@mosdl said:
@HatKing said:
@mosdl said:
@HatKing said:
Out of curiosity - and this probably isn't the place for it, but whatever - do you have an idea of why publishers embargo reviews until the release day? I mean, I get it if they know the game was disappointing, but this hardly seems like a bad game. I mean, THQ isn't doing great financially, and I think a few positive reviews right before launch might help push some of those on the fence. Feel free to educate this fool.
If you break their rules I am sure they won't be sending you any more review copies.
Oh, yeah, I get that. I was just wondering what the publisher's thought process is. I mean, maybe I'm naive, but I'd hope that a publisher would be confident about what they're putting out. In reality, do day one sales really mean that much? It's the shelf life. Really by embargoing the review until the day of release they're only hurting their biggest fans who want to know if the game keeps up. But, maybe I just don't get it.
You are thinking like a gamer. Since pre-orders and the first batch of sales numbers are important for business reasons (stock price, etc), they want to delay any potential negative information as much as possible. Those rules probably help sales of bad games, but you could argue that it mgiht hurt good games.
I guess that's kind of my point. Are they really not confident this is a good game? It's certainly no Call of Duty, so it can use all the good press it can get. I mean, I've only played a few hours, but even still, I have no doubt in my mind that this game would get generally positive reviews. The way I look at it, THQ is in trouble. They need help. This game is one of their biggest of the year (their only?), and not that many people are aware of what it is. I mean, if they marketed this as the loot based game that it is, that'd help a lot, but they didn't, and nobody really knows (general public) what Darksiders is. So, that all in mind, why didn't they just allow the reviews to go up, like, a week ago to start generating some hype? I mean, it's either corporate bullshit (seems likely) or a lack of confidence (which seems rather absurd considering). I mean, I'm not mad about the situation, just - concerned. THQ is a good company, generally, and I'd hate to see them go because they're making silly marketing mistakes.
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