Weird, but does it really matter? I feel mostly fans will buy it and they'd buy it anyway.
What is this weird ass justificationI mean, it makes sense. Reviewers probably won't get Shenmue if the collection reviews are anything to go by.
How is this good?This game is gonna get trashed in the reviews. It's probably for the better.
They can enforce it towards any outlet that receives a review copy at no cost.
Is this even legal? I am not allowed to review a product that is officially available for the public?
Although terms of an embargo have to be agreed, they're not unilaterally set by a publisher. A publication would be able to accept or reject embargo terms, but obviously if they reject them they'll likely not receive an early copy (or indeed any copy) of the game.Not if you accepted a review copy.
You can review it regardless of any embargo if you got the game yourself.
But if you got a review copy from the publisher, well yes, it is. Why wouldn't it ?
Although terms of an embargo have to be agreed, they're not unilaterally set by a publisher. A publication would be able to accept or reject embargo terms, but obviously if they reject them they'll likely not receive an early copy (or indeed any copy) of the game.
Or you can break an embargo, which is what I imagine will happen here. Someone will post a review based on a copy they secured for themselves, and once one review is posted other publications will insist that the embargo has been broken and so will publish their reviews too.
Shenmue fans like myself will eat it up even with low scores.
It's extremely rare for review copies to be contingent on signing an NDA (legal document), standard practice would be a written embargo (handshake agreement).
Actually it's not because the game is solid.This game is gonna get trashed in the reviews. It's probably for the better.
It's extremely rare for review copies to be contingent on signing an NDA (legal document), standard practice would be a written embargo (handshake agreement).
And I am fairly sure that for at least some publications, they'd decide that the handshake agreement is voided if other reviews are being published.
Which is why I suspect that this embargo will be broken.
We all know who's really buying this game at the end.. lolI have no doubt about Shenmue fans. I mean everyone else. In general this is just a scummy move.