Spoilers and Spoiling...

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As many Deviant Art Members know, when an Upcoming Title (Video Game, Movie or Book) is announced,
generally a first short Trailer and/or Gameplay Video along with some Images and Info containing few Details are leaked to the public, in order to get the attention of all those people who are waiting for that Title and are looking for something new, of course...
"Fair enough", it's what I think immediately after that; but only when we Players/Watchers/Readers are given few Details about that Title!
Since what usually occurs is that new longer Trailers/Gameplay Videos, many other Images and a lot of other Info are revealed much time before that Title is released...
"Thanks" to continuous and abundant Advertisements and Spoilers, which do carry a "WARNING" Writing at their top, but many people read them anyway cause they are Tempted, and subsequently go to Forums and start some Threads about all the Leaked Details;
meaning that Ads and Spoilers are, in the end, too much Revealing and then Unwanted for Players/Watchers/Readers, but Profitable for Journalists, Creators and related people who are only interested in earning more Money!
And that all is for Interested People (Players/Watchers/Readers) like me who are patiently waiting for any Upcoming Title, on my opinion, COMPLETELY ABSURD and UNRESPECTFUL!
This way, we will have always our own SURPRISE COMPLETELY RUINED!
Is that Fair, considering that we are always waiting for a certain Title to be released, in order to "enjoy" that by ourselves?

Just to make some Examples:
1) "Resident Evil 6", which will be released tomorrow, and of which many Fans already know Tons of Details about the Characters and the Plot itself...
As they've already beaten the Game before it was even released, and without even playing it themselves!
2) "Black Ops 2", available from 13th November, of which many Elements are already known from soon after its Announcement!
3) "Iron Man 3", which is going to be launched at the beginning of May - in 8 months, then -, of which a lot of Info has been already leaked out; in particular, about the new Armored Suit that will be worn by the Protagonist and about his Antagonists...

And what about the fact that sometimes many Promotional Videos and Images just show FMV Cutscenes rather than Gameplay Sequences, which could be Graphically Disappointing and then would lead people to avoid buying that Title?
Isn't that DECEPTIVE for a Customer who buys a Video Game, only for regretting about it later and realizing that he threw away his own Money?
That all is because of Money, of course!
It's what many Houses and Developers really care about, thus launching either Games with Good or Very Good Graphics but Poor Plot or, even worse, with both Unsatisfying!
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snowytony94's avatar
I must be lucky then... Somehow I manage to miss almost every promotional trailer, game demo, and spoiler thing going that contains any specific details about the thing. XD