[quote=@Dolerman]
The game is made by CD Projekt Red who you were just saying that some people were holding up as one of the last 'good' trip A companies. That sort of falls on it's face when its doing the exact same thing you just accused 'shittier' companies of doing. 
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Some. But not me. And you make it sounds, like I'm among them. But even then, if a gun is held to my head to pick a side, yeah plenty of companies have been shittier to its fans, its workers, its games, and its critics than CD Project Red. And I'd say Naughty Dog is among them. Even regardless of TLOU2.

[quote=@Dolerman]
From what I know about DMCA's you are well within your right if someone is using your intellectual property and it isn't fair use. So I don't think that would count as false whether you agree with it or not.
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No, you don't have a right to flag someone's channel because they merely talk about leaks. That is not "using your IP", nor "not fair use", which critique specifically falls under.

[quote=@Dolerman]
None of which hurt the sales of the game very much. If the only people who liked this game were the cricitcs then it wouldn't be the fastest selling PS4 exclusive in existence.
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So, like, we all know that bad things can still sell well right? Because I feel like the "argumentum ad populum" is the worst kind of fallacy. For in the same breath, I can say, in the second week, the game received an 80% drop in sales. Meaning, after the reviews were out, and the people who likely pre-ordered it before most of the drama unfolded had their copy. Also compared to the first game in the series, that's less than half of it's overall numbers.

So does that mean anything necessarily? *shrug* But buying a game, is also not equivalent to liking it either. Since many individuals never even see background drama, as you admit to be among them. When in reality, sometimes it can be bad enough that it *would've* changed one's mind. But I digress.

[quote=@Dolerman]
Why do I get the feeling these 'high profile' individuals are reaction youtubers who have no standing in the game industry? Feel free to correct me if they aren't though.
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Short answer? No. ^-^'

But, would your opinion change regardless of how valuable people consider said individuals in the industry? I reason not.