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Max King of the Wild on 19 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
dont mistake internet press with real life press. The wii had much more attention as well as the PS2. Halo and call of duty games gets more attention than this in the real world as well.



LOL! The Wii got more attention AFTER it released. It hardly got attention before that.  And it got NONE before it was announced. In November you can make this claim but until then you need to admit the media attention of a date is great for the Ps4 than anything in recent years


Nah i hardly see it that way.  If we are talking about before something even gets announced then sure.  Every console that get's announced get's an insane amount of hype frp, the internet.  just look at the WiiU, Vita, and 3DS.  All trhee got an insane amount of hype and WiiU sold out of preorders in like a day etc but then when they came out they didnt sell that well and that is because beyond the internet people arent paying attention.  As for an over all amount of media it would go to the Wii/PS2.  This thread just goes into all the other let's hype up the PS4.  Wait until about 6 months after it get's released and then we will come back to this conversation and you can tell me if it is or isn't.  And the same thing will happen with the NeXbox announcement.  Peopl;e will hype the shit out of it etc.  This is nothing new with new consoles.  The only difference is that they are teasing an announcement heavily rather than just announcing it so people are hyped about an announcement rather than the console it's self right now. Hell we dont even know one thing about it and people are making statements like this.  It's called hype and nothing more.  Of course internet websites willt alk about it.  It brings traffic to there site O.O


How old are you because I think your memory from 7 years ago is a little fuzzy. The Wii was an unexpected hit. Why do you think Nintendo was so behind on meeting with demand? Why do you think their sales numbers were rather low for a huge success? It's because Nintendo didn't expect the massive sales they recieved. If the media was hyping the console all to hell like you claim and the pre launch hype was there in the "real word" why didn't Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft expect the Wii's sales? The media attention came upon release of the Wii when people were fighting each other to get the Wii. It came when people were camping in front of a store for 2 days for the next shipments. It came from the wii's shelves being empty for months on end with no sign of Nintendo being able to satisfy the demand.



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Max King of the Wild on 19 February 2013
BasilZero said:
Somini said:
watsuke said:
Porcupine_I said:
if i wasn't so lazy i'd count the number of people rushing to this thread to assure us nobody has heard about the event.


Nobody outside of the Playstation diehard fanbase even knows what a Playstation is. I haven't seen a single bilboard, T.V. spot, or internet banner advertising the PS4. Even the PSBlog is still talking about the PS3, Sony has already stopped marketing the PS4 cause even they forgot it exsist. The Wii, that had more people lining up to buy one than they did the PS4. They actually advertised the Wii though.


I'm too lazy to bother reporting you right now! What the hell! Are you even trying to have a real discussion here? More than 400 million playstation consoles have been sold since the release of the PSOne and you dare make a comment like that?


Sarcasm detector broken for me or you I dont even know anymore :(

It's broken for me too then. Because he sounds legit in the post



MB1025 on 19 February 2013

It is just internet hype atm. I mean if you are browsing multiple forums of course it will seem like the hype is HUGE. However other than gaming websites I haven't seen anything about the PS4 coming out. It will be the same when the 720 is on the verge of being announced.



Jaywood2010 on 19 February 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
dont mistake internet press with real life press. The wii had much more attention as well as the PS2. Halo and call of duty games gets more attention than this in the real world as well.



LOL! The Wii got more attention AFTER it released. It hardly got attention before that.  And it got NONE before it was announced. In November you can make this claim but until then you need to admit the media attention of a date is great for the Ps4 than anything in recent years


Nah i hardly see it that way.  If we are talking about before something even gets announced then sure.  Every console that get's announced get's an insane amount of hype frp, the internet.  just look at the WiiU, Vita, and 3DS.  All trhee got an insane amount of hype and WiiU sold out of preorders in like a day etc but then when they came out they didnt sell that well and that is because beyond the internet people arent paying attention.  As for an over all amount of media it would go to the Wii/PS2.  This thread just goes into all the other let's hype up the PS4.  Wait until about 6 months after it get's released and then we will come back to this conversation and you can tell me if it is or isn't.  And the same thing will happen with the NeXbox announcement.  Peopl;e will hype the shit out of it etc.  This is nothing new with new consoles.  The only difference is that they are teasing an announcement heavily rather than just announcing it so people are hyped about an announcement rather than the console it's self right now. Hell we dont even know one thing about it and people are making statements like this.  It's called hype and nothing more.  Of course internet websites willt alk about it.  It brings traffic to there site O.O


How old are you because I think your memory from 7 years ago is a little fuzzy. The Wii was an unexpected hit. Why do you think Nintendo was so behind on meeting with demand? Why do you think their sales numbers were rather low for a huge success? It's because Nintendo didn't expect the massive sales they recieved. If the media was hyping the console all to hell like you claim and the pre launch hype was there in the "real word" why didn't Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft expect the Wii's sales? The media attention came upon release of the Wii when people were fighting each other to get the Wii. It came when people were camping in front of a store for 2 days for the next shipments. It came from the wii's shelves being empty for months on end with no sign of Nintendo being able to satisfy the demand.


Ok ill try this again so you understand what Im saying.  INTERNET HYPE DOES NOT EQUAL REAL WORLD MEDIA.  The Wii did not get hyped the shit out of on the internet but guess what did?  The PS3/X360/3DS/Vita/WiiU.  All of those got a ton of hype on the internet.  None of them got a lot of media compared to the wii upn release though.  I'm 21 by the way.  All im saying is that this is hype, not media and anybody who says other wise better beshowing me news or commercials that play on t.v., radio stations talking about it etc.  What do you expect websites to report on?  Of course it will be hyped.  Why wouldn't it be?  Think logically.

They are called GAME websites for a reason.

I have taled to numerous friends in the real world who doesnt visit game websites and told them that the PS4 will likely be announced the 20th.  And guess what, nobody knew about it O.o




       

OneTwoThree on 19 February 2013
ethomaz said:
OneTwoThree said:
The alliance between Sony and the leading games media is strong, definitely. Gametrailers was basically taken over by Sony for this announcement.

That's not only the media... it's the industry needs a new console to grow up the sales (Wii U didn't make that happen)... so the gaming industry wants PS4 to be a big success.

Yes sure, and that's fine. Gametrailers in particular is something that I'm sceptical about, cause they really don't seem to care for journalistic independence. You've got all the product placement and advertising and hype cooperation with companies, but at the same time they do their comments and talk shows on the state of the industry, they've got their own "analyst" who happens to be "genuinely excited" about the PS4 while routinely panning Nintendo. It's problematic. 



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Max King of the Wild on 19 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
dont mistake internet press with real life press. The wii had much more attention as well as the PS2. Halo and call of duty games gets more attention than this in the real world as well.



LOL! The Wii got more attention AFTER it released. It hardly got attention before that.  And it got NONE before it was announced. In November you can make this claim but until then you need to admit the media attention of a date is great for the Ps4 than anything in recent years


Nah i hardly see it that way.  If we are talking about before something even gets announced then sure.  Every console that get's announced get's an insane amount of hype frp, the internet.  just look at the WiiU, Vita, and 3DS.  All trhee got an insane amount of hype and WiiU sold out of preorders in like a day etc but then when they came out they didnt sell that well and that is because beyond the internet people arent paying attention.  As for an over all amount of media it would go to the Wii/PS2.  This thread just goes into all the other let's hype up the PS4.  Wait until about 6 months after it get's released and then we will come back to this conversation and you can tell me if it is or isn't.  And the same thing will happen with the NeXbox announcement.  Peopl;e will hype the shit out of it etc.  This is nothing new with new consoles.  The only difference is that they are teasing an announcement heavily rather than just announcing it so people are hyped about an announcement rather than the console it's self right now. Hell we dont even know one thing about it and people are making statements like this.  It's called hype and nothing more.  Of course internet websites willt alk about it.  It brings traffic to there site O.O


How old are you because I think your memory from 7 years ago is a little fuzzy. The Wii was an unexpected hit. Why do you think Nintendo was so behind on meeting with demand? Why do you think their sales numbers were rather low for a huge success? It's because Nintendo didn't expect the massive sales they recieved. If the media was hyping the console all to hell like you claim and the pre launch hype was there in the "real word" why didn't Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft expect the Wii's sales? The media attention came upon release of the Wii when people were fighting each other to get the Wii. It came when people were camping in front of a store for 2 days for the next shipments. It came from the wii's shelves being empty for months on end with no sign of Nintendo being able to satisfy the demand.


Ok ill try this again so you understand what Im saying.  INTERNET HYPE DOES NOT EQUAL REAL WORLD MEDIA.  The Wii did not get hyped the shit out of on the internet but guess what did?  The PS3/X360/3DS/Vita/WiiU.  All of those got a ton of hype on the internet.  None of them got a lot of media compared to the wii upn release though.  I'm 21 by the way.  All im saying is that this is hype, not media and anybody who says other wise better beshowing me news or commercials that play on t.v., radio stations talking about it etc.  What do you expect websites to report on?  Of course it will be hyped.  Why wouldn't it be?  Think logically.

They are called GAME websites for a reason.

I have taled to numerous friends in the real world who doesnt visit game websites and told them that the PS4 will likely be announced the 20th.  And guess what, nobody knew about it O.o


The fact that you, and apparently many others, can't comprehend why that is alarming



Jaywood2010 on 19 February 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
JayWood2010 said:
dont mistake internet press with real life press. The wii had much more attention as well as the PS2. Halo and call of duty games gets more attention than this in the real world as well.



LOL! The Wii got more attention AFTER it released. It hardly got attention before that.  And it got NONE before it was announced. In November you can make this claim but until then you need to admit the media attention of a date is great for the Ps4 than anything in recent years


Nah i hardly see it that way.  If we are talking about before something even gets announced then sure.  Every console that get's announced get's an insane amount of hype frp, the internet.  just look at the WiiU, Vita, and 3DS.  All trhee got an insane amount of hype and WiiU sold out of preorders in like a day etc but then when they came out they didnt sell that well and that is because beyond the internet people arent paying attention.  As for an over all amount of media it would go to the Wii/PS2.  This thread just goes into all the other let's hype up the PS4.  Wait until about 6 months after it get's released and then we will come back to this conversation and you can tell me if it is or isn't.  And the same thing will happen with the NeXbox announcement.  Peopl;e will hype the shit out of it etc.  This is nothing new with new consoles.  The only difference is that they are teasing an announcement heavily rather than just announcing it so people are hyped about an announcement rather than the console it's self right now. Hell we dont even know one thing about it and people are making statements like this.  It's called hype and nothing more.  Of course internet websites willt alk about it.  It brings traffic to there site O.O


How old are you because I think your memory from 7 years ago is a little fuzzy. The Wii was an unexpected hit. Why do you think Nintendo was so behind on meeting with demand? Why do you think their sales numbers were rather low for a huge success? It's because Nintendo didn't expect the massive sales they recieved. If the media was hyping the console all to hell like you claim and the pre launch hype was there in the "real word" why didn't Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft expect the Wii's sales? The media attention came upon release of the Wii when people were fighting each other to get the Wii. It came when people were camping in front of a store for 2 days for the next shipments. It came from the wii's shelves being empty for months on end with no sign of Nintendo being able to satisfy the demand.


Ok ill try this again so you understand what Im saying.  INTERNET HYPE DOES NOT EQUAL REAL WORLD MEDIA.  The Wii did not get hyped the shit out of on the internet but guess what did?  The PS3/X360/3DS/Vita/WiiU.  All of those got a ton of hype on the internet.  None of them got a lot of media compared to the wii upn release though.  I'm 21 by the way.  All im saying is that this is hype, not media and anybody who says other wise better beshowing me news or commercials that play on t.v., radio stations talking about it etc.  What do you expect websites to report on?  Of course it will be hyped.  Why wouldn't it be?  Think logically.

They are called GAME websites for a reason.

I have taled to numerous friends in the real world who doesnt visit game websites and told them that the PS4 will likely be announced the 20th.  And guess what, nobody knew about it O.o


The fact that you, and apparently many others, can't comprehend why that is alarming

So you dismiss everything I said to say i cant comprehend something.  All im saying is this doesnt go beyond the internet and Im pretty sure most people realize this.  For me Im not going to be making any predictions about the WiiU/NeXbox/PS4 until all three have been on the market at the same time for 6 months each.  Hype is nothing but fans going crazy over words and hopes.




       

coolguy on 19 February 2013

the ps2 got tons of media



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TeddostheFireKing on 19 February 2013

Every console gets hyped before launch by some people, but hype before reveal? That's not quite so common.

Oh and the few people calling out Gaming sites saying they're all Sony influenced by having so many news articles on it, what did they expect? It's an easy article to get hits on and easy story to write, the gaming sites would be foolish to not write anything about the PS4.

But yeah, vgchartz and Neogaf are going crazy about this, I don't visit any other gaming forums.



adriane23 on 19 February 2013

I wasn't on gaming forums or sites that much when this gen started, but I'd say no. The amount of news, no matter how trivial or niche is reported ad nauseam these days, I'd expect this to be the trend when any new console comes out from now on.

 

EDIT: Except for Ouya....



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