The History of Polygon - The Worst Gaming Journalists Around

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wilco said:

tiffac said:

wilco said:

hamo0odi90 said:
I like how the only thing MS fanboys saw in the whole article is TLOU rating
I mean how about them saying that Xbox One supports remote controls and the PS4 doesn't ?
and blocking the guy who said otherwise and call him creepy ? even though he was right .
I mean come on MS fanboys , this site is biased and you know that .

The remote control functionaility thing is even more trivial than the TLOU rating.  The guy said something wrong about remote control functionality. Thats hardly the scandal of the decade but ofcourse were just going to latch on to whatever meaningless tidbit we can right?

Actually its the opposite. Reviews are opinions, thats the trivial one but not checking facts is just bad journalism. Its already bad enough that we have sides of the community putting a lot of spin on things but when a gaming media isn't doing their homework and causes misinformation then they should be criticized. They are suppose to be the professional insiders of our industry. We should hold them accountable instead of giving them a free pass or we will never see the end of it.

Fair point. But the issue at hand here is remote control functionality. Its hardly a major feature or something that would be a deal breaker for anyone. I'm not concerned with defending polygon. I don't even visit their website. And if not for people constantly complaining about how bias they are I probably would know nothing about them. That mistake could be an example of incompetence and bad journalism, but its harldy indicative of some huge conspiracy.

People mad at polygon for being bad at their job or inconsistent is one thing, but I don't see enough evidence to accuse them of much more than that.

I cannot answer you on the conspiracy thing because when I see bad reviews, I just assume its John Snow writing all of them. Its easier to understand that way. lol!

But regardless of the functionality is, accuracy is what we want from our media outlets. That is why we watch them and read their articles. If they can't even be corrected then of course that will raise some red flags. Like I said they are suppose to be the professionals and not acting like one can get you into a lot of heat and a boat load of criticism.