Does anyone ever think that is we as consumers that have failed

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2017-09-04 05:36:49 Post No. 389222347
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Anonymous 2017-09-04 05:36:49 Post No. 389222347 [Report]

Does anyone ever think that is we as consumers that have failed the video game industry?

>game releases "expansion pack"
>it does really well because people buy it and it green lights the expansion pack idea for everyone and encourages publishers to release unfinished games so they can shill expansion packs later on for more money

>company releases DLC you have to pay for
>everyone buys it showing that it works and that all devs can now add in all the tiny crap they want or lock features behind DLC because they can get more money from it

>game releases in "parts" or "chapters"
>sales remain consistent throughout each part because consumers keep buying them leading to more and more sequentially released games

>developer make you "pre-purchase" the game for early access so they can use you as a testing guinea pig
>people actually buy it to 'play early' even though its an unfinished mess 9/10 times

>add as many more points as you want for day-1-dlc, on-disk-dlc, paid mods, missing features, upcoming promises, and whatever other shill tactics are all over the industry

Does anyone think if the first time any dev ever thought to do any of these, the entire consumer base spit in their face, didn't pay a cent for that crap, and laughed them out of the industry; we'd still be getting top quality content-packed games for the usual price?

Anonymous 2017-09-04 05:42:03 Post No.389222654
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Anonymous 2017-09-04 05:42:03 Post No.389222654 [Report]

>>389222347
Cant blame consumers for originally buying the original ExPac idea when they put out quality content. Not even when DLC first originated since we assumed it would be just as great. After that it's entirely our fault. All we can do as an individual is not support those shitty business practices to not be a part of the problem. That isn't to say it has any impact on the industry. Consumerist lemmings will continue to reward shitty behavior no matter what we do or say.

Anonymous 2017-09-04 05:42:46 Post No.389222692
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>>389222347
Genereally speaking when a niche hobby gets large enough this always tends to happen. You were just born early enough to remember when Vidya wasn't in such a bad state, believe me its happened to every other hobby out there. tl;dr Blame normies.

Anonymous 2017-09-04 05:44:37 Post No.389222808
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Anonymous 2017-09-04 05:44:37 Post No.389222808 [Report]

>>389222347
>an expansion pack isn't DLC
Every time

Anonymous 2017-09-04 06:11:06 Post No.389224612
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>>389222654
>Consumerist lemmings will continue to reward shitty behavior no matter what we do or say
This.
The majority of current vidya consumers live completely outside this discussion about them. Your cries aren't reaching them and even if you somehow did, they wouldn't understand what you were talking about.

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