Markedsføringen af MindsEye har været lidt mærkelig de seneste uger, hvor den officielle kanal har udgivet små usammenhængende klip fra spillet uden rigtig at svare igen på at fans stillede spørgsmål. For nylig kom der så en langt flottere Explainer trailer, men det lader til at studiet Build A Rocket Boys co-CEO allerede har bestemt sig for at studiet aktivt udsættes for hetz.
Som IGN skriver så har Mark Gerhard, den ene af de to CEO's, fortalt via en Q&A på studiets Discord, at han mener at medierne faktisk bliver betalt for at kritisere spillet og studiet.
"Do you think that all the people who reacted negatively were financed by someone?" spørger en fan, og hertil svarede Gerhard: "100% Doesn't take much to guess who 🤣"
En mere kritisk deltager skrev så dette:
"A co-CEO for a studio implying another studio is paying previewers to talk negatively about your game is an absolutely wild comment to make in a public environment in any situation," og hertil svarede Gerhard: "Not wild when its [sic] true....."
Vi går ud fra at Gerhard her refererer til Rockstar, eftersom den anden CEO, Leslie Benzies, er Rockstar-veteran. Senere i samme Q&A siger Gerhard dette:
"I just said that there is a concerted effort by some people that don't want to see Leslie or Build A Rocket Boy to be successful that are making a concerted effort to trash the game and the studio. Its [sic] pretty easy to see the bots and the repeated replies to any content that we put out."