Or did they?
That Park Place published an article that states Ubisoft buttered up YouTubers and influencers to promote Star Wars Outlaws. Within their article they mention an investigation into Ubisoft’s marketing campaign, which alleges that they were attempting to gain favorable reviews in exchange for Disneyland trips and boat tours prior to granting access to the 4 hour review copy of the game.
The article was published on August 5, 2024 and outlines a bunch of rather common practices by studios for what has been long dubbed “the access media.” We at Laggin’ Out Entertainment have been well aware of this for many years, and to see this called out publicly and through an actual active investigation is a real treat, for sure. However, that’s not exactly what this topic is about. This is about something that StarWarsTheory posted eight days ago (at the time of this writing) in a video on YouTube.
In said video, StarWarsTheory posed a question that seemed to be asked of him, ad nauseum. “Why didn’t Ubisoft ask StarWarsTheory to play the game, and give an honest review on the game?”
He quickly cleared the air, and revealed that Ubisoft DID approach him. That wasn’t all, though. The offer came with strings attached. StarWarsTheory was very candid about their offer, requiring that he only said positive things, and he named his price to them.
According to StarWarsTheory, he specifically told Ubisoft he would gladly review their game, for an “exorbitant amount of money,” and he would not agree to any binding terms that would require him to redact anything from his review. Nor any terms that would bind him to any other agreement with Ubisoft. He continued to say that he would only be brutally honest about the game and what his opinion was.
At the end of the day, Ubisoft never got back to him. It would be easy to form the opinion that Ubisoft realized they weren’t going to be able to buy StarWarsTheory’s support, and just ghosted him.
StarWarsTheory has made it clear that no matter what deal he takes, he would never not be honest about a game review, movie review, or show review. And yes, it is clear that Ubisoft allegedly made an attempt to bribe StarWarsTheory. Would it be considered bribery, in a legal sense? No, not exactly. But the business practice of treating the “Access Media” to some nice perks before giving them access to review copies is certainly of dubious morality.
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- RIP Borderlands ($16 mil opening weekend, misses $50 mil predictions)
- Batman first appearance comic found in garage sale. Graded at 0.5, worth $10K
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To see the Live stream, check out the following link. The Ubisoft topic begins around the 1 hour 34 minute mark.
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