I thought about writing this or not but some things need to be called out so here it goes. Just like basic economics when there isn’t enough supply of something the demand is bigger, in this case information and that’s how you saw rise of people leaking information for 5 minutes of fame whether it’s true or not doesn’t really matter here since if done correctly they’ll get the results they want regardless if they are legit or not. It’s been the rise of the leaker flavor of the month in the gaming industry for a while now.
I first heard about Laura Kate Dale through some Nintendo NX leaks and started following her on twitter since I wanted to read some leaks that seemed to have some validity and not wait for others to post them but that didn’t last long as once I started reading a lot of contradictory statements and overreactions to nothing I stopped following. Now I was made aware of a reply to a comment about Michael Pachter here: