Press Row Podcast Episode 109: The New Age of Broken Launches

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The 109th episode of the Press Row Podcast is a special episode, taking a look at how the mainstream and independent media have to change their approaches to covering games in the current market. Polygon’s Owen Good and PastaPadre’s Bryan Wiedey join host Rich Grisham to reflect on the first year of the PS4 and Xbox One launches. It’s startling just how many titles – sports games and otherwise – have suffered crippling problems at launch and beyond. Should “Day 1” reviews exist anymore? Why do sites tolerate embargoes that lift after the retail release of a game? Should sites refuse post-launch embargoes over all? How can a game properly be covered after launch – and is there an audience for that coverage? Do sports games get a fair shake when compared to other AAA titles with much larger teams and longer development times?
Enjoy!

Joining us this week:

• Bryan Wiedey, PastaPadre (@PastaPadre)
• Owen Good, Polygon (@OwenGood)
• And your host, Richard Grisham (@richgrisham)

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Run Time: 1:18