| NewBeginning said: Sounds to me like everyone needs to read the article in question in full. Most of you clearly haven't. They're not 'angry' about being blacklisted. They're explaining their reasoning for the leaks, and the reasons for some of their late reviews. All of which are justified in my opinion. They've also been rallying against review embargoes, which are fairly anti-consumer. None of you can possibly be apologist enough to the point where you sympathize with publishers over review embargoes. |
Rallying against review embargoes? The article clearly states the reason why they were cut off right at the start: "The truth is that we’ve been cut off from Bethesda since our December 2013 report detailing the existence of the then-secret Fallout 4." Everything else is the writer attempting to portray Kotaku as the noble underdog fighting for its readers. There is no need to drop red herrings. The only provable correlation is right there in black and white. Unless we get confirmation of blacklisting from other large media outlets who have criticized the publishers in question but have not posted leaked information, then the leaked information should be considered the crux of the dispute.
The arguments that appear to be the most relative are: 1) whether or not media outlets should publish leaked information, and 2) whether or not videogame publishers are just in cutting ties with media outlets who post leaked information.
Personally, I have no problem with either one. Kotaku can publish leaks if they want. Game publishers can give media access to whomever they want. Kotaku is simply trying to have their cake and eat it too, and they're trying to embarrass UbiSoft and Bethesda into caving, as they claim to have done with Sony. That's where I get annoyed with the Kotaku article. They're trying to paint themselves as the righteous defenders of gamers, and posting leaks about someone else's intellectual property as some kind of journalistic manifestation of justice. Honestly, I find that insulting.
There is no "need to know" justification for leaked videogame content. If that's their reason, it's a bad one. I'd have more respect for them if they just admitted they do it for the clicks.
Regardless, I'm fine with what Bethesda or Ubisoft is doing, provided this is about leaked information.
