Open Letter to Duke Nukem PR

[SpaceDog777]

I disagree with your responce, if a company does not want to provide you a free copy of their product to review then they shouldn't have to. There is nothing stopping you from using your advertising revenue to go down to the store and buy a copy.

Let's use an example from another industry, cars. Dodge wouldn't give Top Gear a Challenger to test drive when they visited America because Top Gear had given them bad reviews. Was there a fuss? No. What did Top Gear do? They bought a Challenger to test drive.

I think as an industry video game journalists have become to full of their own self importance. You are reviewing a product nothing else. If a publisher or developer doesn't want to give you a copy that is their right. Just as you have the right to say no to advertising on your site if you don't like it.

Grow up.

 

[FallenMessiah88]

You know, as much as I agree that a world where publishers and PR companies only give out copies to reviewers who they know will give them a favorable reivew/score, all I can say about this whole thing is: Stop! Just stop...

What Jim Redner said (or tweeted) was dumb. Just plain dumb. It was a mistake, made because he was angry. But you know what? He retracted his statement. He apologized! He's human, just like you and me.

The fact that 2K games dumped his company is enough of a defeat for the guy as it is, so get off your high horse.

 

[jacobythehedgehog]

The people at the Redner Group dont sound like humans. Yes I agree every game gets a fair review. And yes even I disagree with reviews. I would hope if I had made a game as bad a Duke Nukem Forever, I would get my balls chopped off with a chain saw and feed to sharks, then ofcourse having me bleed to death listening to Rebecca Black's I'ts Friday. I wrote a review for Duke Nukem Forever on Gamespot. Does this mean I should review it could because I am told to. Over my dead body. I gave the game a 1, why because I know some people spent $70.00 on this, and I felt this game was even worth the $6 I paid to rent it let alone the price I could buy Child of Eden which was realised the same day. Im sorry. People have no right to critize a review or have to write a apology because "a review was 2 harsh". And then have the nerve not to use proper grammer.

Russ Pitts, you do your job well. And keep doing it.

 

[Daemonate]

I quite liked DNF, and think most of the appalling reviews were *dishonest* bandwagoning or arty, politically correct elitism.

If it had been a brand new title with no history, it would have got a 7/10 average except by those sensitive to the crudeness and misogynism - which I felt were in fun, but I wouldn't mind if someone else felt offended.

That said, marketing attempting to strong-arm review sites with threats deserves all the hate and sarcasm that can be mounted.