STFU! Please...

[Iwata]

We gamers are a spoiled bunch. I grew up with gaming and consoles (my first was a ZX Spectrum back in the 80's) and I don't know what happened, but I long for the day when we, as a community, stop bitching about the "Evil Corps" that make and sell us our games and consoles.

"Sony sucks!"

"Microsoft sucks!"

"Nintendo sucks!"

We get it! You hate those corporations, even as you buy and use their games. Now, please, can we just move the fuck on?! It's getting really fucking annoying to hear these "Hero of the People" speeches in every bit of news and every posted thread in these forums!

Thank you for your cooperation.

OMG

Iwata, you're back!



Were'd you go?!

I went nowhere. I've been here all along.

 

[Katana314]

"Stop complaining" is a bit too generic of a request. We don't "owe" anything to game companies, and they don't "owe" anything to us. People are vocal because they want game companies to know what upsets them. This helps game companies because they sometimes use that information to determine their next move.

Besides which, complaining is often reasonable. Obviously, if it were discovered that a game company forces its employees to eat babies, then we'd think they're pretty awesome. ......I-I mean, we would complain.

And even if you don't agree with the complaining in question, spouting off at them for it doesn't change their opinion. You're free to ignore them on forums (usually) but you may have to the simple fact that this many people hold that opinion.

Still, I kinda agree that certain whiners are unhelpful either way; we all know the all-caps kind who believe that X company has ruined Y franchise by introducing/removing Z mechanic and never backs up their opinions. Just recognize that once in a while, their opinions do hold water, and you can't universally dismiss them - we'd never make progress if we didn't know where people are going wrong.