Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
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.
That's why I say, the further we get from the arcade era, the worse the games have gotten. Back then you depended on word-of-mouth, which trickled down from the knowledgeable hardcore gamer, instead of some corrupt media corp. And because many console games were arcade ports, if you wanted to test out a game before buying, all you had to do was pop in a quarter at the arcade. And because the arcade game business was so competitive and because anyone could test the games out so easily, if your game wasn't of high quality, everyone would soon know it, and it would die fast. This system insured that only the best games would find success.

But nowadays, video games are purposely being created to take advantage of ignorant people. They slap some crap game together, max out the graphics, place some pretty pictures on the back of the case, pay the professional reviewers to hype it up, and it sells millions.

But at some point you'd think people would catch on to this little trick. But so far, they haven't. And the only reason I can think of for them not figuring it out is... stupidity.

I do actually like a lot of the music released now days though. Can't really say that music sucks.
Oh dear god, what are you listening to? Today's music is the worst of the three. It's embarrassingly bad. I wouldn't be caught dead listening to it. Every time I hear new music on the radio I can't help but laugh at how bad it is. I'm laughing at you right now.