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I'm not sure what you're trying to say? You can click on the author's name to see he's the senior games editor at Ars. The results on Duckduckgo are generic article spinner SEO spam bot sites that copy and repost articles. And I'm not sure what the "conflict of interest" would be? And who's the PR firm?

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I'm suggesting that Forbes, IGN, and the many other websites that published nearly this exact article at the same time--an article which clearly benefits a game publisher's interests--might not be a coincidence.

A dozen journalists arguing in the same week that it's about time we pay more for AAA games... Is more than a little odd.

Except that’s not what happened...

And it’s partly because a tweet about it got very popular this week too. There’s definitely industry pressure but it’s not a work like come on.

I don't see a trace of it on any legit site other than arstechnica. Show us a link from Forbes or IGN if it's on there. The only other sites I see it on are throwaway domains with stolen content.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aforbes.com+The+return+of+th...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aign.com+The+return+of+the+%...

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