Let’s Talk About Hype Culture in Gaming (Nintendo Directs, Sony State of Plays, Summer Games Fest, etc.)

[Leynos]

I don't really get hyped anymore with few exceptions. I can get intrigued but I need to learn more about it. Mechanics, Accessibility options. Possibly story depending on the game. Just follow the information as more it released over time. Just in case that one thing that tells me, not for me. Souls like. Roguelite. Tower Defense etc. The exceptions when I get hyped is either a genuinely new IP that looks interesting but cautious hype was Stellar Blade. Ended up loving it. The other was a series I already enjoyed in a genre I love. So Ninja Gaiden 4 from a studio I love, PG.

Something Nintendo Directs are generally best at. Explaining to me what the game is. What you do in it. Sony generally does the generic hype machine bullshit. CGI trailer or a bunch of talking heads masturbating to their newest game with buzzwords. I'm not interested in a lot of what Nintendo shows but mostly not rolling my eyes so far back I can see my own brain like most Sony SoPs.

I don't care what masses say about something I am interested in or not. It has zero affect on my choice.