-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Has ‘The Snitch’ already cemented themselves in the hall of fame of greatest leakers?
- Thread starter EeK9X
- Start date
Because if not for them, people would have to wait TWO WHOLE days for the reveal. Sacrebleu!
This leaker is just ruining surprises, they have access to YouTube's uploads, and can only leak announcements that are going to be revealed in the next couple of days. I don't understand why people give them cloud.
A YouTube employee leaking announcements a day early is pathetic. Thousands of people over the years likely had the same access.
Soon companies will just stop uploading videos to YouTube early, and we will be without 4K videos when the conferences are over. A real POS this guy.
Soon companies will just stop uploading videos to YouTube early, and we will be without 4K videos when the conferences are over. A real POS this guy.
Considering some shows are like 1.30 to 2 friggin hours, which only 15 mins may interest you... Yeah , I like leaks, so I can know if the show is for me or not.
Of course I know it sucks for the people involved, so Iknow it's not a good thing for the industry, but for me... Sure it is.
Of course I know it sucks for the people involved, so Iknow it's not a good thing for the industry, but for me... Sure it is.
Fine: I think this leaker is overrated to have a thread. The NVIDIA person did better. :P
Personally I thought NTKRNL was more epic than CBOAT. That account leaking all of Xbox's plans for 2+ years over the course of a couple hours was probably the most epic gaming leak of all time.
And they haven't been wrong. Right now they are the most reliable we've had and when they tweet you can be sure it's true.
CBOAT is the OG for sure. But The Snitch might cement himself as a goat if he keeps up with the perfect track record for a couple more months
There is nothing particularly great about a leaker, putting them on a pedestal like this is a bit weird.
The Snitch just gets you info 1-2 days early, that's about it. They're less an actual insider and more someone with access to the data a bit early
I think to be a "legendary" insider you probably need to actually do some more significant work to get your info and probably have it more than two days in advance of an official reveal.
I think to be a "legendary" insider you probably need to actually do some more significant work to get your info and probably have it more than two days in advance of an official reveal.
Is this a theory or confirmed?
Seems like a decent theory either way.
How can they be wrong when their "leaks" are just YouTube titles.
It's the leading theory. Makes a lot of sense too, especially with Rebirth being uploaded a day after so The Snitch only knew about Crisis Core beforehand.
In recent years yeah he's clearly been the best, no question about it
EDIT: ok aside from Nvidia lol
EDIT: ok aside from Nvidia lol
They're' certainly more accomplished than others in the culture who are simply guessing and hoping for the best. So I give them a bunch of credit for legitimately leaking things and having a great track record (so far).
Let's give it a bit before they make it into the HOF like CBOAT
Let's give it a bit before they make it into the HOF like CBOAT
His leaks are accurate, but he just has access to hidden YT videos when the go up a few days in advance. Not as interesting or impressive as learning about things months or years in advance.
I dont know if this speculation is correct but if it is, The Snitch isn't really an insider or anything. He just happens to have access to the videos about to drop working at Google/YT.
I dont think this person should be seen as an insider. Just my own take.
No one is gonna beat NTKernel, dude literally revealed Microsoft's entire slate of announcements for that year. 100% a pissed off MS employee lol
Even if they shared 'leaks' that no one saw comming like Persona and Crisis Core, at the end of day it's just spoilers from preuploaded youtube videos a day before they premiere. Not the greatest kind of leak tbh. Scoops like 'Naughty dog is remaking TLOU' or 'Kojima is working with Xbox" months before their announcements are way bigger.
It's weird to look back on major leaks now that everything in it is very old news. Found a Kotaku article so I don't have to link back to the old site directly. All of that seemed like such groundbreaking news at the time, but now it's like "yeah there was a white Xbox One, so what?"
Really interesting how the plans for Halo 2 Anniversary morphed into the Master Chief Collection over such a short period.
We really don't need a hall of fame for leakers. Can we plz not. We shouldn't be extending celebrity culture to leakers.
Please guys.... Please 🥺
Please guys.... Please 🥺
Yeah, this is basically my view on this. If a game dev is responsible for leaking something early by leaving something up they shouldn't have during an office tour or some employee of the dev telling a friend they should not have told, that's on them.
However, if it's a situation like this where the leaker has access to information from a 3rd party distributor that the developer has no choice but to rely on, it's really shitty for that person to make everyone's lives potentially worse by leaking it a day early.
As EagleBen said, the most likely outcome of this, if YouTube doesn't publicly announce the caught and fired the person, is for companies to just stop uploading early. Shittier video quality for everyone.
I despise how things get "leaked" hours to days in advance. That is just bullshit, ruining the surprise for many and cheap clout chasing. Super disappointed how people like that are being celebrated.
Leaking things months or years in advance is one thing, doing it right around a planned event is the worst.
Leaking things months or years in advance is one thing, doing it right around a planned event is the worst.