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thismeintiel on 20 August 2014
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curl-6 said:
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
curl-6 said:

This, plus Nintendo and Microsoft idiotically sabotaging themselves.

All Sony had to do was not fuck up epically and win by default.

Call me a hater, but I do find it a bit concerning, that gamers have reached the point where we will pay out the wazoo on the vague promise of "greatness awaits" and shinier versions of last gen games. I believe it's a result of the "preorder" culture in modern gaming; we no longer wait until the product actually delivers, we pay now for the promise of future content.

This seems to me a dangerous precedent in an industry that increasingly abuses such trust and tries to milk consumers of every nickel and dime they can.

Isn't this the case every generation though?

PS3 fucked up last gen, Gamecube fucked up the gen before, Dreamcast fucked up before then, Saturn (I think it was Saturn fcked up for then), then a Atari fcked up.

Didn't the Wii sell off of hype, didn't the PS2 sell off of hype, the ps1, SNES, NES, etc...

Not every gen; Genesis didn't fuck up in the 4th gen, and 360/PS3 recovered from their growing pains in the 7th. As a result, those gens had healthy competition.

The winning system always has hype, yes. But in my humble opinion, the hype has never been this unfounded.

I really don't mean this as bashing; but there's really no way I can say this without sounding like I'm "hating". It's just that the message that PS4's sales explosions sends the industry is a worrying one in my view. It says we as an audience are okay with game droughts and schedules padded out with last gen ports, and that all we want from our "next gen" system is the same games, just shinier.

Wouldn't they be saying that if ANY of the systems were in the lead? The One has gotten worst support than the PS4. They are now buying exclusives (timed or not) to pad out their line up.  And the Wii U is the worst when it comes to droughts. It's been out a year longer than the PS4 and One, but hasn't amassed a catalog any bigger than the two systems that have only been out for 9 months.  Each console has gotten their share of remastered ports, just like last gen.  That doesn't stop them from gaining a great catalog of great games.  And shinier graphics are a BIG reason why we move onto a new gen.  Otherwise, we'd still be playing Ataris.

 

No, the reason people like to claim its just hype is because they are mad that their console of choice didn't catch on.  Hype also gives them the hope that its sales will plummet, because the PS4 won't match the hype. Nothing more, nothing less.