Game Rant Somehow

[owsf2000]

I've tried to put this into words a few times now this week but I end up erasing it because it doesn't seem to come out right. So let's try again! People that read over my journal might come to the conclusion that I hate video games

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[kane_magus]

I totally get where you're coming from, of course, because I share the same feeling.

It's like me, and how I fervently, wholeheartedly wish for the next big, inevitable video game industry crash to occur sooner, rather than later. I'm not saying that because I hate video games. I only hate the fucking industry[1] that makes the video games, at least in the form in which that industry currently exists, anyway. I want all of that shit to burn to the ground (figuratively, definitely, but perhaps even literally, in more than a few cases) and for a new batch of publishers and developers to rise from the ashes, learn from the obvious, asinine, bone stupid mistakes made by the money-grubbing assholes who came before them, and then not make those same mistakes

[kane_magus]

Oh, and speaking of the inevitable video game industry crash, I give you this (from back in August of last year):

"10 Reasons The Video Game Industry Is Heading For Another Crash"

I feel like I could have written that myself. Hell, in fact, I feel almost like I have written that myself, except just spread out over several dozen LJ posts over the past several years.

(But then, it has new shit that I hadn't even really considered before reading it, such as in his point #4 about too many re-releases of old games on new consoles, where he says the following: "It’s about time the games industry called this trend for what it actually is: monetised backwards compatibility." Yes indeed, that, right there, is the real reason why current consoles lack true backwards compatibility, so that they can release "HD remakes" of old games for full price and such shit like that.)

[kane_magus]

But then, you read the comments under that, and all they do is prove his point #1 to be completely accurate.

To paraphrase a few:

"Oh, bah, the industry isn't heading for a crash, you're just doomsaying."

"You know, you shouldn't be insulting your readers by implying it's their fault."

"Nah, the industry is too big to crash and is actually doing better than ever."

And so on and so forth with similar horseshit.

[owsf2000]

I agree entirely with that article, although personally I think he could have went with a top 20 reasons easily since he didn't even touch DLC or all the deceitful tricks employed by publishers and devs that alienate users. (Although sadly not enough