The issue isn't them putting money towards it. It's illegal (called Payola). When you receive goods, services, or cash in exchange for promoting something you must make it clear that you received compensation for your work and that you aren't an unbiased person. Other folks (completely unrelated to video games) got in trouble for this on the Internet a couple of years ago.
I'm not saying with certainty it WOULD happen, I'm simply saying it COULD happen. Sony wants to have a much larger install base than MS and if a $50 price cut allowed this and they could afford it, I have no doubt that they'd at least consider it in order to reduce sales to MS. Think of it this way, in Sept there will be adequate supply of both consoles. MS announces a $100 price cut and people on the sidelines waiting for a price cut come in to buy. Sony responds with a $50 price cut. At least some of those people are now going to buy a PS4 instead.
then if that's true sadly youtube and companys break the law all the time. the one thing that stands out for me is that EA think it was the need for speed game that came out late 2012 they sent free copys to big macinama partners of the game for them to play it and earn extra money for every 1,000 views they got . it's the same thing that happend this past week with ms and like i said video game companys do it i have even seen companys like pepsi and others do it to promote products.
What you're talking about (with EA) is something that was public. That is NOT payola. My understanding is that the contract for Xbox One stipulated that these YouTubers not tell anyone. THAT is the definition of payola. Why are you defending a crime? I know you're in MS marketing, are you a party to this? Actually, don't answer that.
who says i was defending it? was just saying alot of companys do this with partners of companys like macinma and what not. there has been machinma partners that left machinma because things like this. i know in machinma contracts they state the person singing it they NEVER talk about what they make per 1,000 views and require most of them to do machinma logos on stuff and never bash talk them as company.
Guess what? EA and Microsoft are in for a lot of legal trouble
They may not. It looks like further down in the article from the verge that MS is going with the claim that they had no knowledge of this and as soon as they found out that they suspended the promotion and demanded the videos be put into compliance with regulations/laws. Who knows, that sort of voluntary compliance may get them out of trouble.
Both parties are at fault. Ea and Microsoft should never have told them to keep it a secret
Wow, this was the response Microsoft had for the upcoming Japan release of PS4, which is sure to dominate the headlines and sales numbers, and it is illegal. Good show. Just take a second look at the #XB1M13 promo dates of when it started/would have ended. EA got caught now too? Just keeps getting more interesting.
From the X1 threadWell.... 60 fps is overrated, i have never seen the difference and it will be fine. I mean we have kinect and the systems are selling left and right, I am not worried about that, it isn't really about the games, or the specs, or the resolution, a game is a game... -Timboslice
Id say you about nailed it.
why is this needed to be posted in this thread? im sure if someone wanted to read it they could view it in x1 thread
still don't make it right to post other junk from other forum which is why i reported your post
Lol, its what happens when you freely post things on the internet.
no i just asked simple question why did you see need to post a post on same website from dif forum? never gave me response. im not mad you reposted it but makes no sense why it needs to be in ps4 forum when it's a topic being talked about in x1 forum.
i never posted a thing said in x1 into here was my point. i don't care is reason if someone wanted to read that they could in x1 just because it has ps4 word in it the dude thinks it's ok to re post it here.
Well.... 60 fps is overrated, i have never seen the difference and it will be fine. I mean we have kinect and the systems are selling left and right, I am not worried about that, it isn't really about the games, or the specs, or the resolution, a game is a game... -Timboslice
If you actually knew the definition of context, then you wwould know why he posted that to this thread... let me explain for you. I was the one who mocked you and stated what I am sure your response was to the news of Tomb Raider being 60fps on ps4 vs x1. He then proceeded to prove me right using your post from the xbox thread. There was plenty of reason to use it in this thread to back up what I had said. So he shouldn't be the one that you think is going after you, since I was the one who posted orignally
because as he states over and over again, "I have both consoles, I want both to succeed, I have had an xbox 360 and PS3..." He acts like he is for neither console, but then says remarks that state otherwise... very passively of course, don't want to get in trouble with the mods.
He doesnt have both. He keeps saying he is getting a ps4 in the spring, when second son comes out I think.
He works at shopko lol.
If he is Major Nelson I really want to know how they just turned off the "Always ON" feature and also ask if Angry Joe helped implement said feature by questioning it.
what ever happend to neo. i will admit i do lean to xbox a bit but that guy scared me and started to think he was a troll. he has been gone since week of launch.
dude i would not work at gamestop if that was last job on earth no offense to gamestop workers but storys i hear just down right awful.
