EA Norway Caught Attempting to Manipulate BF3 Review Scores, Calls It “a Mistake”

IvanV · Oct 19, 2011, 02:32 PM

Lies. Backstabbing. Explosions. Highly targeted surveys. EA’s apparent attempt to pull the strings on Norwegian Battlefield 3 reviews only has one of those things, but boy is it sketchy. Sure, the survey’s first question – a simple request for contact info – is about as cut-and-dry as can be, but sharper probes like “Is [your reviewer] a fan of Call of Duty?” and “Has he expressed enthusiasm for Battlefield 3?” make a mad dash toward eyebrow-raising territory. Reviewers, understandably, aren’t pleased.
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Source: PC Gamer

***Veridian3*** · Oct 19, 2011, 03:14 PM

Crazy. As is the response from the PR guy.

blibbax · Oct 19, 2011, 04:14 PM

Saw this earlier. I find it pretty funny to be honest. I would like to see a correlation of review scores to questionnaire answers, though.

BlueMak · Oct 19, 2011, 04:39 PM

A further example of a marketing department making smart moves for the good of the company it sucks blood, I mean feeds, from.

Oct 19, 2011, 02:32 PM	#1
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,919 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	EA Norway Caught Attempting to Manipulate BF3 Review Scores, Calls It “a Mistake” Lies. Backstabbing. Explosions. Highly targeted surveys. EA’s apparent attempt to pull the strings on Norwegian Battlefield 3 reviews only has one of those things, but boy is it sketchy. Sure, the survey’s first question – a simple request for contact info – is about as cut-and-dry as can be, but sharper probes like “Is [your reviewer] a fan of Call of Duty?” and “Has he expressed enthusiasm for Battlefield 3?” make a mad dash toward eyebrow-raising territory. Reviewers, understandably, aren’t pleased. _____________ Source: PC Gamer __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Oct 19, 2011, 03:14 PM	#2
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,028 Rep Power: 182	Re: EA Norway Caught Attempting to Manipulate BF3 Review Scores, Calls It “a Mistake” Crazy. As is the response from the PR guy.

Oct 19, 2011, 04:14 PM	#3
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,260 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: EA Norway Caught Attempting to Manipulate BF3 Review Scores, Calls It “a Mistake” Saw this earlier. I find it pretty funny to be honest. I would like to see a correlation of review scores to questionnaire answers, though. __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Oct 19, 2011, 04:39 PM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,481 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: EA Norway Caught Attempting to Manipulate BF3 Review Scores, Calls It “a Mistake” A further example of a marketing department making smart moves for the good of the company it sucks blood, I mean feeds, from. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*