It’s happening across the board at every industry.
Rather than try to appeal to a larger audience, they’ve found it’s more profitable to take greater advantage of an ever-shrinking pool of saps.
Mark my words, they legitimately don’t want the business of people with standards or self-respect. They want to cultivate communities where the only participants are Stockholm Syndrome victims and their abusers.
To be fair, the trade war was going on long before trump enacted tariffs.
If you ever saw someone spreading FUD about Huawei or Tiktok, it’s because they’re peddling rhetoric put there by our rulers to stoke the fires.
People can use Torzu if they want to play Switch games for free.
There will definitely be an emulator for Switch 2 games, as well.
Ok.
And you’re not mad.
It’s quite clear you have no standards
Yeah, that’s why what’s good enough for you isn’t good enough for me?
it’s ok to be an angry little bitch if you want
Lol, and you’re not upset?
Lol, you really are upset because someone dares to have higher standards than you.
It’s okay if you like what you like.
Err, you are literally making up your own words then pretending I said them and calling me stupid for it.
Man, it’s sad watching you people play leapfrog with yourself, but it’s yet another reason to not take you people seriously.
Lol, it’s not about me vs. him.
He’s the one who said remote couldn’t work. I said it could and gave an example of a game I like that was made by a fully-remote team.
If the development experience that he is defending didn’t yield any products that are as good as something that was made remotely, why should I take him seriously?
And I’m clueless, huh?
Yes, very. So clueless in fact anybody who has any idea of the actual effort that went into the development of Crash Bandicoot, not just ‘team numbers,’ would laugh at you.
I’m glad you’re so committed. Your commitment keeps giving me more reasons why you shouldn’t be taken seriously. It’s really just funny to me at this point.
The Metal Gear Solid games are some of my favorites, and I’ve played all of them.
Then you should be able to recognize the monumental difference on both an individual and group level that goes into making a game like Metal Gear Solid vs. the games you mentioned. You should also be able to recognize the difference in quality between a game like Metal Gear Solid and all of the games you mentioned.
If you’re referring to the PS1 Crash Bandicoot games, those were made with similar team sizes and “levels of effort” as most games that would be called “indie” are today
Yeah, you’re clueless.
Lol. You think ‘blue prince’ took as much effort to make as Crash Fucking Bandicoot or Metal Gear Solid and I’m the one who is ignorant about great games and how they’re made?
I’m guessing you never even played those games so you have no point of reference. You should try emulating them, then you can experience what it’s like to play great games completely free of charge. Heck, you might even raise your standards as a result going forward.
You’re not accepting more expensive entertainment either. You’re pirating it.
Buying it is unrelated to accepting it.
None of these games were made with less effort; they’re typically just made by fewer people.
I respectfully disagree.
I think I see why you’ve got this perspective that’s completely divorced from reality.
Lol, what? I think you’re just getting upset at me because I don’t like the low-effort games you enjoy.
Yes, most games have microtransactions if you completely disregard most games.
Right, and most of the games that interest you don’t interest me.
I’d encourage you to give some of those games you’re ignoring a try.
I’m good. You’re using me to try and justify your own enjoyment of what you spent your money on. It’s fine if you like things that I don’t like and vice-versa.
I don’t like the trend of having to accept cheaper entertainment just so that the businesses behind it can make more money with less effort.
Games like God of War, Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Zelda, those all take monumentally more effort to make than indie games and it shows in the final results. I could get all philosophical on ‘what makes good art,’ but I don’t think that’s the discussion you’re trying to have.
What games do you recommend that don’t have DLC or microtransactions?
Oh, if you’re going to ignore the problem that is DLC then we’re just going to have to agree to disagree.
I wait until games are finished before pirating them. There are plenty of good games these days now, but almost all of them have microtransactions and/or DLC.
I’m not particularly interested in most indie titles, which is where a lot of the disconnect comes between me and the average PC gamer.
We probably have different tastes and standards for our entertainment.
Just about every game released in at least the past 10 years that interests me has some form of microtransactions or DLC.
Lots of people prefer the comfort of familiarity.
Nah. You just want to paint me as mad because you can’t tolerate criticism.
Gonna block ya now.
Not really.
Do you think all criticism comes from a place of anger? Lol.
Or are you upset because I criticized your low standards?
Aye. I wait until games are finished before torrenting them.
Feels good being off the consumer bandwagon. Games are coming out faster than I can beat the ones that came out years ago. I have enough digital entertainment for the rest of my life without ever having to spend a dime.