No. All game companies are in business to make money, so the consumer should always be wary.
[QUOTE="downnice95"]I think it is safe to say most of us spent thousands of dollars on this industry.downnice95
Yes, I have, and I feel most of that money was well-invested. There are several purchases I regret, but on the whole I've been satisfied with the games I've bought over the years, because I've always researched them beforehand to know what I was getting.
And what have they done to us? They give us Always online, blocking out content on disc, possibly blocking out used games, and no backwards compatibly (Confirmed for PS3) I feel this disrespect we get is sad and we have to do something. They screw us and we take it. If this continues I know I will not continue to support this industry.downnice95
Companies generally assess the success or failure of a business practice by its profitability. If it proves protifable, then they will continue to invest in it, because it makes good business sense to do so. It all comes back to supply and demand - if there is a proven 'demand' for something, then they will continue to supply it.
So the people who are really to blame are those who support such business practices - the consumers. If the majority of gamers did not accept 'always online, blocking out content, blocking used games' etc., then it would become unprofitable, and companies would soon abandon such practices. If anyone is 'disrespecting' you, then it is your fellow gamer who continues to buy shovelware, accepts any old DRM, and buys all DLC regardless of its value.
When it comes to backwards compatibility, I will actually disagree with you. There comes a time when an industry must move forward, and supporting a previous technology is no longer profitable or viable. I'm going to take you back in time, now, to when publishers started shipping games on CDs. At that time, a lot of people still did not have CD drives in their computers. The industry had come to realise that floppy disk was no longer viable - especially when they had to split a game across 10 or more disks, and floppy disks were prone to corruption. The solution was the CD, which offered far greater capacity, and was somewhat more durable. But the only way to get people to accept this format was essentially to force it on the consumer. If you did not have a CD drive, you could not experience a particular game (or other software for that matter). So people quickly started to buy CD drives, and PC manufacturers began to include them in their base models.
Past console generations have been no different, with the switch from cartridges to CDs.
When it comes to the PS3 - it had a processor and architecture that was different, and many developers had issues trying to adapt to it, which led to unoptimised games and lengthier development cycles. The PS3 originally had backwards compatibility with PS2 games, but only by effectively having a PS2 built inside the PS3, which inflated the initial cost to $600. And that was a financial mistake. Sony don't want to make the same financial mistake by including PS3 components in the PS4 and inflating the cost. They will have tested software emulation, and it obviously didn't work very well, or they would have offered that.
Also to add the sprinkle on top the Media bashes us to death and the Politicians trying to violate our rights. We have to stand together and save the industry because EA, Activision, etc.................. Screw us and will not support us when the media calls us killers etc..... downnice95
Most of the media corporations are owned by big movie corporations. Movies compete with games in the entertainment space. So I'm not surprised that games get bashed in the media.
Add in the fact that Politicians are lobbied by these big corporations, and again it's hardly surprising that they take these views. A lot of them are probably clueless when it comes to how the game industry works, and it's clear from their commentary that many of them simply choose to ignore the many studies already conducted about games and violence. It's easier to pick a scapegoat than try to address the real problems with society, like inadequate psychiatric evaluation and mental care, tightening up on gun licensing, tackling poverty and all of the other issues that lead to inequality, etc.
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