| Doobie_wop said: It's always been happening, the difference is that we hear about it more now with things like the internet. It's like when people say 'Back in my day, there was less crime', which is complete bullshit, it's just that back in their day the world was so small to them and only reached to the edge of their town or state. Gaming journalism has also grown over the years, ten years ago it would have just been made of 10 major magazines and then maybe 10 smaller magazines, these days we have hundreds of game related sites, forums, social networks and video channels. That means that publishers and developers have far more outlets to give out their opinion on things and they have way more journalist hunting them down for answers. |
Pretty much this. Attitudes remain the same, but access to attitudes that normally wouldn't be aired (since blaming the consumer is, you know, bad) get aired because devs and publishers have (as all people do) loose lips, and these inflammatory opinions are aired TMZ-style for the gaming public to consume for their own brief amusement.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
