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Valkyria00 on 07 March 2009
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noname2200 said:
Valkyria00 said:

Term AAA is stupid >_>

On Topic: Thats not a resonable excuse. The Wii isnt as dried up on quality games as everyone thinks it is. Also High Voltage has been more than happy to give info on their games Im pretty sure its just IGN that puts any effort into getting it. Hell the first Evasive Space trailer they gave to TheWiire.com

Where are all the stories for info release on Arc Rise Fantasia? Monster Hunter 3? The Conduit?

"Big-Budget, A-team game" then. Call it what you want, you know what I mean.

And we appear to be talking past each other. The major gaming sites only have so many writers/resources, so they naturally devote most of their time/attention to the AAA..."Big-Budget, A-team game(s)." Isn't that what you would do? And while I'm definitely looking forward more to the Wii's lineup than I am to the HD lineup, I'm not going to lie to myself and say that most of the people who visit gaming sites care as much as Monster Hunter or Arc Rise (or Little King's Story ) as much as they care about Resident Evil/Killzone/Halo etc. They'd care plenty if Nintendo pulled back the curtain a bit, because Nintendo routinely makes "Big-Budget, A-team game(s)," but they ain't talking much nowadays.

As to High Voltage, they do talk to everyone, but from what I've read they (completely understandably) give the IGN team first dibs on all new info. They'd be dicks not to, to be honest. And if you're a rival site, would you give center stage to info that IGN broke last week? I sure as hell wouldn't.

And on a side-note, I'm going back to "AAA games." Less unweidly.

Well theyve been slowly releasing information on Punch Out!! but you would hardly see that information anywhere or being talked about.

So is it the journalists fault or site owner/managers fault for not covering original games. After all you hear it all the time people bitchin about new IP and less sequels.Well Wii has tons of new IP and PS360 have tons of sequels. We all know what gets more coverage.

@OkeyDokey
I though being a journalist meant you went out and try to gets scoops and news. Not sit your ass down and wait for companies with a large wallet to give you a screen or two of a sequel. Shouldnt they try and get some S&P 2 info. Shouldnt they try and get an excusive Arc Rise Fantasia trailer? After all IGN worked pretty hard on getting The Conduit hype but you dont see any other sites doing that. I doubt many other site but IGN (Since theyre split into teams) makes an effort to get Wii info.