Digital Trends is the New Polygon

[Mike_L]

tokilamockingbrd said:

Mike_L said:

Zekkyou said:

Wow at those scores x}

I won't accuse Digital Trends for having a "hidden" agenda but I gotta say many of their reviews really do stand out. These are some of their most recent:

10/10 Sunset Overdrive
9/10 Halo: The Masterchief Collection
9/10 Forza Horizon 2
8/10 Halo Spartan Assault
8/10 Forza Motorsport 5
8/10 The Last of Us Remastered
7/10 Ryse: Son of Rome
2/10 The Order 1886

And no it has nothing to do with different people reviewing games at different terms because Adam Rosenberg is the reviewer behind all of the above (he's a former writer on Official Xbox Magazine by the way). Their reviews of Infamous, Killzone and Knack aren't written by Rosenberg.

 

Edit: It turns out that the 2 founders of Digital Trends have worked with Microsoft before. Ouch x}

Ian Bell: Former recipient of Microsoft MVP
Dan Gaul: Former Software Test Engineer on the Exchange Server NNTP team of Microsoft

wow. I knew I was on to something when I saw the scores. Like I said its like they are not even trying to hide it. I am not saying thier is a consiracy (MS paying them to make bad reviews). I think this what it looks like when a fanboy gets a site to make reviews.

Something seems fishy, that's for sure. Whether it's because of the fact that founders (Ian Bell and Dan Gaul) and other core members (Andrew Budkofsky, Adam Rosenberg, etc.) of Digital Trends have all worked with Microsoft before and therefore are "fanboys" as you put it or whether it's because they're compensated economically by Microsoft for talking positively about their products (like Microsoft's stealth promotions on youtube) we don't know and probably never will.