no shit! it's more gaming trolls. Ready to lose their honor for a few clicks.
one of the most dumbass articles i've read in a long time, (and i read quite a few everyday).
I love Ratchet & Clank and the 30+ million of Ratchet sold say hi to all those trolls.

i downvoted so many websites the past few days and yet they keep coming.

This is why I hate everything xbox and microshaft when things are bad they are all in their cave when things started to look good you see them in herds trying to down play everything playstation or nintendo sad pathetic bastards

Back to the point here. I joined the website because back in 2007, I felt the urge to speak up because the amount of nonsense that were being published by the gaming media was just......Wow. Every day, at least 4 articles on how the PS3 will be Sony last's console, or Sony is going to sell the gaming division, how the ps4 is just a BluRay Player, and how HD-DVD is much better, thus totally justifying the $150 HD-DVD add-on for the XBox 360, etc.

I always suspected that there was definitely hidden consensus somewhere. Otherwise, how would all of some 50 different publications decide to talk about the exact same topics, with the same Negative/Positive views? At the same time?

Let's take DriveClub for example. A game that was delayed a full year, and still released with some broken portions. Now historically, games that are considered average or below average normally have a short lifespan in the media. But that's is only true if your name is not Sony/PlayStation. Forza Horizon 2? Got rave reviews, but nobody is talking about it. Sunset Overdrive? it also the best and "most fun" game ever made according to most reviews. but it is also fading away fast. Actually, DriveClub has been the "HOTTEST GAME" on N4G since Last Month. http://n4g.com/tags/hottest... Now you may say that this nothing, but keep in mind that N4G is aggregate website, the final resting place for news from all around the gaming community. So in essence, it reflects the general mood/pulse of the community in a way.

And not even the Great and All Conquering Call of Duty could dethrone it. Now take a moment to ask yourself why that might be? Is DriveClub the best racing game so far? Not according to reviews and metacritic. So why then has been the most talked about game on this Aggregate website?

Here's my thesis. GamerGate exposed the fact that these "journos" are really just a group of guys who decides collectively to set the agenda for a certain week/month. And around this time of the year, coincidentally but predictably,Microsoft gets really aggressive in terms of advertisement and games. Like everyone and their grandma knows that comes holiday times, Microsoft simply don't mess around. They can go the most of the year with barely any games, but you best be ready for those last 3 months.

For the past six months, if you needed an article touting "Exclusives Games" to save your life, then you seriously risked dying. Now that Microsoft has a few exclusive? Well, just look at the articles you've been seeing since Forza Horizon released.

Articles like these: http://n4g.com/news/1614741... "Sony 2.0 update has been a complete disaster"

http://n4g.com/news/1614432... "Sony's being 'Too Overconfident' this Holiday"

http://n4g.com/news/1614910... From GameInformer about the DS4

When I see them now, I just chuckle a little bit as I move on the next article without really sweating it.

So to answer your question of "what the actual f**k?" There's nothing going on, it's just a little bit of money exchanging hands, that's all. :)

(author of the article here) Huuuuuge Playstation fan, huuuuuuuge Ratchet And Clank fan. Idea was not to slam either of them with this article, so my apologies if that's how I came off. Mere speculation and a brew of thoughts made up this article, pretty much. I'm very much looking forward to seeing R&C on PS4!