Like a lot of gamers I gave up reading games mags long ago. Sadly the latest issue of Edge - one of the few worth bothering with as an adult - confirmed why. It came with a PS3 supplement that was so embarrassingly biased it might have been written by Sony's PR team over a boozy lunch.
There were far too many classic moments to include here but the article mocked the Xbox 360 for, amongst other things, having gaudy menus, while skimming over the slightly more important fact that the PS3 online gaming service doesn't compare to Live.
Obviously an advertorial then? Well you'd think so but there was no mention of it and the supplement was passed off as an official Edge guide - i.e. supposedly fair and balanced. Heck I know times are hard but you'd expect a magazine with Edge's reputation for balance to do better than this.
Microsoft suffered a further hit in the mag itself, with the 360 damned with faint praise - the pinnacle of the last generation - while the PS3 was heralded as the "future". Quite what Microsoft have done to deserve this is up for debate. Cut their ad spend? Pissed off the editor? Or do hardcore gamers really think the 360 is old hat?
