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Kotaku: Gametrailers "Blows It "

So I poked the console-wars snake last week and learned a big Fat Albert lesson about people's feelings in the process. Gametrailers, with a longer history than me, not so much.
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Published: 594 days 21 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3
 
 

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skv007 - 594 days 21 hours ago
1 - lol a biased site talking about a biased review
Now 1 thing they both have in common! xD
Even though it was the reviewer/footage dude's fault, GT has its fault for passing it.
1.1 sephiroths_revenge | 594 days 21 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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season007 - 594 days 21 hours ago
1.2 - well it surely shows us HOW to beat a dead horse...
that's pretty lame and low imo
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Condoleezza Rice - 594 days 20 hours ago
1.3 - "PEOPLE ARE MAKIGN IT LOOK LIKE A MONSTER"
Thankfully they're failing at that;Look at what happened to Gamespot,considered to be the worst site to go to for Ps3 reviews and articles.They're now an absolute joke,they could give MGS4 a 0/10 and Ps3 owners wouldn't care,they could give MGS4 a 10/10 and Ps3 owners wouldn't care.They lost the one thing that kept them in business;Gamer support.

Now we have GameTrailers in the same Boat;banning users for no reason-deleting threads for no reason-blocking communication-and others,I say they need to just quit the entire comparison thing for good,because trust me;They will NEVER regain the lost credibility there.
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anh_duong - 594 days 20 hours ago
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how can gametrailer say that the ps3 has bad crash dynamics when the video they showed actualy had a ps3 footage dressed up as an xbox footage showing what they claim to be as an example of great crash dynamics - something they claim the ps3 version doesn't have? sony should stop relationships with them for a reason. in this case the reason to embargo gt is a fair one because you don't feed the hand that bites you.
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anh_duong - 594 days 19 hours ago
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i have just been on the phone directly to the gametrailer team and they assured me that it was all a mistake. they also said that they endeavour to ALWAYS 100% OF THE TIME show ps3 games in the most favourable light. To prove this fact they just sent me pictures of the latest equipment they used to capture all PS3 multiplatform games for side by side comparisons. After seeing the pictures of the ps3 screenplay capture equipment (SEE ATTACHED IMAGES) i have no reason to not believe in their integrity.

collection of gametrailer ps3 screen capture technologies:

http://www.rewindmuseum.com...

http://www.rewindmuseum.com...

http://www.rewindmuseum.com...

they even said that some of the recording equipment is state of the art SONY BRANDED hidef capture equipment:

http://www.rewindmuseum.com...
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Tmac - 594 days 19 hours ago
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LOL. anh_duong that was pure genius.
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SlyGuy - 594 days 18 hours ago
1.7 - ROFLMAO
that was hilarious
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anh_duong - 594 days 18 hours ago
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and all the ps3 games are tested by the gametrailer team in specially constructed scientific "immersive gaming studios" to give that ultra hidef gaming experience:

http://www.rewindmuseum.com...

now i am wracked with guilt for ever doubting gametrailer's gaming integrity .

shame on you sony fanboys for misjudging gametrailer's honesty!
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gamersday08 - 594 days 17 hours ago
1.9 - Did you eye-witness them capture it?
Hi anh_duong, it's funny watching you shamelessly points that out. I can claim I have Rolls Royce but actually I don't. It's just a claim, even they have, they probably screwed up using it.

Point is, did you see them using the equipment correctly? They probably never had what you claimed at the first place.
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PSMonster21 - 594 days 15 hours ago
1.10 - @gamersday
Damn son, i feel bad for you. Hint...click on the links anh_duong posted.
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prowiew - 594 days 5 hours ago
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I hear they where using a mod that allow to play a game on 360 using the ps3 controller
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Lifendz - 594 days 2 hours ago
1.12 - I don't get all the hate...
Sony has given us quality gaming for the past decade plus. Then all of sudden MS releases 360 and people turn their nose up at the PS3? Not even that, some are going out of their way to bash the system. I've said before that my only gripe against 360 was the hardware failure. Not being able to use any HDD and having to pay for XBL are a distant second. I read the hardware specs when both were coming out and all these critics agreed the PS3 was the more powerful machine. Some devs disagreed but I'm speaking in gaming journalism.

Maybe it's because I'm not in my teens anymore and I work and have a family that I'm not in a rush for Sony to show it's entire hand. Maybe that's how I, and others, can wait for quality games, Homes, etc.
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Relcom - 594 days 21 hours ago
2 - It was just a matter of time
before the blogs catch wind of this.
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Condoleezza Rice - 594 days 21 hours ago
3.1 - Kotaku are just dying for attention
I honestly liked these guys before they made it their personal agenda to be the laughing stock of this industry through lame,biased,and absolutely ridiculous articles.

Joystiq is now in my bookmarks
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BulletToothtony - 594 days 20 hours ago
3.2 - @ Rice
i spent about 1 year in the joystiq website and trust me dude... i felt that kotaku was less biased..

joystiq it's really really incredibly biased.. even now, just go back a few pages back and look at how they just trashed the ps3 with GTA4, really MAKING it look like it was the only one with freezing problems.. they even had a poll about freezing issues and the 360 and ps3 were almost neck to neck and yet they kept posting crap about the ps3.

Right away they put another post about the "12 Step to fix your Ps3" and they put all that crap that didn't even helped.

Just go to their comment section and you'll see why they do it.. because 80% of their readers are ps3 haters, so they keep their audience happy.

Even when Mgs4 that it was gonna use a 50gb BD disc they're the ones suggesting that it was probably lack of compression.. i mean they may post positive ps3 news but they twist them as to doubt and fud just in order to flaimbait.

i got so sick of it.. only reason why i visit like once a week at the most it's just to check if they have changed.. but nope. They gotta keep their audience happy hating the ps3..
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PLiPhaze - 594 days 19 hours ago
3.3 - @ CViper
Nail, Hammer, Head
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BulletToothtony - 594 days 16 hours ago
3.4 - Even now you can see it
They posted the new GeOW2 video within like 6 hours, and yet they never posted anything about the new killzone2 video.. why cause it just shows how great the ps3 is...

I'm not sayin that GeOw2 looks bad, i'm just saying how a website can't deal with some TRUE and AMAZING ps3 news.. they just can't deal with it, so they just don't post it
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alle28 - 594 days 21 hours ago
4 - damn
I really liked gametrailers before, but now when EVERBODY knows that they lie, and maybe had lied before they really make me vomit on their stupid GT logo...

Am I right gamer-friends?
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sexybeast69 - 594 days 21 hours ago
4.1 - I cant believe they would stoop wthis low
So Now im not going to Gametrailers or Gamespot becuase they are both worthless. Duck you Guys.
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decapitator - 594 days 21 hours ago
4.2 - Few words:
Gamersyde is where its at.
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Condoleezza Rice - 594 days 21 hours ago
4.3 - ^ If Gamersyde start providing HD Videos and a show or two
Then they'll be getting all my GameTrailers clicks,period.
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ustayclassyn4g - 594 days 20 hours ago
4.4 - gamesyde
looks like a pretty cool site thanks for the info:) try ripten, pretty much unbiased too,ign for the most part also. bias is ruining all these websites right now but they have nothing to gain from being biased, what gives?
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CrazzyMan - 594 days 18 hours ago
4.5 - i believe this incident could make them to be less harsh on ps3
and that would be a good thing. =)
Less bias toward ps3.
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Ace Ventura - 594 days 21 hours ago
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This is getting kinda trippy.
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eagle21 - 594 days 21 hours ago
6 - That is sad.
"In an attempt to show cooler crash physics on the 360, they used PS3's instead — easily identifiable by the controller map in the lower left corner. Doh!"

Whoever disagrees, please state why.
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Homicide - 594 days 18 hours ago
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The disagreers are just 360 fanboys. Ignore them.

Gametrailers really screwed up this time. They've been busted for what they would always do, make the 360 version better.
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Will-UK - 594 days 1 hour ago
6.2 - Gametrailers are soo stupid
i bet they'll just try and cover it up
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Tmac - 594 days 21 hours ago
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A biased side, ridiculing another biased site. Oh the irony!
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PoSTedUP - 594 days 21 hours ago
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i dont reli go to GT but as some of you do, its bull, just play your games and dont worie about what some 1 else is playing, remember every 1 has different taste.
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alle28 - 594 days 21 hours ago
8.1 - true
its true that everyone have different taste when it comes to everything. But I went to gametrailers site to check wich game i would buy, and now when I know that they lied, I can't rely on them anymore.

Can somebody give me some other reliable sites?
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Le-mo - 594 days 21 hours ago
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If I were Gametrailers I would fire the guys/gals who made the video comparison. How could you not notice the mistake? Even if it was intentional, at least take some time to cross out the Playstation buttons on the bottom left.
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v1c1ous - 594 days 21 hours ago
10 - so where were you guys when they used PGR for gran turismo?
or they had that ps3 cutout in front of a 360 in australia playing videos?

stop with the conspiracy theories sheesh.

yes GT f'ed up. don't need to have a freaking coronary over it.

and lol kotaku.
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WAR_MACHINE77 - 594 days 14 hours ago
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the only way they have any chance of handling this is if they close down the site and re-open under a new name.
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Timesplitter14 - 594 days 21 hours ago
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I KNEW there was something wrong with GT comparisons! It goes all the way back to the launch titles. GT was always turning down the contrast and turning up the brightness on the PS3 side, making it look more washed out.

DAMN YOU, GAMETRAILERS.

They've caused misinformation that did a big blow to the PS3 side.
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season007 - 594 days 21 hours ago
11.1 - i doubt they intentionally turn it down...
they probably have two TVs one for PS3 one for xbox360...and the settings stay the same all the time to avoid the waste of time tuning every single time they need to trash talk about PS3 games
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DrakenSilverwing - 594 days 20 hours ago
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if anything this accually just helps the PS3, ppl will now know how biased they where and will always just assume the PS3 version is better from now on, no matter what they show.. its happened before they just got caught big this time.., they know they are in the wrong when you can't even contact them and they have deleted ALOT of threads..
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kazuma - 594 days 21 hours ago
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honestly is anyone surprised? i really am not...i mean they told ppl ps3 captures suck because they couldn't capture ps3 image through hdmi and whatnot (cause hey i still remember seeing every game in ps3 with massive grey on it) (also i don't even know if they're capturing x360 stuff through hdmi on the new ones rly) then ppl started bitxing and they were like "oh if u really want it...we can do it i guess" i mean honestly just kill those comparisons the only thing they're good for is to give fanboys their nourishment so their species can survive
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lociefer - 594 days 21 hours ago
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rofl a 360 fanboys site bashin another 360 fanboys site , now here's something you dont see everyday
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tweaker - 594 days 21 hours ago
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Not really surprised.
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Skerj - 594 days 20 hours ago
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Wow, when Kotaku calls someone out for being biased you've f*cked up son.
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HighDefinition - 594 days 20 hours ago
15.1 - lol.
Ya know?
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PLiPhaze - 594 days 19 hours ago
15.2 - ROFL
Ain't that the truth!
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niall77 - 594 days 20 hours ago
16 - still I bet in 2 weeks GT comparasins will be aproved here
and fanboys will be fight over who has the best version of a game no one will buy

and it will start all over again.

just like we have gamespot reviews even if no one belives a word they say
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PLiPhaze - 594 days 16 hours ago
16.1 - What's worse than this incident
Is, all that you said is 100% truth
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justgamez - 594 days 20 hours ago
18 - Irony at it's best
Kotaku has b@llz
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