so I've been thinking about this
when it comes to hardware, hype becomes a self fulfilling prophecy, doesn't it?
I'm clearly thinking about this subject because of the Nintendo Switch's upcoming release obviously.
but a game console is only good or bad depending on it's game lineup, we've seen so many generations where the most 'powerful' console isn't the most successful.
so if people buy into the consoles hype, bigger user base, more developers, more games, more people buying it, more user base, so on and so on.
people don't buy into it, small user base, less developers, less games, so on, so on.

with software, no matter the hype, once it's released the game can still be total garbage, incomplete, not what they were advertising, etc. I mean look at No Man's Sky, that had the biggest hype I had ever seen in forever.

but with consoles, I know that there are tons of different variables, but in the broad sense of the idea, the hype becomes real if people believe it, doesn't it?