Sony, Pepsi, Dell, Support Gamespot

Not all advertisers are headed out the door, over the Gamespot controversy. Several companies, like Mountain Dew (Pepsi), Dell, and Sony are devouring the now available inventory left by the exodus of game ads.

From the article: "Despite boycotts and canceled subscriptions, it seems at least some companies recognize a hot topic when they see one. Unfortunately for those companies, many gamers are taking mental notes."

"If they want to support Gamespot's total breakdown in editorial credibility, then they have to understand that there are consequences involved," said 'HulleyToe', a gamer from San Mateo, CA. "It may not hurt them now, but just as advertisers use their dollars to influence companies like Gamespot and CNET, I can use my money to influence the advertisers."

[gamesblow]

Dell is Sony, basically... They're one in the same. they both sell eachothers products in their stores and they both share stock quotes. Dell and Sony are probably one in the same.

As for this goes... I do't care. A company isn't going to pull banner support from a site just because some dude gets fired. Why should Sony stop conducting business with one of the biggest "albeit biased" sites there is because some idiot got fired? They shouldn't. It's like why should BP stop selling gas cause Americans are killing thousands of their realatives a day over in Iraq? They shouldn't. See how that works?

[ben hates you]

I've found Sony's hardware to be good quality(except their PCs), on the other hand I hate dells quality control never buy from them ever!

[lawman1108]

Just so you know

[YoMeViet]

business as usual, like one guy being fired spells disaster for an entire company...really now.

[goldenxbox]

I never buy the other product, but anyone who still buys DELL needs to get the message!!!

http://www.petitiononline.c...

Fellow gamers, we do not tolerate biased shady game reviews in our industry!!!!!!!

Dell is god awful, I hope people wake up and realize this, regardless of what system they own!!!

It is time to send a message and get them thrown off !!!

[beoulve]

you can try but Gamers don't buy dell anyway. We built our own. With deal cheap price and fairly well customer service, good luck try to convince mainstream.

[Marceles]

It's the 2nd top selling computer company in the world (barely overtaken by HP) and they agreed to add blu-ray drives to their computers. There's no way people will stop buying Dell.

[YoMeViet]

If you want to stop gamespot then just don't visit them anymore, once their site visits goes down that's when the sponsors pull out.

[Chriswsm]

Dell is overpriced IMO and it is more rewarding (and usually better quality) to build your own PC from components.

The equilivent of my PC from dell would cost around £800.00 I built it for £550.00. It doesnt look as pretty as a Dell but it works just fine.

[barom]

dell once in a while have some really good deals. you gotta pay me the difference if you want me to avoid those and plus their pc's is pretty stable too.

besides gamespot gave out bad reviews anyway. i'm glad they fired that guy. I hope they actually fire all of them and rehire some new folkz and do a total makeover

[EZCheez]

I had to contact the BBB and file a claim against Dell. They are the devil. I don't know why everyone disagrees with you but I know exactly what you are talking about. And whoever says they have good customer service has NEVER called the Dell customer service number before. That has got to be a new Chinese torture method.

And if anyone doesn't believe this guy, just google it, or go to the BBB website. Dell is in the top 10 when is comes to complaints and grievances and there are a ton of websites dedicated to getting the word out about how bad Dell is with customer satisfaction.

[tuaamin13]

Honestly people, a repeat of Eidos with K&L is not going to happen with Pepsi or Dell. They don't make games, so they have almost 0 influence unless somebody pays them off to try to influence GS.

Dell's customer service is great, at least in my experience. The integrated sound card on my laptop motherboard went, so they had a technician out the NEXT DAY to repair my system, and they replaced the speakers too at the same time.

[DrWan]

Stop making crappy games.

[gunnerforlife]

nope in gamespot case its stop doing biased reviews.

[solar]

never really liked mountain dew anyways ::shrug::

[Bonsai1214]

haha.. i live off that stuff. (kinda. haven't had any in a few weeks because i forgot to bring a few cases to school with me)

[montavious]

There's no risk for them, millions will not stop drinking dew cause gamespot is whacked. I knew something was up with them, first the R&C was way under-reviewed (and i'm a xbox loyal and i thought it was way low) and then Mass Effect...at least the community stood by and is calling them on it.

[solar]

i dunno maybe its too sweet. plus i took some classes in school for auto tech, and this guy with no teeth, horrible mullet and body odor always drank Mountain Dew Code Red straight from a two liter. case closed.

[Demorus]

Pepsi is better than coke, but i didn't know if pepsi follow this story or not and i will not stop drinking pepsi because a man was fired, it is a good opportunity for this company because people go on gamespot see what is this story

[Chriswsm]

Coke is better IMO. Pepsi is so sweet and acidic that you can actually feel your tooth enamel dissolve.

[EZCheez]

Please.

Dr. Pepper is obviously the best.

[solar]

but does diet dr. pepper really taste more like regular dr. pepper?

[PS3n360]

drink carrot juice you will live longer .

[Dr Pepper]

Hm? What?

Did someone say my name?

[IGNFTW]

THEY ARE NOTHING.

[beoulve]

Despite receving crap from Gamespot, Sony still support Gamespot when Gamespot in trouble. Well I think Gamespot will survive this one. Microsoft on the other hand, been getting support by Gamespot reviewers, pull out their ads. Weird world.

[YoMeViet]

Gamespot bites the hand that feeds them and licks the wounds of it's enemies.

[PirateThom]

I can see PS3 games getting higher ratings than XBox 360 games from here on from Gamespot.

Honestly, these websites should be getting advertising from other sources outside of gaming anyway.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

it won't matter who's games they rate higher anymore. every avid gamer already knows they are not to be trusted. I think right now pepsi, dell, and sony are just trying to cash in on cheap ad space.

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

Link? I call bullsh*t.

[beoulve]

click on XBOX 360, u get PS3 ad. Click on PS3 u get PS3 ad.

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

***sigh*** I hate arguing with idiots.

So what? So you see a ps3 ad on the Xbox 360 tab....that means Sony has bought up more ad space. It does NOT mean that Microsoft pulled their ad money.

How old are you? I'm guessing at maximum 16 (more likely 12-14), that means your brain and cognitive ability have not fully matured yet. And it shows....dumba$$ kids, I always have to smack them down.

EDIT: @beoule below: Well how old are you? Tell me. I know you're a kid because you're naive and just dumb (by adult standards).

Haven't been to Gamespot lately? How would you know? I was just there 10 minutes ago.

And did the article say MS pulled out their ad money? No, you just made that part up with your kid-like imagination. Oh BTW, hate to break it to you but Santa...he's fake. You can go cry now.

[beoulve]

Right, smart @ss, I bet you haven't been to Gamespot lately. You didn't seen Microsoft advertisement suddenly disappear which mean you have no idea what are you talking about to begin with??? and also Read the news, it's dell, sony and pepsi remain...talking about idiots that don't read

[xmod]

STFU you dumbsh!t kid. You don't know what you're talking about. Go play with your pokemon.

You stupid little kid. And how old are you anyways?

[beoulve]

lol xmod = Gamespot_equal_EGM

[xmod]

beoulve = 12 year old girl

[MaximusPrime_]

Mountain Dew, what does it taste like? (im in UK btw, we never have that brand here)

[PirateThom]

We used to have it here... it was the nectar of the Gods. I miss it so much, it's better that you've never had it, it would just annoy you.

It was citrus flavoured, but it was bright yellow.

It might have been banned for some reason...

[FCOLitsjustagame]

Some type of animal urin.

Ok joking (and taking my life in my hands as all the cafeen hyped Mountain Dew people may now start hunting me down)... its kind of a lemony, really sweet, really high in cafeen drink.

[rofldings]

import a case man, that stuff is the nectar of gods.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

mountain dew is the greatest soda ever and I agree with rofldings, import a case.

[EZCheez]

It contains Yellow 5 which shrinks your testicles faster than steroids!

It's not that great. When you drink it it makes you feel like your teeth are immediadely getting a cavity because it's so full of sugar. If you want something similar just go swallow a cup of sugar.

[PS3n360]

I honestly cant believe people drink that crap, its no wonder that diabetes obesity is skyrocketing in north america. Do yourself a favor and drink some milk, juice if you like it sweet or water before its all gone.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Sony supports GameSpot? That's weird, because I thought there was a massive conspiracy with Microsoft to give 360 games higher ratings than Sony games, at least according to half the people on this website [rolls eyes].

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

Don't know too much about business do you? Sony sees an oppurtunity and they're taking advantage of it.

SOME advertisers (definately not all or even most) are bailing on Gamespot thus ad costs are going down (lower demand). Sony is just buying up more ad space at the cheaper price.

[PS3n360]

if they are the only ones left giving these "reviewers for hire" ad money you can bet that Lair 2 will get a 10 outta 10 from these a$$ clowns. No one is ever going to believe the reviews from gaymspot ever again.

[AngryTypingGuy]

@Gamespot equals EGM - I know plenty about business and advertising, don' worry. Apparently, your reading skills aren't good enough to grasp my point. I was just pointing out that there IS NOT A CONSPIRACY AGAINST SONY, and that 360 game scores aren't boosted because they prefer one company over another. In the case of Mass Effect for example, I believe GS even scored it a little low. You amaze me, I can't believe I even have to explain this.

Does anyone have proof that MS supports CNET, which therefore might cause bias against Sony? If so, please reply. I looked up CNET in Wikipedia and failed to find even one mention of Microsoft or Sony. They have no affiliation on paper. If they pay them behind the scenes, there is no way of knowing.

[bootsielon]

Dell and Mountain Dew can hardly influence GameSpot, since gamespot doesn't review many of their products, unlike software companies. And that's where Sony comes... and if Sony actually had an influence on them, then why does GameSpot is consistently the LOWEST GAME RATER for PS3 games? Sony, Pepsi and Dell are simply doing what most business do... take advantage of DISCOUNTS if you have the cash. GameSpot probably had to lower their tariffs with their whole Gerstmann fiasco in order to keep getting support.

[felman87]

He knows what he's talking about

[aaquib5]

Honestly, I've never come across such a BS site. Gamespot.com is the only site I see as biased. IGN, 1UP, GamesRadar and every other site I go to may insult the PS3, but they'll have a good reason. Gamespot will give out undeserved scores like 8.0 for Uncharted and blame it on it being too challenging. Ever heard of the mode: Easy, gamespot? Meanwhile, they give the full 640p glory of halo 3 a 9.5. I love Cnet.com, go to it everyday, but its just something about the staff at Gamespot.com that I don't like, and that's their biased towards anything Sony.

[chrno6]

Well they are biased toward sony because they are paid by Sony's rival, but things may change now since sony is now paying them lol. Well I have never trusted their reviews.
And to those who disagree, u just can't accept the truth about business.

[Demorus]

it is a good opportunity for this company because people go on gamespot see what is this story, i don t care if sony and pepsi sponse this site, i will continue to drink Pepsi and i will not sell my PS3 for that. I never trust gamespot , when i want to know if a game is good i go on gamedaily, gamespy and gametrailers and 99% of the time i agree with them

[OmegaKulu]

these ads have been there for ages, now people point them out because of the guy who get fired? What make you think companies will pull out ads they already pay for when a guy get fired and created some controversies?

[Kareshi_X]

Who really cares about Adds?

[Chriswsm]

Its no real surprise that reviews are influenced by money. The site owners be it Gamespot CNet or anyone else are human and humans are very succeptible to greed. I would call it the primary driving force of all mankind.

I therefore take EVERY review I read with a pinch of salt.

[The Killer]

but this is a wrong move by sony!! they shouldnt help a site that hurt each sony game which was released till now!!

gamespot is all influenced by many companies and the most is CNET which MS have influence on :)!!

PSU.com is a good site for ps3 news and reviews!

[skagrerrrr]

tastes great!

But Dell?

Should i add: boycott Dell too?

[ktchong]

apparently Sony "appreciates" CNET's latest move in firing the GameSpot editor.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

I wouldn't say sony appreciates what GameSpot has done. Every company tries to turn controversy into cash because people eat crap like this up. Gamespot in all likelyhood is getting more hits now because 1, people are waiting for them to respond to this mess and 2 people are going to want to see their next set of reviews to find fault in the scores. Anywhere people are going to be (be it for good or bad reasons) can be a good place to increase exposure. On top of everything its not like Sony could be pulled into this mess since gamespot is at the low end of most PS3 game scores so it proves they haven't bought a score.

[HarryEtTubMan]

Dell supports Sony...they are starting to put Blu Ray drives in PC's come 2008..Sony laptops,dell,samsung,compaq... everything

[pacman615]

they are offering blu ray, once more customers start getting new computers....blu ray will sky rocket with all the support from all these computer companies....dell and hp are gonna lead the way for blu ray in computers and of course the king of consoles ps3 baby!!

[goldenxbox]

You all know you can avoid DELL gamers, they make the worst of the worst PCs !!!!
http://www.petitiononline.c...
Just encourage everyone to buy HP or the much cheaper and better PC products !!!

Send a message to their sponsors, we don't play ball with lying cheaters !!!

[Ashta]

Why are all of you guys dumping all over Sony, Dell, Pepsi and whoever else bought up advertising space on Gamespot? It's called business people and if Sony wants to use a space then good for them. Not like you could accuse Sony of buying higher scores since Gamespot has constantly bashed the PS3 and whatever title comes out on it.

Sony is just using the chance to get more ad space. I mean...there are tons of Sony ads on IGN and after that Lair review and the reviewers blurb on his blog on how he was making fun of Sony I'm amazed to still see them there, but Sony takes what ads they can get. They aren't really choosing a side....they are just continuing their business relationship with Gamespot is all.

Hell, the fact that this is getting any circulation amazes me at all.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

this is getting old fast, people are really taking this way out of proportion, people can stop any time now.

[UltramanJ]

I agree.

[n00dl3s]

I'd be willing to bet that this "controversy" has actually INCREASED traffic to lamespot. Meaning that the advertising space might actually be worth more.

I hate to say it, but a bunch of gamers claiming they aren't going to buy mountain dew because they support gamespot isn't going to do anything. if they hurt Mt. Dew's sales bye half a percent I'd be in awe. They are all going to talk about it, then for a week people will support it, then it will go back to normal and the only people that will support it will be a few hardcore "activists." That won't be enough to do anything.

[greenenvy]

the petition is working everybody, great news!!!!

we ppl are now at about 800 signatures & growing!!

http://www.petitiononline.c...

the petition author knows that CNET owns metacritic, but it don't matter because he's gonna deliver it to their editor in charge anyway!

...and its going to land right on Josh Larson's desk, they got his email too! they can't ignore 800 or 1000 + people boycotting their products!!!!!!!

pepsi-co just pulled out, hahahahaha!!
=D

[stennexxx]

TOO MUCH VARIETY.NOW THAT THINGS LIKE THIS COME TO LIGHT WE MAYBE SEEING A CHANGE IN HOW GAME REVIEWERS CONDUCT THEIR REVIEWS. GAMESPOT HAS BEEN REVIEWING A FEW GAMES UNFAIRLY FOR ALL SYSTEMS. ANYWAY GAME ON Y'ALL.

[jinn]

gamespot sucks, needs to be more like N4G