madskillz said:
Very good point, Munkeh. I push hard to get early review copies of games so it can hit print the day it releases - or days before. We have a circulation of 400K+ DAILY, in addition to several thousands of folks online. You are looking at a potential 1M+ eyes viewing the paper - and MS is the only folks who send us stuff before release. Well, EA does too - with Beatles Rock Band, Dead Space Extraction and Godfather II - but that's it. It's a cash cow, if you ask me. Get your name out there, a pic and a ton of exposure for just sending a game a few weeks early. I get most of my games the day off release or right after it. I'll play through it - there's no rush, it's already out, then post a review. It's their loss, really. |
I certainly agree, Sony allowed loads of early reviews for Uncharted 2, so there was a constant stream of hype about it for the month before release. I know it did go gold only relatively recently, but still you would have thought they would be able to get one to you... At least they did send you one, the game isn't out in Europe (on PS3) for another 2 weeks
