Sony breaking cover first: beneficial or detrimental?

[Chark]

Dodece said:
@Chark

Firstly a rumor isn't proof, and it has no place in a rational analysis. When it comes to gaming less then one rumor in two hundred actually bares fruit, and even that is suspect, because the bullshitter hoaxers who perpetrate rumors are often making educated guesses. So it stands to reason that on occasion they will come close, and even then the people doing the judging aren't exactly rigorous in their appraisal. A rumor monger can be all of ten percent right, and some will treat them as if they were completely on target. You should limit rumor speculation to rumor threads.

Secondly you are misappropriating the word hype. It doesn't mean what you obviously think it means. I think you are just using it, because you think it sounds better then someone being somewhere on the range of interested. Like I said it is a exaggerated response, and not a rational response. People can be interested, or looking forward to something without being hyped. The exaggeration is purely emotional, and nobody can stay that high for any extended period of time. That level of anticipation at a maximum can be sustained maybe for a couple weeks, and that is mostly for the very young, or the very bored.

And what's your point? Your response applies just as much to your original statement. I was expecting conversation on the topic.