Fans have been camping at Sony's HQ in Ginza for 3 days now to be the first to purchase a PS4, but having gotten there first won't necessarily give them the right to be the first customers.
Game reviews have been around since the mid-1970s. Play Meter was the first of its kind. During their time, it was mainly coin-operated machines that were covered, as certain arcade games that many of us consider classics such as Space Invaders were popular. Other publications sprang up, such as Arcade Alley in 1979. From then on, gaming journalism was on the rise. Electronic Games Magazine, Famitsu, The Games Machine, Nintendo Power, and others all gave way to gaming journalism’s growing popularity and importance. In the beginning, gaming journalism was about the love of the games, the history of the product, and giving potential consumers genuine insight. The passion was there. The commitment was there. The insight was there. And most importantly, the trust was there.
They've become nothing more than corporate shills. Rather than speaking truth to power, they're just looking at the latest clickbait no matter how false it is.
The straight up lies are annoying. Then journalists claim that a lie is an opinion. Um... no.
yea its been like this for years and only has gotten worse during covid.
they are sometimes worse than celeb. trash news ha.
"you will NOT believe what the DEV of XYZ said"
or and those are my favourites,
"XYZ game gets REMASTER TREATMENT" and you click on the link and its just a god damn mod ha.
The gaming landscape today is full of corporations trying to suck as much money out of us as possible while giving us as little as possible in return that's the biggest problem I see right now and the fact the journos should be the ones calling the gross practices out now suckle at the teat of the publishers to stay in favour and maintain working relationships to avoid being blacklisted for reviews and preview events show their interests do not align with ours.
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Japanese folks love camping outside stores. I dont expect the stampedes/zombie horde's like in Germany and France though.
A couple of days camp for the PS4 ain't bad compared to those who sleep in front of the apple store for over 20 days for an iPhone.
So happy for my follow gamer's out in Jp they finally get to experience the amazing ps4
its happening
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I know that the console is awesome, but this is madness!
This is the first console launch that pre-orders actually worked and it was the first time for a lot of people where the pre-order got shipped to their house versus having to go down to a store to pick it up. This is going to be the first console launch for Japan where Amazon JP got huge allocations, so they are also going to experience what its like to get a pre-order delivered to your front door. There will still be huge crowds trying to get launch units off the shelf. It's just a tradition that happens to be a social event also.