GameTrailers – Finally Outed as Biased

We remember when Gametrailers used to be great – before they started filling their site with their own creations. Seemingly they’re now almost entirely focused on ridiculous fanboy-baiting comparison videos, but this time they’ve gone too far.

It’s been taken down, but the latest ‘comparison’ they did was between the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Codemasters’ Race Driver GRID, claiming that the crashes in the PS3 version are vastly inferior to those in the 360 version. At first glance of the video you’d agree, until you realise that both videos contained PS3 controls in the bottom left…

The video was uploaded onto Youtube, which you can view here along with an explanation of what’s happening:

To further fuel the fire, Gametrailers are now deleting any thread that dares to mention the fiasco. Sadly, any credibility they once had is rapidly washing away.

Via OnAxis.