| Legend11 said: I'm surprised EGM actually made this public. Maybe they're trying to shame the companies but it could backfire and all 3 could boycott EGM from exclusive first looks, previews, etc. In my opinion EGM needs EA, Ubisoft, and Midway far more than they need it, there are hundreds of websites and dozens of magazines that basically do what EGM does. On a side note EGM has actually done this in the past (Capcom, Acclaim, and others have at times threatened to do the same thing) but it was when their magazine was far more important because there weren't the gaming websites like we have now. |
Whether it "backfires" or not, people should be applauding EGM for taking a stand on this. You say those companies might boycott EGM by not giving them previews and such, but apparently that's exactly what those companies are doing because of EGM's reviews. There may be a lot of sites and mags that do what EGM does, but apparently there aren't many who stand by their honest opinions on games like EGM has. That alone would make me give EGM my business over some glorified ad magazine like Game Informer.
I don't know the whole story behind each of these situations(Ubi, Midway, Sony sports), but given their recent trach records it's not very surprising that EGM had some harsh things to say. It does seem that EGM is overly harsh sometimes and I think a lot of them are HD graphics zealots, but boycotting them because they didn't heap praises on Mortal Kombat games? That's kind of like getting mad at someone for not enjoying their cancer.
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