Halo development director 'annoyed' by insider leaks

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In a NeoGAF thread discussing Halo leaks and embargoes in general, O’Connor responded to a user praising insiders as “Prophets”, pointing out that “breaking embargoes is not prophesy. Nor does it require any particular skill or insight. Ultimately he is taking or being given information and leaking it, illegally and often erroneously.”

“And he isn’t doing it for some noble or worthy reason. He’s doing it for attention.”

O’Connor questioned what is gained by leaking information. “So you can have a mildly interesting surprise 8 hours early and lacking context?” he said. Spreading false or outdated information leads fans to “get hyped or disappointed disproportionately”, and can damage the efforts and reputation of developers.

“It isn’t prophecy, nor ultimately even important. It’s annoying.”



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/05/21/halo-5-head-annoyed-at-insider-leaks/

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ZipsPosted:

Every game is leaked at some point, i know its a bit frustrating, but whatever

CarbonitePosted:

343 ruined halo? I don't think I agree with that man!

KixaPosted:

TimeSplitters
Horizex 343i ruined halo I could really care less

Ruined? No, not at all. It's different, I like it, but it's certainly not better than Bungies performance level at creating their own game.


I agree i hope they make it better this time, i always liked bungie more then 343.

TangPosted:

He has the right to be annoyed. I mean he made the game and it irritates him when someone just exposes it like that

SuddenlyPosted:

its unfortunate but there will always be guys that leak content

MajPosted:

Most stuff now gets leaked because people who leak the content get big $$$

-yoghurtPosted:

every game wil have this person who leaks so i dont know why they ack supprised

GuyCodePosted:

I'm pretty sure for every game, someone is bound to leak some information about it. This shouldn't be anything surprising to them. But I do think they need to learn to hire people they trust, and then maybe that would help solve the situation.

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

well its going to happen to every game so they should have seen thin coming

NBCPosted:

I see where he is coming from but I really like to see what the game looks like before I buy it