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[March Climber]

Unless you show some receipts on how leaks are harmful to gamers and customers with these large corporations.

Would you count the Sony/Insomniac leak as detrimental to both?

 

[clarky]

A reckoning? LOL yeah ok, bet everyone is shitting themselves Jase. Fuck off mate.

 

[Hudo]

And of course this son of bitch is there to profit off of this...

I wish Schreier would "go dark".

 

[Dick Jones]

Would someone please think of the marketing and ads department!

You joke but a poorly managed pre release could kill a game. Not having your pr material ready when the game details leak or a poor off screen photo of an old build can affect future sales of the IP.

The Snitch's leaks led to dampening game shows opinions. With no surprises, the highs aren't as high for viewers.

If the new Zelda game was leaked a week ago with all the mechanics and plot, would the excitement be the same. Now think of an IP that doesn't have the strong fanbase and their first impression is based off someone giving cliff notes.

 

[Miles708]

You joke but a poorly managed pre release could kill a game. Not having your pr material ready when the game details leak or a poor off screen photo of an old build can affect future sales of the IP.

The Snitch's leaks led to dampening game shows opinions. With no surprises, the highs aren't as high for viewers.

If the new Zelda game was leaked a week ago with all the mechanics and plot, would the excitement be the same. Now think of an IP that doesn't have the strong fanbase and their first impression is based off someone giving cliff notes.

Game shows have been terrible for more than a decade well before this fabricated leak crisis, as for small games nobody cares enough to leak those (or care about the leak if they should ever happen) while leaks about big games do not lead to less sales, as we saw.

This is all nonsense, because we have been instructed to see even mild copyright violations as something as important as killing a man. It isn't.

 

[Dick Jones]

Game shows have been terrible for more than a decade well before this fabricated leak crisis, as for small games nobody cares enough to leak those (or care about the leak if they should ever happen) while leaks about big games do not lead to less sales, as we saw.

This is all nonsense, because we have been instructed to see even mild copyright violations as something as important as killing a man. It isn't.

I never claimed it's the same as killing man. You went straight for escalation to the extreme than debate. I said that poorly leaked information on a game could damage it. There are fucking idiots in 2024 that honestly believe that Abby is the trans character in The Last of Us: Part II. The game is out 4 years. To claim leaking can damage games is nonsense is in fact nonsense.

 

[Miles708]

I never claimed it's the same as killing man. You went straight for escalation to the extreme than debate. I said that poorly leaked information on a game could damage it. There are fucking idiots in 2024 that honestly believe that Abby is the trans character in The Last of Us: Part II. The game is out 4 years. To claim leaking can damage games is nonsense is in fact nonsense.

By that same account i also remember the puddlegate stemming from the leaked photos of Spider-Man, that was some serious nonsense as well.
But both these games sold great, so at the end of the day this is nothing impactful.
While i understand the frustration I also believe this kind of stuff mainly circles around the usual echo chambers, separated from the general public

 

[SJRB]

Reconing makes it sound like leakers are being executed in the streets, lmao.

Drama queen.

 

[Kamina]

Read the title as „Jason Schreier going dark“, now i am disappointed.

 

[Moses85]

Good summary article by Jason on the recent leaker drama​

 

[Mobilemofo]

Only good rumours was that old Fleetwood Mac album.

And the club in Blackpool where the bar women just wore their bras and knickers.

Good, good times.


I'm told.

 

[FingerBang]

The problem with vaguely hinting at stuff people get mad at you for even that telling you to spill it all or shut up

I love to drop very vague hints of stuff I have heard and most times but don't pick up what I was trying to tease, maybe I should up my game

I think it's not worth sharing in the end, especially when what you heard is years away. Only share publicly what you know after someone else has leaked stuff, and it's safe to do so (in other words, your sources don't get blamed). Shit changes, games get canned, release dates move. You think you're doing something nice, but you just get a ton of hate instead.

Also, I HATE when an entire showcase gets leaked a few hours before it happens. Why do so then and spoil the surprise?

 

[ManaByte]

Pyoro has locked their account after leaking source to Bloomberg reporter

Yesterday Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier wrote an interesting article on video game leakers and one of those was the respected leaker, Pyoro. Jason contacted Pyoro over direct message ahead of the…

mynintendonews.com

 

[Topher]

That’s right kids, only Jason fucking Schreier is allowed to report on rumors and leaks on the internet. Hell, he may even keep them a secret for shits and giggles like the alleged Activision Blizzard sex scandals!

Those aren't leakers though. When journalists do it, they are called "sources".