Except Spong has no power and doesn't get exclusives.
SPoNG has a lot of power, and frequently seems to come up with it's own exclusives. Someone has to make the revolutionary statements and assertions, and SPoNG tends to make them before any other places can even get started.
Even sites, such as the UK's highly-acclaimed and respected The Register, frequently seem to report on game news acknowledging SPoNG as the first source.
What do you mean spong has power? Sure, they are in the news very often but only because of things like this. If you look on other gamingsites people always say: Ah, we don't believe Spong anyway. They are always wrong.
Could this be because underhand competitors put it about on forums that Spong fabricates stories? You ever heard of astroturfing? This is the flip side of that. A bit like what our friend Zeo does here - he could even be one of Spong's competitors trying to poison the well, so to speak! Plant a bad seed - watch it grow. I know for a fact that this happens, having been told by one of my (guilty) peers over a pint or ten. If I had any documentary evidence, I'd be glad to see him and his dire publication burn in court.
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SPoNG has a lot of power, and frequently seems to come up with it's own exclusives. Someone has to make the revolutionary statements and assertions, and SPoNG tends to make them before any other places can even get started.
Even sites, such as the UK's highly-acclaimed and respected The Register, frequently seem to report on game news acknowledging SPoNG as the first source.