Except it's not HYPOCRISY!. You're just finding an excuse to call someone a nonce out of your own personal view on what you think is stupid, which itself is showing the REAL hypocrisy here. Me not liking to use a stupid, objectively shit fucking store is somehow stupid, because I chose not to want to use it?. Are you being cereal right now, you're giving me no option but to use EGS or I'm the "stupid one"?. Really?, we're really going the ultimatum route with this one?.

EGS aren't bringing options, they are literally taking options away, by making sure the game isn't being sold on OTHER storefronts. I don't think you actually truly understand what it is like to allow for choices here, hence why I'll continue seeing you as a gatekeeper (now an advocate for gatekeeping games being sold anywhere else).

The dictionary doesn't actually define nor describe it as one, so at the end of the day, the sun shines, grass grows, birds fly, and Gatekepper is exactly what it is, and it is not documented as an insult. You just choose to see it that way, because of what it describes you doing, which is a negative thing. You not stopping them from buying games is an impossibility already, it's you trying to stop people from wanting options within said games, because you don't want options in them, as you think it will destroy the game, so you want to protect it above all else. I've been watching this thread, on how you've been trying to shoot down every other argument or point in wanting options for difficulty modes, I'm not stupid to this. Also no, Souls is not a Nightclub, and that makes for a poor example. 

Also, the market isn't nearly as big as you're making it out to be.

And yet again I am not, because you're trying to base a few million, while trying to assume it's insanely massive, when compared to other venues and franchises, it really isn't. The proof is all around you mate, in terms of games that allow for varying options of difficulty, storytelling that isn't left completely ambiguous, t hat isn't crushingly difficult, those games greatly outweigh those that are the latter. It's funny how you're asking me to tally up billions of people, when really that's on you for claiming you're not a minority. It's your job to prove you aren't, and sales numbers aren't telling the entire story either. 

Except it isn't, but that's how you keep acting towards every other poster that makes an argument or a comment you extremely disagree with. Yes actually, these "billions" are an amalgamation of all the platforms put together THAT PLAY GAMES. What, you think PC gamers are a small minority, as well as mobile gamers now?. You know damn well there are so many more mobile gamers out there than console already. You say the same for any argument, because you're literally only basing your entire argument solely on "game sales", but even then those games sales are so damn tiny compared to other games out there to begin with, but you'll ignore them for unexplained reasons, and ask me to tally up individual users, but that isn't a sales data grab now is it?. 

Well yes actually, when something is the standard, people tend to uphold and follow to that standard, that's why it's called the "default standard", because that's exactly what it is. It's the norm for games to include the options to change the difficulty settings, and it has been for decades. Going with only one setting is counted as something "new" these days?, wow, what's next, only one weapon throughout an entire game?, what fresh hot takes!.

Fun is subjective at the end of the day, just going to nip that entirely in the bud.

Yikes, seems like I hit a nerve.That's good I suppose, feels like people are really invested in the discussion.

You can feel the hypocrisy when you read and I quote:"Me not liking to use a stupid, objectively shit fucking store" when there is nothing objective about it, since every opinion about something(without hard data) is subjective, and well there are alot of people that like it.Why people like it?Because well, they are selling games to them.Because well, they are still not only open but doubling down on their strategy which seems to be working.And gamers in the whole world are getting free games out of it.Competition is great.And you know what competition gives to society?Options.So I guess that Epic Store is great, since you said that options are never bad? Guess we agree on something.

Sounds like you wanted to get people riled up, but I guess that was the initial idea with this sort of thread. I'm not exactly invested in the idea, but I wanted to point out how you decided to throw in a personal issue, and decided to well, make it personal, when it really has nothing to do with the thread subject at all.

See now I can tell that rather than tackling the subject itself, you've decided to go on a personal jab tirade, because I happen to side with those who actually want choices, rather than having them taken away, so really there is no further point in talking to you, because you've now got the mindset of "he's stupid, so I'm going to call him hypocritical and label him as such until he adheres to my line of thought". 

I'm not really invested enough to bother talking about the other points, because they 1. repeat themselves, and 2. End up in little jabs and quips, not really worth addressing. 

IF you'd actually like to stick with the subject of difficulty modes and choices in them, then I'd suggest sticking to them, instead of trying to "dig up" something on people you disagree with, so you can stuff it in their face, while telling them to jog on. 

@Bold, ahh, just like Alcyon in trying to twist something into making it sound like I agree with you, when I really don't, nice... 

You know exactly where I stand on that subject, and no, it's not a part of this thread, so any further discussion on EGS within a thread that isn't about it, well I know which button to hit.

Sounds like you wanted to get people riled up, but I guess that was the initial idea with this sort of thread. I'm not exactly invested in the idea, but I wanted to point out how you decided to throw in a personal issue, and decided to well, make it personal, when it really has nothing to do with the thread subject at all.

See now I can tell that rather than tackling the subject itself, you've decided to go on a personal jab tirade, because I happen to side with those who actually want choices, rather than having them taken away, so really there is no further point in talking to you, because you've now got the mindset of "he's stupid, so I'm going to call him hypocritical and label him as such until he adheres to my line of thought". 

I'm not really invested enough to bother talking about the other points, because they 1. repeat themselves, and 2. End up in little jabs and quips, not really worth addressing. 

IF you'd actually like to stick with the subject of difficulty modes and choices in them, then I'd suggest sticking to them, instead of trying to "dig up" something on people you disagree with, so you can stuff it in their face, while telling them to jog on. 

@Bold, ahh, just like Alcyon in trying to twist something into making it sound like I agree with you, when I really don't, nice... 

You know exactly where I stand on that subject, and no, it's not a part of this thread, so any further discussion on EGS within a thread that isn't about it, well I know which button to hit.

Either way, I'm open to more discussion if you like and hopefully the mods don't lock this thread due to the toxicity some users brought to here.

Either way I've filed two reports. This discussion has turned god awfully sour, and I hope it and future Souls related difficulty threads be locked (because they always end up turning sour one way or another). 

I'm not willing to discuss anything anymore with someone who seeks to rile someone up from the get-go, it shows a lack of purity to it and more of ill intent. 

Either way I've filed two reports. This discussion has turned god awfully sour, and I hope it and future Souls related difficulty threads be locked (because they always end up turning sour one way or another). 

I'm not willing to discuss anything anymore with someone who seeks to rile someone up from the get-go, it shows a lack of purity to it and more of ill intent. 

Edit: The "38"yr old man has actually proven my point on that community being toxic. Thank you for validating my dislike for the Souls community.