Cheers I thought there was something specifically about gamespot. Microsoft should add users reviews to their ecosystem like steam, being able to see a bunch of users reviews from people who have to at least have the game to post a review (even if they do refund it) tends to give me a much better idea about a game than trawling through the cesspool of gaming media and metacritic.
I've seen people mention that at that moment in time was when GameSpot reviewed Gears of War 5 as a 7/10 game.
They removed the review system some time ago..
Steam review system works well enough cuz people are on keyboards and can type out a reasonably lengthy and thoughtful review. I dont see that same situation happening with consoles, and especially without a very thought-through way to prioritize 'better' reviews rather than just a blast of typical idiots posting whatever.
Why would all of the regulators have this? Why would Microsoft willingly disclose this? And if the communique is not as damning as is speculated, why are Microsoft trying so hard to suppress release? Really bad typos? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1) It could be info that is private and unrelated.
If it was unrelated then it would be outside the scope of disclosure. Sealed means it's within the scope of disclosure and the party is trying to prevent it's disclosure.
The case is focussing on Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Microsoft attempted to argue that Sony's future plans are relevant to the need/desire to acquire more studios, and the court disagreed - along with a request that the annual performance reviews of senior PlayStation executives were relevant to their aacquiisiom as well, and that court also disagreed.
Starfield already has a negative review on meta critic
I never disagreed, nor agreed, with the point. My point is only that the SM example is irrelevant to that discussion. Indeed, it's poor evidence for a lot of discussions around exclusivity due to its unique situation, Disney itself looking for an exclusive partner and both being considered at the same time.
Is that from a Sony fanboy?
Usually it does not happen months before a game is released.
Yeah it does. I don't want to dredge up every game this has happen to, but games like TLoU2, Forspoken, Days Gone, Halo Infinite, and so-on, were receiving negative reviews and/or scores days/weeks/months prior to their respective release dates. IMHO, the worst offenders are the well-known gaming streamers or content personalities (influencers!) who purposely criticize a game over some held bias or incel view, which has led to certain games being reviewed bombed.
