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"olutely. The hypocrisy of someone who is being paid to be a reviewer, or a 'professional blog writer' telling someone that they cannot have an opinion or that they are automatically wrong without providing valid context, when essentially they themselves are only important for their opinion, is not lost on me; I find it distasteful at best and grossly insulting at worst.
I'm not necessarily lumping gamers into a single entitled group, but it's more the fact that often that the signal to noise ratio is extremely low, reasonable discussion gets lost in the slagging off, so in essence the baying mob that often accompanies these kind of things, does all the lumping into one group for you - Gamers need a recognised and reasonable voice, one that can't be curtailed by petitions and people shouting 'Your Game sucks!' otherwise all the posturing, the petitions, the complaining will get you no"
Sunday, April 15, 2012
"s the way gamers appear to be going about raising grievances, not the grievances themselves, that allow people to believe that they're entitled. Realistically, we should have some kind of fans organisation, like the EFF to help raise discussions with devs and publishers for the fans in a mature and reasonable fashion, but as it is a lot of these actions look from the outside as being pretentious at best, and childish at worst. But seriously, what did the Retake Mass Effect movement think they would achieve with 400 cupcakes sent to Bioware? $80000 dollars for Childs Play was a massive achievement that everyone involved should be rightly proud of being involved in, but playing Devils Advocate for a moment, it didn't exactly get you any nearer to achieving the goals of the Retake Movement.
The fact of the matter is that gamers expect more gameplay, better graphics and audio, less repetition with every generation, and costs go up, but rarely are video game prices to the consumer being pushed up in line with the increased development costs and inflation; this is never honestly considered by most fans.
I just have a feeling that if discussion was reasonable instead of coated in vitriol and vehement disregard for anyone that happens to disagree with the disenfranchised section, then there's a better chance of getting your requests looked at. Yes, they are requests. Making 'demands', petitions that 'demand' and basically threatening to withhold your cash until your demands are met ( forgetting that you have a choice to buy in the first place and no one is holding your arm behind your back until you buy the game anyway) will only make this 'entitlement' schism deeper and more di"
Sunday, April 15, 2012
"o, while I believe it is your right as a consumer to return a product if it does not meet your expectations, how many games have you bought that haven't been amazing, or everything that you thought they might be? And many of those did you return for a refund? So now think did I really return Mass Effect 3 because it was your right as a consumer, or as a childish kick in the w"
Sunday, April 15, 2012
"re's a difference between being a passionate fan and being a member of a demanding mob.
If YOU place a developer or a franchise on a pedestal, the only thing you are entitled to is disappointment.
The many 'people pay $60 dollars for ME3' arguments are wholly disingenuous, in real terms you are paying less for games than people were 10-20 years ago for instance ( http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/10/an-inconvenient-truth-game-prices-have-come-down-with-time.ars ), VAT here in the UK has risen, and these are not passed onto the consumer. Yet the cost of producing a game has gone up massively with a each generation as the demands, yes, demands of the consumer have come flooding in for bigger experiences, better graphics, 5.1 surround sound , multiplayer, dedicated servers etc. On the demanding what they were 'promised' comment, show us the bit that says Bioware 'promise' to give you something, not some marketing spiel or tweet from a BW employee, but one specifically with the word 'promise' in it.
You are asking for control of something you did not create. On the one hand you say vote with your wallets, but then in the next breath that's not good enough, you want them to do this and that often BEFORE anyone buys the game.
Although I agree that the Retake movement has a point, and even though I don't particularly mind the endings, new content is new content and always good, I feel that as an opportunity to push forward gaming as a medium and genre it has completely and utterly failed, in fact this whole infighting over being entitled has probably set the medium and overall acceptance of gaming backs few years. RME failed because it's been a month and although it may have raised $80000 for Childs play which is a great charity that all gamers should support, it has not furthered your actual goal of getting the endings changed/ new endings ( I mean this from the standpoint that many people on BSN want completely new endings rather than clarification), similarly sending 400 cupcakes with different coloured icing but all happen to taste the same, has got you nothing.
There truly was an opportunity to set up a proper fans organisation around the furrow about Mass Effect 3, similar to something like EFF, where if this is truly meant to be an interactive experience then fans could have been involved early on, and this organisation could have had DIRECT discussions with Bioware on a mature, adult and reasonable level. Instead RME decided that a charity drive and a prank was the best way to achieve their goals of getting the ending changed. Meanwhile, this childish 'Hold the Line' inference from ME1 continues unabated, and it too is getting you nowhere. Stop 'Holding the Line', and instead 'Make something H"
Sunday, April 15, 2012
