yeah but then both consumers can’t make an informed decision, and those lucky youtubers lose out on content to put out until after the fact. Not to mention those youtubers can’t even monetize a nintendo video without going through some atrocious red tape.
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As long as people are so impatient as to buy things on launch day, even more or less sight-unseen, I’ll appreciate the existence of pre-release reviews to help inform them.
I’m sure the only copies given - were switch ones. And Wii U version was downloaded from nintendo servers it has nothing to do with reviewers
Cracking down on pirates doesn’t mean it should affect early access for reviewers (i mean if you give out ten copies for reviews, and it gets leaked, you pretty much know who to blame there). So no, it’s okay to give out early copies for the expressed purposes of helping out the consumer.
Hell, Nintendo’s biggest…
Reviewers and Youtubers aren’t the issues. They sign non-disclosures before anything is given, meaning they pay big-time if it gets traced back to them. Right now, there are probably a handful of international distribution centers around the world who are ready to ship it to the final retail store, an employee nabs a…
Oh, speaking on Youtubers... I would avoid ready ANY Youtube comments even in unrelated videos. Usually when I’ve been spoiled it’s by something stupid like that (this is doubly true if you’re watching a series like the Game Grumps who happen to be playing through Link: The Faces of Evil right now. Big channel + Zelda…
I don’t think companies should give the games to any sites or youtubers or anyone whatsoever until the game is available to buy for everyone.
As one man-sized baby pointed out on youtube, it’s okay to pirate Nintendo’s games! Never mind that it doesn’t hold up in any measure in terms of ethics and is akin to blaming someone for getting stabbed in a dark alley (they shouldn’t have walked in there).
In any case, sucks when someone fucks up this royally. Then…
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The auto industry is already attempting stuff like this on there end, to force people to use dealership…
I’m a terrible helicopter pilot in most games, but wow does flying a chopper suck in this one. I think the only game that had decent chopper controls was Battlefield Bad Company 2, and the campaign required the use of a chopper so thankfully it was manageable.
Or maybe the assholes are the people demanding a free ROM of the game he spent time and money tracking down.
His game, his decision. He doesn’t owe “preservationists” anything.
And I’m just sitting here at my work in Sweden, pronouncing it “a Hå De TV” :P
H can take an ‘an’ in English grammar if there’s a diphthong after it (i.e. if the ‘h’ is unvoiced.) It’s why we say ‘a hat’ but ‘an hour.’ ‘A horse’, but an ‘[aitch]D’. It’s why it a herb in America but an herb in England (the ‘h’ usually being unvoiced.)
Welcome to Kotaku where they post articles with little to no proofreading or editing. They pretty much have their readers do that work for them.
What kind of pedantic... Seriously, the US and the rest of the English-speaking world pronounce “H” differently. The US pronounces it “aytch” with a silent/no H sound at the beginning of the word, and everyone else pronounces it “haytch” beginning with a hard H sound (as in the word ‘hard’). It’s a simple concept, and…
You could say either “an “aitch-dee” TV” or “a “haitch-dee” TV”, either is correct IMO.
I think the title is meant to be parsed as:
And so comes the whimpering end to a pointless saga.