After another major leak among the game community, there was a lot of controversy regarding its source. The information in it is related to Summer Update 4.0 in Genshin impact with a new region - Fontaine. Many fans are sure that the leaks that occurred were the intention of themselves hoyoverse in order to stir up interest in a future patch and possibly attract new players with a scandal between developers and insider groups. However, not everyone agrees with this opinion and there are quite a few reasons for this.
Despite the fact that some harmless leaks in the form of rumors about new game mechanics or some unique heroes may indeed be made on purpose. in order to increase the popularity of the expected updates, large-scale leaks often occur precisely through the fault of beta testers or due to dataminers (with the exception of a leak server client HoYoverse, this is more likely to be blamed within the company). To prove such an accusation, one can put forward a number of facts confirming the involvement of only insiders in all mass leaks. Let's analyze each of them in more detail:
- Plums of early or unfinished designs. Image characters of Fontaine and Mondstadt, recently published in the public domain, were later called obsolete concepts, almost worthless at the moment. There is no practical benefit to HoYoverse in fueling interest in materials that will eventually changed.
- Disputes between insiders. Often, after the publication of any data from closed access (especially if they are not supported by photographs or screenshots), large and fairly well-known insiders have disputes between large and well-known insiders. disagreement over details one or another merged fact. For example, Blank considered the skin's skeleton Fischl suit Nahidaand corrected it Ubatcha. Their argument on Twitter even became the basis of a meme. Also, before the official announcement, insiders could not accurately say the rarity Ayaka skin. If such publications were made from official sources (albeit through third-party channels), disputes between dataminers would not arise due to the complete completion of the creation of mechanics or design.
- Blocking channels and insider accounts. In an effort to stop leaked content from spreading, HoYoverse is actively filing complaints about posted content flagged as "copyright infringement", which often leads to blocking and deletion of accounts. So, two Discord servers owned by ubatcha и blank. Many insiders were blocked on twitter, and was preceded by blocking appeal to Discord through the court in order to get information Ubatcha.
Thus, it can be assumed that HoYoverse does not produce large plums on its own. due to the extremely small benefit from such actions. They understand that small leaks are inevitable, however do not cooperate with no one who would pass the data to the community. In addition, according to the dataminer Mere, TeamChina was behind Fontaine's massive leak.
Only one thing can be said with certainty: the developers adhere to the principle of "damage control", allowing insiders to spread single minor leaks, and controlling popular dataminer accounts. Recent events, however, show that the company has serious problems not only with security, but also with the tactics of dealing with large leaks.
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