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bonkers555 on 02 January 2013

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This is nothing new with Sony. They have been playing dirty tricks with fake reviews in the past and have admitted to it and paying fines in multiple countries.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4741259.stm

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-03-15/entertainment/0203150387_1_ridgefield-press-fake-food-critic

That's the reason I take Sony movies, musics and games reviews with a grain of salt.

can company get sued over this

I think they paid a settlement but not 100% sure.

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DirtyP2002 on 02 January 2013

Okay, Sony did this for movies and they did this for music - what makes you think they did not do this for games?

Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

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Cub on 02 January 2013

DirtyP2002 said:

Okay, Sony did this for movies and they did this for music - what makes you think they did not do this for games?

What makes you think reviewers are not part of the advertising machine? I am sure Sony paid reviewers for marketing reasons... but so did everyone else.

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miz1q2w3e on 02 January 2013

Despicable.

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slowmo on 02 January 2013

To be honest, it makes no difference to me so it's not something I'll complain about.

The only annoyance I generally find is when you have music videos on Youtube that you cannot view in your region yet you can find them in the search. It's just stupid.

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theprof00 on 02 January 2013

fake, fix your title op or i will report it for trolling
http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/lost-youtube-views-moved-to-vevo/053011

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theprof00 on 02 January 2013

lol @ the usual suspects in here. Get yourselves a hobby.

so whose alt account is op?

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Kantor on 02 January 2013

Okay, prof's link seems to suggest that the article is entirely wrong, and I have no idea what is going on, so I'll just lock this and anyone should feel free to post a thread with the correct information.

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