EGM = BULL****

[Red Dragon]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Marketing's not evil, guys.
How else would you know when a game was coming out?

ESP


Duhhhhhhhh

[Chad]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Congratulations on being a victim of marketing!

Isn't that the opposite of a victim? He liked the games that he never would have bought without marketing.

[Perversion]

Re: EGM = BULL****

But (devil's advocate), maybe the advertising is working TOO well, inasmuch as they are presenting a game to him that is in a genre that he enjoys, and due to the advertising/hype behind it, he feels as if he NEEDS to enjoy the game in order to be a "true fan" of the genre, so he plays through the game, and decides that he enjoys it because it just seems as if he should.

Or am I the only one that shallow (with music moreso than video games)?

Although, on the other hand, I pretty much did this for the first few Tortoise and Flying Saucer Attack albums I bought, and then after listening to them for a while, I realized that they were damn good.

*shrug*

[Biggie]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Isn't that the opposite of a victim? He liked the games that he never would have bought without marketing.

Well no, he said he sometimes buys games just because of magazine ads.

That is a primary outlet of marketing, while reading articles and previews that tell you whether the game will be good or not to make your purchasing decisions I think is different from marketing.

[Duel]

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Hey....


there are a lot of ads in here

[Chad]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Well no, he said he sometimes buys games just because of magazine ads.

Whoops! I must be reading different.

[Patryn]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Unfortunately, I know what Halo 3 is, and this is why I'm waiting until Halo Wars comes out to take my turn throwing money at Bungie.

Congratulations, you won't be throwing money at Bungie! Bungie isn't developing Halo Wars, and Microsoft owns the Halo IP.

[Dusk Raven]

Re: EGM = BULL****

What? Heresy!

Actually, I knew that. But doesn't Bungie have the rights to make SOME Halo games?

[lil_das]

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Halo needs to die...

[Biggie]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Yeah, a game series that set the bar for first person shooters needs to die.

[lil_das]

Re: EGM = BULL****

OMG YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!
WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!
HALO IS AMAZING!!!
I AM SO WRONG AND I DESERVE TO BE SMACKED!!!

Doom set the bar for FPS's. Don't front.

[Biggie]

Re: EGM = BULL****

OMG YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!
WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!
HALO IS AMAZING!!!
I AM SO WRONG AND I DESERVE TO BE SMACKED!!!

Doom set the bar for FPS's. Don't front.

What year did Doom come out again?

[Seraph]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Doom set the bar for FPS's.

He still makes a good point.

[Biggie]

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Yeah, once again in what year?

[Seraph]

Re: EGM = BULL****

Which year did Elvis set the bar for rock and roll?