I see this point, I understand it and empathize with it. The other side of this coin is the consumer choosing where to spend their dollars. If the game dies in a year, there will be people who spent money on it (a small amount for sure since the game couldn't support an audience but consumers nonetheless). Would Grubb have done right by them if he had the info and sat on it? At this point it's people's dollars vs Ubi's dollars (with the developers stuck in the middle).
That's par for the course now with Kotaku. I honestly don't see them as any better than some UK tabloid trash
Oh I agree, I can only speak for myself but yeah Era is too often a beacon of negativity, sometimes worse. We can only try to be better individually.
I can't say I'm surprised to see Zack Zwiezen's byline attached to this one.
Sites like YouTube who pay for subscribers (clicks like you said) with the ability to work more from home has definitely exacerbated it.
For the sake of being the first to tell the public information that shouldn't be released. Keep taking the L's for all I care.
Hasn't it always been entertainment media? Like it's 100% access journalism with all the trappings just like tech journos, sports journos and even political journos the name of the game is audience engagement not quality of work
Where did he said that? So I can update the OP.
Right before that quote Grubb said "season 3 will be the last season"
i get where you're coming from here but also I didn't see this much defence of a live service game when we were all dunking on anthem (which also said they were not abandoning it until the orders came from on high)
Maybe is because is way too early and I just left a night shift that I'm a bit confused here lol
www.playstationlifestyle.net
Journalists are supposed to cross reference sources which is something leakers don't seem to want to do.
It's quite clear you have no idea what you're talking about. The games industry is extremely unstable to work in. As someone who has lost their games industry job several times due to poor sales performance or lost contracts these things happen all the time, and having someone spout off rumours that could affect the livelihood of those that are working/worked on a game is reckless.
Or…believe the devs? Maybe we should do that instead of the feverish pedestal salivating we so love here at Era with "insiders" who clearly know shit all outside of lucky guesses.
This isn't new unfortunately, Jeff Green was complaining about the state of games journalism back in 2006 and it hasn't changed much since then.
I'm sure they are some people that really wished they didn't listen to the actual professionals when some of them told people not to worry about the 1 month delay Battlefield 2042 got and told people the game was in a great state and would be ready for the November launch. Or the people that listened to the Cyberpunk developers telling people not to worry about the numerous delays and the lack of PS4/Xbox One footage. Or the developers telling people BioWare and EA was committed to Anthem long term.
