First Super Mario Odyssey Review in! (EDGE)

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KLXVER said:

Finale said:

The only problem i have with this is: if he was just skeptical of a game,sure,he has the right to do it.But a journalist inplying that a direct competitor is been paid because of an early review copy is just distateful in my opinion.They are not random people on youtube comment section,they are professionals with voice.

That's just as bad as developers shitting on each others games.It's not an elegant thing to do.

Well one reviewer gave Sonic 06 a 9.5. I believe that was the first review that came out for that game. You think any deals were made for that?

So you think a company like Sega - a massive company surrounded by a one hundred foot high wall of highly paid lawyers that they run nearly every decision by - is going to commit an actual crime in order to get one possitive review?  And you think that a review publication of any size is going to do the same for a day's traffic?  In an industry that leaks like a sieve?  Given that review scores have an erratic effect on sales, that money is far better spent on marketing.

As one man recently pointed out, conspiracy theories are exciting but reality is often mundane.  The more logical answer is the reviewer probably rushed through the game and gave it a possitive score just to have an attractive review available before anyone else.