Sorry for stealing the title ( yoink! ). Also, it may seem like the same issue, but it's not.
There are some of us who are worried about the mechanics of the game, that it might be watered down, and so on.
I'm not worried about that.
What I am worried about is the hype. In a way, this is mostly about characters. But not quite.
Sakurai is building up tons of hype. He's doing that by giving us daily updates... for a loooong time.
Point 1: He started too early. With the occasional exception, updates are starting to seem more and more normal, and we still have a long way to go. Sakurai will have to give us a ****load of information. Will there be nothing left to discover?
Will it affect sales that you already know too well what you're going to get?
Now, Sakurai also introduced ATs. They are probably intended as a means of keeping fans happy. Yet they also greatly turn away fans who were looking forward to the AT-fied character. People in the N-Sider forums are going ****ing INSANE. Sure, they're mostly scrubs and you may not feel sympathy with them, but they ARE the consumers.
Point 2: Advertising a game by showing what is not going to be in is a **** bad strategy.
Will too many fans be turned away?
With such a large team, such a long list of composers and so on, Nintendo must be pouring money into this project like they're expecting it to single-handedly win them the console wars.
They're trying to hype it to maximize profit.
However, they're also raising expectations. There is probably a WHOLE lot more discussion and anticipation going on in the world for characters in Brawl.
There were people disappointed by Melee, but it's unlikely that they'd feel as disappointed as they may NOW.
Point 3: Nintendo is pouring money into this like hell. People are arguing like hell. People WILL be disappointed.
To sum it up:
I'm afraid that the game will flop due to disappointed expectations and ruin the company.
It sounds very far-fetched, but it's happened before. Square ruined itself by trying to produce a movie, and we all know how much they have to try to cater to the mainstream consumer to stay alive.
I admit, I'm possibly overreacting a lot, and I don't know ANYTHING more about economics than what I can learn from common sense.
What do you think? Are my worries justified or will people's ire soon die out into a small puff of smoke and let them happily buy the game?
There are some of us who are worried about the mechanics of the game, that it might be watered down, and so on.
I'm not worried about that.
What I am worried about is the hype. In a way, this is mostly about characters. But not quite.
Sakurai is building up tons of hype. He's doing that by giving us daily updates... for a loooong time.
Point 1: He started too early. With the occasional exception, updates are starting to seem more and more normal, and we still have a long way to go. Sakurai will have to give us a ****load of information. Will there be nothing left to discover?
Will it affect sales that you already know too well what you're going to get?
Now, Sakurai also introduced ATs. They are probably intended as a means of keeping fans happy. Yet they also greatly turn away fans who were looking forward to the AT-fied character. People in the N-Sider forums are going ****ing INSANE. Sure, they're mostly scrubs and you may not feel sympathy with them, but they ARE the consumers.
Point 2: Advertising a game by showing what is not going to be in is a **** bad strategy.
Will too many fans be turned away?
With such a large team, such a long list of composers and so on, Nintendo must be pouring money into this project like they're expecting it to single-handedly win them the console wars.
They're trying to hype it to maximize profit.
However, they're also raising expectations. There is probably a WHOLE lot more discussion and anticipation going on in the world for characters in Brawl.
There were people disappointed by Melee, but it's unlikely that they'd feel as disappointed as they may NOW.
Point 3: Nintendo is pouring money into this like hell. People are arguing like hell. People WILL be disappointed.
To sum it up:
I'm afraid that the game will flop due to disappointed expectations and ruin the company.
It sounds very far-fetched, but it's happened before. Square ruined itself by trying to produce a movie, and we all know how much they have to try to cater to the mainstream consumer to stay alive.
I admit, I'm possibly overreacting a lot, and I don't know ANYTHING more about economics than what I can learn from common sense.
What do you think? Are my worries justified or will people's ire soon die out into a small puff of smoke and let them happily buy the game?
