Comment on Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says

• Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So in your world every review is only ever done by an “influencer?” Cause that would make a massive swath of the public “influencers” when generally those guys get paid.

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  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    You DO realize the entire point of a review is to influence others, right? Like, just because someone isn’t getting paid (also, the vast majority of the reviews people actually read/watch are either paid content or attempts at building a userbase) doesn’t mean they aren’t an influencer.

    And yeah. While I would very much not say “a massive swath of the public” are influencers… a LOT of people online are influencers. Just like anyone who goes to the gym or plays b-ball in their driveway are actually athletes. They just aren’t professionals.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You DO realize the entire point of a review is to influence others, right?

      No, the entire point of a review is to inform others.

      But keep trying. I’m sure you’ll get it one day.

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    • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah I just don’t consider things like Steam Reviews or things of the sort to make someone be considered an influencer. They sure as shit aren’t being paid, an if they are, than im owed a substantial amount of money.

      The point of the reviews I read are ones that summarize, explain, and detail what an actual game is. The more neutral toned the better.

      I would not consider simple reviews by your every day person to be someone I would EVER call an influencer, and if you tried, they would just be confused.

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You don’t consider reviews influencers because you are a sane person with two functioning neurons to rub together.

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