Those same outlets still review Nintendo games. They just review them late.
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echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
That’s because a lot of the reviews weren’t been read because they weren’t trustworthy, if you reviewed a game poorly (even if it deserved the poor review) the journalist wouldn’t be invited back to review the next game that studio put out or were still the publisher could blacklist you blocking you from potentially dozens of games every year. Nintendo do this all the time.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Rooster326@programming.dev 4 days ago
Nobody is stopping them from buying their own copy, and reviewing at release with an honest review.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah but by then there would already be hundreds of reviews out.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 days ago
Tradition, their egos, money and entitlement seems to be doing a fine job. (but yeah the access journalism model has to go)