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[s0]

the relationship between the game industry and its customer base is just fundamentally fucked up tbh

[eyeliner]

How so?

I don't see anything wrong with the customer/provider relationship, honestly. Any software house just wants to make gameware that sells, and some people buy it, others don't.

[AlexRamallo]

I think the game industry is long overdue for some regulation. It could be a big blow to a lot of indie studios, but there are just way too many people out there exploiting others (especially children).

As much as I love to criticize the business decisions of AAA companies, I still respect the reluctance (most of) them seem to have towards adopting full-on gambling business models. They definitely could, and even if they lost most of their customers, they'd be making a shitload more money from the "whales" they could lure in with popular IP licensing deals and ridiculously over-the-top art budgets.

When this recent EA controversy blows over and everyone forgets about it (they will), other companies will likely realize that the cost of pissing off passionate customers is actually very low. That's what worries me.

[s0]

When this recent EA controversy blows over and everyone forgets about it (they will), other companies will likely realize that the cost of pissing off passionate customers is actually very low.

they already did a long time ago. people who whine about "anti consumer practices" on the internet mostly end up buying the games anyway. i don't remember when a "video game boycott" has ever worked.

[Superb Joe]

When this recent EA controversy blows over and everyone forgets about it (they will), other companies will likely realize that the cost of pissing off passionate customers is actually very low.

they already did a long time ago. people who whine about "anti consumer practices" on the internet mostly end up buying the games anyway. i don't remember when a "video game boycott" has ever worked.

yeah they kick up a stink about one specific thing and then it swiftly becomes the norm

[Schoq]

I'll show those bastards at EA who's boss by buying their loot boxes at the lowered price point

[Superb Joe]

When this recent EA controversy blows over and everyone forgets about it (they will), other companies will likely realize that the cost of pissing off passionate customers is actually very low.

they already did a long time ago. people who whine about "anti consumer practices" on the internet mostly end up buying the games anyway. i don't remember when a "video game boycott" has ever worked.

yeah they kick up a stink about one specific thing and then it swiftly becomes the norm

quote this post in a year when a popular game is being praised for "doing microtransactions right"

[michaelplzno]

If anything $60 isn't expensive enough. Games should sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and come in limited pressings of ten coppies.

[Superb Joe]

They should sell games on vinyl

[Cobralad]

nintendo is already doing that

[Superb Joe]

the yakuza 2 remake is going to use 11 year old motion capture data and pre existing environmental assets.

update: they knew exactly where to expend their budget to add new animations