I agree with this, but it's not just Americans that buy into the media and all the hype and then continue to sing praises on games and movies that clearly suck.Originally Posted by chilimac
People have to know what's out there to be interested in it regardless. So if there's no media then more than likely no word on anything will spread unless they happen to stumble across it. It's that most people watch these high profile movies or play these high profile games, and despite how unenjoyable they are they try and find some sort of redeeming quality, because not only did they probably pay $10 for a movie or $60 for a game, these same items are being overrated everywhere else so they don't want to feel different.
Or it could just be that everything has continued to get worse and worse, so now that it's the norm. When the 360, PS3, and Wii were released, places like IGN Gamespot, etc, etc, instead of comparing games to the prior generation were comparing the games to other launch titles and giving them ratings based on that. In my opinion they're doing the same thing as saying "Dragon Warrior is the first console RPG so we're going to have to go easy on rating it." In comparison to this gen, they're pretty much saying. "This PS3 game is a piece of shit, but it's the best piece of shit on the system, so, 8/10." They still compare games that are based on that specific console, but now you'll see an 8/10 game released now, and while it may not deserve the 8/10, it's far better than the garbage they rated at launch.
That being said, there are still good games on the systems released this gen, and there still are good movies now and then. But yeah. Most of it sucks. I do actually like a lot of the music released now days though. Can't really say that music sucks.
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