Comments on: Gametrailers gets fried over “fake” GRID comparison

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:24:17 +0000

While they can claim it was a mistake the footage capture clearly shows the more dramatic crashes are possible on the PS3 - so what was the intention if they had go it “right”. To put up a dramatic 360 vid and compare to a less dramatic PS3 vid? Seems to me they can come out of this with nothing but egg on their faces and a very tarnished reputation. Heads should roll.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:40:59 +0000

What they said:

“For the record everyone, this was truly an honest to God mistake. We aren’t out to bash one system over the other, and we certainly aren’t biased. I captured both versions equally, amounting to at least 30 minutes from each game. One of our video editors put the comparison together, and he accidently mislabled the consoles. I know, it sucks, but it’s not intentional! I furthered the mistake by not catching it when i was shown the video.

I can’t believe that youtube video claims we are liars, and are out to deceive gamers. We are simply compiling a video that shows each system. We aren’t even focusing on strengths or weaknesses–thats for you guys, the gamers, to decide.”

By: patlike

patlike — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:49:15 +0000

@Dan - It really could easily happen, though, that the guy putting the video together just fucked it up. I dunno, I’ve just seen so many errors like that working on sites. It’s so easily done when you’re flat out.

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:06:34 +0000

I noticed a lot of people are also complaining about them always using 360 box art for multi-platform titles. It seems the bias (for whatever reason) is there.

By: Daniel Plainview

Daniel Plainview — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:01:54 +0000

You have to question if its a mistake, I mean they used a video from the PS3 to try & show features that the PS3 version was apparently lacking