KLXVER said:
Nuvendil said:
I don't give a crap when you speculate about whatever you speculate about. But Erik Kain has no business making unsubstantiated accusations of criminal behavior against a competitor. And there's very little room for interpretation when he says that this act by Edge should make us question if they're above board. That is a direct and deliberate implication of unethical and ultimately illegal quid pro quo action on Edge's part. And for Mr Kain, that is astoundingly unprofessional and borderline libel. And given he works for a direct competitor that will put out their own review, it's profoundly self serving.
Asking for review code early so you don't have to either delay your standardized publication date by ten or more days or publish your review two weeks early is not a "deal". That's a request. One they make with probably every big game that this is an issue. Sometimes publishers say yes, other times no. Telling us to take it with a hugh hat full of salt is just dumb.
What you are basically saying is that for Edge to be clean, they should just be perpetually disadvantaged because of their business model OR bend over and kiss their own ass for whatever company is currently publishing the next big game.
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The fact that EDGE releases their magazine in the timeline they do is on them. Im sure review sites would be happy to get a review out early sometimes as well. Be it either vacation plans or whatever.
He doesnt say anything illegal went down at all. Hes just questioning the perfect 10 that comes out way before any other review. We should take this review with a grain of salt. We should take every 1 single review of a game with a grain of salt.
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Undisclosed quid pro quo between a product producer and a reviewer tofraudulently inflate a score is criminal so no, he accused them of that.
