Product fanbases are always like this. They get their fix, or they move on, or whatever happens, and then the protests and voices are gone.
When I look at all of the exploitative, fraudulent game releases, or loot box schemes etc over the years, two things have been constants - a greedy company willing to exploit, and a crackhead consumer base without a backbone. Both are at fault, and both perpetuate the cycle.
You also have to factor in that not every player is on Reddit or YouTube actively. I even if every ACTIVE member in this sub didn’t buy this RDR port, or all those MTX, or all the loot boxes and cosmetics, there’s a quiet majority who will.
Look at Madden and 2K. Hundreds of thousands of people flat out refuse to buy the games upon release, but millions will buy the game anyway.
You’d need some universal mind control to keep enough people from buying the games in order to make any real impact.
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u/radio_allah Uncle Aug 08 '23
Product fanbases are always like this. They get their fix, or they move on, or whatever happens, and then the protests and voices are gone.
When I look at all of the exploitative, fraudulent game releases, or loot box schemes etc over the years, two things have been constants - a greedy company willing to exploit, and a crackhead consumer base without a backbone. Both are at fault, and both perpetuate the cycle.