Lol, I love people that say stuff like this. Yes, every single media outlet out there, most of which I don't see any Titanfall stuff on front pages, is in on this big cosnpiracy to build this game up. It couldn't possibly be that good that these people, that are gamers by the way, are just excited for it. Give me a break, if this was a game that you were actually interested in, your tone would be a little different.
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And that same exact site had a game come in a few months back that one of the Sony guys played for the entire week and gushed about it on the site, and yet when the review came out he gave it like a 7.5. Everything isn't as cut and dry as some people like to make it, and just because sites get ad revenue, that doesn't automatically get your game a 10.IGN admitted they are paid by EA but claim it doesn't affect their judgement.
http://www.p4rgaming.com/ign-reviewers-explain-how-taking-money-from-ea-does-not-affect-reviews/
So yeah EA is paying for ad space and to keep the hype going, activision does the same for CoD. That's what marketing is for.
And that same exact site had a game come in a few months back that one of the Sony guys played for the entire week and gushed about it on the site, and yet when the review came out he gave it like a 7.5. Everything isn't as cut and dry as some people like to make it, and just because sites get ad revenue, that doesn't automatically get your game a 10.
IGN posted an unboxing of the Killer Instinct fight stick: http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/10/30/killer-instinct-mad-catz-te2-arcade-fightstick-unboxing
I didn't say it gives good reviews but it increases the hype. Keeps it in the news.
Would love to use one of those but there's no way I can justify that much money for one.
Hype is what fuels the game industry. The majority of sales are within the first week of release and drops off a cliff after that. Hype will increase those impulse purchases on day one.
I knew it was big, but...
Hopefully they come out with a slim version.
Interesting... get stuck in a game you can look up quick tips right there. Something rarely needed but at least I can think of an immediate use for it.
There is an app coming that does just that
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ws-off-xbox-ones-exclusive-machinima-features
I don't understand how the hype is manufactured. The game is being made by the studio who created THE FPS of the current generation.
^ the founders of Infinity Ward, and talent behind COD4, actually left because of that very reason. they didn't want to keep making the same game anymore. Infinity Ward post-Modern Warfare 2 is not the same team.
isnt that part of the hype behind titanfall? that it has devs from the better cod games?
I think part of the hype is also that it's a lot different... sort of. It's really more of a mash-up from different games, but it seems people really want Call of Duty with Gundams and Tribes jetpacks.