Advertising Overload

So something has been bugging me lately and really it is a pretty stupid thing to have been bothering me. And when I say lately I mean basically for years, but lately is just the time I sat down and started writing about it. So we all know when a new game comes out that there will be tv ads telling you all about it. This is a normal thing it happens. The thing that has been bugging me though is that they never seem to stop. I just watch one set of commercial breaks and I shit you not 2 were for Overwatch and 2 were for Uncharted 4 and that was just during one break.

Has anyone else noticed this? There is advertising then there is drowning you in it. It seems for the first 3 weeks of a game coming out they tend not to only advertising it but make sure it is all you are thinking about. Do these companies really have this much of an advertising budget and realize commercials really aren't that expensive to run and just say you know what just don't stop running it. I want people to buy these games or if they don't I want them to feel guilty about doing so. Or better yet I want them to feel like they are being punished for not buying the game yet.

I really cannot be the only one who notices this. I also cannot be going crazy in being "aware" of it. I actually have got out a pen and paper and started to keep track and on what channel just to see if I am imagining this madness. I will, of course, keep you all up to date on the results regardless if it is in my mind or not.

So don't get me wrong I am not blaming the companies for doing this more like trying to understand the process of everyone involved. Because there is such a thing of too much, at least in my mind.

Year Of The Gamer

So I have been receiving a lot of feedback with the normal year end and year beginning sort of crap that you always get. Not to say what you all have been writing is crap, but that is using crap as just a lot. Now I am going off on something that is making less and less sense. Basically a lot of the mail I have been getting lately has to do with will 2016 be a good year for us gamers. The short answer to this, well yes.

Now why am I saying that? Well it is pretty simple really. Games which are solely for computer don't really have a set cycle. They are good and they are bad depending on the developers. This is the way it always will be because they deal with the technology at hand. For console games it always takes time for games to first off be released for the next generation console and then for the developers to actually get used to developing for the consoles. This is why I have always favoured a long console cycle.

Just think about it 2014 saw hardly any games released for the current generation. The media was plagued with why were they released when no games worth buying were even coming out. We even saw previous generation games coming out when the new generation had arrived. 2015 saw improvements in game selection but the "great" releases were still few and far between. 

Now in 2016 I had trouble making my list for my top 5 because there are so many great games on the horizon and I am beyond excited to get my hands on. I know a lot of you are just as excited, but are cautious with the series of delays that have been happening in recent years. I believe we are finally to the point where we can be excited. We will be getting at least 1 title if not more every month, which will keep us busy and our wallets struggling.

2016 to me is going to be looked back on as one of the best years in the gaming industry for years to come. I hope you are all just as excited about it as I am.