So Sony did not give Jahtzee (Zero Punctuation) a review copy of Ratchet & Clank because they don't like his style.

Lupingosei said:
Yes, Eidos was right all along as well, when they told Gamespot, that they have to remove the Kane & Lynch review or upgrade the score because nobody is entitled to review copies or advertisement.

Sorry, I did not understand that. You are right.
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How the fuck is that remotely comparable to a comedy site not getting a REVIEW copy to mock on YouTube?
 
Lupingosei said:
The free review copy is just a nice smokescreen the fanboys have built up, so people who do not get free stuff get angry at the guy as well.

It was about, we don't like your tone, so we will not give it to you.
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Their reason for not giving it is irrelevant tbh. I get that it sucks for him as a reviewer having his video late to the part and potentially missing out on views as a result, but that's part of being a reviewer/content creator. Especially someone who has built an entire brand on being snarky.
 
I gonna ask Yoshida on twitter what he can do.
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Lupingosei said:
Yes, Eidos was right all along as well, when they told Gamespot, that they have to remove the Kane & Lynch review or upgrade the score because nobody is entitled to review copies or advertisement.

Sorry, I did not understand that. You are right.
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You do understand that you're associating entirely different situations?

If you want to be disingenuous (and you are), go right ahead, but it doesn't make you look good, nor it helps your case. It just shows how desperate you're getting to support a false point after your whiny dramathread imploded in your face.
 
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Abriael_GN said:
You do understand that you're associating entirely different situations?

If you want to be disingenuous (and you are), go right ahead, but it doesn't make you look good, nor it helps your case. It just shows how desperate you're getting to support a false point after your whiny dramathread imploded in your face.
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So not giving review copies, advertisements, or access because you don't like the style is something different than not giving review copies, advertisements, or access because of review scores.

Makes sense.
 
Lupingosei said:
So not giving review copies, advertisements, or access because you don't like the style is something different than not giving review copies, advertisements, or access because of review scores.

Makes sense.
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Yes. It does.

No one is obligated to give review copies to a comedian (of dubious quality, but that's irrelevant) just because he decides to misleadingly call his comedy videos "reviews" which they certainly are not.

If I decided to film myself on the toilet while playing a game and randomly ranting about it and then write "review" in the video title, that doesn't make it a review.

I wonder how many times you have to be told this before you get it.
 
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Yeah, I've been watching Yahtzee for many many years and his style has gotten stale and very occasionally does his videos become a solid hit.

They're funny, and witty, when they hit - but a lot of times I find myself watching it not actually listen to the "review," but more for his comedy writing.

Does anyone even take his "reviews" seriously?

Like, anybody?

I thought his entire shtick was to shit on everything except for the few games he enjoys like Undertale and Subnautica where slightly shits on them for their slight shortcomings.

From a business perspective, I get it. Guy doesn't really review games as much as he plays the game to find comedy material for his videos. Basically shits on everything anyway.

From an audience perspective, dudes been around quite a while. Odd that now hes not given a review code.
 
Fucking entitled little shit that is.
Buy the fucking game instead then.

who the fuck cares?
 
ok? They are free to not give or give to anyone they want.
Nobody listens to him anyway anymore so they probably deemed it not worth a copy.
OR he is quite controversial and the game is safe as a pixar movie. No grain of edginess to be found so he would pick on that (rightly so even if I really liked the game)
 
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TIL that Yahtzz still exists and is relevant.

This isn't a big deal, literally anyone can choose who they want to receive review copies however they see fit. 🤷‍♂️
 
pratyush said:
Are we desperate to find reason to moan about? What's the big deal about this?
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Well, it could be that Sony has a stick up their ass and doesn't like to be made fun of.

You can also turn this is into, why do YouTubers get free shit I don't get free shit, so who cares.

You can turn this into a fanboy challenge. Leave Sony alone, they did nothing wrong.

And of course, you can argue. Everybody does this, so it is not a problem.
 
People who should be getting review copies are gaming journalists… and that concept of gaming journalist is dead as you can see by this example… anyone with a channel and some followers feel entitled to be considered as one.
 
ManaByte said:
Why the hell would ANY PR department willingly send free copies to anyone that they know is just going to make fun of said product? Whatever PR person did that would be fired.
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Why would George Lucas allow Family Guy to make fun of their Star Wars movies and why would Disney never allow that?
 
Not liking a reviewer's style is probably the most defensible reason not to supply them a review copy.

In simple terms, if an individual reviewer or outlet appeals to a certain demographic that isn't appropriate to the product, why would they need it? I mean would you send a tennis game to a site focusing on football?
 
Zeroing said:
People who should be getting review copies are gaming journalists… and that concept of gaming journalist is dead as you can see by this example… anyone with a channel and some followers feel entitled to be considered as one.
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The guy is around for more than a decade and has probably produced close to half a billion views with his stuff.
 
Lupingosei said:
Why would George Lucas allow Family Guy to make fun of their Star Wars movies and why would Disney never allow that?
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If you're referring to Detours, the episodes produced apparently need some work to convert them over to streaming. Work that's not worth spending the money on when there are like 20 various Star Wars shows/movies in various stages of development and production.
 
Skifi28 said:
I think the best part was when you said you are happy you didn't get a PS5 because 10 months later a satire youtube channel wasn't given a review copy. You can't make this shit up!
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I was already not buying a PS5 for several reasons, but this again made me happy to be right again.

But again. Sony is right, Sony is great, Sony is awesome.
 
Lupingosei said:
The guy is around for more than a decade and has probably produced close to half a billion views with his stuff.
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You keep repeating the "views" mantra with a desperation that's almost cute.

Generating views doesn't make someone a reviewer nor make their content a review, which would make them eligible to receive review copies.
 
Never thought that timeliness of a specific game for him was really all that important considering that it's largely satire. Actually surprised that any publisher gives him a review copy because it's rare for him to not completely shit on the game.

Actually, I'm now wondering if he ever gets any review copies from Nintendo. He tends to loathe Nintendo games in particular lol.
 
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Lupingosei said:
The guy is around for more than a decade and has probably produced close to half a billion views with his stuff.
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That doesn't take the fact that he can have a review copy!
It's like saying people who review or make content about movies on YouTube should have unreleased copies of movies so they can review!
 
Lupingosei said:
I was already not buying a PS5 for several reasons, but this again made me happy to be right again.

But again. Sony is right, Sony is great, Sony is awesome.
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Isn't it funny how he's trying so desperately to leverage the console war to add some drama to his imploded thread and pretty much no one is baiting? 😂
 
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Much like Hardware Unboxed and Nvidia debacle, which the internet loved to make a huge drama around, I still think that it should not be expected to receive a free meal because you're a reviewer, companies have all the rights to give and not give products if they don't like your style. What do you think really goes in with the marketing team? They want the best buzz around their investment, would you not do the same if you developed something? It's their job.

Now to find out if Sony fans protecting this move bashed Nvidia a few months ago..

I'm kidding, got way better things to do on a Friday night than this shit
 
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