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Jim Sterling is a game critic who leans towards pro-consumerism who has his own Youtube channels as well as his own site for written reviews.
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Pro Not afraid to speak his mind
Jim Sterling is known for stepping on toes once in a while. In 2009 he gave Assassin's Creed II a 4 our of 10 when most reviewers praised the game, he heavily criticised Peter Molyneyx, a respected industry figure, for constantly overselling and under-delivering his games and manipulating the consumers, etc.
Pro Pro-consumer attitude
Jim Sterling has criticised Valve's Steam Greenlight for having a lack of quality control, multiple developers of "asset flipping" (presenting ready-made game engine assets as a game), the mainstream media for portraying games as causing violence, etc.
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Con Seen as not as pro-consumer as other critics
While Jim is known for pointing out glaring anti-consumer behaviors there are people that feel he often chooses small targets like unknown publishers on Steam. While not always the case it does look to be a trend. Even when he chooses to voice concerns over AAA, it is often issues that many gamers have already pointed out, which leads to people believing that Jim is a bit of a echochamber repeating what he knows gamers will agree with him over. People also question why he chooses to not voice concern over corruption in games media, which plays a big role in the anti-consumerism that affects gaming. May other gaming critics have discussed this issue with the people such as Total Biscuit covering it extensively.