Exclusive Reviews For Videogames
I'm listening to the Wii-k in Review podcast, and Matt Cassamassina mentioned that companies will often give IGN an exclusive review, but only if the game is going to get above a particular score.
He defends the practice, but he admits that it sounds sleazy. I think it sounds sleazy, and I think it's bad practice. IGN isn't changing their score to appeal to a publisher, but they are guaranteeing good coverage if they get the exclusive review.
I don't know; seems borderline ethical to me.
posted by Derrick @ 3:14 PM
1 Comments:
Not just borderline ethical, but also a bad idea. But, we seem to be in the Era of Bad Ideas, so I'm sure it will go forth.
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