Are People Shoving New Games Down Our Throat?

[Cloudman]

Chazore said:

Cloudman said:
It seems to be that the people are doing that to promote their preferred console of choice, to show that it's the best out there. For what reason? I'm not sure...

A fraction of it stems from people's desire to validate their purchasing decsion, by confronting others and telling them to buy and support what they do in roder to feel liek they had made a wise decision. The last thing a majority on this rock want is buyers remorse.

 

I do find it rather off putting though to see thread after thread for some titles on here, overhyping them to death, it actually puts me off wanting to buy into them at times, other times I end up grabbing the game at a much later date, when all the hype has died down and people see the game for what it is.

I'd find that weird if that was the case. Someone buys something to enjoy it, there's no need to validate anything. What matters is that the person enjoys it.

I do feel the same when someone oversells their game. It gets annoying when someone tells me 'certain game' is the best for various reasons, I should buy the console, and that console is the best. I like just hearing 'Yeah, this game is great! If you like 'certain kind of genre', try it if you can" Hype has ended up in me disliking a game before.