Call of Duty, Gamer Culture, Grand Theft Auto, Madden NFL
Don’t Believe the Hype: The disappointment of over-anticipation
As games like Assassin’s Creed and Grand Theft Auto IV have shown us, video game hype can get well out of hand. Not to say that these games are bad, because they are not, but too often, gamers set their standards and expectations too high only to be incredibly let down by the game’s mediocre gameplay. As a result, the backlash at some of these games has proven detrimental to the franchise’s reputation.
Video game makers have utilized royalty free music in several ways for years. Soundtracks for video games have been used free of charge since The Legend of Zelda. However, music labels see it differently if they own the copyrights. Games using the most famous songs of the ’80s and ’90s should come at a price.
With innovative gaming genres that contained characters now etched in time, games like Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda were so influential and such landmarks to what we have now that they still define an era of original role-playing games. The gratitude for these iconic games are well-to-do web sites and various retail stores who buy games from gamers, and then sell them back to other gamers. And with comic books and sports memorabilia getting auctioned off for top dollar, you would think collectors would do the same for original games. So selling them must be worth it, right?