MiguelItUp
Member
Lmao, I used to love Yahtzee, just like the majority did several years ago. I just honestly didn't know he was still doing his thing, or had a following. I just didn't keep up.
Good on him!
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So Sony did not give Jahtzee (Zero Punctuation) a review copy of Ratchet & Clank because they don't like his style.
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Good on him!
Craig of War
Banned
Rightfully so cause
is Jahtzee
is Jahtzee
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Lmao, I used to love Yahtzee, just like the majority did several years ago. I just honestly didn't know he was still doing his thing, or had a following. I just didn't keep up.
Good on him!
Yeah, I mean, CLEARLY the guy still has a dedicated following.
bender
What time is it?
Go on professor. Please sign me up to your newsletter and I'd love to take your introductory course on the blatantly obvious.
No shit it is Sony's prerogative to not give review copies to an outlet anymore just like it is the review outlets prerogative to tell their audience why their coverage is delayed.
fran.fernandez
Member
Good.
I won’t even give them a view.
I won’t even give them a view.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
If you’re sending out free software, why would you send it to someone that might trash it? That is Sony’s prerogative. However, it just goes to show why no one should trust any of these stupid reviewers.
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
I actually thought he would buy the games he reviews himself. His videos get a lot of views.
EraIsDogshit
Neo Member
I was shocked and appalled to learn this reviewer, who I've never heard of, did in fact NOT receive a review copy for a game by evil corporation Sony. WOW and this coming off the heels of some indie developers who I've never heard of complaining about Sony's indie support. I decided to take drastic measures and throw my PS5 into the ocean never to support that vile company ever again!!!!
Tomeru
Member
What?! He actually cried because of that?! Man children everywhere........
EverythingsOverrated
Member
This is pretty much where I fall on this. ZP is mostly satire and shouldn't be taken seriously as an actual review. Sony PR is fully aware of this and decided not to give someone a free copy of their game that is going to go out of their way to shit on the game.
To be honest, I'm more puzzled by Sony apparently blacklisting Last Stand Media than this. People aren't watching ZP videos in order to make purchasing decisions, they watch it for a couple laughs.
What will actually be interesting is if they send him review codes for any other first party games going forward.
Bankai
Member
Spitfire098
Gold Member
Azurro
Banned
Why is it such a big deal that he doesn't get a review copy? I don't really like his videos to be honest, it's just endless snark and given that, Sony isn't attempting to censor his coverage, it's just that his coverage is of low quality and they would rather give their copies to people that actually show the game and talk about how it works.
I mean, it is funny sometimes, but he's not really reviewing anything, so again, what's the big deal?
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Popup
Member
Yahtzee does Yahtzee. He comically tears games to pieces while actually caring a great deal about gaming, and the direction it's going.
Pick any of your favourite games and go find his 'review' to see how it works. Like others have said, it's not really a way to judge the quality of a game you are considering buying, it's just a sarcastic breakdown.
If anything, it's interesting to see the rare times that something sticks, and he can't find anything to fault it (good luck)
Yahtzee is quite a devisive character, and depending on what you expect to get when watching his videos, I can understand someone at Sony making this decision and I think Yahtzee should certainly understand that too. Yahtzee wouldn't send anyone a copy either!
Pick any of your favourite games and go find his 'review' to see how it works. Like others have said, it's not really a way to judge the quality of a game you are considering buying, it's just a sarcastic breakdown.
If anything, it's interesting to see the rare times that something sticks, and he can't find anything to fault it (good luck)
Yahtzee is quite a devisive character, and depending on what you expect to get when watching his videos, I can understand someone at Sony making this decision and I think Yahtzee should certainly understand that too. Yahtzee wouldn't send anyone a copy either!
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Armorian
Banned
And there are 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide
DavidGzz
Gold Member
Hey, can you name the other 20k million sub YouTube channels?
The "who?!" can apply to anyone with that logic. They are sad and lame as hell coming from literal nobodys.
Portal is about the only one I remember. TF2 was pretty close as well.
On topic though. The issue at hand is really the same as the HUB/NV thing. It boils down to if a publisher is starting to pick and choose who to send review copies to on the basis or tone, editorial direction or any other euphemism for 'we don't like what you say' it obviously begs the question 'are the other reviews honest opinions or are they publisher coerced?'.
It just looks bad to me to stop sending someone review copies who you have them to in the past. It is not like his schtick has changed and it never seemed to bother Sony before so why the change now?
Azurro
Banned
If his reviews are mostly over the top snark, then why does it matter if he gets review copies or not? It won't affect anyone's purchasing decision anyway.
Elbow Identity Shallow
Member
Seems fine to me. If you go onto YouTube theyre actually charging people to watch that review so I have no issues at all with them having to buy their own game.
FunkMiller
Member
Seems fine to me. If you go onto YouTube theyre actually charging people to watch that review so I have no issues at all with them having to buy their own game.
Aha ha ah hah ha hah hah haha…
Whines about having to buy a game for a review…. Charges money for review.
niveaformen
Banned
I thought this was the guy that had the greatest page in the universe but that turns out to be maddox. I heard of him before. Was he with Gamespy or something? Searching just gives me the dice game
Kenpachii
Member
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Zero Punctuation - The Escapist
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the exclusively PlayStation 5 adventure from Insomniac Games.www.escapistmagazine.com
How far up their own ass are Sony nowadays. Holy shit.
Censoring Japanese games, not giving reviewers copies, because they don't like their style?
I am very happy, that I did not buy a PS5.
And there you got it.
Every single outlet that reviews with a review copy = paid shill every single one of them.
If you don't do what they want u to do, u get blacklisted by the company and basically u will be late to the party which blows up your traffic.
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Dorohedoro
Member
Who created this abomination and why...
JawaSaysUtinni
Member
I am not sure I entirely agree with this self entitlement.
I am very dubious of influencers in general. Don’t get me wrong, I am not tarnishing them all with the same brush, but without some kind of code to adhere to, who the hell knows what agenda they have and who is paying them.
Outbursts like this just show me that I should even be more distrustful. I still stand by it, but the best reviews are the users in most cases. Ignoring the critics review and just scrolling down the user reviews, I feel like I can get a pretty good idea of what to expect.
I am very dubious of influencers in general. Don’t get me wrong, I am not tarnishing them all with the same brush, but without some kind of code to adhere to, who the hell knows what agenda they have and who is paying them.
Outbursts like this just show me that I should even be more distrustful. I still stand by it, but the best reviews are the users in most cases. Ignoring the critics review and just scrolling down the user reviews, I feel like I can get a pretty good idea of what to expect.
MastaKiiLA
Member
Aha ha ah hah ha hah hah haha…
Whines about having to buy a game for a review…. Charges money for review.
They have a subscription service which lets subscribers get early access to their videos. You don’t need to pay to watch them.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Zero Punctuation - The Escapist
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the exclusively PlayStation 5 adventure from Insomniac Games.
How far up their own ass are Sony nowadays. Holy shit.
Censoring Japanese games, not giving reviewers copies, because they don't like their style?
I am very happy, that I did not buy a PS5.
Expect the sheep's to agree with Sony. Just like many of these comments as you can see.
Sony is the only company who can acts like this, and people will love it.
Lupingosei
Banned
Be prepared for who cares gifs.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Expect the sheep's to agree with Sony. Just like many of these comments as you can see.
Sony is the only company who can acts like this, and people will love it.
If Nintendo or Xbox refuse to hand out review codes to people that don't review games then that's also fine
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ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Honestly you don't think that's a little cringey? Paying to get early access to videos?
It's your money but damn people are so desperate to financially support these leeches.
Lupingosei
Banned
And they also get free stuff a lot of the time and you don't get free stuff. How is that even possible?
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Raekwon26
Member
What a stupid comment..................
Expect the sheep's to agree with Sony. Just like many of these comments as you can see.
Sony is the only company who can acts like this, and people will love it.
.....................fits in line with the OP and the idea of the thread.
Dad_Of_Chicken
Member
Since when is Jahtzee a video game reviewer? Zero Punctuation videos are never the way to go to know if a game would please you prior to playing it. It's more meant to be taken as entertainment/amusement, much like Dunkey and GirlfriendReviews. They each have their own right to exist and have a pretty big following, but they're in no way reviewers.
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The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
When I read the whole thread I also answered on Sony ditching the Japanese games, Sony against cross play until they found out how to monetize it, and ignoring bc.
It was about Sony as a whole, and not only because this guy not getting a review key
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Stop bringing unrelated points to try and justify this retarded thread
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Topher
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Seriously. The fake concern here about one guy who doesn't actually do game reviews not getting a review code is a bit over the top.
Bye thread. Ignore powers......activate.
