Sega's "explosive" E3 announcement
Originally posted by antime+May 13, 2004 @ 03:40 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(antime @ May 13, 2004 @ 03:40 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Reinhart@May 13, 2004 @ 10:05 AM
Can we say : another mistake from Sega ?
Rather "another mistake on the part of hysterical fanboys". [/b][/quote]
I somewhat disagree. You figure it's Sega, a well known company, and not one to pull cheap tricks like this. They were finally starting to make money, and rumors of business deals with multiple well-known and respected companies were flying around even before this announcement was made. So yeah, maybe our hopes were up high a little, but something labeled as "explosive" is going to generate interest. It was entirely possible it could be a new console, or a new direction for Sega.
But no, it was another MMORPG. That right there is nothing special. Add the fact that it's based on a triology that (as a whole) sucks more than the new Star Wars movies, it's clear that Sega abused the English language and took advantage of a loyal fanbase. Yes, everyone had their idea of what it was. I know the people at Shenmue Dojo were POSITIVE it was Shenmue III. Everyone saw what they wanted. But it's not the fact that it didn't meet our expectations, but that it wasn't even an event worth mentioning, let alone massively hyping. It's the boy who cried wolf. Next time Sega says they have something big up their sleeve, who's going to care?