Jon Carter
Member
This isn't journalists agreeing with you. It's journalists wanting a relationship with Nintendo that's positive for them and keeps them in the loop.
Not all of them care to do their jobs the way that some others would, such as Laura Kate Dale or Jim Sterling, who don't live in fear of being blacklisted and (occasionally) openly celebrate it. Journalists live in equal parts appreciation for and fear of major publishers, this is not some obscure factoid.
Tell me what good would leaking such information so close to the officially announced unveiling date do to the public? Leaking the Switch when we were completely in the dark about everything, I get. But we know Nintendo will announce the games and the features on January 12th/13th. Leaking information of this nature now isn't journalistic integrity. The public doesn't need to know that information now. It's not a politician or a company trying to deceive the public and courageous journalists exposing them. It's a video game company saying, "We'll reveal everything about our new system and its games on that specific date" and journalists leaking the announcements beforehand because ???*.
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