Torillian said:
What points? That he hated everything that MS presented? The only thing he even mentions being decent to look at was CoD2. I mean for Christ's sake in all the things MS presented that's all he can bring up in good mention. Then he takes swipes at that Cliffy B guy for how he's dressed. How is that relevent? Anything he doesn't have mean things to say about he doesn't mention. He didn't say crap about the Halo games other than that they were coming and one pleased the audience while the other was less so. What unprejudiced person would present their thought on the conference in that manner. I don't have any particular like of MS, and I have no stake in any exclusive they mentioned, but as a reasonable person I have to admit that they had alot of great parts that excited people in their conference. I was talking to Machina as it went on and he really loved the Splinter Cell presentation and Left4Dead 2 announcement. No reasonable person could watch that conference and then write what Malstrom did. If he wrote an article about how the motion control will fail that is fine, but attacking everything that was presented is simply fanboyism. |
Torillian, first of all, His whole post was supposed to be his own reaction to Microsoft's conference. So anything that happened during the conference is relevant, no? Futhermore, the guys a blogger, not a journalist. He can say whatever he wants to however he wants to. He has no need to appear "unbiased" (as if someone can't be biased) he's just saying what he truly thinks. So in that sense, he's biased towards his own opinion! A shock I know.
Second of all, the guy didn't mention parts that wouldn't support his argument?? Double shock!
"Pier was a chef, a gifted and respected chef who made millions selling his dishes to the residents of New York City and Boston, he even had a famous jingle playing in those cities that everyone knew by heart. He also had a restaurant in Los Angeles, but not expecting LA to have such a massive population he only used his name on that restaurant and left it to his least capable and cheapest chefs. While his New York restaurant sold kobe beef for $100 and his Boston restaurant sold lobster for $50, his LA restaurant sold cheap hotdogs for $30. Initially these hot dogs sold fairly well because residents of los angeles were starving for good food and hoped that the famous name would denote a high quality, but most were disappointed with what they ate. Seeing the success of his cheap hot dogs in LA, Pier thought "why bother giving Los Angeles quality meats when I can oversell them on cheap hotdogs forever, and since I don't care about the product anyways, why bother advertising them? So Pier continued to only sell cheap hotdogs in LA and was surprised to see that they no longer sold. Pier's conclusion? Residents of Los Angeles don't like food."
"The so-called "hardcore" gamer is a marketing brainwashed, innovation shunting, self-righteous idiot who pays videogame makers far too much money than what is delivered."
