FunkMiller
Gold Member
There are many of these videos about now, but here’s just three.
Alannah Pearce:
Lamarr Wilson:
YongYea:
So... how exactly do we trust anything that people like this say?
Now, they may claim to not be reviewers, and to not be biased, and that they are just ‘fans’ ... but it’s utterly disingenuous to claim that these influencers don’t - you know, influence - the buying habits of the general public. That’s why Msft have sent them XBox Series Xs.
How do any of them remain objective? How can any of them be critical in any way, when they get all this lovely free stuff for remaining positive? How can any of us believe anything they say about the products they’ve been gifted?
You might think it’s all fine. No problem at all.
I think this is the kind of poisonous stuff that makes the video games industry far worse than it needs to be.
Edit: I assumed this would go without saying, but apparently not : I know full well not to trust these people... but there are many others who don’t know that. That’s where the problem lies.
Alannah Pearce:
Lamarr Wilson:
YongYea:
So... how exactly do we trust anything that people like this say?
Now, they may claim to not be reviewers, and to not be biased, and that they are just ‘fans’ ... but it’s utterly disingenuous to claim that these influencers don’t - you know, influence - the buying habits of the general public. That’s why Msft have sent them XBox Series Xs.
How do any of them remain objective? How can any of them be critical in any way, when they get all this lovely free stuff for remaining positive? How can any of us believe anything they say about the products they’ve been gifted?
You might think it’s all fine. No problem at all.
I think this is the kind of poisonous stuff that makes the video games industry far worse than it needs to be.
Edit: I assumed this would go without saying, but apparently not : I know full well not to trust these people... but there are many others who don’t know that. That’s where the problem lies.
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