All companies do it, maybe in different ways, maybe to varying degrees, i think its more telling of this forum that people are willing to keep their heads in the sand and act like Sony is the big bad wolf as usual. You have a reporter anonymously contacting through a blog
There is a better article, well written on a nintendo site about this regarding all companies and how they basically grab people by the balls and force reviews.....this is nothing new and to act like Sony is the only company doesnt surprise me here....doesnt make it right (if its even true) but to be completely honest, flying some kids out to vegas an dgiving them 1,000 isnt earthshattering compared to other tactics used.......ill try to find that other article, but it was on here at one time.
EDIT: Also, kinda ironic that Sony cant seem to get a decent review lately compared to 360 titles, eh? Maybe there was a secret MSFT party that we dont know about, haha. This kinda stuff is ocmmon practice.....just look at the EGM lair review "Dragons shooting fireballs doesnt seem realistic" "Its grey" "it has no soul" Not saying theyre paid but reviewers are shit nowadays and im sure this is one of the reasons why, $$$$
