>be videogame company
>listen to the vocal minority of tryhards and focus on competitive retardation
>end up with stupid things likeSiege, Overwatch, LOL and CSGO
Let me explain
>play overwatch
>people leave mid game or pick shitty characters
>you get fucked and deranked
>play LoL
>same as above
>play Siege
>same as above but with lots of teamkilling and x10 more butthurt because siege players are a physical manifestation of Espots wannabes and tryhardness
Needless to say how the incompetent devs pandering to Esports pickrate (despite that being fucking stupid and resulting in retarded shit like Nerfbeard and more that i'll expand on)
>play CSGO
>devs love to moneymilk the fuck out of Esports
>And they're also afraid to make any big change that'll enrage the tryhard Esport wannabes
Like reggie said, if the game isn't fun, why even bother? why do they have to focus on hypercompetitive bullshit?
good thread bump
More emphasis on Siege:
Nerfbeard was fine in his first nerf (the one where he got one shield with 200 health) but they still nerfed him to the ground again because muh esports pickrates
And of course the other balancing issues that they never notice such as VALKYRIE, HIBANERO, JAGER, ASH AND PULSE holding an eternal slot in your team and the other half of the cast being fucking irrelevant like Kapkan, tachanka, IQ, blitz, castle, etc.
Because other games won't be talked about in a few weeks to months, because you play through them and drop them, maybe replay in a few years but that's it.
Not as much money as games that get memed for years and all they get is a visual update or a few maps.
Also muh skins and other micro transaction stuff.
In other words they'll make more money.
>find fun in things that are challenging
>haven't been challenged by a Nintendo game in 10 years
>can never take Reggie seriously
If anything they should be neutral to esports. Look at the original pioneers of esports: Quake, CS, Starcraft, they were all focusing on being interesting games
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>Implying Valve listens to their CSGO fanbase
They break shit pretty regularly when the fanbase only wants stagnation and 1.6
>>384717970
>Because other games won't be talked about in a few weeks to months, because you play through them and drop them, maybe replay in a few years but that's it.
yes, for example TF2, BF3 and 4? and even MW2/3 and blops 2
by all means these games aren't focused on muh ULTRA GAYMING COMPETITIVENESS yet they're still going strong and have a good playerbase and even the forums are still active
Reason for that is that they're genuinely decent games, and if they're not they're still better than the hot garbage that is competitive shit, competitive shit has no redeeming qualities other than shoveling shitty content once in a while to keep players in line (See: siege and it's garbage DLC ops)