Those of you with strong memories may remember that Sony teased a grand finale for its Freedom Wars-themed Sinners Festival in Japan this week. Attendees at the event were encouraged to keep an eye out at 18:00PM local time, when something exciting would happen. Our thoughts leapt to some form of enhanced re-release – but it turned out to be a prize draw for those in the audience. This is the cruel reality of hype, folks.
According to reports coming out of the region, the developer did mention that it's working on a new project involving the Propaganda Idols. Very little information was shared, and it's not even clear whether this is a game or something else entirely. Oh, and if you're wondering what on Earth the aforementioned dance troupe has to do with the title, well, apparently they were used as part of some kind of advertisement for the release overseas.
Sigh.
[source blog.esuteru.com, via dengekionline.com, siliconera.com]
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To be fair if they said "Attendees at the event" to keep an eye out, they not lied to everyone.
The sad, sad reality of hype indeed. I sometimes wonder if companies do this on purpose to gauge interest in a potential re relaese hd remaster or what have you. Sony MUST have know that announcing 'something special' at an event themed after a game woukd get people thinking/hoping for some sort of game release info.
Sony, you''re funny! XD
Kojima and MGS5 chicken hat says hello.
As long as the media knows it only has itself to blame, it's all good!
I'm gonna cry myself to sleep now
The media were the ones who overhyped this. I consider that self-trolling.
Besides, the game came out less than 7 months ago in Japan and less than 3 over here. Re-releases coming out at that pace are never good for PR. I'm amazed anyone ever conceived such a thing.
Don't really see how this is a troll.
@WickedKnightAl well said.
Sony seems to hate the Vita, and also the fans and third parties who support it.
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