| grandmaster192 said: Living up to the hype isn't that important, actually. As long as the hype is massive and draws in new people, the overall quality of the product is irrelevant. Lair was never hugely hyped game. It never had the overall hype that games such as Mario Galaxy, Halo, and Smash brothers have. Furthermore, the games hype came mostly from a small number of people, thus limiting the overall hype the product actually had. Metal Gear Solid 4, for example, is an incredibly hype game that supposed to be a triple A tittle. However, if the game turns out to be very good tittle but not great title, it will not live up to the hype, yet it will still sell very well. New! Super Mario Bros. is a perfect example of a game not living up to it's hype. It didn't matter, though, as the game went on to sell at an incredible level. Hype is the key to selling a product. |
Lair was being hyped ad naseum by Sony Fanboys for months. Now with that said it is extremely important ot follow through on Hype. If it was just hype the PS3 would be number one now and not the Wii(WW) and 360(NA). The PS3 did not deliver on its own hype and while it is a good machine was not able to suvive its price or game library. I do agree that Hype will allow a company to overcome one of those issues but not both. Essentially a product most at least prove it is worthy of the hype. The Wii did this Wii sports. The 360 did this with the XBOX and a year head start. The PS3 is not doing this and each month that goes by the less hype the PS3 can get and if it doesn't catch up and start building it again by the end of this year it won't.
