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I had literally no idea parts of the games media were this totally fucked until Shenmue III was announced. Maybe it's all three, or maybe it's none. Or is it just out of a desire for clicks? You must have very dark intent if you abuse your position as a "trusted" member of the press like this.
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Is it malicious intent? If you're that malicious over a niche video game some people like, then you're petty on a scale nobody would ever be able to fathom.Is it ignorance? Sure, maybe, and human fallacy like that can be forgiven because it happens to us all. Is this level of inaccuracy and obfuscation happening with every game that is covered by these sites? Why has this happened over and over with Shenmue III? Why are there continuing assertions that Sony is funding Shenmue III when it has been proven over and over that this isn't the case? Why did Eurogamer cheapen a great interview with Yu Suzuki by making money the focus of the title? Why does Ben Kuchera's weird, ranty hateboner thinkpiece about Shenmue III exist as legitimate journalist from a grown ass man? Why is this happening again, and again? Is Eurogamer's reputation as a respected games media website being abused in doing this? It's crazy how transparent this level of manipulation is, and even crazier that people are falling for it. In the case of Eurogamer I'm very frustrated that they did actually present the story correctly, but buried the parts that proved there is no cause for alarm directly at the bottom of the article and masked it with an alarmist title. Inferring or outright stating that PayPal backers of Shenmue 3 would not get the items they paid for is ridiculous and a straight lie, it is an affront to the profession of journalism that the above examples could not be bothered to do the minimum amount of effort to get the story right from a research and presentation standpoint.
#Shenmue 3 paypal update#
This Kickstarter update was made on the 3rd of December, it is only the fourth update scrolling down the updates tab (third if you're not a backer), it is a public update, and the above quote? The first full paragraph of that update.Ĭongrats games journalists, I didn't think you were lazy enough to forego less than a minute of research, but you proved me wrong.