GameSpot Gets More Criticism
January 5th, 2008 by James Hyde in Business, NewsThe whole issue of GameSpot firing Jeff Gertsmann over a Kane & Lynch review has barely blown over, and now former reviewer Frank Provo criticizes the parent company, CNet, for firing Gertsmann for all the wrong reasons, and says that CNet “…intends to soften the site’s tone and push for higher scores to make advertisers happy”.
This is certainly not good news for CNet, especially when it comes from a reviewer who worked for GameSpot for almost 8 years. GameSpot’s credibility is seriously hurt at this point, I doubt anyone will take the site’s reviews seriously any longer.
Provo says it himself in a follow up comment, better than anyone else could have:
Tags: Business, NewsThe GameSpot staff are NOT corrupt. GameSpot itself is NOT the problem. CNet is. CNet’s management is. The problem lies with the puppet masters. Unfortunately, those masters have RUINED GameSpot’s credibility and reputation… a reputation built up for more than a decade.
January 5th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
You know, I thought everybody forgot about this, I’m glad they didn’t. Nobody should take Gamespot seriously, but will this really affect gamespot? I don’t think so. Why? Because people either A) have short memories B) Don’t know about this or C) Don’t care.
January 11th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
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