Hello Games has been cleared in the ASA's false advertising investigation

[WYP]

Hello Games has been cleared in the ASA's false advertising investigation, stating that the marketing materials for No Man's Sky were "unlikely to mislead" consumers.



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[SuB]

What an absolute crock of horse manure... I cannot believe they're getting away with it

 

[AlienALX]

What an absolute crock of horse manure... I cannot believe they're getting away with it

I don't think it will matter much now. They've tarnished their name, that speaks volumes in gaming these days. Look at that other company who decided to start suing people and the impact it had.

Gaming is probably one of the biggest word of mouth things still to exist in capitalism. And nothing any corporation can do can stop that. They can hire bogus reviewers, make the games sound as good as they like but word still gets around.

 

[jimma47]

What an absolute crock of horse manure... I cannot believe they're getting away with it

Legally they can only make their decision based on the advertising material, not other forums. I agree with you though and I'm glad I didn't pre-order it.

 

[GODuk]

Well that was a waste of time! Let's all just TELL lies instead, as long as it's not what you see i'll be fine and will get away with it!

 

[Bridges]

"from the footage provided by Hello Games"

aka: "none of have played the game or had the slightest clue what we were looking at".

 

[Dicehunter]

Someone was definitely paid off, A blind man could see this was false advertising.

ASA is corrupt.

 

[NeverBackDown]

They did the right thing on the only thing they legally could investigate, however that was barely anything. If they had more power to do something then they would have easily seen what was going on.