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This "article" was written and published at the same time across many different publications. Ars, IGN, and more published this PR piece in full: https://icrowd
by hellcow 6y ago
This "article" was written and published at the same time across many different publications. Ars, IGN, and more published this PR piece in full: https://icrowdnewswire.com/2020/07/10/the-return-of-the-70-video-game-has-been-a-long-time-coming/ https://icrowdnewswire.com/2020/07/10/the-return-of-the-70-v.... Search for this title in DDG and you'll find many results.
The question is, who paid to publish the press release? Pushing a press release through a PR firm that would get you wide coverage like this ain't free, and it doesn't happen on its own.
I haven't seen anybody asking that question or pointing out the conflict of interest.
- evan_ 6y agoThe link you posted sources all of its images from Ars. As in, the src of all of the images is literally pointed at Ars Technica's CDN. "ICrowdNewsWire" is probably just publishing Ars’s RSS feed. If you click around most of the pages on the site are obviously just stolen from elsewhere. It's obviously a link farm.
- syspec 6y agoThe `icrowdnewswire.com` link says it is written by "Kyle Orland" > Kyle Orland is the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. I couldn't find the IGN mirror of the article, but I did find this article which points in the other direction: https://www.ign.com/articles/why-70-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-games-make-sensebut-the-timing-couldnt-be-worse https://www.ign.com/articles/why-70-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-ga... I think this is more a result of NBA2k's decision to charge $10 more for PS5 Xbox Series X titles.
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- pantaloony 6y agoGiven how general the message is, My first guess would be it’s an “industry association” of some sort.
- uses 6y agoI'm not sure what you're trying to say? You can click on the author's name to see he's the senior games editor at Ars. The results on Duckduckgo are generic article spinner SEO spam bot sites that copy and repost articles. And I'm not sure what the "conflict of interest" would be? And who's the PR firm?
- hellcow 6y agoI'm suggesting that Forbes, IGN, and the many other websites that published nearly this exact article at the same time--an article which clearly benefits a game publisher's interests--might not be a coincidence. A dozen journalists arguing in the same week that it's about time we pay more for AAA games... Is more than a little odd.
- aspaceman 6y agoExcept that’s not what happened... And it’s partly because a tweet about it got very popular this week too. There’s definitely industry pressure but it’s not a work like come on.
- gdulli 6y agoI don't see a trace of it on any legit site other than arstechnica. Show us a link from Forbes or IGN if it's on there. The only other sites I see it on are throwaway domains with stolen content. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aforbes.com+The+return+of+the+%2470+video+game+has+been+a+long+time+coming&t=hk&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aforbes.com+The+return+of+th... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aign.com+The+return+of+the+%2470+video+game+has+been+a+long+time+coming&t=hk&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aign.com+The+return+of+the+%...
- NicolasGorden 6y agoGood spotting of a PR sub. Here's another iteration of the PR 'news' piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/07/03/next-gen-games-may-cost-70-its-overdue-also-worrisome/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/07/03/next-g... I'm really impressed by the reach. Hats off to them, if it's not the case of a coincidence.