Last I checked, "core gamers" have enough sense to not base their opinions of a system off of the worst available for it. Be honest with yourselves: when was the last time, in a game store, that you seriously stopped and stared in awe at the fact that a licensed game or piece of shovelware was actually on a game system you liked? And when was the last time you seriously considered dropping your use of a system entirely based upon a game (or series of games) that you never intend to get anyway? No, if you're like most people, your eyes slide right on past the stuff that doesn't interest you, and focuses firmly on what does.
Stop trying to fool yourselves into thinking that gamers are weak-willed people who will drop their entire hobby at the sight of a single piece of licensed shovelware and write off their often-thousand-plus-dollar investment as a wash. There is a place for this kind of software, and that is for people who do not see it as shovelware, but as games about something they enjoy. Ubisoft is targeting the downmarket as well as the upmarket, live with it. This isn't even anything new or shock-and-awe-worthy. Countless other companies have also been doing the same thing since video game companies first started getting licenses to make titles based off of movies, TV shows, comic books, and so forth.
Sky Render - Sanity is for the weak.
