Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
I don't think we need anything that extreme, but certainly some companies need to tweak their expectations a bit. I actually think AAA publishers have done pretty well making creative and interesting games over the last few years as my backlog is kind of insane right now and that seems to be the case with many gamers I know online and irl.

I do celebrate Jim Sterling for tackling these issues head on. The idea that consumers should factor in a company's profitability to their buying decisions and/or opinion not only misses the entire point of how a market works, it also shows how out of
I really really hope you are right. However, what the last few weeks have taught me is that people only take a stand when a lot of bad stuff is being done to you AT THE SAME TIME. Had Microsoft been more clever and drip-fed their bulltrout DRM strategy throughout the generation, there would be dismay, but there wouldn't have been this outcry by gamers, which a lot of gaming media tried to downplay and even say we are wrong about (with the pretty much sole exception of Jim). Ironically, it was the actual mainstream media (Forbes, Wired, BBC, CNN etc) that heard the rightfully vocal gamers, and then acted as the messenger for the wider public, which made Sony listen and Microsoft follow suit out of bricking it.

Had they been more clever and metaphorically 'poisoned us slowly' hardly anyone would have noticed, and this can STILL happen!

I know I am making gaint sweeping statements here, but then again this whole debacle has been about giant sweeping statements. Take it with a huge grain of salt. I have no clue where the industry is heading, just voicing my thoughts.