What is the game that you think has jumped in popularity quickest?

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The main reason I ask is because of Bioshock. I would have never considered buying that game but when I played that demo I had to have it. Now all the sudden it seems like everyone is playing it and I am guessing it will be the top played game on the 360 this week. But before this week/last week I heard some hype but not this much.

The only other game I can think of recently that did this was FNR3. After that demo came out a lot of people bought it including me
 
The hype was def there for bioshock, just not "commercial" hype. By commercial i dont mean actual ads, i mean the general public didnt really know/care much.

I tried to tell people to preorder the game at best buy, most had never heard of it. Now that reviews are out and the game is out, it seems to be selling very well to a wide variety of gamers.
 
I think Dead Rising jumped the most after the demo came out.

The pre demo hype for Bioshock was 100X that of Dead Rising. Its been mentioned as a best of show candidate for every show for 2 years now.

Crackdown after the Halo 3 Beta inclusion was announced also a more dramatic increase.
 
While not so much inside the industry, Lost Planet apparently had lots of commercial hype. I notice many people who bought the system and that as their first game, which suprised me.
 
I thought the Darkness got hyped weeks before it was going to be released. Probably because people wanted another FPS other than Gears and R6V and they thought this was going to compete with those two Live titles.
 
Um... this thread confuses me... people have been talking about BioShock as a GotY candidate since it was announced...


But to answer your question... I suppose I'd say Guitar Hero.
 
[quote name='PyroGamer']Um... this thread confuses me... people have been talking about BioShock as a GotY candidate since it was announced...


But to answer your question... I suppose I'd say Guitar Hero.[/QUOTE]


??? Maybe with the press, but certainly not with the general gaming public.

I don't think it was until the 360 demo came out that people start going nuts over Bioshock.
 
I think Stalker had the same sort of explosion of hype as Bioshock is seeing now (although much more so for Bioshock). The thing about the hype for these two games is that it comes just as the game launches and not because they are sequels of hit games or have mind blowing graphics but because they have great reviews, solid demos and good word of mouth.
 
BioShock, to an extent. It got drowned out by the Halo 3's, COD4's and GTAIV's for a good chunk of its final PR stage. But when I saw that the game was getting a midnight launch damn near everywhere I figured it was something special.

Only thing is sales won't matter much. When you've got a system that has such long periods between top-tier game launches, they could put out anything and it'll sell like crazy because there's not many other high profile titles to drop $60 on. It sold out at the closest stores to me, probably because the baffoons that run the game department figured it was a piddlyshit title and ordered like 10 copies.

EDIT: "I think Dead Rising jumped the most after the demo came out." I think we have a winner.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']??? Maybe with the press, but certainly not with the general gaming public.[/QUOTE]
I'm completely out of touch with the "general gaming public", so I don't know, but my impression was the "general gaming public" is only interested when the next Madden comes out.

BioShock has been on my, and many many other peoples "most wanted/anticipated" lists at least since E3 2006, and it won "game of the show" from tons of media sites.

Maybe BioShock is a bit more "indie" than Halo, but come on, people, this is videogaming we're talking about: not exactly a "mainstream" media.


But more importantly: I haven't been hearing any more people talk about BioShock now, post-release, than before release. Perhaps I'm just oblivious.
 
[quote name='PyroGamer']I'm completely out of touch with the "general gaming public", so I don't know, but my impression was the "general gaming public" is only interested when the next Madden comes out.

BioShock has been on my, and many many other peoples "most wanted/anticipated" lists at least since E3 2006, and it won "game of the show" from tons of media sites.

Maybe BioShock is a bit more "indie" than Halo, but come on, people, this is videogaming we're talking about: not exactly a "mainstream" media.


But more importantly: I haven't been hearing any more people talk about BioShock now, post-release, than before release. Perhaps I'm just oblivious.[/QUOTE]
I don't know, I had heard good/great things for some time, but I never thought for a second I'd buy it (much less wake up early and stand outside waiting for Target to open on release day). Shooters don't usually get me excited, so I didn't pay much attention to BioShock until the reviews started crying, "No, seriously. You need to pick this one up, no matter what type of games you like" (a.k.a. late last week).
 
Prolly Bio-Shock from what ive gathered off CAG. but all my stores still have full shelves of Bioshcok vista and bishock 360. Its one of those games that you have to dig for to find. But I also add bioshock on to the over-hyped list. Everyone who dosent like halo is waiting for a Halo killer. But the game is good i give it a 7.5/10.
 
[quote name='MemphisGun']Prolly Bio-Shock from what ive gathered off CAG. but all my stores still have full shelves of Bioshcok vista and bishock 360. Its one of those games that you have to dig for to find. But I also add bioshock on to the over-hyped list. Everyone who dosent like halo is waiting for a Halo killer. But the game is good i give it a 7.5/10.[/QUOTE]

bioshock is much higher on my "must-have" list than Halo... I mean, I played Halo, but didn't care too much for Halo 2... and I am really not all that enthused about Halo 3... but if it sells more consoles... I'm all for it. :)

I've not ritually played any multiplayer FPS since college... and that was Doom. ;) For my post college FPS, I think it was the original Unreal... and Unreal Tournament, but mostly just among coworkers on a lazy Wednesday night or something similar. :) Oh and there was Rise of the Triad... which had the dubious, flying eyeball at your screen when you fragged someone. ;) heheheheh. Classic.

I guess I'm getting old. :D
 
I'd agree with Pyro. Guitar Hero has people that only listen to hip-hop buying it, I don't know a soul that doesn't love this game after playing.

Hell, the first time I played was in a store, and people would stop and watch for a few minutes.
 
Bioshock was not commercially known when it was coming out.

GTA 3, did that have a big following? I don't remember.

What about Halo 1? Wasn't that jsut another XBOX 1 game until it was reviewed? Don't remember that one either. I remember people saying it was awesome AFTER it came out.
 
[quote name='help1']What about Halo 1? Wasn't that jsut another XBOX 1 game until it was reviewed? Don't remember that one either. I remember people saying it was awesome AFTER it came out.[/quote]I was hyped for that game after seeing the commercial for it and hearing a little about the story.
 
[quote name='defiance_17']I don't know, I had heard good/great things for some time, but I never thought for a second I'd buy it (much less wake up early and stand outside waiting for Target to open on release day). Shooters don't usually get me excited, so I didn't pay much attention to BioShock until the reviews started crying, "No, seriously. You need to pick this one up, no matter what type of games you like" (a.k.a. late last week).[/QUOTE]

Those are exactly my exact thoughts. Sure I heard a lot of great things about it, but I never thought about buying it until the internet was set ablaze by it.
 
[quote name='help1']Bioshock was not commercially known when it was coming out.

GTA 3, did that have a big following? I don't remember.

What about Halo 1? Wasn't that jsut another XBOX 1 game until it was reviewed? Don't remember that one either. I remember people saying it was awesome AFTER it came out.[/QUOTE]

The GTA series as a whole a a pretty big following, but the whole thing exploded weeks after release and mostly by word-of-mouth and extremely positive reviews.
 
I was hyped for all these games before they came out, but I have impeccable taste.

When I read the title, the first game that came to mind was Halo.
 
Yeah, now that I think about it, everyone who said Halo is probably right. Before it was an Xbox launch title the only people really following it were Marathon fans.
 
[quote name='zewone']I was hyped for all these games before they came out, but I have impeccable taste.

When I read the title, the first game that came to mind was Halo.[/QUOTE]


Halo was hyped up for PC before it jumped to being an XBox exclusive, then it was mixed in reaction because of the unknown potential of the system as well as Microsoft's inexperience with the video game industry. The only reason Halo got a lot of attention was because it was one of the few (if not the only) great game for XBox when it debuted.

I thought of Brain Age when I read the title.
 
[quote name='SOSTrooper']Halo was hyped up for PC before it jumped to being an XBox exclusive, then it was mixed in reaction because of the unknown potential of the system as well as Microsoft's inexperience with the video game industry. The only reason Halo got a lot of attention was because it was one of the few (if not the only) great game for XBox when it debuted.

I thought of Brain Age when I read the title.[/QUOTE]
If the only reason Halo was popular was because it was one of the few good Xbox launch titles, I doubt it would still be as popular.

And I bet very few of the millions of Halo fans knew about it as a PC title (I thought it was going to be a RTS game on the Mac?)

So... I think Halo is still a very valid answer to this topic's question.
 
This is sort of a separate category because it's not a retail game, but Pac-Man C.E. went from "what is that SHIT?" to downloadable darling almost overnight. The announcement was met with groans and disgust, when it came out people realized it was highly entertaining.
 
For something different, how about Stranglehold? Sure, it still isn't going to break any records or anything -- but before the demo, most thought it was just another third-person shooter. But a lot of people enjoyed the demo, and I think sales will reflect that.
 
I agree about Bioshock and Guitar Hero, but on a lesser scale, how about Odin Sphere and Persona 3? The reviews have really helped those games move from obscurity onto almost every CAG's must-have list.
 
Hm, I'm not sure why people would think Halo would be the answer here. I agree it increased in popularity after release, but it was pushed heavily by MS (and the gaming press, for that matter) prior to release as being something pretty special as the XBox launch approached.
 
[quote name='PyroGamer']I'm completely out of touch with the "general gaming public", so I don't know, but my impression was the "general gaming public" is only interested when the next Madden comes out.

BioShock has been on my, and many many other peoples "most wanted/anticipated" lists at least since E3 2006, and it won "game of the show" from tons of media sites.

Maybe BioShock is a bit more "indie" than Halo, but come on, people, this is videogaming we're talking about: not exactly a "mainstream" media.


But more importantly: I haven't been hearing any more people talk about BioShock now, post-release, than before release. Perhaps I'm just oblivious.[/QUOTE]

Working in retail i can tell a difference. Pretty much everyone knows about Halo by now. Like i said, most customers who came in before bioshock was released had never heard of the game. Afterwards, theres been alot of people buying it(or calling in to see if we have it).

Also videogaming is a mainstream media. Put it like this, companies wouldnt spend millions of dollars making games if these things werent mainstream.
 
I forgot. halo was going to be an RTS on the mac. I jumped on the xbox in 2001 and bought halo in 2001 or 02 whenever it came out but I cant remember why. I actualy almost bought a gamecube over the xbox but luckily there was one xbox left in the store because someone just put it in the cart and left it. Maybe it was just because i wasnt big into the whole internet thing yet that I hadnt heard of Halo
 
[quote name='VipFREAK']Um... hello, what started it (360) all? GoW[/quote]

Gears was hyped up like there was no tomorrow, people were going crazy over it just when Emergence Day was announced. Sure it was incredibly popular when it was announced in development, but it was huge at E3 06.

And I would say Viva Pinata gained some popularity gained some popularity when it was released because it was incredibly addicting, but not too much, because people didn't even give it a chance.
 
[quote name='SOSTrooper'] The only reason Halo got a lot of attention was because it was one of the few (if not the only) great game for XBox when it debuted.[/quote]

While I think that is true to some extent, that reasoning definitely doesn't extend to Resistance. While it did get a boost by being a launch title, I don't see Resistance becoming a huge franchise.

I would have to add Goldeneye to the list. When it first came out, I thought it would be just another licensed title. I and many others were soon proven quite wrong.
 
Bioshock. Didn't know or care about it until suddenly it came out that it was awesome. This is one of the rare games that can succeed in the industry based on how the game actually is and not how good the marketting is.

Also, and yes. Stranglehold. Didn't even car ebaout then until the demo.
 
[quote name='Punk_Raven']Bioshock. Didn't know or care about it until suddenly it came out that it was awesome. This is one of the rare games that can succeed in the industry based on how the game actually is and not how good the marketting is.[/quote]

Very true. It's amazing to notice the little details. Like using the freeze plasmid on robots making them easier to hack because the "fluid" in the puzzle moves slower because it's semi-frozen.
 
you guys are forgetting the classic Katamari Situation... I wanted it badly before its release and all my friends were laughing at me... then a week after it was out they were crying badly.
 
I'll second Guitar Hero. I think most just expected another stupid music game, and not this crazy fun huge selling game series. The in store demos really led to it taking off.

I don't see Bioshock as that one's been on my radar for a good year, and I don't have 360 or a gaming PC! Seems like there's been a lot of hype for that one, at least on gaming sites and EGM. Where as I don't recall seeing much for Guitar Hero until after it's release.
 
[quote name='Punk_Raven']Bioshock. Didn't know or care about it until suddenly it came out that it was awesome. This is one of the rare games that can succeed in the industry based on how the game actually is and not how good the marketting is.[/QUOTE]
You're absolutely right about the marketing aspect. I finally saw a BioShock commercial on Friday, and it did nothing to promote the game. It just made it look like a B-movie. There's no way I would watch that and say, "Wow, that looks really interesting. I should check that game out." Hell, even the packaging looks almost humorous. For such a dark, genuinely creepy game, the ads don't really fit.
 
The Wii. It was pretty poo-pooed before it came out. The reason it has so few AAA games is because devs were discounting its appeal. Now they're scrambling to get on the platform. Most people thought it would be a failure or a niche player, at best. I know it's not a "game" but it deserves mention here.
 
[quote name='shinryuu']I thought the Darkness got hyped weeks before it was going to be released. Probably because people wanted another FPS other than Gears and R6V and they thought this was going to compete with those two Live titles.[/quote]

Most people who play R6V and/or Gears have CoD3 as their alternative FPS.
 
[quote name='torifile']The Wii. It was pretty poo-pooed before it came out. The reason it has so few AAA games is because devs were discounting its appeal. Now they're scrambling to get on the platform. Most people thought it would be a failure or a niche player, at best. I know it's not a "game" but it deserves mention here.[/quote]

Don't forget taht people continued to label Nintendo as "kiddie" from the N64 and GCN generations.
 
Just shooting down a couple answers people have given:

Gears of War was riddiculously hyped years before launch.

The Darkness was not very popular at all. It was slightly hyped because Starbreeze was behind it and all, but while it was successful, it wasn't hugely popular at all.


I'd say Geometry Wars is a prime candidate. It released to little or no fanfare, but was immediately loved by all, and won many awards. Now it's getting a Wii and DS remake.
 
The Jump from the Original CoD to CoD2 is amazing. Sure, "Finest Hour" and "Big Red One" had some fans, but CoD2 has a hell of a following. I loved the first CoD on the PC, but it wasn't immensly popular. Now, CoD is becoming just as popular a series as halo, in my opinion.
 
[quote name='shinryuu']I thought the Darkness got hyped weeks before it was going to be released. Probably because people wanted another FPS other than Gears and R6V and they thought this was going to compete with those two Live titles.[/QUOTE]

People were hyped for the Darkness because it is the same team that did Riddick, not because of some undying need for the next FPS. Riddick wasn't a straight FPS either so I don't think anyone was expecting anything otherwise with the Darkness.

Bioshock has had enormous buzz since it was announced. I think Dead Rising is the clear winner for this thread. That game came out of nowhere and managed to push over a million copies.

Guitar Hero II is another solid contender. I'm not as familiar with that franchise though.
 
i can only think of Bioshock, the LE version presold out weeks before it was released. and the praises from the press were overwhelming.
 
[quote name='LiK']i can only think of Bioshock, the LE version presold out weeks before it was released[/QUOTE]
No it didn't. The LE was only sold at EBStop and they only sold out online a few days before. In store was the same thing, I "pre-ordered" in store less than a week before release.
 
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