The problem of hyping unreleased games

[Jay520]

sales2099 said:

Jay520 said:
I don't see the problem with hyping games. There's always an element of mystery when hyping unreleased games. Are you suggesting that people only hype games that are already released? That seems like a strange mentality, to say the least. When unknown games are hyped, sometimes the games are great and sometimes they end up being mediocre. Sure, you could fixate on the mediocre games and say hyping is wrong, but for every mediocre game, there's a great game that makes it worth it. Of course it's risky and mysterious to hype unknown games, but that's what makes hyping so exciting; you have no idea how the game will turn out, but you're anxious for the release nonetheless.

Now this is coming from me but an example that comes to mind is PASBR. When it was first announced it was hyped AAA (90+) by the fans, and thats cool. Now, we have sufficient evidence that while the game will be good, it isnt 90+ material. Yet the hype train for some hasnt diminished and wont until the meta score stares at them in the face. Then itll be like there wasnt any 90+ hype at all to cover it up.

"but for every mediocre game, there's a great game that makes it worth it"

This is totally untrue. Shovelware and "meh" games vastly outnumber the gems in gaming every gen.

You're going to see what you want to see. PABR is probably one of the least hyped games ever. A hyped game would be something like The Last of Us or Halo 4. I can count on one hand the number of people who have expressed a lot of interest in this game. In fact I've seen maybe 2-3 PABR threads within this past week. And for the few threads that do exist, they rarely reach levels to justify calling them excessive. - that's very little hype. I don't even think there's an official PABR thread. Yes, a FEW people are really hyped for PABR, but they are the exception an any reasonable person can see that.

Moreover, how many people have said this game will receive a 90 on Metacritic? Look at this thread here:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=147495

Only three people said the game will achieve a 90 on Metacritic, and one of them is a Nintendo fan. This is clear evidence that you're only seeing what you want to see. You're just searching for the smallest of cases to try to justify your agenda. You're only seeing what you want to see, as with a lot of people in here.

As for the last statement, you know exactly what I said in context. I was saying for every hyped game that bombs, there's a hyped game that's good. I'm not talking about games in general.