| TRios_Zen said: While I am SURE there are lazy developers out there just looking to make a quick buck, the majority I would guess are much more ethical folk who take pride in there work...a fact that very few VGChartz folks would admit (anyone who summarily dismisses Valve is ridiculous IMO). This is not aimed at you specifically, but the lazy developers excuse is handed out like candy at halloween here. As a happy PS3 owner though I wonder why so many people give Sony a pass here...far as I am concerned they are as much to blame for the difficulty of their hardware as any developer who uses it is. If I owned only a PS3 and had to pass up games I wanted because of this, I'd hold them equally accountable for this problem. Probably not a popular comment here, but oh well. |
Plenty of people have brought this up, actually. The problem is, nobody wants to put any blame on their favorite company.
It's not so different from Nintendo's lack of 3rd party support, and everyone yelling at third parties for it. I mean, I'm annoyed about it as well, but let's be honest, here...
Also, I agree with what you said about "lazy developers." This is seen at its worst in the case of Valve, but people in general don't give devs the respect they deserve. As gamers we only get to see the final product, we have no idea what sort of work it took to get there.
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