Greetings champions. This is a small rant that I'll be making, so #1 - don't take things too seriously, 'cause I'm pissed off, #2, feel free to disagree/agree with me, #3 - I'd be grateful if you contribute with the thread with your opinion.
So, okay. Here it goes:
What the actual fuck is happening with our video-game industry? We're slowly melting into some kind of monster, made of money and greedyness. "Welcome to the real world, kiddo" is something that I hear all the time, but really? Are you okay with these kinds of stuff?
Since the last generation, the gaming market has been suffering from a lot of topics, some that I present below:
- Full games are being torn apart to be released in small chunks;
- Expansion Packs became small DLC content that costs just as much;
- Paid skins in free games became gambling microtransactions in PAID GAMES;
- Don't even get me started in Season Passes (Paying for the "promise" of future content, that sometimes takes a long, long time to be released);
- Triple-A games and companies going to Early Access;
- EARLY FUCKING ACCESS;
- Paying to participate in a Beta Game (Quake: Champions is an example of this);
- Lack of creativity in the triple-A department, leading to that "Deja vu"(I've already played this!) feeling in various games;
- Indie gaming suffering from a lot of problems as well (used to be a cool market, but greed is making it slowly degrade as well);
- Kickstarter leading to a lot of failures and bad games;
- Companies being shady as fuck (Warner Bros with the death of its employee;
- Charging for MODS. MODS, for fuck sake.
- Asset Flippers stealing games and assets to flood online stores with shitty games;
And much, much more. I understand that gaming isn't all bad nowadays, but we should not be having to thank developers if they choose to include "free content after launch" or if their PC port of game X runs well, as these kinds of thing should be expected to be there from the start! Again, I understand the old saying "Welcome to the real world, kid", but I disagree. We still have ways to vote against these kinds of bullshit - with our wallets.
Anyway. Thanks for reading, and sorry for the outrage. I hope you agree with me in some topics, and if you disagree, feel free to express your opinion. I'm all ears.