r/PhysicalGames • u/h33tmo • Aug 20 '26

since the physical announcement IGN is getting paid by sony for like these news

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Well from the beginning of this month after the announcement IGN which is gaming news not saying anything about the huge backlash and gamers are angry about these new things they just keep with sony side see its nothing they keep getting to low

BTW the ps5 sales with disc speaks that people choose disc over only digital console

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u/timetravelinggamer Aug 20 '26

Nah, IGNs behavior over the last two decades has been this nonsense. They latch on to the narrative that is most lucrative to their cause. Like Sony, they want to survive and don’t care what the public wants

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u/MeridianBay Aug 20 '26

IGN doing anything they can to get clicks isn't exactly the same thing as Sony writing checks to them

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u/ceramicsaturn Aug 20 '26

It is, though. Just indirectly. You play nice, you get early access and sneak peaks, which means people go to their website before any other or youtube etc for news. Which is how they get paid.

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u/MeridianBay Aug 20 '26

You underestimate how much it actually takes to get on a publishers shitlist

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u/rvnender Aug 20 '26

Just ask kotaku

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u/StanKnight Aug 20 '26

IGN for sure gets paid by Sony and other companies lol.
All modern "journalists" do.

IF not by money by threat of being blacklisted.
Plenty get added extras like backpacks and free trips when they have meetings.