Microsoft paying YouTubers for positive Xbox One coverage ( edited with more info )

[Mr Puggsly]

Normchacho said:

Pemalite said:

Agreed. It's like the whole purpose of "infomercials". - You NEVER see them say anything bad about the product, they just mindlessly drone on for hours about all the good stuff.

Anyway, I see no bad in this, Microsoft is kicking it's advertising gear into full to take the fight to it's competitors, which isn't bad by any stretch. (Ultimatly I would LOVE for all consoles to have a perfectly even amount of marketshare, it's what drives innovation and reduces prices in a capitalist world, but that's an idealism which probably won't occur.)

What? Except of course that at the begining of that infomercial it tells you it's a paid advertisment. It doesn't pretend to be an impartial, informative program and then try to sell you something. How is that so hard to see?

Whenever you see someone on TV eating a cheeseburger and smiling, do you get angry they don't put a caption saying "paid actor"?

Maybe the actor hates that burger and wants to vomit. I gotta go, I have my lawyer on the phone. I'm about to get rich!