[The PA Report] Layoffs, studio closures and the risk of developing 'AAA' games

[FriendlyFire]

Didn't quite expect to rile you up that much, that's for sure. I just didn't have the time to read through the entire article but felt the need to mention just how blatant the bias was. I have no specific problem with Nintendo, you or the site, but I have issues when an article that is supposed to be fair has such a heavy bias in favor of one of the actors involved. Its sources may very well be credible, its research may very well be sound, but my first reaction is to think it'll twist things in favor of its bias. Cynical? Sure. Realistic? Most often, yes, as unfortunate as it is.

That you've overreacted this much for such a minor thing is rather surprising to me, though. I merely feel that when something has a known bias, it's important to point it out. It doesn't devalue the article, but it puts it into perspective. No need to start trolling or baiting people who disagree with you, right?

[Gorb]

Still amused, Gorb, keep going... I think you can nitpick harder, don't limit yourself, boy!

Pretty much what FriendlyFire said. Are you going to respond with something constructive, or keep going with these tiring little tidbits of trollbait?

EDIT: halfway through now. The article gets bonus points for slating some guy from Epic simply because he appears to side with the consoles that aren't the Wii/Wii U. I shall paraphrase Hirmy here and state that that isn't the best form of journalistic integrity - to call someone a "snake oil salesman" just because he is pushing for the other side.

Not to mention this fixation on consoles (and yes UE3 powers quite a few console games), when the Unreal Engine technology is more than applicable to PC games development (not even getting started on the UDK and all that provides).

They go as far to quote retail sales as being indicative of a failing market and yet don't mention the indie Xbox Arcade games and such . . . games that they have been mentioning throughout the article as examples of small-team, low-budget games that don't rely on "blockbuster" graphics and interaction. Another contradiction.

I want to like this article. I really do. It has a tonne of information about the scene I didn't know about previously. But whoever wrote it has a large bias for and against specific persons in the industry.

EDITEDIT: finished the article. I don't want to read more of the comments than I have done as it's devolving into Nintendo fanboyism again. Quite a few appreciative remarks, which is good, though. I don't usually expect a lot from any commenters on any article