None of this makes any sense.
Sony's going to close down an entire PR office and lay off people who have worked for the company for more than a decade because some characters got leaked outside the marketing cycle?
Nice find.He did admit that he was "in it".
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42466993&postcount=12415
Pretty shitty.
But in my own defense, my "leak" that began nearly one year ago, was part of an organized attempt to build up hype for this game like no other title has had behind it, before.
The good news is that we may actually get Crash and Cloud in the game now.
Oh, and also that SCEA has some new marketing people.
Any links to this platinum interview?
I feel sorry for SuperBot.
It'd be a real shame if KojiPro/PG refused to do business with them in the future, especially since it'd mean the exclusion of a certain oft-requested Konami character.
This and the part where SCEJ was 'catching wind' from Platinum and Kamiya's opinions?
So they order SCEA to fix it? How does that work and why?
Don't get it either.
Capcom's leaks were due to an irresponsible employee sending character art through Twitter, unlike SuperBot hiding the data for every character, stage and mode in the Beta. I think they just underestimated the hacking/datamining prowess of their fans.
Please clarify me two things.
1- I believe I saw a stealth confirmation that we may actually get some characters people have been asking for as DLC to fix this fiasco. I'm not overthinking this am I?
2- Wasn't spreading false information on NEOGAF a bannable offense?
None of this makes any sense.
Sony's going to close down an entire PR office and lay off people who have worked for the company for more than a decade because some characters got leaked outside the marketing cycle?
yeah this rumour doesn't paint them in a good light either. Makes them look like children.So, Platinum and Kamiya said those things all over a Raiden reveal that didn't go as planned (if they had planned anything specific at all if this story is correct)? That's pretty weak.
Same here. Him and Mink got old quick for me.
Capcom's leaks were due to an irresponsible employee sending character art through Twitter, unlike SuperBot hiding the data for every character, stage and mode in the Beta. I think they just underestimated the hacking/datamining prowess of their fans.
He did admit that he was "in it".
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42466993&postcount=12415
Pretty shitty.
Nice find.
None of this makes any sense.
Sony's going to close down an entire PR office and lay off people who have worked for the company for more than a decade because some characters got leaked outside the marketing cycle?
In order to continue hype, SCEA's marketing team contacted Paul Gale, who first revealed the game on his blog as "Title Fight". Realizing that he could be used as a scapegoat for false advertising, they bribed him (though the extent of which is something I do not know the specifics of) and told him to quote "go nuts".
Realizing a potential destruction of his reputation if done incorrectly, Gale carefully timed out "leaks" and "teases" and purposely laced them with vague and false information in order to pump the fan base up for release.
Probably the best thing to come from this.The stuff about Superbot working on DLC currently pleases me.
The firings had to do with the roster leak from the beta not the Title Fight leak that Paul Gale revealed last year. PlatinumGames and Koji pro wanted a special reveal for Raiden. SuperBot blew it by not screening the beta files for potential leaks before release.
Kamiya always acts that way, it's just that PG probably didn't mind him saying it.yeah this rumour doesn't paint them in a good light either. Makes them look like children.
I don't get this at all the more I think about it. It makes like...no sense. It's either a) total bullshit or b) the biggest display of incompetence I've seen in a long time.
yeah this rumour doesn't paint them in a good light either. Makes them look like children.
The stuff about Superbot working on DLC currently pleases me.
So did the employee(s) responsible for making sure the beta code didn't leak the remaining content get fired? Or just a PR team that is used as a scapegoat?
1- That's what it seems like, but what are they going to do about the rights for those 3rd party characters?
2- It definitely should be. Paul did this too with the Metroid/Star Fox fiasco. That site should be bannable at least.
Kamiya always acts that way, it's just that PG probably didn't mind him saying it.
You realize you reacted the same way you are now when the leak happened right?None of this even ties in well it just like everything we already know in a post with added drama.
Drencom already said it, but get your shit together Kaz!
I feel sorry for SuperBot.
It'd be a real shame if KojiPro/PG refused to do business with them in the future, especially since it'd mean the exclusion of a certain oft-requested Konami character.
Probably the best thing to come from this.
Hoping Crash does show up now
1- That's what it seems like, but what are they going to do about the rights for those 3rd party characters?
2- It definitely should be. Paul did this too with the Metroid/Star Fox fiasco. That site should be bannable at least.
Probably the best thing to come from this.
Hoping Crash does show up now
SCEJ then sent an executive decision SCEA's way to make "necessary re-arrangements" of the marketing and PR team in North America and directly urged Superbot to begin development on downloadable content that lines up with the fake leaks in order to keep good will with their early consumers who are obviously informed of leaks and rumors long before release.
I would imagine that with the full the full weight of SCEJ saying that they have to they can probably get a lot more done. Not only with more strings being pulled, but with SCEJ essentially saying that you will spend what you have to spend. That's at least how I imagine it.1- That's what it seems like, but what are they going to do about the rights for those 3rd party characters?
2- It definitely should be. Paul did this too with the Metroid/Star Fox fiasco. That site should be bannable at least.