| binary solo said: I couldn't have said it better than Jim Sterling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeL34nbEo8s Unlike most people here who fail to grasp the broader implications he takes a dim view of blacklisting. I hope Kotaku continues to do well so that publishers realise that blacklisting is not a legitimate tactic and is bad for gaming media because it turn gaming media into merely an extension of the game industry PR machine, which is ultimately bad for us the gamers. If the occasional website behaves like a dick then that's the price to be paid by keeping the gaming media and the game industry at arms length. |
sorry buddy, but when you leak stolen leaked development information you hit an extremely gray area in terms of legality. all employees at companies like Ubisoft have to sign non disclosure agreements yet somehow some of this information on developed games is getting leaked still; i.e. people are technically breaking the law
Kotaku can try to play the righteous 'here to work in favor for gamers' as much as they want but they have no power or control over whether or not leaked information will help or hurt a company
in the end its NOT their information to share when there have literally been contracts made for people not to share said information. someone else said it well on this thread, Kotaku wants to have their cake and eat it too
they think that they should be able to essentially screw over companies whenever they please with their 'news' (Tabloid/gossip in reality) site and then also think they should never have any repercussions
in the end its a free market- if you play the game (metaphorically) fairly then people will want to work with you. develops have an option of sharing early access of things or NOT sharing early access
it's not a big deal in the end if a gaming new outlet doesn't get the information because it wasn't their information that they automatically deserved in the first place
stop being big babies, all of you gamers and Kotaku. act like dicks and get treated like dicks fair and square. I think the Kotaku articles summizes it perfectly when they make the point of bragging about supposedly embarassing Sony into no longer blacklisting them. as if. how delusional and narcissitic can you get
