| VersusEvil said: Honestly … fuck around and find out but don’t cry on the internet ya blacklisted. |
If someone is breaking NDA then I don't mind them being punished for it. But here it seems like Bethesda is collectively punishing the entirety of ReedPop for something, I don't recall Inside Xbox or Outside Xbox ever breaking an NDA, Lol. I know though that if you're going to punish someone, it's more effective to punish their entire business but it feels unfair.
Kotaku were blacklisted for constantly leaking shit and I honestly don't care about that, they deserve the blacklist. But was The Guardian blacklisted because they hired a Kotaku employee? It's odd they didn't receive a code and unfair if that's the case as I don't recall The Guardian leaking or breaking NDAs for Bethesda. Edge is really irrelevant since their codes always come late so who cares about giving them an early code, Lol.
And Microsoft/Xbox UK didn't get any codes? Wtf is happening at Bethesda UK, Lmao.
There's a bunch of idiot conspiracy theorists running around now claiming Bethesda is trying to manipulate the review scores despite Xbox focused websites also being blacklisted, it largely focusing on a website that Bethesda has beef with (ReedPop) who own a bunch of companies, Microsoft UK not receiving codes, dozens of outlets who have received codes but have scores Bethesda titles poorly in the past and the reviews lifting before early access launch and 5 days before the full launch.
These people are idiots but Bethesda has now brought this negative PR onto themselves, it's almost like when they stopped providing early review copies to outlets and everyone started dooming and thought it meant their games were terrible but then Doom Eternal released to rave reviews, among other titles, Lmao. Ah well nobody will care in a few days but still. Just blacklist the NDA breakers if you must, not the entire organisation including outlets who support Xbox a lot.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 29 August 2023
