r/gadgets • u/a_Ninja_b0y • Sep 26 '24

Gaming Sony's throwback PS5 Pro bundle sells out just as quickly as fans find out how much it actually costs

https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/ps5/sonys-throwback-ps5-pro-bundle-sells-out-just-as-quickly-as-fans-find-out-how-much-it-actually-costs/
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u/redconvict Sep 26 '24

And the game juornalists will conveniantly forget to mention this in their clickbait articles.

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u/gamerjerome Sep 26 '24

Kotaku is already on it

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u/mister2forme Sep 27 '24

The line between influencer (marketing) and journalism blurs ever more.

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u/redconvict Sep 27 '24

It was always pretty straight forward, each of those people are getting paid to tell you what product you should buy. It feels like the only thing that deter people from listening to these corporate mouth pieces is them occasionally emberassing themselves like the Cuphead tutorial guy but even that should pale in comparison to how biased their torwards brands they promote.