| chasmatic12 said: I think that as of recently, the guys at IGN (for some odd reason) feel either offended or threatened by the massive influx of casuals gamers into the industry. What I'm inferring from their recent tone and attitude is that the "hardcore" community should become more tight knit and shun the "newbies" of the gaming industry. I think it's a severe case of a superiority complex. |
The guys at IGN have a following. And as such, they are no longer just a small website who do reviews and have fun going to conventions getting all the news for the fans. They are a corperate driven rating site. And as such, they influence gamers perchases and opinions. So yes, they do feel Superior to these 'casual' gamers because they can't influence them. Because before, a 'casual' gamer was the person who came onto IGN and just read their reviews and bought what they told them to buy. Now that's changed, and now they're trying to widen their influence into the 'Hardcore' market by seeming to hate anything connected to WiiFit, WiiMusic (and Wii/DS games on the whole) and giving inflated scores to games like GTAIV, Halo 3 (and other major popular games for the PS3 or 360 each year). And they use those games as a measuring stick to guage what a 'good game' should be on all systems, including DS and Wii.
In general, this might not be a shared view, but this is definitely the trend I've seen IGN take. And I use to read IGN regularly back when they were reporting in the GC/PS2/XBOX days.
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