On the other hand (Destiny)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Friday, April 15, 2016, 21:20 (3238 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I do feel for hard working developers who's jobs are in some way effected by leaks. But it really shouldn't be the job of the media to prevent those leaks from happening (the opposite, actually). Ultimately, I think the level of secrecy around videogame development is insane, and serves nobody but the publishers. I think the media is far too willing to play along most of the time.

While I agree to a certain degree, my main point is that you really can't expect a company who is trying to keep a secret to cooperate later with a company who intentionally reveals their secrets, which is how Kotaku comes across in that article. Whether or not that secrecy is warranted or good is a completely separate issue. And this isn't even a matter of writing stories on leaks, Kotaku actually talks to sources in companies to release this stuff, which is shady in its own right since the employee is breaking contract. Since it's almost impossible to track down the person that leaked the information in such large companies, they instead make a statement to news sites basically saying if you talk to such an individual we may not work with you going forward. This isn't a government, the company has a right to privacy for the development if they want, and another company or private individual has no right to that information without their permission.

Think about it on a personal level, if you had a secret you were keeping and it was revealed in a similar manner (a friend of a friend revealing it), would you let the friend of a friend know private details in the future?

And honestly, this part: "You know what, we've come across some genuine videogame news and we're going to cover it, even if it costs us review copies of a few games" would be fine on its own, but in the article where they say that's their intention they go on to complain that Ubisoft won't send them review copies. That's expected, You were willing to give that up! So let it go if you really are willing to give it up!