| HappySqurriel said:
In any other market when a company comes up with a new product (or service) people rarely take the announcement of these new products (or services) personally, and you rarely see them suggest that the market (as a whole) is being damaged by these announcements. |
Sure we have, and quite often. Comic books and movies are the two prime examples where the established base balked at having their stuff dumbed down for the masses. Literature is much, much worse in that regard (you have your "serious books" and your "beach lit", and only one of those is respected in literary circles). Hell, people take it personally when their sports team does something they don't agree with. Once people have a hobby and claim it as theirs, said hobby has no right to change without their express written permission.
As to why people act like this, I haven't the slightest idea. I will say, though, that it's useless for us forum-folks to try and change human behavior. Just go with the flow, and laugh at the blokes who think the sky is falling because of Scene It or Wii Whatever. It's much more fun that way.
