0815user said:
naruball said:
That's not what happened, though. The problem is that:
1. His was the very first and only review and a negative one. Something that clickbait sites tend to do.
2. He released his review for such a massive game so early while every other reviewer is trying to take their time with the game.
3. His review is used for ammunition against the game and it's actually affecting people's perception of it. It could hurt sales considerably seeing how much reviews/negative opinions hurt a legendary series such as Street Fighter. Reviewers have more power than people care to admit.
It goes without saying that he is entitled to his opinion as is eveyone else who doesn't like him or agree with him and his methods. Taking his site down, though, is going too far and is criminal, as far as I know.
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Doubt they have much influence these days. Twitch makes their work pretty much null and void because it's very easy for people to judge by themselves just by watching a couple of streamers. It's a dying profession and few who a still clinging to it are fighting for every attention they can get.
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I think that's completley false, now with internet critics have more presence than they ever had and they are the key for the success of certain games, specially very good indie games and they also collaborate in the fail of some very high dissapointments. They usually do not mean a lot in the market, but in extreme cases they do and they certainly are not dying, many people read critics reviews, more than ever probably.
