Sep 29, 2011 9:02 AM
What do you think of employees leaking MW3 videos ?
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All who attended one of game expos (Gamescom 2011, Call of Duty XP event, Gamefest or Eurogamer Expo) remember how strict the Activision staff were about the "no cameras and cell-phones off !" rule during the MW3 presentation. You could not even twitter while waiting.
Yesterday a video got placed on YouTube and this video was, without a doubt, made during a "behind closed doors" presentation of a finished Modern Warfare 3 console version. Could be at Microsoft HQ or at Sony HQ.
The video shows, what looks like, a MW3 Campaign Mission intro BUT this video also shows that all employees are free to use their cell-phones during this presentation.
And so one employee just placed his/her footage of this presentation on Youtube and even promised more......
Weird fact is that all leaked videos in the past also came from people who had to work with the finished copies of a CoD title.
Why can't Activision be as strict for them as they are with us ? Especially when all leakages always come from within ?
I think they should be more employe like him they keep these so tigh like is national security
Its no different from the way pirate copies of games/films ect are released online before retail release, its impossible to monitor every aspect of production and distributation.
and you know sometimes stuff gets "leaked" on purpose right not saying this is the case here but it does happen.
It wasn't nessecarily employees, but rather guests being shown the final product.
I would rather have them leak answers to our questions than videos.
leaked videos are not leaked ... its a marketing tool
information such as videos should not be leaked, but should be announced, i mean its just over a month away from launch and pc gamers still dont know exactly what their getting. pfff {BHC}Max @ www.bhc-rangers.com
Actually at CODXP cameras and videos were allowed at all events. I have plenty of footage/pictures.
Hellbilly is right on the mark in saying 'leaked footage' is a marketing tool.
You talked about it in your post and this will prompt people to look for that video, which will lead them to other videos. It increases the conversation about and anticipation for the game which the company hopes will elevate sales.
If it is a marketing stunt.... why did ACTIVISION order us to remove this video from our website ??
And no; we did not remove the video.
Because it shows that it is not us but always people with full access.
And with all restrictions for fans and journalists, like the European interviews can be published after Oct. 10th, now some lunch-ladies from Microsoft are posting videos on YouTube....