Why is there so much cynicism and negativity in the gaming community?

[Jizz_Beard_thePirate]

*Sound Of Rain said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

1) Sure, the game itself may still be fun and the graphics still may look great but it still doesnt look as great as what you set our expectations to 

2) its their fault for not providing us with enough information to show us how the game really is...

 

1) Who exactly set the expectations so high? You can't blame the developers / publishers for marketing the game. That's their job, to get people to want their product. Just because you (not literally you) had super high expectations, doesn't mean you can blame the people who made it.

2) or it's the consumers fault for not researching the game before buying (or preordering) it. The Wiki page shows exactly what to expect from gameplay to story...if you didn't look it up, that's on you. They did provide the information, you just failed to look at it.

*Again, when I say you, I don't mean literally  

1) Well, the example I used was Watch_Dogs cause if u looked at like the e3 2012 (I believe) trailer vs the end game, that e3 2012 trailer looked amazing compared to the end product. And then you have Titanfall and Destiny hiding behind their "zomfg e3 awards." Its things like that which set people's expectations very high! Granted its their job to get people to want their product but its also their job to make sure that the consumer doesn't get the wrong idea

2) Well, consumer is at fault to a certain degree but again, consumers shouldnt have to do the research if the product was on par with the consumer's expectations. Look at the Nintendo games for example, there has been many Nintendo games that came out this year with various scores. You have games like MK8 that were in the 80s and Hyrule Warriors that was in the 70s but the people that bought them didn't really complain and thats cause Nintendo showed exactly what to expect without the consumers having to do research on their own...