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class="crumb">Take it from an ex-IGN employee -- their reviewers are not paid off</li></ol></div><table class="board message newbeta msg_list " summary="Message listing"><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770481"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="1"></a><span id="userpop_940770481" class="user uid_6074853"><a data-msgid="940770481" data-userid="6074853" data-username="luckyrusty007" class="name menu_toggle"><b>luckyrusty007</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 12:58:49聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#1</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_1"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">It's insulting to reviewers out there. They aren't paid off -- someone who worked for IGN and is now independent candidly sets the record straight.<br/><br/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgg7_0rBUOA<br/></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770601"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="2"></a><span id="userpop_940770601" class="user uid_4718258"><a data-msgid="940770601" data-userid="4718258" data-username="DeepThroat0" class="name menu_toggle"><b>DeepThroat0</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:01:36聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#2</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_2"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">It isn't that they are literally paid. There is a culture of back scratching that makes it advantageous to give games good review in order to further a "bloggers" career and their publishers image among gaming publishers. It is the same thing as with politicians. You can claim all day that no one directly pays them for services, but pretending that massive campaign donations and other perks don't influence them is f***ing absurd (and that is a defense people use).<br/></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770627"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="3"></a><span id="userpop_940770627" class="user uid_8075208"><a data-msgid="940770627" data-userid="8075208" data-username="RyanDawsom" class="name menu_toggle"><b>RyanDawsom</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:02:17聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#3</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_3"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">https://youtu.be/k_Pm60dmfQk</div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770781"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="4"></a><span id="userpop_940770781" class="user uid_7771797"><a data-msgid="940770781" data-userid="7771797" data-username="HylianLikely" class="name menu_toggle"><b>HylianLikely</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:06:26聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#4</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_4"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">They aren't paid off with money but they do receive more exclusives and early review copies (which attributes to site views and income) if they don't piss the publisher off. There's a new console coming out from Sony and they can't afford to be shut out.<br/><br/>Also, Jeff Gerstmann was fired over a negative review from a heavily advertised game and Jim Sterling has been blacklisted by publishers like Konami and Ubisoft over opinions they didn't like.<br/></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770790"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="5"></a><span id="userpop_940770790" class="user uid_5680144"><a data-msgid="940770790" data-userid="5680144" data-username="tonberrymasta" class="name menu_toggle"><b>tonberrymasta</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:06:35聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#5</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_5"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text"><cite data-quote-id="940770601" data-user-id="4718258">DeepThroat0 posted... </cite><br/><blockquote>It isn't that they are literally paid. There is a culture of back scratching that makes it advantageous to give games good review in order to further a "bloggers" career and their publishers image among gaming publishers. It is the same thing as with politicians. You can claim all day that no one directly pays them for services, but pretending that massive campaign donations and other perks don't influence them is f***ing absurd (and that is a defense people use).</blockquote><br/>Precisely, publishers don't have to buy people off directly, what they can do is use financial leverage to get that person to do or say what they want them to. This is basically the whole point of special interest groups in politics, they aren't so much "donating" as they are ensuring that this person will pursue their interests after they are elected.<br/><br/>Does Sony have the power to "tell reviews what they can and cannot say"? Absolutely, we know that for a fact based on how all the reviews had to agree to only show and talk about certain aspects of the game or face the consequences. None of these reviewers were allowed to give out their opinion freely in the same way that you and I can.<br/></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770899"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="6"></a><span id="userpop_940770899" class="user uid_4715310"><a data-msgid="940770899" data-userid="4715310" data-username="VisceralVenom" class="name menu_toggle"><b>VisceralVenom</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:09:13聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#6</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_6"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">No thanks <br/><br/>Yes they are<br/></div><div class="signature"><div class="sig_text">Libera Te Tutemet Ex Inferis</div></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940770917"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="7"></a><span id="userpop_940770917" class="user uid_6310226"><a data-msgid="940770917" data-userid="6310226" data-username="N7Spectre707" class="name menu_toggle"><b>N7Spectre707</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:09:44聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#7</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_7"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">She addresses those criticisms, guys. In her experience, reviewers are far more worried about their perceived integrity and what the public thinks rather than what the publisher thinks, and she鈥檚 never heard of a publisher pulling access because of a low review score. She says in the video the only time she鈥檚 heard of a publisher getting annoyed at a reviewer is when they break embargo and/or discuss things they agreed not to. That鈥檚 it.<br/></div><div class="signature"><div class="sig_text">"I saw GAMEFAQs with faqs being spelled like faqs instead of facts I figured poor grammar to be welcomed"<br/>-MiKe345675</div></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div><div style="width: calc(100vw - 20px); margin-left: calc(50% - 50vw + 10px);"><div class="js-mapped-ad ad ad_incontent-ad-plus" data-ad-type="incontent-ad-plus"><div class="ad_wrap "></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940771070"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="8"></a><span id="userpop_940771070" class="user uid_5402737"><a data-msgid="940771070" data-userid="5402737" data-username="FireMadePrime" class="name menu_toggle"><b>FireMadePrime</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:13:33聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#8</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_8"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">LOL like we could trust her just because she's a former ign employee LOL<br/></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940771571"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="9"></a><span id="userpop_940771571" class="user uid_6074853"><a data-msgid="940771571" data-userid="6074853" data-username="luckyrusty007" class="name menu_toggle"><b>luckyrusty007</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a><span class="user_info">(Topic Creator)</span></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:25:26聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#9</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_9"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text"><cite data-quote-id="940770601" data-user-id="4718258">DeepThroat0 posted... </cite><br/><blockquote>It isn't that they are literally paid. There is a culture of back scratching that makes it advantageous to give games good review in order to further a "bloggers" career and their publishers image among gaming publishers. It is the same thing as with politicians. You can claim all day that no one directly pays them for services, but pretending that massive campaign donations and other perks don't influence them is f***ing absurd (and that is a defense people use).</blockquote><br/>She explicitly addresses this thought.<br/></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="msg" id="message_940771581"><div class="msg_infobox"><a name="10"></a><span id="userpop_940771581" class="user uid_7283447"><a data-msgid="940771581" data-userid="7283447" data-username="Lyrica" class="name menu_toggle"><b>Lyrica</b> <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></span><span class="post_time" title="6/16/2020 1:25:39聽PM">4 years ago</span><span class="message_num">#10</span></div><div class="msg_body_box" id="msg_10"><div class="msg_body newbeta"><div class="msg_text">It's no use. People will believe what they want to believe even in the face of proof. Multiple reviewers have come out and said they are not paid to give good scores and that scores reflect their honest opinions, yet people completely ignore them with "Yes they do get paid because I said they do."<br/></div><div class="signature"><div class="sig_text">Official Tarkat Plague of the MK Boards</div></div></div><div class="msg_below_clear"></div><div class="msg_below"><span class="action_after"></span></div></div></td></tr></table><div class="tinynav bottom"><ol class="crumbs"><li class="crumb"><a href="/web/20241218160339/https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards">Boards</a></li><li class="crumb"><a href="/web/20241218160339/https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/202466-the-last-of-us-part-ii">The Last of Us Part II</a></li><li class="crumb">Take it from an ex-IGN employee -- their reviewers are not paid off</li></ol></div></div></div> <div id="quoted_message"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('.edit_time, .post_time, .report_dialog li').tooltip({ position:{ at:"right+5 center"},tooltipClass:'tooltip' }); forum_convert_links(2, '.msg .msg_body .msg_text'); $(".msg_body img, .msg_body video").unveil(); $('.msg_body > blockquote > blockquote > blockquote').addClass('h_bq').parent().parent().addClass('tl_bq'); $('blockquote.tl_bq').each(function() { var msgid = $(this).parents('.msg_body').attr('name'); $(this).find('.h_bq').before('<blockquote class="expand_quote" data-msgid="'+msgid+'"><a onclick="forum_toggle_quotes('+msgid+')"><i class="fa fa-expand"></i> show hidden quote(s)</a></blockquote>'); }); $('s').click(function() { $(this).toggleClass('spoil_on') }); $('a.menu_toggle').click(function(e){ e.stopPropagation(); var mid = $(this).attr('data-msgid'); var uid = $(this).attr('data-username'); forum_toggle_user_menu(mid,uid); }); $(document).click(function(e){ if($('.user_submenu').has(e.target).length==0 && !$('.user_submenu').is(e.target)) $('.user_submenu').remove(); }); }); </script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241218160339/http://schema.org", "@type":"DiscussionForumPosting", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type":"VideoGame", "name":"The Last of Us Part II", "url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20241218160339/https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/202466-the-last-of-us-part-ii", "image":"/a/box/0/3/8/620038_thumb.jpg", "description":"Five years later After a deadly journey across post-pandemic USA, Ellie and Joel settle down in Wyoming. 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