“Leaked”? I doubt it… |
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| BY Chris Wilcox Apr. 23rd, 2008 | More on: |
I have an idea; we should just do away with release dates. Hell, let’s do away with game release events completely, and just distribute alphas, betas, then final copies, and figure out some way to charge gamers for every step along the way. Then the corporations would be happy; they’d be sitting in some fat cash, and maybe, just maybe, they wouldn’t have to worry about leaks…
Unless they want to leak game info early.
So the GTA IV game intro footage was leaked… then, within hours, 8 full minutes of actual gameplay footage was leaked. Does anyone else think this is fishy? Reviews are popping up right about the same time that footage is … ‘leaked’? This reminds me Michael Bay’s recent announcement that they’ll be distributing so much misinformation about Transformers 2 that no one will know what to believe.
Anyway, that said, I can’t help but wonder how much of this media for upcoming game releases is actually “leaked” and how much of it is distributed by the companies themselves. They do say that free publicity is the best kind, and thanks to the viral nature of the internet, why even bother paying for advertising anymore?
April 24th, 2008
at 3:32 am
“I have an idea; we should just do away with release dates.” Only the desperate wait for GTA IV could inspire this kind of thinking. I can’t believe the thieves or leakers or whoever, disloyal fucks that they are, get to play this game and I don’t.
Hopefully they will have a swift and just punishment.
April 24th, 2008
at 6:06 am
With less than a week before stores can sell them, they would have them already, plus wharehouses would be stocking the game so it would make for common sense that somoeone has lifted a copy and is now enjoying it as I would do If I was in a posistion too.
In the end, who gives a toss, it’s almost here and no one will remember that there was 8 minutes of gameplay footage released a week prior!!!! oh my its the end of the world as we know it! get over it.
April 24th, 2008
at 2:10 pm
Reuben Sorrells, I’m sorry if you didn’t pick up on the sarcastic tone of the article. Next time, I’ll use more emoticons. :P
April 24th, 2008
at 3:47 pm
Well, I actually agreed with that statement, in a non sarcastic way. o_O