8 Exact Moments That Killed Video Game Hype

When looking at the Call of Duty franchise, it's hard not to compare it to industry fluctuations experienced by the likes of Disney, Marvel, and DC, in that there was the gestation age, leading into Silver and Gold eras and then muddy convoluted, edgy periods before hitting a renaissance.

Whatever your opinions on the games, the triple threat of sci-fi heavy titles consisting of Advanced Warfare, Black Ops 3 and Infinite Warfare represent that confusing period in time for the franchise.

Fans mostly enjoyed the over the top action, but lamented that the series would return to a more present-day or even past setting. The voices became louder and louder with each release and culminated in the monstrously disliked launch trailer for Infinite Warfare.

Here fans were saying emphatically that the sci-fi setting was tested and tired and while the title went on to actually provide a lot of fresh ideas, was the moment that many were tapping out on the series as a whole.

The trailer is still one of the most disliked videos on the YouTube platform and with each of the million-plus downvotes becoming a nail in the franchise, was the purest example of a hype-killing moment on the record.