Not going to lie, we’re getting tired of reporting on the silly things that people in the games industry have said of late. First it was PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan on backwards compatibility, then it was Xbox chief Phil Spencer on the PlayStation 4 Pro, then it was Jim Ryan again… And, well, you get the general gist.
Now it’s the community manager for upcoming PS4 exclusive Detroit: Become Human who’s posted something… Well, frankly really childish. Here’s what was tweeted: “When you wake up and Detroit: Become Human is still a PS4 exclusive and you're still an Xbox owner. #ThursdayThoughts” It’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Our original assumption was that this was a fan account, but no, it’s the official one. To be fair, the tweet was taken down quickly and lessons have surely been learned. But following an E3 where virtually everyone lodged their feet down their throat, we had hoped for a break from all of the silly talk.
Let’s be honest, it’s too hot for this rubbish.
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Honestly the 90s were full of this trash talk between companies. I don't think it's that bad. People are too sensitive nowadays
@PhenomenalOne It's needless. Focus on your own product(s).
Parp
I've grown tired of the industry the last 1-2 years. Maybe it's because I grew up in the 90's and have heard it all or I'm older and could care less or a little bit of both, either way in the end it's the consumer who loses out.
I love that you lot have an entire section of your website devoted to WTF articles. Journalism at its finest.
"Let’s be honest, it’s too hot for this rubbish."
I hate to be 'that guy' but I live in Arizona and we're expecting 120 this week. so, YOU DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF HOT!!!!!
David Cage's tweets are just as bad as his scripts it seems.
I think that's funny
@Pink_Floyd it's *couldn't care less.
😁
@Enuo Okay so it isn't THAT hot, but you have to remember that we live in a country where it's almost perpetually mild or raining. We're not built to take this.
x box doesn't have exclusive.so he is right .that's clever and funny.😁
Deleted the tweet already. Haha!
I'm guessing higher-ups came down on the person running that twitter account hard and fast when they realized what kind of controversy that tweet would stir up.
@Enuo Well, it's been up to 95 here which is basically hotter than the sun considering what we're used to. But fair point!
@Enuo I feel you completely. The weather here is like being in an oven, and it was unusually humid today as well as it being 115 degrees most of the day.
I still refuse to wear shorts though.
I don't get that tweet?. Thursdaytought?..... Okay what was the point?
Tbh the first reveal of Detroit didn't pull me in at all. This year's reveal tugged at my gaming side a little more.
It's something I heard multiple times when they got TR for a year or so. I was so pissed at that.
The tweet should say uncharted 4, persona 5, horizon, god of war, spiderman AND detroid
But seriously, this kind of tweet is unnecessary if you're number 1. Just let the product (ps4) speak for itself, no need to mention competitor.
um that implies that anybody would want to play detroit (or any david cage game for that matter)
@DLB3 I can't show that much skin!
It's too lewd!
i'm sooooooooooo sick of this PC safe zone culture we live in... omg the guy said something silly on twitter who gives a love. he should have not deleted it. own your words people stop being fake people.
Please do not use that kind of language again. -Tasuki-
They're not missing out. You're all free to disagree, but I do not trust David Cage.
This kind of behavior is actually pleasing to me as a consumer (and a multi-console owner at that). There's nothing wrong with "console war" jabs, if anything they encourage quality control. It's up to the competition to prove them otherwise and the consumer to decide the outcome.
I think it's funny. To be honest, I could see a head honcho that is working with Microsoft on a console exclusive for the Xbox to tweet something like this.
@IBO This is someone who is in charge of the games official Twitter account. Anything they tweet reflects on the game and the company(s) behind it. I'm fairly sure Sony and Quantic Dream aren't really up for the bad publicity that comes from seemingly fanning the console war flames, especially after all the other stupid statements lately.
I guess the poster was quickly reminded that it's not quite 1989 outside. XD
Does anyone that's not in middle school still even get into arguments about what console is better?
Ugh. I like the concept, but that's all it is. Show us some content before trashing other companies. You're better than this Quantic Dreams.
@IBO Please do not use that kind of language again here. Thanks for understanding.
Tried to be wendys twitter but forgot wendys only fires back, they never start it.
Wonder if the community manager's name is Jason and he finally snapped under the pressure of all the memes thrown his way
@Gatatog
He does have a point though. Everybody is way oversensitive these days. This is nothing compared to some of the mudslinging we saw in the 16-bit era, and that's considered by many to be the golden age of gaming. I know I enjoyed it. The back and forth and trying to one-up eachother forced companies to try their hardest. Now everybody pretends to be friends and frankly it comes across as fake and rather insulting to the intelligence.
@optic_efun11
Search some youtube videos and have fun.
I will buy this game twice now.
I hate all this fake cr#p. Where is the competition?
One of he reasons I dislike all-loving Phil Spencer. His tweets come off so fake.
Wasn't too bad but yes, childish gloating is a lazy way to promote a game.
Jim Ryan was right about backwards compatibility.
@readyletsgo thank you lol
@Neolit haha class cartoon strip. I'm strongly in the 'couldn't' camp on this one mind lol.
On topic someone had a dig at the xbots. Get them in when you can, Xbox is trying to freshen things up so things could get more competitive later this year. A strong Xbox 360 made the ps4 what it is today (probably the best console ever) so I want Xbox to do better.
#fridayfuzzyfeeling
I hate all these 'when you' memes that show a funny face.
When you wake up and realise that this company gave us awkward mannequin sex and pressing X to Jason, and don't waste 45 quid on a choose your own adventure made by a man with a weird crying fetish.
That tweet seemed unprofessional and insulting to Xbox owners. I think it would have been fine if it was joking about Xbox itself without talking about the owners of that console.
@Gamer83 This. It comes off as insulting.. As if Sony would say: Yes, switch is the top seller in Japan. We are so happy for Nintendo
Or you could perhaps not report on meaningless, random brain farts?
Hmm... Detroit or Forza series? Until GT Sport comes out Sony shouldn't be bragging too much about exclusives.
Oh boy this game had better be good now.
@hadlee73 Hahaha. Nice assumption on your part. That's not how it works at all. They are aware it was bad and keeping it up only makes things worse. That's all. They're not complete idiots (though the tweet was idiotic)
@Wesker They most certainly can. Whether or not they should is a different matter.
@Fight_Teza_Fight My thoughts exactly.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Especially when I think he was talking about the Gran Turismo games at the time.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Phil Spencer has been working the same angle for too long. It's too overly contrived and it's boring.
@Sanquine We all know these things are bull if its Sony, MS, Nintendo saying these things.
Microsoft does it all the time act nice and then come with a few cheapshots. Yeah Phil i dont like your fake ways. But to be fair just leave this stuff away and make them want your game. 😀
It depends on if it was a reply to a nasty Xbox comment. Some times you have to stand up.
I'm sure this has been done but.. when you wake up and Detroit: Become Human still doesn't have a release date.
@Wesker Good Guy Phil
Someone left an intern alone with the twitter account.
@IBO No one feels offended. It has nothing to do with sensitivity or PC.
Tweets like these are dumb, that's why I don't like them. They're alle bark, no bite. QD, just finally finish that game, then you're allowed to brag again.
@Wesker there are certain games that should be replayed but franchise driving sims that don't really change are not in that category, at least for me anyway, it makes sense, just like why would anyone want to play FIFA 2013
It's just a little banter really, is there a need to get so p*ssed off?
Which side are YOU on?......
To be fair... It was silly, but somebody got to say something about:
E X C L U S I V E
(for a límited period of time)
People are so sensitive & butthurt nowadays..
so by current standard, Shuhei & Adam video on how to share a game with friend would also be silly?
I don't like Sony and Xbox kissing each other's back side but I also don't like this foolish tweets against the other company unprovoked. Now if Sony was asked a question directly about what they thought about Xbox then they should be honest. Phil Spencer of all the people should keep his mouth shut about Sony who is dominating him in sales and great games.
I agree with this overly sensitive culture we live in is bogus. But I am old school and feel that Xbox shouldn't say anything remotely negative about Sony since Xbox has a more powerful machine with games that don't utilize the power besides Forza.
All he's done is stated a fact so...
@1kca lol no problem
What's silly is that he's bragging about Detroit, of all games. The one game with the least amount of credibility in the exclusive library.
And yes, I'm not really a fan of this crap. No, I'm not oversensitive, I just hate it when this stuff kicks off more stupid fanboy wars on the internet.
You Brits don't know the meaning of hot.
Come to Portugal for the heat and beaches, stay for the forest fires
@DerMeister For me its one i look forward to a lot.
The PR department is crying like an anime fan on prom night.
Hmmm, recently Josef Fares of Hazelight on creating the new game A Way Out. "You want the honest truth? This machine (PS4) is not so strong as you think," Fares said. "This is like a five-year-old PC. If consoles were as powerful as PCs are today, you would see all different games. Most of the work developers put out there is to make them work on consoles."
/facepalm
Yep. PS4 is almost 5 years old. Yep. Console technology is far behind today's PC power. Yep. Developers keep chugging out console games. Yep. That's where the money is, so why complain when you decided to make a PS4 game to cash in? :/
Every business in the world takes swipes at their competition, since the beginning of time. Why should the gaming industry be any different? I love it! And by the way, competition is a good thing. It amazes me what a bunch of betas we've become. And the "fanboy" term has really gotten old, and so has listening to people bemoan how bad "fanboy wars" are. So what? Dont listen, dummy. What do you care what other people argue about?
@Enuo Im from Florida, with only 97 degrees, but 100% humidity. You dont know the meaning either! Haha
@Enuo Come to Brazil and we'll talk about hot days.
I don't understand the controversy? Why was it deleted? Did the thought police have an issue?
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