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So What Was Gametrailers Thinking? GT Responds To Grid Controversy

Linkin Park Fan | May 12, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 2 
You probably heard about the controversy about Gametrailers using PS3 footage of Grid on the 360 comparison video. It was all over the web. Well Gametrailers responds in an interview with Joystiq. They said it was an honest mistake. The Video editor they hired was just a video editor and not a video game fan and could not tell the difference. Well there you have it, controversy over...or is it?
How did this mistake happen?

It was a mistake in our post-production process. After we captured the footage from both versions, some of the footage of the PlayStation 3 version of the game was incorrectly placed in the bin for the Xbox 360 footage. Our video editor on this particular project is not a games person and completely overlooked the fact that he had the wrong footage in the wrong place. We normally have multiple checks from games editorial on every segment that is published, but there was some confusion on who did/did not look at it before it was sent out for compression. Thus, the mistake.

Was the audio narrative written before, after or during the video editing process? Was it based on the video published or an actual comparison of PS3 and Xbox 360?

There is no audio narrative in the video we produced. People went in and inserted their own audio narrative and then tried to pass those videos off as media we produced to suit their own agenda. We have never had any sort of audio or text commentary in any of our comparison videos.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    kspiess | May 12, 2008
    I'd really doubt if it was anything other than an honest mistake.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Xenctuary | May 13, 2008
      Precisely. It's hardly a huge conspiracy.
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    pwned227 | May 13, 2008
    yea it's understandable considering the guy isn't a gamer.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Armed Rebel | May 13, 2008
    Like it's a big deal anyway...
  • 3 thumbs!
    Gothic Girl | May 13, 2008
    It just goes to show how stupid these comparison videos are.
    If a guy who is unfamiliar with the games can't tell the difference between the two versions (and thus mixes the videos up) then surely that shows us that both PS3 and 360 versions are similar, and that there is no point for comparisons in the first place.
    • 0 thumbs!
      kik36 | May 13, 2008
      Well said, I totally agree.
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    Existenz | May 13, 2008
    I find it hard to believe that the site doesn't have their own video editor i mean you look at IGN and they often show their offices and bam! You see lots of editing equipment, Gametrailers considering they are based around video i would like to think they have a team of editors... I think this is just a pathetic excuse, blame someone else that probably doesn't exist.

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