Pretty much the title, TotalBiscuit explains it further in this video...
So... I'll catch heat for this, but I'm with the publishers on this one.
As a consumer, I liked Mafia 3 right? It has flaws and shit, but I'm able to put up with them and enjoy the game. Now, why should I... the person that actually wants to play and enjoy the game and have a good time have to pay full price for it but the critic- who doesn't care if they enjoy it or not -gets it for free and a week early to boot?
Kevin Smith has his own rant on Critics when Red State came out. He had his audience right? His audience loves his stuff, he doesn't need the critics giving him the ink because he can make his films cheap and turn a profit on his hardcore fans. He doesn't have to grow his fanbase. So again, his logic was "Why am I going to let these people, who are just going to shit over the film anyway, see it early and for free when my own audience that wants to see it has to pay? It doesn't make sense"
Now I'm sure some people will say "but these game companies ship broken games!" and it's like... listen ************, we all know preordering is a gamble. We live in the day and age of livestreaming and lets plays, you don't NEED a review, you can literally just watch raw gameplay footage the next day after release and decide if it's worth purchasing or not.
This will be an unpopular opinion, but as a consumer, I don't feel that reviewers should be getting copies of the game early nor should they be getting them for free. I don't feel like it hurts consumers at all, because if one has the little modicum of patience and self-restraint, you won't get burned by broken games.
So... I'll catch heat for this, but I'm with the publishers on this one.
As a consumer, I liked Mafia 3 right? It has flaws and shit, but I'm able to put up with them and enjoy the game. Now, why should I... the person that actually wants to play and enjoy the game and have a good time have to pay full price for it but the critic- who doesn't care if they enjoy it or not -gets it for free and a week early to boot?
Kevin Smith has his own rant on Critics when Red State came out. He had his audience right? His audience loves his stuff, he doesn't need the critics giving him the ink because he can make his films cheap and turn a profit on his hardcore fans. He doesn't have to grow his fanbase. So again, his logic was "Why am I going to let these people, who are just going to shit over the film anyway, see it early and for free when my own audience that wants to see it has to pay? It doesn't make sense"
Now I'm sure some people will say "but these game companies ship broken games!" and it's like... listen ************, we all know preordering is a gamble. We live in the day and age of livestreaming and lets plays, you don't NEED a review, you can literally just watch raw gameplay footage the next day after release and decide if it's worth purchasing or not.
This will be an unpopular opinion, but as a consumer, I don't feel that reviewers should be getting copies of the game early nor should they be getting them for free. I don't feel like it hurts consumers at all, because if one has the little modicum of patience and self-restraint, you won't get burned by broken games.