Publishers very tightly control everything you see pre-release, and this move makes it impossible for decent reviews at launch.
Games press should treat Bethesda in the manner it wants, avoid covering the games then publish a 3000 word review a few months after launch
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Reviews aren't everything, ofc, and Bethesda series' enormous sales encourage this kind of power-grab. They'll sell anyway, they reckon.
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So it's up to punters. Bethesda says they'll buy it anyway, and we don't want reviews hurting sales. Their prerogative. We'll see I guess.
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Also their flagship games, Fallout and TES, tend to launch in a terribly buggy and messy state. You *are* much better waiting!
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Media have played their game wonderfully & will continue to, though - Fallout & Skyrim are SEO gods, so much coverage.
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Yep ofc. Too juicy to resist.
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Rockstar were the prototype for all of this, of course. We'll give you nothing and you'll fucking like it.
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why would Bethesda care about random bloggers?
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like that's going to happen. it should, but it never will
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