First Super Mario Odyssey Review in! (EDGE)

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KLXVER said:

Wyrdness said:

Magazines don't have the same embargos on them due to release schedule otherwise they'd lose business to further blow up how silly this notion is are you also saying Sony had a deal with Edge over TLOU because that got a 10 in an issue (Issue 255) that released 2 weeks before the game did?

Yes. I think Sony made a deal with EDGE over that. Nothing illegal, but giving them the ok because they gave it a 10. I do think EDGE are truthful in their reviews, but if TLOU got a 7, I dont think they would have gotten the ok from Sony to release it early. It happens alot and I find it unfair to other reviwers.

"It happens a lot"
No.  No it does not.  I've never heard a single solitary credible source in all the time I've followed all the bullshit that goes on in this industry heard of a publication - physical or digital - sending a review off to a developer to review it BEFORE publication.  I've heard of devs pressuring for a score change after the fact.  I have heard of black listing.  I have heard of plenty of underhanded psychological manipulation.  But what you are suggesting is something I have never seen done.  Cause it's a giant scandal waiting to happen and neither party wants that kind of heat.  You either get the early code and early embargo, or you don't.  That simple.  Devs don't give them often because they rarely feel comfortable doing it or they just don't feel like doing it.