Treyarch: Biggest Problem in Games is "Angry Entitled Fans"
Yup, forget sequelitis, over-pricing, over-working devs and bugs...
Forget sequelitis, over-pricing, over-working devs and bugs, Black Ops developer Treyarch's Robert Bowling knows what the "the biggest problem facing the games industry today" is.
He's told Nowgamer, "Personally, as a community manager who lives in the media or social media world every day, I think the social culture of video games is moving in a more negative direction as technology and social media continues to grow. Rather than growing with it, the trend seems to be devolving. More and more gamers seem to forget what this industry is all about.
"It’s a creative industry – the most creative form of entertainment in existence. Too many developers who try new things are getting burned by 'pundits' and angry entitled fans who look to be contrarian, sometimes simply for the sake of being contrarian. The only thing this attitude aims to achieve is stunt that creativity and innovation even further, which is something that no rational gamer looking to be entertained would want to do."
Mote meet eye. Eye meet mote. Hope y'all get along.
Via Nowgamer.
He's told Nowgamer, "Personally, as a community manager who lives in the media or social media world every day, I think the social culture of video games is moving in a more negative direction as technology and social media continues to grow. Rather than growing with it, the trend seems to be devolving. More and more gamers seem to forget what this industry is all about.
"It’s a creative industry – the most creative form of entertainment in existence. Too many developers who try new things are getting burned by 'pundits' and angry entitled fans who look to be contrarian, sometimes simply for the sake of being contrarian. The only thing this attitude aims to achieve is stunt that creativity and innovation even further, which is something that no rational gamer looking to be entertained would want to do."
Mote meet eye. Eye meet mote. Hope y'all get along.
Via Nowgamer.
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realvictory 1 Feb 2011 19:21
1/3
I mostly agree, to be honest, other than one thing: a lot of games are too expensive for the people who buy them to take risks. And it's not sensible for people to make games that are "risky" to buy.
Also, maybe the trend for regularly releasing sequels and establishing IPs, maybe even the trend for regularly releasing new hardware with higher expectations, condition people into expecting certain things. You can make games in a new way, but you're not going to be aiming at the market you've previously created by releasing "non-creative" games.
Also, maybe the trend for regularly releasing sequels and establishing IPs, maybe even the trend for regularly releasing new hardware with higher expectations, condition people into expecting certain things. You can make games in a new way, but you're not going to be aiming at the market you've previously created by releasing "non-creative" games.
Myth 1 Feb 2011 21:40
2/3
Sorry. the problem isnt the angry entitled fans. its the piss poor quality control. Since when was it ok to release bug ridden game son a console?
easygoen1 2 Mar 2011 20:29
3/3
the prob isnt fans its quality i bought b ops the day it come out and ply every day but i wait for lags and conect more than i play if it cont the games should be 20.00 not 60.00