So even in the ‘halcyon’ days of the eighth generation (PS4-Xbone) the media was still very (like overly) even-handed when appraising the gaming landscape. I remember many articles after the greatest PlayStation E3’s ever of 2016 & 2017 where Xbox were basically non-existent, that many of the mainstream gaming media ‘scored’ those E3’s an even draw… when the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.
Well there is no doubt that Xbox has upped their game this gen… but upping your game from having literally no game(s) doesn’t necessarily translate to how the mainstream has been painting the picture. There have been a number of ‘questionable’ takes promoting Xbox this year… some of which were proven even more questionable after a bit of investigating… but this latest from the supposed ‘unbiased’ media is an absolute beauty… enjoy:
@colonelkilgore I think part of the reason the media seems to be seeing a very different situation than we do, is because the majority of the English language media is based in the US - where the playing field between PlayStation and Xbox is much closer to being even - and Americans tend to forget USA is not the whole world (no offence to our American friends - you know it's true ).
They might also be a little biased because it's the American product and that's kinda understandable.
I'm not defending that article, btw - that one's just bad
@Voltan I get all that bud… but as someone who has studied the media (or fifth estate) and it’s important role within a fully functioning society (not saying that we have one of those btw), this sort of ‘journalism’ (& this is just the latest in a long line of puff-pieces) actually has the opposite effect on me at least. Even if Xbox does manoeuvre themselves into an early 360-level status… I would be more reticent to make the jump because of stuff like this. Now as you’ve pointed out before… I am extremely atypical, so I’m sure this kinda spin works on many… but personally it turns my stomach.
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