I don't care about the other outlets you mentioned but Eurogamer Editor in cheif is a Nintnedo Fanboy according to digital foundary Dark1x which posted that here on Era. That's not coming from me or any conspiracy theory but a co-worker.
Kotaku: The State of PS4 and Xbox One in 2018
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I don't care about the other outlets you mentioned but Eurogamer Editor in cheif is a Nintnedo Fanboy according to digital foundary Dark1x which posted that here on Era. That's not coming from me or any conspiracy theory but a co-worker.
I just got a One X and I really like it, but the Xbox future is confusing to me and I feel like they don't have one main focus. Between game pass, play anywhere, streaming future, and still a serious lack of new exclusives, what am I supposed to be excited about?
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I don't think it's part or indicative of any large conspiracy or sinister scheme behind the scenes. It may be worthwhile considering that the people who are writing these thinkpieces simply have different preferences and/or ideas of what is and is not exciting than we do. Someone in the games media who follows the industry 24/7 has seen Microsoft make several aggressive moves this year, from studio acquisitions to Game Pass to xCloud; they have seen Sony fumble the ball on cross platform play, PlayStation Classic, and E3/PSX. Sony has been releasing great games, but it's not difficult to see why they may feel that their larger trend has been downwards, not upwards. We, as players, are more concerned with the games that we are playing, and the market performance of the PS4 and its games reflects that.
But that doesn't mean there is a sinister, malicious agenda or attempt to downplay PlayStation. If that is what you legitimately feel (I know you've said you don't, but I am speaking to the dozen plus people in this thread who have admitted to feeling this way), maybe take a step back from all this and get some fucking perspective. While accusing others of being fanboys, these people are outing themselves as the biggest fanboys of all.
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Okay, and? He's a person who has his own preferences, where are we going with this?
Feels like Sony is still not sure if they will go all in on PS Now. PS Now does not allow you to play the latest first party Playstation games on release.
You brought up Eurogamer... the official twitter acount or the articles by that person has caused some of that perception becuase he infused fanboy drivel in them.
I was really tempted to write something to this effect, but you basically summed up everything already. The article could have done a better job with really raising up Sony's highs for this year, but I think folks are using that to blow the other parts way out of proportion.
It would be kind of cool to see Sony attempt at making a successful 1st party multiplayer game, FPS 3rd person shooter or arcade racer. Single player is simply Sony being in their bag, but there's more to games than just story driven/cinematic games. I love a great story as much as the next guy but...
No one said is a conspiracy. It is the 4th article in one week with clear bias around Xbox and diminishing playstation. It is reality. Not a conspiracy theory.
The motivation behind that? I have no idea. All websites have fanboys from all sides.
But all these recent articles look like a fanboy post and not a serious article.
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I brought up Eurogamer to demonstrate the larger point that if you were to listen to fanboys, every outlet around the world is biased against Sony. Which is bullshit "lol games media" rhetoric.
Eurogamer's editor in chief may have whatever preferences he has that he posts on Twitter (drivel as you call it), I'm not sure how the larger site coverage is affected by any of that.
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As I said: take a minute to consider that people have different preferences than you instead of getting into accusations of bias.
Clicks drive revenue, biases are impossible to eliminate so people should always expect these articles to pop up here and there. Sony has crushed the competition this generation both in sales and quality of their hardware and software.
Also, all of these companies are following a strategy. They prioritize and allocate resources differently, according to these strategies. One company excelling, like Microsoft with BC or GamePass for example, in order to differentiate themselves, gets them alot of buzz compared to the competition. Who may not be employing these programs (or at least not as well), but that doesn't mean other companies are complacent and the company getting all the praise because of current efforts is doing A-ok. People are so quick to jump to the "what have you done for me lately" mentality. It creates a narrow perspective to what is actually being done among everyone.
I think there is a large portion of gamers and gaming media out there excited about Xbox right now. I don't think it's bias towards the brand or against PlayStation, it's just MS is making more moves right now going into next gen. The studio acquisitions, Game Pass, Xcloud, etc. Once Sony finally starts talking about the future I think you'll see articles and hype levels even out a bit more.
Looks like pretty serious opinion pieces to me. Still, the gaming community is vast (as if that needed to be said) forums like these are essentially gaming in a bubble. It's easy to think the center of the universe revolves around those who visit Reset on a daily basis - only the opinions here and a few other places matter. That's not the reality though. Never was, tbn.
I think all those things you mentioned + the influx of exclusives that we'll start seeing when some of these studios start hitting their stride.
I've seen more people bringing up that this same type of thing happening in the past. It's downplaying one company and holding up the other. It happened at the beginning of this gen and it seems like it's starting all over again now.
Oftentimes these Kotaku articles feels like they're just feeding the current Resetera narrative back to people in headline form.
Did anyone here actually think that outlets are against PS? I skimmed the thread so I could've missed it but I didn't see any.
Many are porbably confused that this is one article and just read the op. They are separate articles and they did one for Switch just now. I read Kotaku on a daily basis so I know for sure they are not anti any gaming company in particular.
BTW that Eurogamer editor post his stuff on the official site account and I do think the site coverage does get effected when a person that high in editorial is that bad. Do I think they are anti-brand? No, but I think much less of them and take their opnion with a grain of salt when it comes to their coverage of that brand
Reading that article made me feel like PS4 is doing bad and 2018 was not a good year for it when it has been doing amazing both in sales and in terms of quality exclusives. Nice job Kotaku.
Detroit, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and Spiderman samey -- yeah sure LOL
Detroit was a failure -- LOL I know some people like to hate on QD games but the game was not a failure and got some really good reviews. Its a game for a specific audience and not for everyone just like I hate playing racing sims which don't make GT or Forza bad games.
Detroit, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and Spiderman samey -- yeah sure LOL
Detroit was a failure -- LOL I know some people like to hate on QD games but the game was not a failure and got some really good reviews. Its a game for a specific audience and not for everyone just like I hate playing racing sims which don't make GT or Forza bad games.
Different preferences don't excuse false narratives such as saying Sony is complacent and has nothing to compete with Games Pass when PS Now added the ability to download games this year, and is a much more popular service. Or that their support for PSVR is half-hearted. That's disengenuous nonsense. Why isn't Microsoft criticized for being complacent when they are the only console still locking online multiplayer for F2P games behind a paywall? Why is Microsoft treated as the market leader in games streaming when, unlike Sony, they don't even have a streaming service?
This is the same games media that pounded the "Sony Too" shit about online DRM with no evidence whatsoever to support it. When there's an ongoig pattern, it's going to be noticed, and remarked on.
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Again, take a moment to consider why instead of just claiming bias.
Yes, there were in fact a bunch of posts stating a larger "western media" conspiracy against PlayStation, which was what I responded to. It's the kind of rhetoric that I feel has no place on a site like this. You can disagree with what someone has to say (I did, you did) without calling their whole integrity into question.
Maybe he should read his own site.
https://kotaku.com/playstation-now-is-making-its-games-downloadable-1829206315
They forgot PS Now as a Netflix-y way of gaming, especially now that PS4 games will be downloadable. If anything there is a marketing flaw there, but at the very least they've had the streaming of many games well before game pass.
Also don't make a list with Detroit Become Human, God of War, and Spider-Man and call them samey for anything other then being third person and cinematic. Only Spider-Man has towers to climb to see the map, Detroit is not open world, and combat between Spider-Man and God of War is very different. Like for looking at one year they sure seemed to be comparing multiple years
Also don't make a list with Detroit Become Human, God of War, and Spider-Man and call them samey for anything other then being third person and cinematic. Only Spider-Man has towers to climb to see the map, Detroit is not open world, and combat between Spider-Man and God of War is very different. Like for looking at one year they sure seemed to be comparing multiple years
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Microsoft was raked over the coals every year the past four years until they finally started turning things around this year.
The rest of it is pure opinions. The person who wrote this article feels Sony is being complacent. He feels their PSVR support is lacking. That's not nonsense, that's how i feel. I disagree with all of this. You do too. The difference is I am not going to go out and cry "fake news media" as many in this thread are apparently all too happy to do.
I did and articles like that are nonsense now and than. I have issues with the articles that downplay the success of something well praising up The praising microsoft for some of the things they have done is well deserved but it shouldn't at the expense another company. That's the issue with this whole thing. You may think it's not happening but it is and should be called out.
Yeah I would love that feature too. I think they'll make it available once they get the whole streaming to smart phones in place.
That's because PS4 doesn't do BC with PS3, unfortunately. Streaming is the only possible solution as of now.
Taking everything you've said into account, this article is even more rediculous than I thought.
They distinguish themselves by providing big budget, high quality story driven single player games ;)
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These are two separate articles written by two separate people. Nothing has been done at the expense of anyone.
People bias is going to effect there writing when you have opinion piece .
Which is okay once it does not get in the way of good writing which happen sometimes.
I should note before this gen started it happen way to much and the lack of WW look hurt the english speaking games media IMO.
You are extremely naive to trust in the integrity of gaming media.
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I mean, yes, everyone, including the media, will write based on their own personal outlook.
As opposed to crying fake news because I disagree with it?
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I don't think their PSVR support is lacking lol, I already said that.
I got one with Astro Bot during the Black Friday deal, but I haven't actually gotten around to playing anything yet.
Wrong information and diminishing the best year of a platform saying all the games are the "samey" is not preference. It is clear bias.
And you imply I have preferences. What is worng I want they recognizing what both are doing right and not widespread wrong information or try to diminish a company who had it best year.
Oh, I'm aware, lol. Just didn't want to take the thread too far off-topic with BC talk and such.
I feel like this ludicrous comment has been somewhat overlooked.
This year we got DQXI, MLB The Show 18, Dragons's Crown Pro, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Astro Bot, Tetris Effect, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Persona 3 & 5 Dancing, Ni No Kuni 2, and Yakuza 6 among others. Are these all samey action adventures, too?
This year we got DQXI, MLB The Show 18, Dragons's Crown Pro, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Astro Bot, Tetris Effect, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Persona 3 & 5 Dancing, Ni No Kuni 2, and Yakuza 6 among others. Are these all samey action adventures, too?
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There is no wrong information (other than GoW releasing in April, not March), there are differing opinions. You don't need to attack the integrity of the writer to disagree with them.