RolStoppable said:
That's why I always tell you that you shouldn't listen to so-called industry insiders, because their incontinence knows no boundaries.
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The problem is if you want a story you don't wait for the news sites to break it. You don't wait to see the bias of the gaming media you go straight to the source. As a gaming journalist I made connections in the games industry and on Twitter I added tons of developers and yah some game media.
I'd rather hear my news from people who actually work in the industry then second hand from a game media organization. This is the first time I know of where I have been mislead. But honestly the developers and some members of the media were also mislead.
The fact is Activision and Sony Pictures lied in their interview. Calling a 360/PS3 game next generation isn't just stretching the truth its a complete utter lie. Unfortunately I don't have any contacts in Activision at the moment and I'm not following any on Twitter. So I got my info from developers from other companies.
Plus my contacts and following industry insiders has lead to me breaking stories before anyone else here on VGChartz and in fact sometimes even before the story is brought to the public at all. I know within this last month I beat every single gaming site to at least three stories which appeared here on VGChartz forum first.
The reason I site sources often is if a source other then the official press release and twitter statement is available I choose the site that is most reputable and use it as the source.
But no industry insiders can be very insightful I'd take what multiple Nintendo employees tell me over what a fan on VGChartz or another journalist says on another site any day. The insiders are the ones who actually make games and market them and such.