segurissima wrote...
Computim wrote...
malra wrote...
I'm putting my money where my mouth is. I am subscribing to Forbes Magazine, also subscribing to Gamefront. Ending all subscriptions to reviewers and gaming mags that fed me a line. That is how the free market works.
Yup. First it was #RetakeMassEffect3. Next up it'll be #RetakeReviews.
I'm really hoping we get a ground swell here.. I've never been an activist, heck my day job is developing line of business applications for a multinational company and doing a heck of a lot of datamining. Which means I have the habit of taking a whole whack of strange fragments of info and drawing conclusions from them haha.
I really do see something different with this. People have realized just how in bed with publishers the Reviewers are and don't like it.
I've been compiling a list the last week of all the publications that have not done their homework, have not completed the game, have simply sourced another article (broken telephone game anyone?) for their sources rather than do their homework. I'm sad to say that a lot of our 'respectable' national publications up here in Canada obviously don't. In fact I noticed a couple EA ads floating beside one or two 'glowing' reviews last week... conflict of interest anyone? haha
The problem with Mass Effect 3's endng was barely anyone actually finished the game. EA actually provided the reviewers with a list of the '16' endings possible (quick google search brings up the sourcing and images). In order to craft a message most favourable to their product the PR department gave the reviewers their entire review with keywords, tips, hidden 'gems' to talk about. Hey EA... I've got a SQL server optimization review coming up next week.. any tips? No.. shucks...
Angry letters to the editor used to be commonplace.. we lost that in the early 80s when people stopped thinking it mattered.. I sense a resurgence of that now. Bioware, in 5 years, could be the Forbes article showpiece on how to properly manage a community if they handle this right. I guarantee having management infuriate the community is more likely to be a university lecture on "how not to do it". EA's actually isolated themselves from this as much as possible I notice. (They almost BEAT Bioware to comment on the Day 1 DLC issue, they haven't even commented now haha). I strongly appreciate the fact they haven't just shut down this forum and pretended it never happened. For that I give them a LOT of credit and it's why I haven't just walked away and not bought another EA product to be honest.
I strongly hope that we collectively show both the gaming industry AND the review industry that we're not going to put up with them being lazy and cutting corners. For the first time in history we can actually have the equivalent of a political war room. We're able to communicate with each other in real time across timezones, we have regular updates of news coming in, links to articles.. we apparently have actual PR damage control experts on our side saying hold the line haha.
When someone has a reputation for excellence and they don't deliver that to you, you have a right to complain and to ask that it be fixed. If they don't fix it, you need to find someone else to give your money to. Bioware, do us right here. Don't PR spin us, we get enough of that already, just be honest and tell us what you're doing. You're not 5 year old kids here, if you know we won't want to hear what you're telling us ask yourself if you're really looking out for your customer.
Hold the line folks
/agreed. signed.
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