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

[Normchacho]

Mr Puggsly said:

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!

1. Actually, if you look at the credits for a movie or TV show you'll notice that it actually has all of the companies that paid for advertising in the production. Just so you know.

2. There is a big difference in just some guy on tv eating a burger and a food critic giving the burger joint a raving review because he was paid to. This akin to a company paying people to put fake reviews on websites to make the product look better. Technically from a legal standpoint it's worse.