Ethics in Games Media discussed by Stephen Totilo of Kotaku

[deathjester]

There are no ethics in mainstream game journalism. The big sites get ad revenue from early looks of games and sneak previews. Those disappear if they are overly critical of a large release.  

 

Asking for real journalism from a site who has advertising deals with the game publishers and early access to game is asking for something that will never happen. There are no hidden payments, there is just revenue and advertising. Sites like IGN and PC Gamer and Kotaku aren't "paid off" to give a BS review, they are simply protecting their money flow. 

 

They should not be called journalists though, they should be called entertainment sites. Go to them for early looks of games, make up your own mind, and realize there is never going to be ethics on any of these sites. You are asking for the impossible. IGN is not going to play Shadows of Mordor with downsampling on and compare PC version to consoles with high resolution stills. They are going to do a video comparison of compressed video with no outside game settings (increased AA/AF) and they are NEVER going to use supersampling/downsampling options even if they are present inside the game. 

 

Damn near everything they present on that site is a lie, and Kotaku is no different.

 

http://kotaku.com/tomb-raider-on-ps4-is-more-definitive-than-on-xbox-o-1508613136

 

I mean look at this crap. Why would you ever read this site again and take it seriously after their "pc ultra" shots of Tomb Raider. Want breaking news on video games? Go to Neogaf.

 

http://kotaku.com/tomb-raider-on-ps4-is-more-definitive-than-on-xbox-o-1508613136

 

PC "Ultra" per Kotaku. I guess Ultra is a DX 9 GPU like a GTX 260...