Same communication & speculation mistakes?

[Mug]

As far as the topic at hand goes, I'm afraid SE regard the info we've gotten so far as a flood of info. There's the website, the two CGI-trailers, screenshots and tons of interviews. On paper it might look like a lot, the only problem is most of the info we've gotten is things we already knew.

[Riv]

Final Disappointment XIV

[Rhomagus]

Hahahahahaha. Jason Schreier.

Now I advise you read Gabe from Penny-Arcade's thought on it: http://penny-arcade.com/2012/08/03

While I don't agree with Gabe's article entirely, the Kotaku writer is just wrong. Gabe did point out the scale and pressure of releasing things to the press. That's something the Kotaku article didn't really take into account.

He didn't mention though that the Kotaku article's comparison to Hollywood was flat out false. Depending on the film, they are very secretive about everything. Even once the movie has been screened, (gaming's equivalent would be open beta), they still are adamant that the actors on the project are tight lipped. Just look at many of the promotional interviews with Gary Oldman for the Dark Knight Rises.

He also didn't mention industry competitors. When the game isn't released yet, you don't really want to be giving away certain things about your game that could potentially one up your competition. These things are meant for post release, but until then, it's obvious why you'd want to keep your mouth shut on certain subjects.

I don't know what that Kotaku writer was thinking with but, it sure wasn't their head.

[Sagagemini]

Geez, just relax.
We are in August already. In 2-3 months we'll have a Beta.