Kotaku just tells devs they are bigoted, sexist, racist 24/7 even after devs capitulate and bend the knee (mostly making females uglier or covered up). Luminious got fucked over for having a zoomer black character in a terrible looking and running game. Bet luminous focused most of their budget on the wrong things like making sure none of the chars are too pretty.
They probably had a triumphant “fuck around, find out” article pre-written for when Hogwarts Legacy’s sales were shitty, as they fully expected them to be based on what they expected would be a successful boycott led by people on the right side of history. Then that didn’t happen, so after they literally cried and literally shook for about 48 hours, they angrily deleted that draft story and had to write the “gamers is bigots” stories they actually published.
I mean why would you give them access when you know they are gonna pay some green haired twat to shit crappy takes on social commentary and not talk about your game?
That’s weird, eh? Games companies aren’t granting a political news outlet special access to their games. I notice also that Woman’s Day, Model Airplane News, Good Housekeeping, and the Economist are also not granted access, beyond the right to buy the games after release like everyone else.
Well, the editorial team at every outlet chooses what it wants to focus on for its stories. Kotaku made its choice.
Kotaku just tells devs they are bigoted, sexist, racist 24/7 even after devs capitulate and bend the knee (mostly making females uglier or covered up). Luminious got fucked over for having a zoomer black character in a terrible looking and running game. Bet luminous focused most of their budget on the wrong things like making sure none of the chars are too pretty.
Good.
It's [Current_Year], devs can talk to their markets directly with relative ease, they don't need these worthless journos.
If the shoe was on the other foot Kotaku writers would be smirking and saying "fuck around find out lmao".
They probably had a triumphant “fuck around, find out” article pre-written for when Hogwarts Legacy’s sales were shitty, as they fully expected them to be based on what they expected would be a successful boycott led by people on the right side of history. Then that didn’t happen, so after they literally cried and literally shook for about 48 hours, they angrily deleted that draft story and had to write the “gamers is bigots” stories they actually published.
I don't even understand how kotaku is even still around. They should have folded years ago.
They shouldn't have even made it into 2010, let alone 2020, let alone 2023.
They have always been shit.
Lol awesome
Guess the chicken's come home to roost.
Cucco's*
Is there any particular incident that led them to do this or does Nintendo just have the balls to stand up to Kotaku's usual shit?
Why add that last bit? Just to piss off nintendo?
It’s the sort of thing you put in your story when you think you’re invincible, and that consequences are just something that happen to other people.
I dont know about Nintendo but for Square Enix it was definitely because Kotaku kept calling them racist because ff16 didnt have blacks
Someone said kotaku was showing people how to pirate nintendo games.
It took them 15 years but the Japs have finally realized there's no point in giving exclusive access to people who hate them.
I mean why would you give them access when you know they are gonna pay some green haired twat to shit crappy takes on social commentary and not talk about your game?
Kotaku already admitted they are not above pirating. The TotK nsp leaked on /v/ the other day, they shouldn't have any problems.
That’s weird, eh? Games companies aren’t granting a political news outlet special access to their games. I notice also that Woman’s Day, Model Airplane News, Good Housekeeping, and the Economist are also not granted access, beyond the right to buy the games after release like everyone else.
Well, the editorial team at every outlet chooses what it wants to focus on for its stories. Kotaku made its choice.
Nintendo prolly did it cuz ToK is a lazy rehash of the last game with the same map, graphics, and probably same lack of story.
It's basically an expansion for $70
They can complain about gaming politics and make stupid suggestions just as effectively from the back seat.