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lewisgerm on 02 January 2012
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Torillian said:
lewisgerm said:


well excuse me for trying to utilize the tiniest bit of influence i have over the industry.

look, torillian, your set of values is a little different than mine, but that doesn't mean yours is right. microsoft and sony are nothing but LEECHES on this industry. they in no way care about the consumer as evidenced by their support of things like online pass and now locking out single player content for people who buy the game used is an ALL TIME LOW.

so, yes, i am going to try to screw these developers out of every new sale that i can. its the right thing to do.

Even if MS and Sony are leeches on the industry that still isn't a reason to hurt all the third parties.  That logic makes sense if you do it with first parties (still extremely petty) but you're doing it with every title on those platforms which means you're hurting a bunch of third party developers that have just chosen the wrong horse according to you, and that is despicable.  

I could come up with reasons Nintendo doesn't care about consumers.  Like making peripherals and then dumping them almost immediately with little to no software support, not caring about how consumers wanted an online experience (only basement dwelling nerds want that), and boning over Mother fans for years (yeah I'm still bitter) and recent NoA localization stupidity.  But with all that said even though Ninty isn't my favorite company in the world (and MS even less so since I haven't found enough of a reason to buy a console from them yet) I would never do something that directly harms them because I know that others like what they make and it's extremely self centered to think that the industry should bend to my will alone.  


ill admit that you do have a point about third parties.. almost. while it would be great to hurt first parties, microsoft comes out with like.. no games, so there is not much i can do there. the main point is that i dont support developers making a game on a console that is here for no other reason than to make money off of and take advantage of other people's hard work.

seriously think about it though, microsoft has done nothing for this industry other than leech, they dont innovate or contribute anything to this industry. you may think what i do is wrong, but customers still have the option. if they say, 'no i want to buy this shitty game new,' i tell them ok, its going to be 64.24. so whatever.

as far as your complaints about nintendo, they do everything to make sure their customers are happy, and they do not screw us over. they dont lock out single player content, or make you pay extra fees to do anything. at least when NINTENDO makes a game, it is a complete experience. how messed up would it be if they took out a dungeon in skyward sword and then made you pay extra to play it. i would be so pissed off an my support for nintendo would drop in an instant.