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Originally Posted by Lucien21  And obviously then you must have proof that the advertiser got him fired then  . Of course we are all speculating I don't know any of them personally, but business reality is usally more mundane than the shooter on the grassy knoll stories suggest. The reality is that he was probably fired for a whole host of reasons and that review was the final straw. Of course it was extremely bad timing, but it proves nothing. As for the other employees, you would have to ask them why they have left. New management and new rules along with the bad way the aforementioned sacking was handled publically probably meant they wanted to leave for their own reasons (or to join up with their old pal). |
- A month after Gerstmann's termination, freelance reviewer Frank Provo left GameSpot after 8 years stating that "I believe CNet management let Jeff go for all the wrong reasons. I believe CNet intends to soften the site's tone and push for higher scores to make advertisers happy."
- Alex Navarro, an active and visible editor for Gamespot resigned in early 2008. "I felt like it was just time for me to go" he told Joystiq. Navarro said earlier in his blog that he felt like he was in a game of SimCity where "someone hit the disaster button for me."
- Ryan Davis, another active and well-known editor for Gamespot and a long-time employee since 2000, announced his departure in February 2008, listing one of his reasons for leaving as Gerstmann's firing. "Jeff's firing just destroyed me, and I think it shed a light on the other stuff that I had been kind of rolling along with," Davis told Joystiq.
- Many other employees such as Brad Shoemaker, departed from Gamespot following Gerstmann's termination.
I think the number of people leaving shortly after termination indicates it was something more.
And I wouldn't be surprised if Eidos has some sort of deal going on. It's like Big Oil companies 'funding' research on Global Warming where the 'funding' is clearly a reason to find results in their favour. Granted it is on a smaller scale, but it has a less of a moral implication than something like Global Warming.