It's just an entitled douche overreacting about a decision Sony made. He got his minute of fame and that's about it.
Edit: I simply think that this is being blown out of proportion ...like always. And it's probably only affecting these Youtube guys that might have just picked the wrong job.
It isn't just Sessler. I get the impression some YouTube reviewers are pissed they are not getting PS4 kits to review games on it. Instead they have to go to an event to do it. I can see why he and others are annoyed but it seems a bit blow out of proportion. You are the independent YouTube guys. It is just a bad consequence not being apart of the big companies (same thing happens for movie reviews on YouTube and they don't complain. If you want that extra privilege you have to work for the big companies)
Are you kidding me ? Sessler was the one who had a tantrum over the name of a trophy in God Of War Ascension and marked its review score down because of it.
That's the very definition of making a big deal out of nothing.
Maybe he doesn't want Sony to remove HDCP because it lets anyone capture video without extra equipment.
The only thing that could effect his job is if everyone (like you and me) suddenly became a reviewer. If HDCP stays, it will be much harder for people to the average Joe to compete with him.
Adam Sessler is one of the most recognizable journalists in the video game industry? He's been around since 1998 when he started hosting X-Play on Tech TV.
I have not always been a Sessler fan, but to say he is some internet nobody is incorrect.
In this case he is griping about an issue that will affect some game journalists, not the general gaming community.
He's always had this position towards Sony. He bitched about it on a Sesslers Soapbox once crying about embargos.
He's always had a stick up his ass about this and the launch of the PS3.
It's the reason why he's always preferred Xbox and why everyone accuses him of being paid by MS.
Honestly, I think he's one of the biggest jokes in the industry. When you have his influence, you can't take sides like he does. He simply needs to get over his personal issues with Sony if he's planning on pushing Rev3 into the bigs.
Also, this is the same man that said the PS4 costs the same as the XB1 when you add the camera and year of PS+. Of course XBL is clearly free in his mind and the PSeye is mandatory.
He's also on record for saying Wii games would be better with a 360 controller.
He says he's tired of military shooters when KZ3 launched and that he recommends Bulletstorm instead but changes his tune a week later when Crysis 3 drops.
He also asked Killzone fans if they "Fucked their mothers" for questioning his integrity but with a statement like that as well as his past actions and opinions, why would anyone take him seriously and not question his integrity.
Why is it no one has ever accused him of being paid off by Sony or Nintendo?
And his views on embargos does make him an entitled douche. No one says you have to have reviews ready on launch day. If this is about embargos or some of Sony's mandates, pay for those games like gamers do and stop bitching.
Or it could have something to do with Sony trying to have complete control over the initial reviews by journalists because the PS4 is having serious overheating issues.
ADAM SESSLER is the most respected journalist the gaming industry has ,to not say the only one if he has an issue with someone or something ,he has a pretty good reason for it .Don't you fanboys dare to disrespect him .
After watching x-play, it is my opinion that adam sessler likes the 360, and morgan webb likes the ps3.
Adam is also sarcastic when it comes to japanese games. While morgan tried to defend it, adam puts her and the game down so morgan is like ... 'ok whatever, lets move on'
I'd honestly like to know what this is actually about, because people are really making a huge deal out of it, and it seems like people are hyping it up to be the end of PlAyStation, and honestly can't see it being anything that bad unless Sony adopts Xbone original policies. And that's not going to happen.
If it is something really stupid, I'd like to see how Sessler digs him out of that hole.
@hakeem - err...no. He is one of the most well known, not the most respected.
Sessler is a pretentious person (I'm not calling names here). I don't know about zod18's "entitled" statement, but it almost seems that way in this case. Sessler uses non-common, big words to make himself seem intelligent, but when a discussion goes technical in any way, you can clearly tell he doesn't know what he's talking about. You can tell he likes being a critic more than a gamer, and while on G4 had a clear bias toward Sony. I've never liked him, or trusted his opinion.
From the looks of it, whatever the problem is, it's not something that might affect the end-user's experience, but rather something about how the gaming media will work with regards to initial reviews or such.
And to be honest with you, I couldn't care less about it as I buy my systems/games depending on my own opinions and preferences.
B-radical you obviously don't know Sessler, he's one of the most hyperbollic guys on Youtube. For instance he claimed the world was ending because he thought he wouldn't be able to capture PS4 direct feed footage for his reviews (this was way back then when it was rumored that PS4 will have HDCP protection for games, today we know the PS4 will eventually get a patch to removed HDCP protection for games).
Let's not mention the fact that there are ways to circumvent HDCP, which he should've known about.
MisterXmedia was banned from neogaf for spouting ridiculous claims. If you believe him, you're either super eager to believe so or naive. He's pulling this from Kevin Dent's post that has already been disproven.
"Insider Daily. Xbox One is more powerfull but is really harder to programm for then PS4 at start" http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
He's quoting MisterxMedia. Yeah lol Xbox One is more powerful? This guy
Vikingland, I like AngryJoe's reviews but he is so in love with Microsoft that I have my doubts he'd get a PS4. He doesn't get free stuff like IGN and Gamestop and etc does so I doubt he'd fork over $400 for a Sony product. Plus he hasn't said anything about the PS4 since just before E3 and he never did the PS4 E3 video that he promised.
come on someone shed at least some light in here.