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To the point I would like to propose a gamer wide ban on Midway, Sony Sports and Ubi Soft until they cut this childish act out and allow EGM to cover their games in a timely fashion. I'm going to sell off my Ubi Soft collection which includes Prince of Persia: Sands of Time unfortunately.
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And calling for a 'gamer wide ban' or selling your games collection is not childish?
Ho ho, selling my used games will sure show these companies! They don't even lose any profit from that, so the gesture has no meaning (outside of your own head), unless you see it as some high moral act (which, yes, is childish).
How can they
not allow EGM to cover their games, by the way? The only thing these companies can do is not send out preview copies and similar material, and they have a right to do that for any reason whatsoever. The reason they are providing that material in the first place is to get good publicity and consequentially raise sales. If they feel that EGM does more harm than good for their publicity, they are entitled to take an action in response to that. They have no obligation to be equally fair to all games magazines in the world. I honestly don't see this as something over which to have fits of nerd rage.
Another thing; it's not as if this is some shocking new development. Games journalism has been this way for a very long time, and it certainly isn't limited to the companies targeted here. The way EGM is bringing it up right after the Gamespot scandal makes it appear that they are banking on the readership going 'RAARH YEAH, FIGHT THE POWER, SUPPORT OUR FALLEN, ROTUND HERO GERSTMANN; YOU GO, EGM'.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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