HITMAN 3 announcements

Hitman: World of Assassination
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i think it would be nice to see a big Youtube push for H3. this is the final game in the trilogy, after all

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i hate shit like that, so i really hope they won’t do it.

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Elajjaz (twitch streamer with 8k viewers daily) has been playing Hitman 1 and 2 for a week now, trying to do a SASO Default Loadout speedrun and he will be playing Hitman 3 when this comes out

Obviously it’s not the same kind of “promotion” people like PewDiePie could create, but it’s greater than your average Hitman streamer

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I mean, it’s ok to hate it, but it’s a marketing reality that helps with sales and reputation

I hate social networks, but they’re useful for my job at marketing… sometimes there are things that we hate in the way to things that we love

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So you have a means of reaching a broader audience and you won’t take it or even like it? This reminds me of the comic book industry far to much. I mean a good old fashioned YouTube blitz would help grow the audience so long as they picked the right people.

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i understand that this helps IO and is a super cheap way of promotion.
I just hate 95% of YouTube Influencers personally.

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It is cheaper than hiring Sean Bean.

So do I but they are useful for a lot of things when it comes to advertising.

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Most of the time they are fuckin annoying, ill informed little Bastards who get their asses licked by Publishers and PR Divisions.
Makes me angry.

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Oh they are and many enjoy it and that is the thing of it isn’t it? Influencers are no better than anyone else when it comes to gaming coverage, I have said that over and over again.

Still maybe we could give them to choice Let’s Players instead?

Well what can you do?

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bitch about them in a unrelated Thread, i guess.

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I hope not. Review copies should only get “twitch streamer/YouTube content creator” who are actually really living from that. That includes game press and companies. Not “streamer/content creator” doing it as a hobby, maybe as a nice little extra earn to pay their internet bill or whatever.

Btw. Travis replied to a few comments on the Playstation blog (DualSense/VR ), and it seems we maybe get a Platin trophy this time. (it’s from 8th Dec 2020)

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Well we can’t complain to YouTube/Instagram/Other can we? They will platform anyone even the CHUD-iest CHUD or biggest entitled sellout if it gives them ad revenue.

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Cannibalistic Humanoid Under-Dweller? :thinking:

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I thought it was Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller but yes. A name some people give to the “basement dweller” sort of reactionary due to the fact that it is kind of a perfect way to describe them.

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Game press can be more cringe and whiny than a lot of influencers or youtubers

Mainly because if they’re not paid for the “10/10” they will show how little they know about videogames (see Cyberpunk 2077 and all those 10/10 reviews for an unplayable generic mess)

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I would like to point out that CDPR knowingly sent outlets the PC version solely to outlets to obfuscate the quality of the game ahead of release. Many gaming sites have given separate reviews of the console versions consistently terrible.

Also many influences who stanned for the game turned about face when it was clear that the game had huge flaws. They are just as responsible for that hype train as the mainstream industries were.

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His reply seems quite non-committal. I’d be surprised if it got added in as a result of the comment being passed on.

Comment: I hope this Hitman actually has a Platinum Trophy! It was unbelievable that Hitman, and Hitman 2 didn’t have a Platinum trophy yet the Telltale games did, and My Name is Mayo does!
Travis: We’d love to have one, and we’ve asked about it, so fingers crossed we’ll have some good news to share soon.

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That wasn’t the topic. The topic is Hitman 3 and not Cyberpunk or game press vs influencer.
My message to clarify:
A review copy should get someone who is going on full risk (game press, companies… they risking money, they have to pay their people because it’s their job) instead of someone who has a job and doesn’t have a full risk and doing “game review” as a hobby and talks with their own community about it.

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I mean if he says himself that he doesn’t know so there is no reason for him to commit. Committing with no real confirmation from above is dangerous especially for something a very vocal part of the fandom has wanted for ages

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They could give Bigmooney an early code to release a kill all challenge like a week before the game comes out.

They could gift the game to OneyPlays who are not only popular but hilarious and their Hitman 2 playthrough was great.

They could gift review codes to people wit integrity like somecallmejohnny, caddicarus, completionist, whitelight or the Act Man. Or they could gift them to speedrunners not only of Hitman like CJ but also of other more popular games like GTA like DarkViperAu.

These would all be decent marketing strats and be a lot better at demonstrating what’s great about Hitman than giving exclusive coverage to ign or game informer, whose audience really don’t respect how technical these games are. Not that all ign viewers are CoD people they just aren’t the kind that play Hitman over and over like we do.