ssj12 said:
makingmusic476 said:
Strategyking92 said:
selnor said:
I will also just point out that no game that has ever reached AAA status and amazing sales has ever been hyped up to the massive.
Look at the original
Half Life
Halo
GTA
Gran Turismo
Far Cry
Mario Kart
Gears of War..... etc etc...
Look at big hyped games
LBP
KZ
Too Human
Daikatana
Etc...etc....
These games never reached amazing sales, you cant create a groundbreaking sales selling monster with hype. These monster sellers just appear, they happen. Same with films. Look at The Matrix, they released that 4 months apart from Episode 1 Phantom Menace. The Producers didnt epect alot in sales at all. |
I'm pretty sure too human was not hyped. In fact, it was the butt of many jokes.
Hell, before the launch of it, there was only one hype thread about it on vgchartz.
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Yeah, many took a "wait and see" approach to the game. Gears of War, however, was extremely hyped. I'm not sure why he's saying it wasn't.
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im not sure why half those games are on that list..
Halo, hyped to holy hell
GTA, was hyped by R*
Gran Turismo was
Half-Life, not sure.
Gears, see my post earlier in this thread
The point is most of the games that sell well have been overhyped.
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What?
The original Halo Bungie thought was gonna flop. Noone really new anything about it. When the reviews started coming in people just seemed to lap it up. Also the original GTA I didnt even here about that till 6 months after it was out.
Gran Turismo is another one. It wasnt until reviews that people thought I wanna play that game. As for Gears after E3 2006 because of people having played it there the media said it was awesome, M$ realised they were onto a winner and marketed it for the last 4 months before release.
KZ2 has been hyped heavily for over 2 years. Theirs the difference right there.
