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JaggedSac on 07 April 2009
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Bodhesatva said:
JaggedSac said:
About MGS4, like I said, the limitations were not on the score that was placed on the game. It was merely in regards to what could be said before the game was released.

Also, that link does not say anything important. Merely that some game companies knew their games would get reviewed poorly and decided not to send EGM the games.

Also, I have yet to see a 3 week after release date embargo or a score cap.

 

 

Ah ha ha, what a terrible argument. Yes, because clearly those specific examples were Kasz' original point. Those examples were chosen randomly: it's like saying "the Mexican police will let you smuggle dope across the border for 5 dollars." Obviously that literal example may not be substantiated, but the clear intent of the statement is "The Mexican police are corrupt," which absolutely no one would argue with. Don't be obtuse.

The argument that "Konami didn't set scores. They just limited what you could write and when you could write it and if it was negative you couldn't release your review before the game came out" is silly. The point is obviously that Konami is behaving unethically.

And as to your second paragraph, it's pretty clear we're not going to reach a consensus here. If you think it's "not important" that game companies refuse to send copies of their games to Reviewers unless they gave favorable reviews, then it's pretty clear you think nothing reviews can do is unacceptable. That is absolutely, 100% unethical in virtually every other arena of journalism. If you're just going to argue "so what?" every time a clear violation of journalistic trust is cited, then obviously this argument can't be resolved.

Well, it is not a right for magazine companies to get early copies of games.  It is by the good graces of game companies to send them early copies.  If the magazine actually cared about reviewing the game, they would purchase the game upon release and put the review in the magazine.  Why would game companies waste money on sending them a game that they know will probably lose them money in the long run.  That makes absolutely no sense.