Talk:Hype

Is this Category:Slang or Category:Terminology? Both? Can't decide.--Echo 18:43, 9 Jun 2005 (CDT)

This page is just asking for vandels and flame wars. It has the potential to offend and piss off people. I'm not sure if it should stay or not. Suggesting that Halo 2 is the only offender of Hype doesn't help either.--AlphaTwo 08:54, 13 Feb 2006 (CST)

It does need many more examples. --Porphyria Plan 08:55, 13 Feb 2006 (CST)
 * Then again, what defines hype? If you have people talking about it, is that hype already?--AlphaTwo 09:01, 13 Feb 2006 (CST)
 * Pretty much anyone getting excited for anything generates hype, but what should be written here is the more notable examples of hype. And hype isn't always bad, it's just a lot more noticeable when it is. -- Oddity 02:49, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)

It doesn't even need to have examples, period, if it ever comes to constant vandalism.--Evisruc 08:59, 13 Feb 2006 (CST)

Oh my god was this greatly improved. This wins my award for "most improved article ever." It will likely never be given out again.--Evisruc 02:38, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)

Haha, thanks. -- Oddity 03:30, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)
 * Agreed. As for what belongs listed as "hyped": How about anything that had it's creator/promoter say outrageous things.  For example...the whole Daikatana deal.--AlphaTwo 08:57, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)

Does the 360 justify as being "hyped"?--AlphaTwo 09:30, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)

I think Halo 2 was more hyped than the 360. MS was very tight lipped...Oh god! Just remembered the MTV show that "showcased" the 360. I sat in a Live chat room with a bunch of friends and watched it. The 360 was shown all of 30 seconds and no gameplay footage as I recall. A bit about that show could be included. As an Xbox fan the show was really insulting in its attempt to create mainstream hype. Although in my anger I can't write about it :P --Porphyria Plan 09:51, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)
 * What about the whole "You can't get it this christmas" and how every media was covering it? I think that in itself was quite insane.--AlphaTwo 10:58, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)


 * Halo 2 did feel more hyped than the 360, really Halo 2 and PS2 upped the anty of game marketing and hype. I kinda doubt halo 3 or PS3 could even get to those levels. Even with the 360 shortages its launch and build up to launch felt kinda tame. Yeah, there was many people trying to get one and they were excited, but it just didn't seem to reach fever pitch levels. There has been a bit of unease about this gen of games, which I think kept expectations low. Thinking about this more, perhaps we should have a subheader in the console articles entitled hype, detailing the various hyperboles that each console accrued in its build up to release, and how excited the gaming community was for each (though I know it would be hard to have something objective that wouldn't start flame wars). Beyond the MTV debut let-down, and media talking about shortages, there was also that strange launch party in the middle of the desert Microsoft threw. -- Oddity 17:57, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)


 * Well, you EG geezers can remove it if you disagree, but I added the 360 under the list of hyped consoles. Halo 2 was hyped for sure, but the list of hyped CONSOLES was empty. And as consoles go, I'm sure you can agree that the 360 was a hyped one. JSC 19:51, 30 May 2006 (PDT)

I still have that issue of newsweek and there are some quotes from two ps2 articles that are to awesome not to put somewhere so I'll put them here:
 * -- ''"You can communicate to a new cybercity," gushes Ken Kutaragi, the visionary behind the PlayStation. "This will be the ideal home server. Did you see the movie 'The Matrix'? Same interface. Same concept. Starting from next year, you can jack into 'The Matrix'!"
 * -- "It's historic, a mass-market appliance that fundamentally changes society in the way the printing press did," says Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts and CEO of 3DO. "This is a new canvas for humanity that takes us back to our nature."
 * -- for the blazingly fast PlayStation 2, anything less than hyperrealism is unacceptable.
 * -- "People who have been in this industry for 20 years see this as a paradigm shift," says industry veteran Stan Roach. -- Oddity 18:18, 16 Feb 2006 (CST)
 * I don't care what anyone says about Ken Kutaragi he is pure entertainment. He should like, have his own show or something. --Porphyria Plan 09:20, 17 February 2006 (CST)
 * Or this gem:
 * -- "I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world. Nobody would criticize a renowned architect's blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong"-Ken Kutaragi on PSP Square button flaw. --AlphaTwo 10:40, 17 February 2006 (CST)


 * New Quotes from the GAF Goldmine:
 * "I can produce the PS3 anytime. We are in a position to put pressure [on others].â�?� - Ken Kutaragi
 * â�?��?If processors of high performance and wide bandwidth like the Cell were linked together without sufficient security, a worldwide system crash could occur with one attack.â�?� - Ken Kutaragi
 * â�?��?Retailers told me that on a dollar base, they expect 70 percent of their sales to come from PlayStation. The remaining 30 percent will come from Nintendo and Xbox but almost all of that will be from Nintendo.â�?� - Ken Kutaragi