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Overhyped

Lost Odyssey
Halo Wars
Killzone 2
Ninja gaiden 2
Fable 2
Spore

Under Hyped


Metal gear sold 4 (I kid)

Alan Wake

Left for dead

No more heroes 

 



 

 

 

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Underhyped

Dark Sector



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dabaus513 said:

Under Hyped

No more heroes 


They were giving out No More Heroes toilet paper for a while.

Reviewers have been going crazy for this title for a while.

Fake box art has been floating around the internet for a while.

The game is going to get TV ads (IIRC).


It is not underhyped; its sales are just sucking.



I've heard barely any hype for Lost Odyssey or Halo Wars, so your inclusion of those is kind of odd.

Anyway, I'd say the three most overhyped games are Spore, LittleBigPlanet, and Fable 2, in that order. No triumvirate of games will so disappoint internet nerds as those three will in '08.

Underhyped? No More Heroes, Halo Wars, Mushroom Men, Too Human, Ninja Gaiden DS, Mario Kart Wii (surprisingly).



"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."

 -Sean Malstrom

 

 

underhyped: killzone 2

overhyped: endless ocean



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There is NO overhyped games, till THEY are RELEASED.



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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

EDIT: Never mind, misread title. Thread is technically pointless.



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Some of you have strange ideas about what underhyped means.

One game that is not hyped at all but will be seriously awesome:

MULTIWINIA!!!!!

PC gamers put it on your radar (I have a sneaking suspicion it might come to the wii as well, as one of the devs said it might be their first console game - but don't quote me on that).



i'd disagree about spore being over hyped. hyped yes but not overhyped.



Oh, forgot one.

Seriously in NEED of hype: Sam & Max Wii.



"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."

 -Sean Malstrom