"Lots of PS4 game reviews coming in the next two weeks but not Xbone"
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Better question where is the 10 bucks he still owes to a gaffer?
Doctor_Thomas
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Abortions confirmed for launch.
It's a week ahead in Europe. I don't think they'd embargo the reviews a week after it officially launches in the world.
What is this even supposed to mean?
"the absence of xbox one reviews initially has little or nothing to do with sony, power differences, or co-marketing." - https://twitter.com/aegies/status/393788500379594752
"anyway. there's not much in the way of conspiracy. not right now, anyway. who knows what the future holds!" - https://twitter.com/aegies/status/393789093009563648
Anyway, these tweets are pointless if he's not actually going to say anything.
"anyway. there's not much in the way of conspiracy. not right now, anyway. who knows what the future holds!" - https://twitter.com/aegies/status/393789093009563648
Anyway, these tweets are pointless if he's not actually going to say anything.
Zombie James
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So, platform differences.
LingeringRegime
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Not that surprised.
The XBONE is released later.
The XBONE is released later.
BRocknRolla
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Even if folks are used to them, they're still pretty stupid if they want people to wait until right before to run them. At this point, it really would be in MS's best interest to keep to review until later. It's not like they can sell more right now, but they could lose pre-orders, and people will just assume everything is in parity if they read a PS4 review. I assume Sony's willingness to allow the reviews just means they are confident.
Then again, it could be wholly different reason. I'm just saying why I think embargoes still seem like a logical conclusion.
This sort of thing from game journalists is really irritating and highly unprofessional. I'm sure the reason they can't release the information isn't on them, but the teasing is senseless.
Napalm_Frank
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zomgbbqftw
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Yup, launch day embargo is probably the answer. My guess is that MS don't want a situation where people who have preordered the system read reviews that say the Bone version of a given game is significantly worse than the PS4 one.
Ouch.
plagiarize
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I'd say 'smart move' if we didn't all really know which multiplatform versions are going to be better if we're honest with ourselves.
illmatic22
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Still cooking up the secret sauce?
Considering who is saying this, yep, platform differences.
Come on, Arthur. Why take to twitter to stir up communities like GAF (you have to anticipate you'd get a thread out of this) and then trying to sweep your comments under the rug right after like they meant nothing?
silver.tongue
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How else would he be able to talk about Secret Sauce?
This. So much this.
Thread should be locked...
Opus Angelorum
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Arthur said:
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Steverulez
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With all the insiders who like to spill the beans on the workings of MS and Xbox One games at moment surely we can get someone to dish the deets....
This. I like Arthur but he does this cryptic shit all the time. I guess it's a way to stir up talk about him which he feeds off of.
In every box there is a "toy surprise inside" - you don't know what you are getting. The lack of 3rd party info on XB1 games is concerning a bit.
gaming_noob
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Microsoft suits/marketing? If so, screw them!
I can see them having an embargo on the multiplats but on their own exclusives? Unless they're all doing very poorly I don't see why they would do that.
Probably this.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
I wonder if Polygon will give to a next-gen game a score higher than 7,5 (The last of us).
phosphor112
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Has anyone received PS4s and X1s for reviews yet?
GalacticaN7
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Here's sort of the whole list of tweets. He seems annoyed, but won't come out and say it.
freenudemacusers
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perhaps someone stepped on the xbox one review unit, and it no longer functions.
Here's sort of the whole list of tweets. He seems annoyed, but won't come out and say it.
Maybe due to console availability, not all reviewers have X1 systems
Has Arthur Gies ever been right about anything?
I wonder why?
GribbleGrunger
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I'm looking forward to the games but I'm not looking forward to the reviews. I've been bitten too many times to think the media have turned a corner.
ethomaz
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He said that about console availability.
@aegies @asminott i've heard microsoft has more hardware ready to sell, so i really don't know.
https://twitter.com/aegies/status/393787223893504001
@aegies @asminott i've heard microsoft has more hardware ready to sell, so i really don't know.
https://twitter.com/aegies/status/393787223893504001
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
"little" and "nothing" have whole different meaning
DragonSworne
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Platform differences are stupid!
Here's sort of the whole list of tweets. He seems annoyed, but won't come out and say it.
It's got to be a dumb embargo ruling or something about availability of debug units.
I'm going with this. I suspect there just won't be XB1 hardware out there so publishers may just be sending out PS4 versions.
Steverulez
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Well he is the reviews editor so chances are he would no why the reviews aren't coming out.
GribbleGrunger
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Or he's been told he has to review the games fairly.
SolidSnakeUS
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I know it comes out a week later, which is the most logical choice.
But if I went out on a limb here, maybe it's because another thing with it is that we mostly see the 3rd party games being shown on either the PS4 or the PC, and not on the One. Maybe MS is feeling a little too unsure of themselves with stuff like that so they may have put some weird embargo on the games and in turn allowed Sony to step right now? I dunno, just a thought.
But if I went out on a limb here, maybe it's because another thing with it is that we mostly see the 3rd party games being shown on either the PS4 or the PC, and not on the One. Maybe MS is feeling a little too unsure of themselves with stuff like that so they may have put some weird embargo on the games and in turn allowed Sony to step right now? I dunno, just a thought.
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