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.
Adam Sessler wants Sony to since him a "free" review because others have one. So throws a fit on the internet about it. Sony says they are having a "Review Event" where jornalist, bloggers, testers can try and review. Sessler says no "I" should have one because it has to be at his job.
Sony please don't cave in on this. "We gamers" need to have units at launch so senting out free reviews just for reviews take some off the shelves for us. I would prefer someone enjoying the system first.
Well, I think Sessler may be over reacting, but in the grand scheme of things, he does have quite the following. He may not be with one of the big boys anymore, but a lot of people do watch his show on Youtube. He isn't some random youtube reviewer, and while I think because of this he should be brought down a peg or two, the fact remains that publishers are going to want Sessler to review their product just for the exposure.
Ok, so let me try to bring this all into perspective:
1/ A thread was started on gaf about confirmation of Battlefield 4 running at 720p on the X1 and almost certainly running at 900p/60fps on the PS4 (but not yet entirely confirmed)
2/ Someone grabs a Sessler Tweet in which he suggests his whole livelihood is at steak because of what 'a certain' company is doing (but he doesn't say who)
3/ Geis also joins in and moans about it. At which point some people start speculating it's about the Battlefield 4 reveiws and resolution
4/ It then changed to talk of not being able to upload videos to youtube (which seemed to fit into what Sessler said)
5/ Geis then is the FIRST to answer a tweet from Penello asking what it's all about and tells him it's not about MS
6/ Someone calls him out on how fast he responded and Geis immediately deletes his first tweet to Penello
7/ Marcus Beer then makes a comment on Gaf about how he suspects companies that won't allow him to install games and test hardware under his own conditions
8/ It transpires that the whole thing was centred around the review event that Sony are putting together and some of these journalists didn't get invited or didn't get the access they wanted
Basically, it's just known MS supporters moaning about not getting their cookies first, but they continued to be vague because they knew it was distracting people from the real news: Battlefield 4 runs at 720p on the X1.
It's all been a smokescreen folks. Nothing to see here.
Exactly! I hate it when news filters here from other sites threads and people dont have the whole story. This whole thing didn't even start about Sony but xbone bf resolution.
Jeff Gerstmann is the highly respected editor-in-chief of Giant Bomb. He said he doesn't know of anything major to be getting upset about and what he does know is nothing major.
The fuss is centred on Sony's PS4 review day on the 11th of November where video game writers go and review the PS4 games.
Adam Sessler creates video reviews and is apparently upset that Sony won't provide him with the facility to record footage for his reviews which means his video reviews will have to wait until he actually acquires his PS4 unit so his reviews will come out later than the websites who have written reviews. The reason Sessler gets his Xbox One review unit before launch is because Microsoft have categorised him as a 'company friend.' Because there has recently been a lot of negativity about the Xbox One recently, Sessler and the pro-Microsoft writer at Polygon magazine are trying to stir up a hornets nest about the reviews being fixed.
Whilst a two day event is not ideal conditions to review a game it is industry practice for larger titles and is to be expected for a console launch where so much is being put together last minute before launch. Sessler is a drama queen and unprofessional and there are a million bloggers who would be happy to do what he is doing and not make false hints of corruption. I've lost a lot of respect for him.
Thanks for the info! I never liked Adam Sessler, to much crying and to much spewing garbage about the whole game industry. No wonder this happens to him.
Can someone please explain why it must be something Sony has done? I mean just because Penello says has nothing to do with Xbox but Shu doesn't even know what Sony to make Sessler career endangered. I think we are overreacting till we know what the hell is going on.
It's not just sessler saying things tho :/. Over reacting maybe? But until sessler and friend's tell us what there going on about straight up then we won't know if it's over reacting or not
On topic it sounds yoshida doesn't even know who sessler is.
And reviewing a console at a staged event seems kinda dodgy. Maybe sony only want certain sites to have the ps4 early, Just saying it's a possibility.
Who knows what Sony will do at the event though they should relax to see what happens first before crying over the internet like entitled babies. Every console they give to one of them is one less for a real consumer.
The reason why Sessler is upset is because Sony is blocking press PS4 units to do their own gameplay footage for reviews, which essentially takes away his livelihood and monetary support. Only certain outlets will have permission to use their own footage, the rest will be B-roll footage.
@thehitman "Who knows what Sony will do at the event though they should relax to see what happens first before crying over the internet like entitled babies. Every console they give to one of them is one less for a real consumer."
I know right , i'd love to go to that event because who knows , maybe i'd be leaving the place with a ps4 in hand.
There was already a tweet about it , it's just about the way he won't be able to do his job properly , he even said himself it won't be a problem for anyone at all that isn't doing the same job as him , so basically no one should be concerned unless they are a YouTube reviewer, he just got his pants in a twist because he wasn't getting a free ps4 to review at home is all.
Sessler hasn't said anything about Sony. That Tweet to Shu is a complete lie about what's happened. There are certainly a couple people out there seemingly unhappy with Sony's supposed review-event, but Sessler has hinted at something to do with video capture for next-gen games. But even that is speculation on my part, it's a silly thing to really dwell on and an even sillier thing to bring it to Yoshida.
I've seen that story before, and there is absolutely nothing in there about Sony let alone anything coming from Sessler. The only thing remotely concerning the PS4 in that story is the crap Marcus Beer is spilling about not getting a review console for himself. Kevin Dent said the same thing and was shut down immediately on Neogaf.
So again, nobody has said anything about the PS4 - especially Sessler - so contacting Shu about this is completely stupid. No wonder the man has no idea what's going on.
come on someone shed at least some light in here.
DAFAQ IS GOING ON!?!?!?!
All speculation at this point. Just wait the truth will come out soon enough. Sessler is not giving any details yet, I guess.
A lot of people believe it is youtube related though.
Sessler hasn't said anything about Sony. That Tweet to Shu is a complete lie about what's happened. There are certainly a couple people out there seemingly unhappy with Sony's supposed review-event, but Sessler has hinted at something to do with video capture for next-gen games. But even that is speculation on my part, it's a silly thing to really dwell on and an even sillier thing to bring it to Yoshida.