curl-6 said:
forethought14 said:
curl-6 said:
Hype doesn't mean being closed minded to changing one's mind. Your definition of hype is too narrow.
And that's the opposite of what I'm saying; that an anomaly being explained doesn't make it somehow not exist any more.
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That's why I call it the "true" level of hype. Right now, all hype is questionable because people are always capable of changing their minds. How much of that hype remains by launch, is the "true" level of hype. It's about having so much excitement, to a point where opinions of others won't phase you. That is truly a high level of hype. It's not a narrow definition, it's the end result of the constant fluctuations of hype. If we didn't have any new footage of this game, would people still be talking about it like they're doing now?
What's your point with that though? That because Wii Sports Resort happened, my idea breaks apart and no longer applies? Yes that's true, it's an exception like I said, so what? Again I ask, tell me of a time that a Wii Sports-like phenomenon happened?
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See, I'd say hype doesn't have to result in a sale to exist; it can exist, then not pay off. It can fail.
My point on WSR is simply that it shows sales and hype don't always correlate.
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Hype can exist and not result in a sale, that's what I call questionable hype because there's a chance of it reducing. True hype is the end result of constant fluctuations in hype.
OK, and what about that? But like I said, that happened because specific conditions occured, Wii Sports happened. If Wii Sports never existed, then I can guarantee that Wii Sports Resort (if released how it was released) would not have come close to 30million. It's the only time this has happened, which is why it's an anomally that doesn't destroy the idea that sales and hype have a relationship with eachother. (like how the Laws of Physics still apply everywhere except in the black hole, the ONE exception,).
