Comments on: PSU.com Makes Stealth Edit to GT5 Prologue Preview - No Car Damage

By: Michael McWhertor

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:32:00 +0000

PSU is retarded.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:13:19 +0000

I wouldn’t say we knowingly mislead our readers at PSU.com.

It’s not like we have an office where we meet everyday and have hands on with new games like IGN or something. Our writer simply posted his preview for GT 5 Prologue, and it was our mistake for not researching it further before editing and posting it live. I think what happened was there was some miscommunication between our editor and the journalist. We thought that he had actually seen the damage modeling in the game (not adding info from an interview) when he played the GT 5 Prologue Japanese demo.

Really there is no excuse for what happened. It was a mistake. Sorry everyone for the trouble.

-Justin

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:19:55 +0000

Richard Adansi:

What do you mean exactly?

It wasn’t a mistake - it was misleading, claiming they had seen the game.

And I’m not American.

By: Richard Adansi

Richard Adansi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:55:55 +0000

get over it you bum, its a part of your american culture, just look at what your gouvernment did to go to war..And you have the time to be bothered by an unimportant mistake? Go wipe your ass bum.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:21:57 +0000

Andrew Yoon - Well the original context I put it in suggested we hadn't seen any evidence of it, but it was good news if it was true.

But yes I will question their reliability next time.

We all make mistakes, but knowingly misleading readers is just a step too far.

By: Andrew Yoon

Andrew Yoon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:15:00 +0000

There’s a reason why we don’t link to PSU anymore. Here’s some other blunders from the year:

- PSU claims Sony buys Rockstar. Deletes article next day.
- PSU fakes interview with Valve about PS3’s power. Deletes article next day.

And now this. Ripten–hope you avoid linking to them too.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:08:44 +0000

huheuaheuahe - From the research I’ve done, no that is not the case. Damage may be added in an update.

Craig - Thanks to you. I wouldn’t mind if they’d say Damage may be in the game, or might be added etc. But that they put in their preview of the game that they’d seen the damage and that it looked very good…well that’s something else.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:33:50 +0000

Kudos to RIPTEN in general and Patrick in particular for the bold correction. It makes me wonder what exactly is going on over at PSU, that they would proceed with such a bold, unverified claim as “fact” in the first place.

By: huheuaheuahe

huheuaheuahe — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:13:21 +0000

So, didn’t they say damage would be patched within a few weeks after GT5:P launch in Japan and that it would ship with damage with the US version? :)

By: Le6end

Le6end — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:11:43 +0000

Oh nah man, is not you, is them. This is not the first time they have misled readers:

http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-65180.aspx

And it seems that trend isn’t about to stop anytime from now. Is on top of my most hated websites.

By: Eric Blattberg

Eric Blattberg — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:09:50 +0000

Patrick,

I’m Eric Blattberg, a journalist over at PSU, and be aware that the preview was indeed edited.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:59:35 +0000

I think PSU members also felt misled. It’s a pretty huge mistake, and doing a stealth edit and making me look slightly foolish is worth reporting.

I’d be disappointed if I was sent hate mail. I would prefer an apology instead.

By: Le6end

Le6end — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:49:59 +0000

Man, Patrick, you are going to get a lot of hate emails from PSU members for posting this but great find nonetheless.

PS:PC is back online…