Sorry if it makes you sad John, you also do great work when you are left to your own devices, so I just think that those shenanigans hurt your reputation, but you should not be upset because people took notice, you should be upset with whoever made the deal, and had you do this video.
No, but you see, the points he makes aren't accurate or fair. It also shows a lack of understanding of basic language (like the usage of 'we') and techniques in general. This video is defamation. Plain and simple.
The fact is - my video was made alone in my house, on my own. I WAS left to my own devices as always. I do not work from an office. I made this alone. There is no extra money or anything like that and the fact that you suggest that boils my god damn blood. Producing this video was extremely difficult and I poured a ton of work into it. It was made like all other videos.
Did you watch my Spider-Man video from last year? Do you realize I received the same stuff from the Xbox camp? People claiming it's paid off or PR bullshit when it is not. So you're wrong - I did not scrutinize those Sony games any differently than this. This is exactly how I approached God of War, Spider-Man, Horizon and the like. Why? Because I was hyped for these games and I loved them - I wanted to make videos that were 'an event', so to speak. It has nothing to do with the companies themselves, it's me as a fan of them. I am not a reviewer.
I pointed out exactly the issues - the frame-rate drops below 60 and has tearing. Do you know how difficult it was to actually get that footage, though? It took about one hour per 60 seconds of frame-rate analysis due to how they flip the buffer in that game. It was insane how annoying that was. So I went in and found the worst spots that I could for testing and you see it dip exactly as it does.
What comparison is there to make anyways? I don't even understand.
I am VERY FUCKING UPSET that people are acting this way because what is being said is factually incorrect. They are lying and hurting because they think there's some god damn conspiracy when there isn't.
I really don't understand. So what if I loved Gears 5? I don't get it. I'm here to shine a light on developers. I'm not here to tear them down. There is nothing different about this video. Heck, I was even very positive about games like Days Gone which were trashed by a lot of people.
If you want just raw facts go to VG Tech and leave me alone. I do not care anymore.
I've tried to be as open and honest about everything as possible yet I still have to deal with this. What does it tell me? You can't win by being a good person or truthful. You need to be an asshole to win in this industry, it seems. So, yeah, they win! They got me. Congrats.
I should just close this account and all my accounts, honestly. This year has been the fucking worst. I was this close to just ending it earlier this year and people like that are pushing me right back there. I should never have taken this job. I'm a piece of shit and deserve to die. Maybe I will tonight. I don't know. It seems that those assholes would love it. They would celebrate.