turned out to be
100% Fact, and other information from the
SAME person be
100% False. Now should I burn this person and ignore everything he says or should I intelligently use my head and take everything-
with a FUCKING grain of salt? At the end of the day these are all rumors, and until any company flat out tells you its true, it's a post on a message board.
This insecurity with CBoaT, and by extension NeoGAF, exists because so much anti-MS news was broken here. The reason so much negativity came down the grapevine was for one reason and ONE reason only: Microsoft pissed off a lot of people in the developer community. People talked. Information was crosschecked. Words came through.
Ask any insider what it was like to talk to a developer from your favorite third party two months after E3 2013.
In any case, the criticism is unfair, and I think majority of the people here who want to see CBoaT burn aren't actually interested in the rumors, but are bitter about the anti-Microsoft rumor mill. However, Nktrnl is a perfect example of a leaker who did an amazing job spilling some of the most positive Xbox One news since its inception. There is this silly console war persecution complex that resonates so heavily in this entire ordeal, and trying to kill off one of our oldest, most trusted leakers permanently in its name would be a great loss.
Oh and Backseat modding (forgive me), I know, but did we ever get an explanation why Albert Penello has yet to be banned for his misinformation?