cedarbridge wrote:Are you suggesting that its a lack of collective bargaining power and not a rational choice on the part of the consumer to buy a substandard product when the desire to have that substandard product outweight the specific desire for the lacking feature? What is the solution to this quandry that would require government intervention? Your ability to vote with your wallet and abstain from purchasing a thing is not dictated by the purchase patterns of others because literally nobody is requiring you to purchase the thing. This is especially true where there are alternatives to the thing in question. The image Sae posted is evidence not that there is some sort of market-side wrong that needs intervention or correction but rather that the consumer is willing to ascribe a higher value to the name and franchise than to the fleeting demand for addition of a supposedly missing feature.
I can name at least 5 Early Access and/or crowdfunded games released in the past year that have been good and enjoyable games without scummy business models that were only realized through consumers supporting them
Consumers still hold power over what does and does not get made and even if the majority vote for darth vader roulette there will always be smaller names that want to and need to make good and fairly marketed games for smaller audiences
captain sawrge wrote:I can name at least 5 Early Access and/or crowdfunded games released in the past year that have been good and enjoyable games without scummy business models that were only realized through consumers supporting them
Consumers still hold power over what does and does not get made and even if the majority vote for darth vader roulette there will always be smaller names that want to and need to make good and fairly marketed games for smaller audiences
I mean, this is pretty much where I come down too. I've managed to go my entire life without playing a Cowadoody because I simply didn't care. It doesn't hurt me any not to play it and it doesn't hurt me any that there are people who choose to play it. I'm very content with the games I do play and hope I can encourage more like them in the future by supporting them.
FantasticFwoosh wrote:
Those two studios (origin is a 'literally who to me') basically printed money with appraised good quality investments, gold-dust
Its like Warner Bros, at the end of the day; studio executives, deadlines & rushing have collectively managed to fuck up most studios and business practices to the brink of breaking them entirely or affecting the product. New studios, same shitty company.
Origin Systems Inc. made:
-The Ultima series
-The Wing Commander Series
-Crusader No Remorse & No Regret
-System Shock.
wesoda25 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:02 am
Qbmax32 is quite literally one of the dumbest individuals I have ever had the misfortune of coming into contact with. He has zero redeemable traits, and honestly I have to suppress my gag reflex every time he shows up in a conversation.
Malkraz wrote:YES
DRINK THE PISS QB
angelstarri wrote:qbmax is a retard
imsxz wrote:mythic please stop you’ve hit rock bottom and you KEEP DIGGING
deedubya wrote:I'll defend to the death your right to scream "NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER" on a constant basis, but I'll also equally defend the right of people to call you a fuckin' pillock for doing it.
datorangebottle wrote:what, not having to act like customer service in a volunteer customer service position?
Here's a rebuttal: you're literally in a customer service slash celebrity position. Volunteer or not.
Malkraz wrote:can you stop posting this shit
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Wyzack wrote:qbmax your pathetic display of abhorrent burgercraft has brought shame onto the omnivores
Plapatin wrote:i AM the senate
BONERMASTER wrote:I am a big thinker, and it would only be logical if my character had a big head as well. And glasses. Because only people that think, wear glasses.
feem wrote:i tried to send canisters of urine to the station but ended up turning all oxygen into urine and breaking lavaland and also breathing
Anonmare wrote:Each post in this thread can't settle on what it wants to be, but yet, each one is more cursed than the last.
Beesting12 wrote:please write an apology to this forums, this community, the host, and the internet as a whole for the data storage space you wasted with this complaint.
Vile Beggar wrote:i don't like this thread
imsxz wrote:nervore
FantasticFwoosh wrote:I will whisper sweet nothings that will confuse and perhaps scare you a little, but enhance the experience no-less.
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Nervere wrote:Anything for a femoid.....
Qbopper wrote:I'm a dumb poopy butthead
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