DebatableRaccoon

Corpos engaging in shady behaviour? Never would have seen that coming.

That game was AAAAwful

Yeah, it all smells of them never having cared about the players in the first place.

Same can be said for any entertainment media in a way. Tiktok (for those people) YT or even films. They’re all ways to spend one’s time, even if they aren’t direct competitors. For those who choose a balanced approached between all of them, there’s really only time left in a person’s day for one or two of these kinds of games, let alone their dwindling funds for everything else that is increasing in price.

I know, I’ve seen it. JM8 already said ages back on Windbreaker that the MMO market is only sustainable for a limited number of games. The amount of games that have flooded the market over the past half decade or so speaks to a fundamental misunderstanding of the market potential.

The pitiable coughs of the GaaS market slowly realising the audience doesn’t have time for 1500 ‘forever games’.

I don’t like all the Checkpoint Charlie bullshit and got fed up with the side content before the main story was over, but the world in Tsushima was so well made that I had a good time in it - far better than AC: Shadows (that I didn’t pay to play, for the record) - and the combat system was fun. Yotei has a character that isn’t forced into the peg hole of a samurai and has a greater selection of weapons so it looks like it’ll be a fun time.

“CEOs continue to ride the skills of others into oblivion while making a profit from doing nothing.”

This one actually bothers me because I was looking forward to Ghost of Yotei, but if Sony are still so allergic to making money, I guess I won’t give them any. Barely a handful of games from an entire generation is certainly not enough to make me buy an overpriced console.

“Scum company fires more people while pretending everything is okay”

The only acceptable option: don’t fucking bother.

Consider me old fashioned.

write the same sorts of things on game boxes

Don’t be ridiculous. You’re describing criminal property damage. Of course that’s neither okay, nor the same.

I’m sorry you feel the need to be dramatic about this issue, but Steam have provided adequate tools for the userbase to handle the problem, in my eyes.

Maybe so, but the values of free speech apply to wrong opinions too. Hit the “unhelpful” button and move on. Their bullshit isn’t worth the time.

Sorry, Pete, I don’t believe you feel that way.

This is developers who don’t like criticism whining. Yes, there is some bigotry and such in the market, but it’s not as big as they’re making it sound.

These people want Steam to step into a role of world gaming police, even though Steam have provided the necessary tools for users on the platform to vote incorrect information down into oblivion. Going further than that is asking for censorship and is as effective as paid reviews.

If you can’t cope with your product taking criticism, valid or otherwise, don’t waste your time peddling what you’ve made. We’ve seen time and time again that games find their audience, even with BS ‘criticisms’. Those who are interested will look further than the basic complaints. If there’s only those complaints, maybe you just didn’t make a very good game.

What’s your buy-in cost at this point? Have you already got a powerful xomputer that can game and run OBS? Mic and headset? You don’t have to bother with a facecam if you don’t want to, but if you want to, you can use something like iVcam to use your phone as a webcam. If you don’t have a mic, I recommend Tenor’s line of products. I bought a good quality condenser mic with adjustable boom arm for ~$40. If it’s something you definitely want to do, there are ways to try relatively cheaply and possibly upgrade your equipment if you find it’s a good fit.

I have no doubt you know what I was getting at, but just in case, I meant the established art of making up a reason to sell a game twice.

Oh good, the Pokemon treatment.

Good point.