Machiavellian said:
Izo said:
Machiavellian said:
Izo said:
selnor1983 said:
PenguinZ said:
My favorite part of the article is how it blows the entire situation way out of proportion... At the end of the this is really not a big deal. |
Its Microsoft's name involved. Gaming forums love to try and bring Microsoft down. Was the same all last generation.
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To be fair to a certain degree Microsoft puts themselves into these situtations. There is enough oposition to Sony that would love to attack them for any small thing as well. Not that this is a small thing. I just find it disgusting that they can't just clean their image up in a legit way. It isn't that hard, I mean up until this they were doing an okayish job.
This is just another check on a long list of anti-consumer things MS's been involved with. In the case that I am wrong and it was purely Machinima's doing with no pressure or knowledge from MS (unlikely), I would like to see continued consumer friendly actions from MS.
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Marketing has nothing to do with being legit. Sometimes I really wonder if people just woke up yesterday and found out that companies pay people to say good things about their products. There is nothing about this whole endorement that is any different than what all companies do every day. Marketing is all about getting the word about your product to the most people in your target market.
Do you really think that if MS was pressuring people to sign some contract to endorse their product that we would not see a flood of people making that claim. The real issue is how naive people are about information on the internet. Its like this commercial I say where this woman stated that she got some info from the net so it had to be true. Its even crazy to think that if some YT person is drinking coke on their video, people would not think they are getting paid for it. This isn't something that just started yesterday people. Companies have been doing it for years.
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Marketing is one thing. I don't care if someone markets something. It's not mentioning that you are being paid for it. It's pretending that you like something and not saying that you've been paid. I also don't care if this has been happening for years. If someone is promoting something and it isn't clear and mentioned somewhere, they are lieng and misleading you. It isn't okay for anyone to do this shit. Every youtube personality I watch mentions when they are being paid for something (Boogie).
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My point about this is old news is that people are acting like its brand new. If you thought that business, all business including Sony and Nintendo does not do this, then thats putting blinders on and not understanding the world you live in. What I find interesting is that people are more forgiving if its the corporation of their choice. Also per the FTC, a person who is getting paid to endorse a product cannot lie or mislead the public. The only real problem with endorsements like these is that the people do not state they are getting paid. From what I read from the FTC Act, this is not required but MS and Mish can be investigated if there are any false advertising from these people.
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It is completely possible that Sony and Nintendo do this. I want to see a contract that shows this. Show me one and I'll attack both of them. You've gotta understand people are talking about MS right now because it's a contract that leaked involving them. If it had been Sony in this instance, they to would have gotten it. Are there people attacking them because they are MS right now? Of course, but there are legit concerns amoung people.
The issue and I agree with you, is that they are required to not talk about the contract. By all means promote the Xbox brand all day long, but telling someone to not mention the deal is sick.
