Sessler & co. tweet about "bad news" concerning the industry

It's nice of certain people in the press to get vocally upset about something when it affects them.

@chaser324:

GB, now featuring exclusive coverage of all PS4 and XB1 games one week ahead of launch.

GB will not be covering next gen, they will be in fact doing quicklooks for the entire 3do, turbografx, sega cd and dreamcast libraries.

Looks like GB got the good end of this deal.

How can anyone have these types of exclusives? I guess if it is before launch. Once the product is out it is fair game for anybody right?

@chaser324 said:

Let's not forget that console launches are huge for game sites and that it's also a matter of principle and editorial content is that much more of a problem. This is also why certain people are worried/bullish on this while others are not. Still, there was already enough tension when sites like IGN get anything arbitrarily exclusive to all other outlets and anything like that again is not good for such a pivotal moment in games.

To be honest that sounds way better.

https://twitter.com/Laughing__Man_/status/394331512415326209

That is the question he did not answer....

this would be better than covering next gen.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=87628981&postcount=1056

I am 100% sure that Microsoft will get a ton more coverage than Sony. There is no conspiracy theory here, the simple truth is that Sony are providing one debug unit to one video outlet in North America (I don’t know about the rest of the world) and only a select few “wordy/written/text” based outlets.

And before the question is asked, I don’t actually know why Sony doesn’t want established video outlets to have access to video footage of their console before or after launch. It has never been done before.

In my mind this is a huge mistake and I seriously doubt that, that decision was made in SCEA, but rather at the HQ in Japan. The folks over there need to settle down and have a box of juice or something, because as someone that develops games, I want to get in front of as many eyeballs as possible.

I don’t know the reason behind this, but I do know that it is like giving Xbox a free advertisement on every 3rd party game review until Sony completes their inevitable…../Drum Roll 180.

The other reason behind this is that until Sony allows video capture with unrestricted HDCP, reviewers won’t actually be able to review third party games on the PS4 as they will want to do post production.

That said, Sony are not stupid, they have already said that they will remove the HDCP restrictions –to paraphrase “We get it, you want this and we will resolve this issue after launch”.

Can someone please tell me when I should start running down the street screaming? Do I keep my clothes on while I do this? I need more vague tweets!

http://blog.jeffgerstmann.net/post/65202822791/without-getting-into-details-im-sure-you-wont-get

Jeff seems to be out of the loop.

Oh no! Is the Homestar Runner crossover game with Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire cancelled!?

@golguin:

Shirt on, pants off, hats optional. Go forth young one.

more vague tweets?

Wait...am I reading that...Sony is only sending out one review unit? And heavily compromising footage used?

@bigjeffrey: Pretty sure that tweet is just a random reference to something in The Stanley Parable.

So, my guess is something with monetization of youtube content. youtube-only coverage is still a smallish group of people.

Not today. Yes. All will be revealed. At a point in time. Probably.

My guess it has more to do with Game Journalism than Video Games themselves. The Console makers seem to want to kill gaming news sites or bypass them directly.

but crap, this sucks. Why say anything at all? Just leads to some dark speculation that probably helps no one

OK, fine! I boosted the multiplayer achievement in Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords! It's out in the open! Stop tiptoeing around it! I admit it! I'm not proud of it, but there it is!

"It is about making balanced coverage of a console launch damn near impossible though."

-AnnoyedGamer

That seems to work with what Dent said on Gaf.

???

The industry is now saved.

Game commentators are no longer allowed to talk about anything beside the game mechanics. Opinions on non-gameplay elements are disallowed in the next gen.

I have to imagine this is a situation in which said company decided to fuck over Adam and a few others in a specific way and Adam feels personally affected because if they can just do that, why put up with it and why comply? A dude like that would not tolerate being rolled over and I'm sure this is him dealing with that as we speak. I'm sure this will get proper news story coverage soon, assuming that he's also not forced to sign some shitty NDA on top of all this.

@cbk486: Dude sessler breakdown.

Sessler sounds pitiful at this point.

so no screaming when the art or a character model scares you? LPs are dead!

Seems like Sony is fucking themselves. They said it is not Xbox related so...

Ok here is the intresting parts

eveloper costs using a smallish studio as an example:

Xbox One Dev Kits 10 X $500.00= $5,000.00

Sony PS4 Dev kits 10X $2,500.00= $25,000.00

I am 100% sure that Microsoft will get a ton more coverage than Sony. There is no conspiracy theory here, the simple truth is that Sony are providing one debug unit to one video outlet in North America (I don’t know about the rest of the world) and only a select few “wordy/written/text” based outlets.

And before the question is asked, I don’t actually know why Sony doesn’t want established video outlets to have access to video footage of their console before or after launch. It has never been done before.

In my mind this is a huge mistake and I seriously doubt that, that decision was made in SCEA, but rather at the HQ in Japan. The folks over there need to settle down and have a box of juice or something, because as someone that develops games, I want to get in front of as many eyeballs as possible.

I don’t know the reason behind this, but I do know that it is like giving Xbox a free advertisement on every 3rd party game review until Sony completes their inevitable…../Drum Roll 180.

The other reason behind this is that until Sony allows video capture with unrestricted HDCP, reviewers won’t actually be able to review third party games on the PS4 as they will want to do post production.

That said, Sony are not stupid, they have already said that they will remove the HDCP restrictions –to paraphrase “We get it, you want this and we will resolve this issue after launch”.

In the meantime, any blogger, youtuber or video reviewer will be able to slap an Elgato capture card on their Xbox One and do their reviews on the Xbox SKU.

Hence, free ad’s

I do appreciate the bit of exposure I have had recently of A. Sessler, but this wraps it up nicely. I hate the old run around in circles . Even if it does truly portend.

In fact, that is what makes it bad. Then worse. Then f**ing terrible and life altering!

DAMN!!!!!!!

Unless I am totally reading them wrong, the stuff Dent mentioned can't be the same stuff Sessler is freaking out about, right? If what Dent says is true, that would be an annoyance for press stuff before launch, but nowhere near enough to consider "new professional avenues." Unless I'm totally misreading/misunderstanding all this stuff.

You guys this means Jeff's video reviews can be "sweded" footage like Be Kind Rewind! They said the reason they don't do more video reviews is cause capturing footage is so time consuming!

Jeff practically video reviewed Shenmue that way with that crossing the street/I'm thirsty Build a Bomb video.

Human emotions are not next gen.

Humans are not next gen. there is only the One.

I wish I had that streak of animalistic, tribal fandom in me, then maybe I could better understand NeoGaf shit.

We are video game.

I hope scoops is on the case.

Likely has to do with Youtube-centric review groups/sites. I'm guessing they're pulling a no monetizing copyrighted footage thing.

Rev3 has been awesome and I want Sess and Tara and intern Nick to be alright.

But if not, I guess Max chose a good time to bail.

Search your feelings, duder. The streak of tribal fandom was inside you all along.

I can't imagine this has anything to do with posting video footage online, both consoles have Twitch integration built in. The exclusive coverage notion makes sense to me though, in which case I guess I won't learn anything until it's on GB. As long as it doesn't effect GB I don't really care. The rest of video game journalism can burn.

It looks like Sony is being super strict on what happens with their launch stuff.

You know, if you hate being vague, maybe don't be really fucking vague and doomsday to your relatively large number of followers?