That's cute. It must be nice to see the world in only black and white. Sadly though the cold hard reality is that the popular trend amongst big developers is to milk every last dime out of the paying customers they can. It is their goal to get as much of our money as possible and give as little as they can in return. It's happening more and more with games being shipped with large missing parts to be sold at a later date as DLC and PC games with install limits etc. The truth is these companies would gladly take your wallet and hand you a pile of actual human shit packed in a DVD case in return if they thought they could get away with it.Cryo84R said:Yeah because publishers and developers charging for a product to make a living is totally theft. Get past yourself, you are not entitled to game. It's not a right, its a luxury.Xanthious said:Your right, people should really stop trying to defend these big game publishers. . . . .Cryo84R said:There are sure a lot of excuses being made here for people being thieves and douchbags.
Stop stealing other peoples work and passing your behavior off as some kind of good fight against big evil companies. Its pathetic.
As to your other point. hypothetically speaking of course, I would make no delusions I'm part of some greater good. On the other hand I wouldn't fool myself into thinking that the majority of these companies are driven by anything more than greed. They want as much of my money for as little of their product as they can get away with. If that's the game they want to play then it only seems fair that I, again hypothetically speaking, should be allowed to do the same and get as much of their product for as little of my money as I can get away with. Guess what? I come out ahead when we play that game I promise.. .. .. hypothetically speaking of course.
This isn't to say I don't see companies out there doing things the right way. Hell I think GTA IV, Fallout 3/New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption, Sins of a Solar Empire and others do an amazing job of presenting consumers with a worthwhile product that is very deserving of the price they ask and I have paid full price on release day for all five of those games. Furthermore, I think Blizzard, despite my problems with StarCraft 2 and Activision as a whole, does a hell of a job with World of Warcraft and I gladly pay my 15 dollars monthly in addition to any WoW related merchandise I might buy.
Bottom line is there is a right way and a wrong way. They want to try and rip me off then don't be surprised if people turn around and do the same in return. However, if you want to put forth an actual quality product that isn't designed to milk me for every last cent I own then I will gladly support those companies over and over.