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pokoko on 09 March 2016
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BraLoD said:
pokoko said:

I am being absurd, as it was exaggerated for humor.  However ... you do realize that it's not an advertisement, right?  The McDonalds example does not apply at all.  

Games shown before release are works in progress.  EVERYONE should realize that.

Also, regardless of you being okay with cinematic teasers, they always get complaints.  Everything gets complaints.  No one is going to pull a Fallout 4 with a new IP, either.

Yeah, that was what I meant xP

Anyway, it is advertisement, it's advertising a product to come, even as it is no claim the final build will be exactly that way, it's still a choice to falsely depict something, usually with something of a better quality than what will be achieved.

People pre-orders games, it's a business practice, there are lots of people buying that game that is being showcased, not the one delivered on its release date, several people make their choice and pay for something that'll come on a lowered quality later.

That's not right, I don't support that kind of practice and I'm all for people calling them out on those kinds of situations.
People do have a reason to do that, no need to mock them, they are not making it out of thin air.

Oh, I agree, they shouldn't do it, but only because there are so many people who cannot understand that the developers are trying to show what they are aiming for as a project.  Personally, I want to know.  I want to see what kind of game they're trying to make and what kind of goals they're setting.  I can fully understand that projects are going to change and evolve as systems and programming are added.  I know that it's a projected result and I definitely want developers try to make a better game than to be bound by projected visuals.  For me, it seems obvious that changes will happen.  Unfortunately, the people who complain about everything are going to ruin that.  They're going to make it so that publishers are too scared to show off anything and it's going to suck.  And then they're going to whine about how boring E3 is with only teaser trailers shown.