Poll of the Day > Do you ever wish stuff was released by surprise?

(+) Yeah! (+)

No long hype marketing campaign where you have to wait. Just one day they announce "so yea we made this thing and here it is. Enjoy"

You'd never have to wait for anything. As soon as you found out about it would be ready

I'm iffy about it. I love when a band or artist I like puts something out without warning, but also I really like the hype build up leading to an album release. The Kanye, Radiohead, and Bowie subreddits were amazingly fun to be a part of while we were waiting for TLOP/LP9/Blackstar to finally drop.
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I feel this way about Playerunknown's Battlegrounds.
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Didn't they try that with a console release, to catastrophic reception?
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Sometimes, but that's kinda the case with stuff that flies under the radar which actually works to the detriment of fans.
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There was a game that kind a did that I think, D4 Dark Dreams or something where we knew it was a game that was in development but one day the developer just said "Hey it's out now". Didn't work out for him too well if I remember since it was episodic and never got finished. Well that and it was Xbox Kinect exclusive untill the PC release.
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Cruddy_horse posted...

There was a game that kind a did that I think, D4 Dark Dreams or something where we knew it was a game that was in development but one day the developer just said "Hey it's out now". Didn't work out for him too well if I remember since it was episodic and never got finished. Well that and it was Xbox Kinect exclusive untill the PC release.

Oh yeah that was that mystery game by Swery65 iirc. It was a bad idea because he pretty much said he needed sales to make the next episodes.
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Gotta understand that whatever it is needs to be popular enough to hit mainstream mouths fast

The advertising would need to be done by consumers, and this surprise method only really works in the music/entertainment industry
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