Why can't Microsoft or 343 do that on their own YouTube channel? Why does it take you to do it? It's a service, yes, but it is a cheap service just about any schlub can do. Kotaku specifically doing it adds nothing of value to those interested that, for instance, a review of the game would add. You may as well have posted the entire PR blurb verbatim, made a wordless video and called it a day.Folks, please don't all jump on my throat for this, but what exactly is wrong with unboxing a collector's edition so people can see what's inside and decide whether or not they want to buy it?
It's hardly investigative journalism, but it seems like a useful service to readers who want to get a visual on what's inside those things.
It's nothing but advertising. Plain and simple.
What makes this especially prescient is holding it next to Totilo's opinion of the topic at hand. Perhaps not entirely fair, but if there's something you still fail to see with that particular juxtaposition, I don't know what to say.