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selnor1983 on 22 January 2014
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fps_d0minat0r said:
selnor1983 said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
selnor1983 said:
ganoncrotch said:
While I sort of agree with ioi here that no noteworthy legal action would ever come of any of this, I think this was a scheme someone at Microsoft thought would get some good PR for a fairly tiny amount of cash (I think the total payout from this is around 4k dollars) I think that has absolutely blown up in their faces. If they wanted people on social media talking about their system they sure got that... but in absolutely every way they didn't want.

I was thinking about the other feedback part of this, that people would attack positive videos about the X1 and its games for a bit on youtube because people would obviously think they're being paid off. But all a youtuber would need to do would be mention this issue at the start of the video, which to anyone who has read about it would know that would break the terms of the promotion if they were trying to make additional money from the video directly from Microsoft/Machinima. Would be less headwreck than getting the scorn of all the hate going about on youtube/twitter atm and still be able to talk about games you love.


Sony, Samsung, EA and Nintendo have all been shown yesterday to do this exact same thing. This isnt news. Its only come to serfucae because someone wants to use Microsoft as the devil. But unearthed something they ALL do. ROFL. That backfired on the GAF user didnt it.


If thats true, they should be punished equally. (btw do you have a source for this? I wouldnt be surprised at all, but just need something concrete to go on)

It still doesnt change the situation for MS.

Actually worse. Sony keeps saying they wont fake reviews, and then do it again. This was in this thred. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=176573&page=3

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4741259.stm

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/sony-and-the-fake-psp-blog/186

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sony-pays-for-fake-reviews/

Id like to point out, that this site VGC with its followers have never posted this before or ever do this about Sony.

The world is not rosie. And every company pushes the limits.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755600

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/samsung-taiwan-htc-smartphones-reviews-113328

 

What Machinima/Microsoft did was not illegal. Above is illegal.

If you read your own sources, you would find out that they got criticised for it and paid the fine for it.

Now MS got caught so they must do the same, your sources above give you even less reason to defend them.

You'll find your wrong. Its perfectly legal. As the makers of this very site have come on and even said to you all that this is common and is NOT illegal. Nothing will come of this fiasco at all. Machinima/Microsoft as well as EA have done nothing wrong. The promotion itself is not allowed to be secret. And it wasnt. The details withing were, and thats perfectly legal.