Well that's not a personal attack on TYP but wouldn't it be a personal attack on me?
You are right, and I do not regret it. I'm willing to take any repercussions as well, because I believe in what I wrote. I'm not going to bother responding to the rest of your message, it is quite clear that is more then "you expressing your opinion" if any attention has been paid to what some valuable (former) members had to say.
Nintendo can be as secretive as they want, but I just don't know what it buys them. I guess they just don't care about generating hype for their games, or they think that their games don't need hype because they're no longer selling to an audience that is reached by that hype.
What does it buy them to hype them? That is my point, where have we seen hype months and months in advance that was beneficial? If you are thinking that you can't prove that, well that is my point! We have no real basis either way beyond the fact that I know I can get hyped for a game 6 months from release just as I can get hyped for a game a year in advance. We knew about Metroid Prime 3 for quite some time and yet people are still disappointed by its sales. The main link I see is marketing, which is what sells a game in addition to brand recognition. Heck look at something such as Halo 3, it was known for a LONG time but the key push was the month leading up to the launch.
Now with that said I can understand if you are someone, like TYP, that you'd be frustrated because you like to cover upcoming games. That is completely fair, but I'm not sure knowledge of a games existence or even a trickling of information equates much, anymore, to sales. That stuff worked fine back before the internet and blogging became rampant, but now information is spread so quickly there is actually a chance a game can get OVERHYPED to the point where its release is more "meh" then "Woohoo!".
Now let me clarify one point, I would LOVE to hear some news about a new Mario or Zelda game even a year in advance. Though on the flip side I don't care to be strung along for a long time, and could just as excited if I found out that, let's say, a sequel to Mario Galaxy was announced at E3 to come out Winter. Either way I will be buying the game. Here is a question though, is there a game that Nintendo has announced within 6 months of release, that you didn't end up being excited for if it was in fact a quality title? Did you ever NOT buy a game because of a shortened release knowledge that turned out to be good, because of lack of foresight?
Topic: Nintendo Reveals Two New Titles and Upcoming Release Schedule (Read 31847 times)
