Take a look at the situation from the other side of the fence:
You are a company producing video games (not Gearbox,Ea Activision etc -just anyone).
You spent a whole lot of money on prducing a video game. You got a studio of annoying people that all tell you that their work is more important then the others, that they need more time and that they just CANT get it done until the day you all agreed on at that fatefull kick-off meeting.
You did your best in herding the proverbial catfarm and hope that whatever your creative minds made will be just good enough to please the fans of the series who are desperate to get their hands on the much much delayed game. Inside you KNOW that there are faults with the product, that it hasn't had the attention it needed and mistakes where made here and there - but there simply isn't any money left in the budget and you HAVE to get it out, or tell your kids that you don't have a job anymore.
So you give it gold-status, publish it and wait for the first feedback.
You know it won't be all positive,but hope for the best.
And then the proverbial Shytestorm comes. Every Youtuber and self proclaimed Experts tears it appart and smears it with their abuse. Some give voice legitimate complaints, some stay with the facts - some even offer ways to improve any future product.
But then there are those that get abusive, dismissive and mock you and your team for beeing idiots for producing garbage. Worst of all are those that simply don't get it. Who rate it poorly because they overlooked some setting, have some obscure hardware driver that causes problems or who are just too darn stupid to figure out how to read your tutorial.
Until the point where you watch your sales plummet into oblivion you propably take it in stride, because you know that you could have done a better job under different circumstances. And then you analyze the numbers - and figure that you might face bancrupcy because the collective exercise of the internet in "who can flame your game the loudest" generated more bad press then all your efforts in promoting the game ever could.
Now back into your own seats - Is it REALLY ok for internet REVIEWERS to get abusive about a game, or don't they have some responsibility to stay professional in how they voice their oppinion ?
