That was awesome! And inspired me -
Title - Publisher / Patron
One is right, the other wrong
Perspective determined by your end of the bond
Business: Time spent to money accrued
Satisfaction: Entertainment, escapism, joy
Neither are working, yet we continue to be coy
The truth is simple:
Everyone?s poor.
Games aren?t selling to ?spec? amounts
Gamers aren?t receiving their service
Developers lose their IP?s
Just to have a shot at being worthless
Somewhere down the road, they?ll be shut-down
They didn?t under-perform but were oversold
Financing the operation no longer yields gold
COD, the big dog, of bullion extraction
Is simple but satisfying in its liberal redaction
Of the complex artistic depth to which others aspire
That depth costs time, which is money, the source of our ire
Forever a top end, a reasonable sized audience
Knowing how many, should set budgets in stone
You don?t have to hang your crown on the triple ? A throne
Plenty of games simpler in style, execution and mechanics
Have produced fan-bases of ample size supporting their weight
Of the projects they love, admire, rarely hate
Mario is not less worthwhile than Mass Effect
Limbo or Amnesia no less chilling than the Dead Space set
What of their comparative costs and profit?
Is their less fun to be had in games with less budget?
The industry is still in its ?Hollywood studio? days
Little representation, few fair contracts, for its Creatives displays
The blind belief that products and services can be mixed and matched without repercussion
That all gamers everywhere desire, un-muted, crude, bombastic percussion
Finally; the end of the line, is when developers stand together
Singing the same lines, over and over, forever:
No-more crunch for a year
No more unpaid over-time
No more bleeding our fans, your patrons, dry
We want fair pay and recompense
For our artistic and technical talent
Our blind enthusiasm for our craft
No longer gives you power over our path
If you made it this far, thanks! Tell me what you think.