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sethnintendo on 19 October 2012
selnor said:
What happens if the hype cant reach high enough.

I have that problem with Halo 4. Theres so much hype now. But its not enough. I am thirsting for more hype, but just cant get no more hype.

Microsoft I'll sell every other gaming thing apart from a controller and an Xbox ten give you the funds that makes just to get Halo 4 now. And then play online early. For the next 2 years.


You need to hype Windows phones more since their market share isn't looking that good.



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selnor on 19 October 2012
sethnintendo said:
selnor said:
What happens if the hype cant reach high enough.

I have that problem with Halo 4. Theres so much hype now. But its not enough. I am thirsting for more hype, but just cant get no more hype.

Microsoft I'll sell every other gaming thing apart from a controller and an Xbox ten give you the funds that makes just to get Halo 4 now. And then play online early. For the next 2 years.


You need to hype Windows phones more since their market share isn't looking that good.


But I dont need more hype their. I actually cant play any games right now because I want just 1. I have Uncharted 3 sat right here, Dishonoured sat right here, Borderlands 2 sat right here. Yet all I want is Halo 4. I cant bare to even try to play any of these.



richardhutnik on 19 October 2012
Jay520 said:
richardhutnik said:
sethnintendo said:

Do Sony fans hype a lot of games? Yes and some of the hype probably isn't warranted. However, I have seen them hype games that deserved it on a few occasions. I am thinking of Valkyria Chronicles mainly. Too bad turn based strategy games are more of a niche so the title never exploded in sales that it deserved.  At least it got past 1m.

There is a problem with people hyping games who are console partisans.  The hyping is a hopefest that they have some sort of "killer app" that will draw people to their console of choice.  The XBox 360 was pretty bad with this also.  I remember one Jonah Falcon posting on Usenet regarding the 360 and about every single release being all that.  Out came Viva Pinata being hyped.   Boogie Bunnies got hyped also.  And others also.  It got to be pretty horrible.  There is also some rants by selnor on here also (graphic hype threads get old).  Valk might be a good game, but I personally bought it on hype and like a guilt campaign of needing to support it, and it just wasn't my thing (did get traded in.  Sorry, I am not a fan of tactical combat).

This hyping makes people make bad decisions, and people regret the entire thing.

Of course, campaigns that make a company actually release something in a region it may never be released in, is good.  The getting Nintendo to actually release RPGs it was sitting on, is a good thing.  But hype for titles to be ammo in console wars is not.

If a person makes a bad decision with THEIR money based on OTHER people's satisfaction, then that's that person's fault for not doing enough research on the game.


People look towards others for opinions, and the reason is to end up trying to affect console buying patterns.  You try to make buzz for as much as possible, so people think the console of choice ends up being a relgious choice, whatever is in the best interest of others be damned.  The point here is the focus on how people spend their time, and its impact. 



richardhutnik on 19 October 2012
selnor said:
What happens if the hype cant reach high enough.

I have that problem with Halo 4. Theres so much hype now. But its not enough. I am thirsting for more hype, but just cant get no more hype.

Microsoft I'll sell every other gaming thing apart from a controller and an Xbox ten give you the funds that makes just to get Halo 4 now. And then play online early. For the next 2 years.


Bluntly speaking, I think you would be far better off trying to find something to put your heart into more, than a Microsoft product.  Halo 4 isn't all that and a bag of chips.  Other FPS do things that Halo doesn't.  Microsoft has release schedules for reasons, and logic behind them.   A game should stand on its own merits, with hype to get the word out.  Beyond this, you are trying to convert people religiously.  As for myself, I did get some interest in Halo 4, but Microsoft fails to deliver bots, so it is a pass for me there.  Sorry, I don't play on line.  Borderlands 2 is enough for me.  Heck, why not play something else until Halo 4 is ready?



NobleTeam360 on 19 October 2012

I don't really or rarely see MS fans hyping ever single little game that is exclusive and I don't see Nintendo fans do it that much either. But i see Sony fans do it with every exclusive whether its a small time RPG or a game like Haze.



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Jay520 on 19 October 2012
richardhutnik said:
Jay520 said:
richardhutnik said:
sethnintendo said:

Do Sony fans hype a lot of games? Yes and some of the hype probably isn't warranted. However, I have seen them hype games that deserved it on a few occasions. I am thinking of Valkyria Chronicles mainly. Too bad turn based strategy games are more of a niche so the title never exploded in sales that it deserved.  At least it got past 1m.

There is a problem with people hyping games who are console partisans.  The hyping is a hopefest that they have some sort of "killer app" that will draw people to their console of choice.  The XBox 360 was pretty bad with this also.  I remember one Jonah Falcon posting on Usenet regarding the 360 and about every single release being all that.  Out came Viva Pinata being hyped.   Boogie Bunnies got hyped also.  And others also.  It got to be pretty horrible.  There is also some rants by selnor on here also (graphic hype threads get old).  Valk might be a good game, but I personally bought it on hype and like a guilt campaign of needing to support it, and it just wasn't my thing (did get traded in.  Sorry, I am not a fan of tactical combat).

This hyping makes people make bad decisions, and people regret the entire thing.

Of course, campaigns that make a company actually release something in a region it may never be released in, is good.  The getting Nintendo to actually release RPGs it was sitting on, is a good thing.  But hype for titles to be ammo in console wars is not.

If a person makes a bad decision with THEIR money based on OTHER people's satisfaction, then that's that person's fault for not doing enough research on the game.


People look towards others for opinions, and the reason is to end up trying to affect console buying patterns.  You try to make buzz for as much as possible, so people think the console of choice ends up being a relgious choice, whatever is in the best interest of others be damned.  The point here is the focus on how people spend their time, and its impact. 



Again, you shouldnt base a significant amount of your money on hype. There's reviews, videos, and you should also consider what people say who disliked the game. When hype is your primary measure, then of course you're setting yourself up for failure.

d21lewis on 19 October 2012

Hype away. I just find it hilarious when a game gets an insane amount of hype because it is exclusive and then that hype grinds to a halt (sometimes turning into hate) when that game becomes a multi-plat.

Oh, and Agent will be the best game, ever. Count on it.



selnor on 19 October 2012
richardhutnik said:
selnor said:
What happens if the hype cant reach high enough.

I have that problem with Halo 4. Theres so much hype now. But its not enough. I am thirsting for more hype, but just cant get no more hype.

Microsoft I'll sell every other gaming thing apart from a controller and an Xbox ten give you the funds that makes just to get Halo 4 now. And then play online early. For the next 2 years.


Bluntly speaking, I think you would be far better off trying to find something to put your heart into more, than a Microsoft product.  Halo 4 isn't all that and a bag of chips.  Other FPS do things that Halo doesn't.  Microsoft has release schedules for reasons, and logic behind them.   A game should stand on its own merits, with hype to get the word out.  Beyond this, you are trying to convert people religiously.  As for myself, I did get some interest in Halo 4, but Microsoft fails to deliver bots, so it is a pass for me there.  Sorry, I don't play on line.  Borderlands 2 is enough for me.  Heck, why not play something else until Halo 4 is ready?

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Woe woe woe.

Obviously VGC is not a great place anymore.

Next week I'll secretly try Te Last Of Us in here. Watch how many flock and go gooey.

Mate its got bugger all to do with Microsofts bit of plastic. Its friggin Halo. I love Halo. In fact ......................

Whats the point.



Ajescent on 19 October 2012

Not sure how this became an Anti Sony-fans thread... but I blame Sales2099 for it.



PS One/2/p/3slim/Vita owner. I survived the Apocalyps3/Collaps3 and all I got was this lousy signature.


Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?

Torillian on 19 October 2012
Lostplanet22 said:
That is because of the sony fans who have no idea what to talk about so they start hyping up games and even call games hidden gems after a few reviews.. That PSN swan game comes to mind.


God doamn those Sony fans for being excited for a beautiful and unique looking PSN title attempting to keep the ThatGameCompany mantal going on PSN.  Out of curiosity could you point me towards a preview that showed that Sony fans should not have been hyped for The Unfinished Swan?  Because I believe that was the concept, that people were hyping things beyond what they should based on impressions, but I don't remember any worried previews about that title.  Yeah there was a thread calling it a hidden gem after it got the first few 9's as reviews, but that just means he was wrong later.  If a downloadable title gets 9's for its first few reviews I'm sure anyone would call it a hidden gem, and then sometimes they'd be right and sometimes they'd be wrong.  



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