Adinnieken said:
Porcupine_I said:
I am pleased that this dispute has been settled now once and for all by a well respected newspaper known for it's expertise in gaming as well as it's technological insights. |
This is the kind of response I'm personally getting tired of.
I made the argument before that general media sources aren't gaming media. However, for another publication, someone (I can't recall who) declared Forbes to be gaming media because the individual writing was a writer who solely wrong on the subject of gaming or technology. Now you're arguing the opposite and challenging the expertise of someone who does this for a living.
Far be it for me to decide whether someone is or isn't an expert on a subject matter which they write about for a living. It is ok, and acceptable for me to believe a person's opinion is wrong while they are still an expert in their field. For example, there are many people who believe UFO's as an alien craft are real, they write about them frequently, and some even make it on TV. I, for one, do not agree with their opinion. Likewise, there are many people who believe Big Foot/Sasquatch is real, they write about them frequently, swear they have evidence he/she exists, speak at events about them, and some even make it on TV. I disagree with their opinion.
I have a valid reason for disagreeing with their opinions. My disagreement doesn't make them any less of an expert in their field. They are just an expert in that subject matter that I don't share an opinion of that subject matter on. Bottom-line, he's a gaming journalist. Deal with it.
This guy clearly has written about gaming in the past. In fact he's written about Drive Club in the past. So what makes the Daily Mail so horrid? The last I knew, the Guardian wasn't a news source typically taken seriously either, yet they're the ones that broke the NSA spying story. The point being that every dog has his day and media outlets are dictated by the quality of the effort put in as much as they are about what the editors let go out.
The final point being made here is this. In the opinion of a(nother) non-gaming media outlet the Xbox One has the better looking games. People here seem to want unbiased, non-first party opinions, yet when they happen they object for every possible reason. The arguments against aren't sound. "I don't like this expert because I don't think he's correct." Fine. What the hell's wrong with what he said?
Some people have made valid arguments. Yours isn't one of them. Your attacking the credibility of someone who writes for a living, yet you have no basis for attacking this individual's arguments other than you disagree with his opinion. Fine. You disagree with it. If you do that's OK. The problem I have is attempting to discredit his opinion based on the media outlet he writes for.
There are well respected gaming journalists who write for less than well respected media outlets. They do this because it's what they do. It is their career. Attempting to discredit what they say because they work for a less than well respected media outlet is folly. It doesn't serve you or anyone else any good.
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