How ignorant do you have to be to not forsee what deliberately hyping something like this will do. I dont think that Joystiq honestly did not expect the reaction that they got.
The apology being nothing more than an "ooops, were sorry" is pretty indicative that Joystiq simply pulled an IGN and posted some scandal for the page hits. Forget about this credibility thing youre talking about, you sold your credibility with me when you over sold this "news break".
12 Days of Joyswag: PlayStation 3D Display, 3D PlayStation 3 games, Air Flow controller
Dec 26th 2011 12:52PM (Joystiq)Nintendo expects Mom to leave notes on your Wii
Oct 2nd 2006 12:34PM (Joystiq)You know, for kids! Meet the "XGP kids"
Sep 12th 2006 2:00PM (Joystiq)I think that "you know, for kids" statement is a clever, thinnly veiled Coen Brothers reference.
An apology, and a note on hype
Sep 8th 2006 1:49AM (Joystiq)The apology being nothing more than an "ooops, were sorry" is pretty indicative that Joystiq simply pulled an IGN and posted some scandal for the page hits. Forget about this credibility thing youre talking about, you sold your credibility with me when you over sold this "news break".
ESA's goodbye letter to E3's little heroes
Aug 8th 2006 9:00PM (Joystiq)Metroid tattoo, plus baggage
Aug 8th 2006 8:56PM (Joystiq)What franchise would I bleed for?
Earthbound, matey.