Think about it.

think about what

nah, the forums may have hastened the destruction... the game/devs destroyed it.

Not forums, bad reputation. It happens to most games. If there was no line of communication between players how long could Funcom have held people captive in their web of lies? Not everyone knows the idustry well enough to read between the lines. I myself picked up on tiny hints and evidence that the game was going to be a mess, and stopped being excited for it a year or two ago. Its sadly happened before. The game destroyed itself.

If the game or company or heck anything for that matter is truely a great product and people genuiely enjoy it can hearsay truely "destroy" it? 

90% of the so called "hype" was passed along through forums.  99% of the "don't play this game" shit is passed along through forums.  How many people would have actually believed and expected a giant sparkling diamond the day it was released had it not been for forums?

i cant say what killed this game, or if it is killed, or just mortaly wouned, but yeah, the forums are a scary place.  almost always good for a laugh though

Originally posted by SignusM

Not forums, bad reputation. It happens to most games. If there was no line of communication between players how long could Funcom have held people captive in their web of lies? Not everyone knows the idustry well enough to read between the lines. I myself picked up on tiny hints and evidence that the game was going to be a mess, and stopped being excited for it a year or two ago. Its sadly happened before. The game destroyed itself.

destroyed itself?  What is so bad about the game?

it doesnt matter, the outcome would have been the same... the state of the game is the same wether it was hyped or not. Also, most people think for themselves. So all those "dont play this game" post made no difference either. People decide for themselves.
 

In today's saturated market AoC was not ready for primetime...plain and simple.

These days a game better have it's sh!t together* at launch or it's gonna tank...plain and simple.

*Promised features, stability, mechanics, customer service, etc.

Originally posted by JaXiden

If the game or company or heck anything for that matter is truely a great product and people genuiely enjoy it can hearsay truely "destroy" it? 

Yeah, look at blizzard.  They paid for primetime plugs on TV for WoW advertisements.  G4 did numerous segments on it.  Its like having a "Bobs Coffee Cabin" against a "Starbucks". 

well take it that a few people even look at the forums, I've read reviews from gamestop.com, amazon.com, gametrailers.com, and I've found out one thing, the game isn't that good, I think the forums are recent, but will ruin this game is the xfire population I treat like a saint

Originally posted by Sevensodd

Originally posted by JaXiden

If the game or company or heck anything for that matter is truely a great product and people genuiely enjoy it can hearsay truely "destroy" it? 

 

Yeah, look at blizzard.  They paid for primetime plugs on TV for WoW advertisements.  G4 did numerous segments on it.  Its like having a "Bobs Coffee Cabin" against a "Starbucks". 

So you will let someone else's opinion dictate your own?

Originally posted by Sevensodd

90% of the so called "hype" was passed along through forums.  99% of the "don't play this game" shit is passed along through forums.  How many people would have actually believed and expected a giant sparkling diamond the day it was released had it not been for forums?

Oh I don't know, anyone that listened to the developers? No one would have known about the game had it not been for forums too, goes both ways. /thread.

forums dont kill games. players and testers dont kill games. games kill games. PR spin kills games. bad development kills games. lies kill games. fraud kills games. bad customer service kills games. shills kill games. see a pattern forming here?

Originally posted by Sevensodd

Think about it.

You are delusional if you think internet forums are powerful enough to "destroy" games.

The amount of false and unwarranted bullshit being spread about WoW is MAGNITUDES more than that of AoC, but 10+ million subscribers speak for themselves.

Case in point, if your game is truly fun and polished enough, no amount of negative propaganda and false information will bring it down because they will be swamped by the positive words-of-mouth that are deservingly spread.

Originally posted by Xenosaiyan

 but will ruin this game is the xfire population I treat like a saint

And therein lies the downfall of game population.  The bandwagon.  It's like a domino effect.  5 people say the game is shit and post about it.  200 people read that post and are persuaded by it.  I have seen numerous players dissuaded to play a game because of one persons "review" of it.  If someone doesn't like that game, fine.  You are more then welcome to your opinion.  But do not start imposing that opinion on other people. 

For example the other day, in the forums, someone stated the have played the game for 2 minutes.  Hated the controls and posted a thread warning others to stay away from the game because it sucked.  Now where is the sense in that?

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Originally posted by Sevensodd

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Originally posted by JaXiden

If the game or company or heck anything for that matter is truely a great product and people genuiely enjoy it can hearsay truely "destroy" it? 

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Yeah, look at blizzard.  They paid for primetime plugs on TV for WoW advertisements.  G4 did numerous segments on it.  Its like having a "Bobs Coffee Cabin" against a "Starbucks". 

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Yeah sure, if "Bobs Coffee Cabin" served melted shit instead of Coffee, and then only gave you half of it and the cup had a hole in the side of it.

The company promised a bunch of features and kept information secret. They release and it's a disappointment, gamers discuss it online, like every other product out there.

How do you possibly blame players for the bad release? Because that is why so many people don't like it, disappointment. You know that people complained or praised everything before the internet too, right?

Forums destroyed the game? So man A shoots man B dead. Man C witnesses it and runs to tell everyone, it's man C's fault it happened?

Originally posted by jy88902

Originally posted by Sevensodd

Think about it.

 

You are delusional if you think internet forums are powerful enough to "destroy" games.

The amount of false and unwarranted bullshit being spread about WoW is MAGNITUDES more than that of AoC, but 10+ million subscribers speak for themselves.

Case in point, if your game is truly fun and polished enough, no amount of negative propaganda and false information will bring it down because they will be swamped by the positive words-of-mouth that are deservingly spread.

Anyone is delusional if they do not believe forums make and break games.  You being on these forums is proof.  How do you learn about games?  Get info about new games?  Forums.