Business analyst Robert Serrano claims that a Genshin Impact 2.8 trailer will be present at the Summer Game Fest 2022 event. His track record is far from perfect, yet many Travelers have talked about the rumored Genshin Impact 2.8 trailer. It is currently unknown whether it will happen or not, as it's nothing more than a rumor in text form.
The main subject of this article is visible in the middle of that tweet. By itself, it's nothing too special, but many Travelers have been talking about it in the leaking community. An excellent example of that can be seen in the following Reddit post.
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After well recieved Tidux's thread about his credibility, i decided to do the same thing with the most requested person from the comments - Roberto Serrano
Even though the old members have scars to remember Serrano's leaks from last year, there is a lot of people who only getting a stigma about his track record through funny jokes like 'I don't trust this [actually reliable insider], will wait for Roberto's comments'
Also there is a lot of news reporters who is still posting his tweets with phrases like 'yeah, this guy has a shaky history, but he was right one time tho! Maybe this time he is also correct?!'
So, for educational purpose, and because people apparently want bloodbath, here's the majority of claims made by him:
The "State of Play in August" shenanigans: on July 12 Roberto claimed the next State of Play will happen on August 12 with Horizon 2, God of War: Ragnarok, PSVR 2 being shown there
Then on July 31 he a little bit backtracked on that claim, because more reliable Jeff Grubb started to hear about PlayStation Event in September
In the new version of his rumor, Roberto said that on August 12 there was supposed to be a huge PlayStation Event (around 1 hour long), but Sony "may have been moved" it to September. Because of that, they will make a short 30-minutes long State of Play instead
Were do i begin with this?
There was no State of Play on August 12. Serrano for some reason actually thought Sony would made another general SoT a month later July's SoT. It's relatively easy to check a time between general showcases (one specific game showcase doesn't count) - at least 2 months
Jeff Grubb was right: PlayStation Event indeed happened in September. Roberto was wrong on duration of the show - 40 minutes instead of "around 1hr long". It was literally 10 minutes longer, than that mysterious August's State of Play, that he considered to be short
September's PlayStation Event didn't had any news about Horizon 2 or PSVR 2. Also, why would Sony reveal anything huge about PSVR 2 in September, when it's not even planned to be released this year?
So, Serrano's State of Play in August was completely made up. He went from confidently saying 'There is State of Play in August' to 'Well, actually, they will now make State of Play in August because of delay'
RS claimed in June that the next PlayStation Event with "a look on upcoming titles from PlayStation studios and their partners" will happen on July 8. Sony later announced State of Play for that date with only partners games being shown. Despite being wrong on the premise of the event, Serrano take this as confirmed info
RS claimed Battlefield 2042 reveal date, May 7, will be announced on April 30
Battlefield reveal was actually supposed to happen in May, but not on the 7th. 2WEI's tweet (their music was used in reveal and gameplay trailers of 2042) heavily indicated on reveal between May 10-14, but EA changed their plans
(I remember Jeff Grubb said on one of the podcasts that the reveal was delayed, because Xbox asked EA to show the game at E3)
So, not only the announcement of announcement on April 30 didn't happen, he was also wrong on the week of when the reveal trailer was actually supposed to drop
RS claimed in April that GTA 6 will be revealed on the next PlayStation event. Lol (wish i was living in this alternative universe tho)
RS claimed in April that Spider-Man 2 isn't in "real development". The game was literally announced during recent PlayStation Event and will be released in 2023. Sounds like quite the opposite!
RS claimed in February that on this month there will be new Final Fantasy XVI information. Nothing happened
Apparently, RS made claim about Call of Duty: Vanguard being developed by Infinity Ward? I found only this thread here about it where Serrano debunking himself and thread about Tom Henderson debunking Serrano's mysterious claim (Henderson's Twitter is closed, so i can't even check what he wrote). Have zero clue what was it about, but the fact remains - he admitted he was wrong about *something*
RS claimed in January that in late January-early February there will be new State of Play with trailers of upcoming games. In that time period only happened Destruction AllStars State of Play. Later in late February Sony did general SoT
RS claimed 4 days before Resident Evil Presentation in January, that Resident Evil: Village will release on April 22 . It released on May 7 (to be fair, in Capcom's massive 2020 leak there was mention of releasing the game in the end of April, but without concrete date)
RS claimed in November 2020 that new Silent Hill will be announced on The Game Awards 2020. Nothing happened
RS claimed in October 2020 that PS5 noise level is ~28 dB (dashboard), ~33 dB (Game). Wrong: 37-38 dB (dashboard) & 41 dB (Spider-Man: Miles Morales) (https://www.sportsgaming.win/2020/12/ps5-and-xbox-series-x-temperatures-and.html)
RS claimed in August 2020 that PS5 will be available on November 13 for $499 (disk version) and $399 (diskless), Xbox Series X on November 6 for $499 and Xbox Series S on November 3 for $399. Wrong dates (PS5 November 12, Xbox Series November 10), but mostly accurate prices except Series S ($299). Though, it's not that hard to guess that the more advanced models will cost 499
Not an insider information, but this one shows how badly Serrano checks sources: RS claimed in August 2020 that the anonymous author of PS5 UI leak on Reddit was ex-COD: BO CW developer Paulo Manso and he even uploaded PS5 UI concept video based on what he saw
Literally on the same day that Paulo Manso, who is actually a graphic designer, replied Serrano that he never worked for Activision and his PS5 UI concept wasn't a leak
RS claimed in July 2020 that the next PS5 event will happen on August 6. Sony indeed announced State of Play for that date, but there was no PS5 news. Serrano again for some bizarre reason thought that this was confirmation of his info
RS claimed in July 2020 that gameplay of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will be shown at State of Play (the August 6 one). The game was announced on August 27 and gameplay was shown during PlayStation Event in September. Completely wrong on reveal and gameplay dates
The famous one: RS claimed that on July 13 2020 Sony will announce PS5 price and release date. Nothing happened
The start of his Twitter career: RS claimed the first PS5 Event will happen on June 11 after official delay. That was correct
RS claimed in May 2020 that PS5 will release on November 27 and Xbox Series X on November 26. Again, wrong dates
RS claimed in May 2020 that Xbox will show "a walkthrough video about the new project in development by The Initiative" in summer of that year. Nothing happened, Perfect Dark was announced in December of that year
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In Tidux's thread i remembered the comment about Tidux track record being worse, than Serrano's. Obviously that was a joke, but now i think it's actually the case: 3 correct dates (where 2 of them had wrong premises of what will happen on them) and 3 correct prices of both PS5 models and Xbox Series X
6 correct guesses vs Tidux's 4! (No Man's Sky being at Paris Games Week, The Division lacks content, Quantic Dream being at PGW, and Marvel 1P-games being at PlayStation 2021 Event)
What i can say is that Roberto Serrano is not that bad at guessing dates, but when it comes to in-depth information about games, consoles and events - he is the last person on Earth you should read. So, take this to consideration when it comes to posting him here
Guess 13 years at working in the Media (yes, he's actually worked at that 4news site. I originally thought his Twitter was fake. As probably everyone else lmao) gives you the ability to guess dates with 40% chance being right