News
Service Your Request
Cordova, TN; August 24, in the year of our Lord 2015--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is exposing a new trend in the video game
industry. It comes from the PR firms, agencies, and PR
representatives of companies. They offer Family Friendly Gaming
something like a reviewable copy of a game, or an interview with
a talking head within a company. So we expend all of the time
and financially resources to see if we have availability to
accept their offer. Then we let them know that Family Friendly
Gaming accepts what they are offering. We are willing to receive
what they have offered in a verbal promise. They then respond
with: “we will see if we can service your request.” What are you
a restaurant? We didn’t come to you with anything. You came to
us. You wanted us to spend our money promoting your product. You
never paid for any of our costs.
Too many people in PR have their heads on backwards. We
understand at Family Friendly Gaming that too many people in PR
are suffering from the center of the universe disease. This new
arrogance shows just how out of touch with reality they have
become. Months after we tell them to stop being such control
freaks, they squeeze down even tighter. They are starting to
remind me of people on Twitter. They follow Family Friendly
Gaming, and we follow them back. Then they send us a message
thanking us for following them, and talk all about themselves.
We just reciprocated. There is a good word that you won’t hear
many in PR use, let alone apply the concept. Honor, integrity,
and ethics are other words rarely heard in connection with PR.
Do you know what the work is required of them to provide a
reviewable copy? To put something in the mail, drop it off with
UPS, Fedex, DHL, or some other package delivery company. Usually
the delivery company appears at their site so they do not even
need to leave their offices. If it is a code then it is a simple
copy and paste. Then they have to log that the code was sent
off. It is amazing how many in PR mess up that step and send
already used codes. Not a lot of effort on their part. We are
talking five minutes of work maybe. Not like firing up the
grill, firing up the oil, and cooking a burger and fries. Or
checking on the smoker to make sure the meat is still getting
smoked. Since so many in the PR industry are trying to maximize
their profits they are copying and pasting codes. They pass the
cost of downloading the game on to us. Another reason Family
Friendly Gaming continues to support physical copies. We have
even purchased thousands of games with our own money to show
support for the physical copy movement.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming