Yes, and why pay a whore if she'll sleep with you for free?
GTA has a viral strategy where marketing execs are paid handsomely to convert folks like yourself into willing advertising puppets to do their bidding.
Not to be a total downer on that -- I honestly think it's awesome to have things in life we get that excited about.
But I just hate seeing people getting played by a big corporation like that -- and worse, that the people getting played don't even realize it.
To be honest, I know that, I just couldn't be bothered typing it because I was tired and went to bed. Of course they expect people to market it, it has a massive fanbase and 7 months of no info is just going to cause huge speculation and rumours amongst fans who will market it themselves.
I do realise it, but since it's something I enjoy I don't really mind, plus how many things are there that you can spend $80-90 on and get $100 million+ development for your enjoyment for possibly 100 hours+?
Btw, from the GTA IV marketing slide deck:
Strategy - bullet point #1
Yeah, no surprise there, and it's even bigger now because I don't think twitter even existed or was popular at all back then (07-08).