Age of Conan

Originally posted by neonaka

 

 

 

Im manager of Best Buy, I have Sony come in and they say we will give you our products. They put the products on the shelf. Ok now Best buy just starteded a review of products whatever. Well one of the best buy employee reviews just Ragged on a Sony product the XBR4 Bravia i mean really roasted it. Sony sends a letter to the manager saying hey get rid of this dude or you lose our products. Hmm you let me know what they are going to do.

Originally posted by Goldknyght

Originally posted by Khalathwyr

Yeah, I am serious. I used to work for Hilton Hotels Corporation and I can't tell you how many whiny HHonors members would call complaining about a hotel staff member and demanding they be fired. Guess what, the staff members are still their working :D What was your Diamond VIP account number by the way? (for the mods, I really don't want the account number and if he has one and posts it, noone else can do anything with it unless they have his picture ID. Well, I could have the account closed, but I have better things to do with my time :P )

ROFLMAO on this one. Your analogy wont work because as you just said you work for the hilton the costumer has no say so. Now if a board of members of the hilton chain says to fire you it will happen best believe dat haha. your so funny keep going please.

But hey, you just want to argue and not actually listen to ideas from other people who have experience in aspects of life you don't. As proven with your back and forth with Stradden, you just want the "last word". Anything anyone says that doesn't agree with your view you disregard. So, there really is no point in continuing a conversation with you. Best of luck in whatever you do. You'll need it.

(taking bets now that he has to have one more reply to this to have the last word)

Can we please go back on topic?

This is not the General Discussion / Off Topic forums.

Originally posted by Khalathwyr

 

It will work as I have a realistic idea of how much revenue Diamond VIP members generate for Hilton Hotels Corporation per year and you don't. Suffice it to say it is more than the hundred of thousands Eidos was paying Gamespot.

 

But hey, you just want to argue and not actually listen to ideas from other people who have experience in aspects of life you don't. As proven with your back and forth with Stradden, you just want the "last word". Anything anyone says that doesn't agree with your view you disregard. So, there really is no point in continuing a conversation with you. Best of luck in whatever you do. You'll need it.

(taking bets now that he has to have one more reply to this to have the last word)

I dont want the last word. That seems to be you guys. Stradden and me didnt go back and forth he said what he had to say i said what i had to say and we both took what we both said for what it was worth. People like you keep this sherade going and i am happy to keep it going. i have nothing better to do. Eidos prolly has more to do with gamespot then what people are making it out to be or else it would be just like everyone is saying. Gamespot reviews and previews games. They want to do review every game in the line up. If Eidos is going to take there business away from them or fix it they are going to fix it. Just like with hilton honors diamond vip. If some employee is treating there diamond vip they are going axe that employee. the consumer has no say in this. i dont know why you guys keep trying to put some holy grail on consomers. Gamespot is still running fine. people are still visiting the site and people still love there reviews. just because they lost 20 people because they fired someone means ABSOLUTLY NOTHING to them just like with anything. your getting away from the facts and i keep dishing them out.

In an attempt to get this back on topic, I have a  question about this overall thread:

1. How does the fact that, even if this is true (to the extent the arguments here assume), how does this equate to worries about Age of Conan? In other words, why as a consumer should I be concerned about Eidios involvement? Its not like their pressure on Gamespot did a lot; there are 1000s of reviewers and review sites out there.

My point is that all we have is circumstantial evidence that the events occured as it is stated they did. And also, other than Eidios LIMITED involvement with Age of Conan, how does it effect me, a future player of AOC? Shady dealings, back-room deals and this type of thing happens all the time in the public and private sector. This is just one case of probably 100s that don't get reported. I am not saying that its right, and I am truly sorry that the reviewer got terminated because I think he was good at his job (and I really liked his reviews), but this one instance should not equate to doom cast all over Age of Conan like many seem to think it will. If we took every unethical business practice into account and tried to prevent ourselves from being affiliated with any company that does something questionable, I think we would probably have to live in a very very secluded area with little contact from the outside world.

If you want proof of what I am talking about, do a little research into how Wal-Mart treats its suppliers and certain employees.

EDIT: Clarity and typos

All said and done, none of this makes the blindest bit of difference to me regarding wthether I will buy this game.

I never rely on one review anyway - and find that in aggregate the broad picture emerging from multiple reviewers is not too bad.

I tend to find that games in the 90s in metacritic are genuinely better than games in the 70s... shenanigans notwithstanding. If a review site is stupid enough to score according to ad dollars received, it won't be long til it loses credibility and clicks.. and therefore more advertising dollars in the long run.

It just wasn't some "reviewer" either, it was one of the best reviewers in the industry, Jeff Gerstmann.

Originally posted by solareus

It just wasn't some "reviewer" either, it was one of the best reviewers in the industry, Jeff Gerstmann.

Well if he was the best review in the industry he would of known what not to do and would of chose a more tact-ful way to roast this game