Comments on: Sasquatch Soapbox: Gamers need to take a firmer stand http://siliconsasquatch.com/2009/11/14/sasquatch-soapbox-gamers-need-to-take-a-firmer-stand/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The Backlog: Pre-Tryptophan Tidings of Gamedom edition | Silicon Sasquatch http://siliconsasquatch.com/2009/11/14/sasquatch-soapbox-gamers-need-to-take-a-firmer-stand/comment-page-1/#comment-204 The Backlog: Pre-Tryptophan Tidings of Gamedom edition | Silicon Sasquatch Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:09:47 +0000 http://siliconsasquatch.com/?p=2107#comment-204 [...] no one makes money off of the games anymore, and pirating is ruining developers left and right. Controversies aren’t helping the perception of PC gamers amongst the general gaming populace either. So [...] [...] no one makes money off of the games anymore, and pirating is ruining developers left and right. Controversies aren’t helping the perception of PC gamers amongst the general gaming populace either. So [...]

]]> By: eye-shuh http://siliconsasquatch.com/2009/11/14/sasquatch-soapbox-gamers-need-to-take-a-firmer-stand/comment-page-1/#comment-201 eye-shuh Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:12 +0000 http://siliconsasquatch.com/?p=2107#comment-201 For serious! I actually had a conversation about this with a hardcore PC gamer recently. We were talking about how game developers are getting away with terrible console to PC ports because as long as they have the name branding, they can basically do whatever they want. No one is taking a stand against these developers because that means being the "only one" not playing the hot game of the month. In the end though, I'm not sure even taking a real stand would work. There will always be thousands of 12 year olds that don't read forums and are happy to beg their parents for any and all new games. Though I suppose that might apply more to console gaming than pc gaming, but making more money via 12 year old console players still hurts pc gamers. Perhaps the age of core gamers is coming to an end. :( We'll have to make way for Halo 10 and Cooking Mama 20. For serious! I actually had a conversation about this with a hardcore PC gamer recently. We were talking about how game developers are getting away with terrible console to PC ports because as long as they have the name branding, they can basically do whatever they want. No one is taking a stand against these developers because that means being the “only one” not playing the hot game of the month. In the end though, I’m not sure even taking a real stand would work. There will always be thousands of 12 year olds that don’t read forums and are happy to beg their parents for any and all new games.

Though I suppose that might apply more to console gaming than pc gaming, but making more money via 12 year old console players still hurts pc gamers.

Perhaps the age of core gamers is coming to an end. :( We’ll have to make way for Halo 10 and Cooking Mama 20.

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