Stripper13
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I honestly don't get all the "boo gaming journalism" battlecries. It's this way because of us. Let's think about this.
- We want great and accurate video game coverage
- We also want it as soon as humanly possible
- We support the gaming sites & publications that give it to us first
- Sites & publications know they need to be first a fair amount of time to get clicks and a big following
- Therefore sites & publications enter into crossroads deals with publishers to get the scoop first
- Publisher wont give you a scoop first if you're going to trash their shit to smithereens
- We complain because shit wasnt trashed to smithereens when it should have been
- Yet we refuse to wait until a game actually releases to get real honest to god reporting
- So we feed the monster
Thank you. This is insightful and more what I was looking for.
You're right - we do feed it. I would have hoped that there would be A site out there that just dealt in truths at this point though. Who didn't get wrapped up in PR nonsense and marketing-deals and called out bullshit when it popped up. NeoGAF is the closest thing that I've found.