I see this has failed as a duplicate story. I'd have to politely disagree. While the figures from Lewis have been quoted, they have been quoted as context for the actual "Story": this is that with both platform holders quoting figures, neither is quoting like-for-like in terms of metrics. We initially pointed this one out at Cologne. We are now following it up here. We've used the context of the current figures plus historical context - we have also gone to Sony for original source ...
Well, we ran a nibble on it on February 19th. http://news.spong.com/nibbl...
and we got that via Dark Zero... http://darkzero.co.uk/game-...
Cheers,
Tim from SPOnG
@Darkseider
I can totally understand your frustration in terms of what is news and what isn't. In this case there's nothing whatsoever I can do about it mate. As I say, we had nothing to do with submitting, categorising or approving the Opinion piece for N4G.
I've got no problem at all with it being applauded or pilloried. I am, however, going to protest the idea that we have no news sense and that we used this site to display any such lack. The piece was clearly...
@RealGambler,
Once more time from the top... no one from SPOnG submitted this piece to N4G as news or anything else. Nobody at SPOnG approved it. Your rant is therefore without foundation fellah.
Regards
Tim
tim@spong.com
PimphandHappy,
It wasn't my opinion that was printed. Did you read the actual piece? If so you will have seen that what the author's name is.
I'll do you the courtesy of reading your opinion and if I've got anything to say about it, I'll post.
Tim
That's right, it is opinion. The clue is in the word "Opinion" that appears right at the start of the headline. Sneaky aren't we?
Tim Smith
tim@spong.com
Well first for Darkseider: it isn't news that's why it is marked as Opinion.
Secondly @rogimusprime: everybody thinks their editorials deserve everyone's attention. In this case, however, nobody at SPOnG actually submitted this Opinion piece to N4G. It must have been submitted independently by a reader.
I hope that clarifies things.
Tim
Editorial Director
tim@spong.com
Hi there, FreestyleBarnacle, Tim from SPOnG here. Just to say that we never set out to be official. We set out to report on the fact that the Mirror's tale was entirely without any basis as current new or factual news (the repair bill was not for Elites). We did this by actually referencing the older story from a year ago.
Jebus, the idea of being official has just made a small piece of sick come up. I've never been so insulted ;-)
Anyway, it's good to see any of th...
Hi, Tim from SPOnG here. I think I'll just nip in and explain the issue that seems to have been missed. The issue is that two national newspapers in the UK have decided to run yet another negative story regarding video gaming without a very great deal of research, if any.
The fact is that - as referenced in the SPOnG story - the underlying information in both The Mirror and Telegraph piece (singular) is at least a year old. This was not reported. The Mirror story goes as far as t...
Sorry, my bad Fanboy Slaughter - the shopping centre is in Scotland not Western Australia.
Cheers
Tim SPOnG
Hi there, Tim from SPOnG here.
The point of clarifying was the make sure that our readers and the people we write about are treated fairly. Tameem took the time to contact us - politely. We responded to him. He was happy to provide a quote. We were able to process the audio and run that so that the readership could have the actual detail there.
I thought it was a better all concerned to run a right of reply for reasons of clarity and fairness. Especially give...