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Is It Getting Harder To Take Opinions/Reviews And What Journalists And Gaming Sites Are Writing Seriously?
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I can understand taking issue with defending exclusives, but the "Gotcha!" for something he said that's contradictory 6 years prior is so petty. 6 years is a long time, and that's not even a significant, personality-defining opinion at all. I've seen people change much more drastic opinions in far less time.
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Not really for the thing you're pointing out there but I've checked out because of review score bloat. 1-6 is unplayable, 7 is okay, 8-10 is good. Not how it should be. Most games getting the top three ratings should be a red flag. But it makes more business sense for the sites to contribute to a hype train. There are individual reviewers at outlets big and small who are talented and have interesting perspectives but I feel overall that the medium is suffering because of the desperation of the industry at large.
Ryan McCaffrey isn't the best example to hold up. He is still a huge Elon Musk/Tesla stan and blocks anyone that tries to explain that Musk is a real dirtbag.
Yeah but, it's on his personal Twitter. It's not something he wrote for an article
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Not in that direction. People should learn that competition is a good thing as they get more knowledgeable about how industries work.
As with media coverage of any industry, there are personalities and journalists with integrity and consistency... and then there's the 99.9% that comprises everyone else.
That doesn't mean the 99.9% doesn't have something to offer or that their word can't be trusted, however. The problem comes in when people elevate people and put them on a pedestal and hold them to some unrealistic standard that they never asked to be held to in the first place. Especially in highly competitive marketplaces such as this one.
That doesn't mean the 99.9% doesn't have something to offer or that their word can't be trusted, however. The problem comes in when people elevate people and put them on a pedestal and hold them to some unrealistic standard that they never asked to be held to in the first place. Especially in highly competitive marketplaces such as this one.
he was right though. making this exclusive on Xbox didn't help sell more Xbox consoles nor more copies of the game, and the financial payoff was probably not worth it. nobody won!
Gamasutra - Rise of the Tomb Raider, and the dubious benefit of a console exclusive
also, this thread doesn't make any sense
Gamasutra - Rise of the Tomb Raider, and the dubious benefit of a console exclusive
also, this thread doesn't make any sense
Honestly don't even follow major gaming sites anymore for about 5 or more years now. I kinda shifted over to youtubers and some influencers since their tastes line up with mine.
So you've based this entire thread on one person and not really added any of your own thoughts or opinions to back it up?
Based on the Tweets in the OP, not sure what's the issue. He says Final Fantasy exclusive is a huge get (a win if you will) for Sony, which ain't wrong. Years ago he said Tomb Raider exclusivity is a win for Xbox (not sure if it was tbh). I'd much prefer any games being available on multiple platforms, but it's true that exclusives benefit the companies rather than the consumers. So what's the issue. He didn't say anything about FF exclusivity benefitting the consumer, unless I missed it.
So my answer to the OP is nope. Choosing between journalists and randos on twitter/forums for my gaming reporting and takes, I'll go with journalists.
So my answer to the OP is nope. Choosing between journalists and randos on twitter/forums for my gaming reporting and takes, I'll go with journalists.
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I think the problem was launching it the same day as Fallout 4 and during a crowded market (Call of Duty and all those games also released). The exclusivity didn't help it because it was also on a console that was still trying to win back people after a bad start.
A lot of (major) video game reviewers only seem to exist to reinforce the corporate status quo. It's fairly unique in that regards in media journalism. You don't really see many big film, theatre or music reviewers making excuses for shitty practices like that. It's basically why I quit the games journalism business, because at some point I wasn't expected to actually write critical articles, just articles praising whatever Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo had done this time.
Critical game journalism does exist and is very important, but people like this Ryan McGaffrey are unfortunately the vast majority.
Critical game journalism does exist and is very important, but people like this Ryan McGaffrey are unfortunately the vast majority.
Given the thread's framing being about the state of the industry but the OP targeting just a single games writer utilizing random tweets from a handful of unknowns, it's clear the intent of this thread is just to dunk on one person rather than actually discuss the potential mismatch between audiences and games writers. As such, the thread is locked.
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