There have been successes... (Destiny)

by GrimBrotherIII, Tuesday, July 08, 2014, 10:33 (3800 days ago) @ uberfoop

I agree with some of what you're saying... it's just not realistic or even worth it in this case - that's my point.

And when will it be realistic or worth it? As I said, it's an industry-wide issue that's going to keep getting worse if nobody ever decides to put their foot down. The entire issue here is that, even though everyone agrees that it's an issue, they also always apply the "in this case" logic, even though in the grand scheme of things it would be tremendously beneficial to the consumer on-average to do something about it at some point in time. Especially since, as I said, an extremely aggressive campaign where people actually worked together (rather than telling each other to not bother voting with their wallet) could reverse policies and cause the consumer to lose nothing from the actions when they ultimately buy the much-better product anyway (at which point it's impossible to see how it wouldn't be worth it).

See i agree and disagree with you here: You're correct in your assertions but incorrect in your assumptions - there have been plenty of victories won by the gaming community when the uproar was well-timed and justified: Broken Achievements fixed (Kane and Lynch, GhostBusters, etc.) Games ported or transitioned from Console to PC or vice versa (Dark Souls, Baulder's Gate, The Witcher series) Entire Genres of gaming making new Platform debuts (established DOTA games like LOL, new DOTA games like LOTR:GOME, existing MMOs like Diablo, and new MMOs like ESO) Platform alliances broken or amended (Metal Gear Solid V on XBOX, Mass Effect 3 on PS, Final Fantasy XV on XBOX), Speaking of Mass Effect 3, how about Bioware CHANGED THE ENDING of the last game in the Shephard Saga just to cater to the feedback of their forum community? Not to mention probably my favorite example: Bioware changing the entire look, feel, and play-style of one of their beloved Dragon Age Series - by using a completely different Gaming Engine for DA:I DIRECTLY due to community feedback on Combat Speed and location variety.

There most certainly is a time and a place when Community feedback is not only heard and accepted but incredibly powerful. What I have been saying and will continue to say is that what we are dealing with right now with Bungie taking PS to the Senior Prom when they've taken us XBOXers to every other High-School dance might Sting pretty bad right now, but i don't believe it's worth sharpening the pitchforks over.

- III