Why are some hyping Demon Soul like it is a game changer?

[richardhutnik]

Dgc1808 said:

richardhutnik said:

AT The said:
Well if this thread showed us anything is that Demon's Souls needs MORE HYPE!!!! lol

Fine, if it is THAT good, then do hype it up.  I guess no one is going on record to say it is a "game changer" though.  I have seen far too many titles hyped as "game changers", with Killzone 2 being the prime example.  Coming as a sequel to the "Halo Killer", it was supposed to win over the XBox player to the PS3 for FPS action.

Here's the problem. If we hype it up just for being a good game, are guys like you going to come out and call it a failure when it doesn't sell 300K first week? [Which it most likely has ZERO chance at]

The debate gets framed in the context of moving consoles and selling.  Too often games on the PS3 are positioned as "game changers" by some, and the game has to be held up to high standards as far as sales go.  Killzone 2, rather than just be a good FPS, was positioned by Sony themselves in a executive press release, as a game that would win 360 owners over (or at least get them to look at the PS3).  And then I saw Resistance 2 get fragged by the Sony fan side, because it didn't match Gears 2 in sales.  End result, one can't just talk up a game as being great, it has to win over people to consoles.  I guess it is the nature of a website like this, that is centered around sales.