Should the devs be blamed ?

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Originally Posted by Bishop7

You keep letting them give you crap, crap is all you will ever get.
It's statements like thi, that bring us to the place we are at in gaming.
Where they think it's ok to give us garbage and let us deal with it.
In the days of nintendo, every game worked.
That's the way it should be.

I understand you're angry and frustrated. But you really should take a few minutes to actually read what's being said and think about how your reply will be received.

I did not say I was satisfied with the current state of affairs. I was pointing out that the cause may be other than you believe it to be. You're lashing out at the devs and, IMHO, that may be unfair.

And to your Nintendo point... if you really want to go back in the day and extrapolate forward, try this one on for size. I remember buying games for my Commodore 64 back in the early 80s... they came on a tape or a floppy disk with a Xeroxed manual all packaged in a plastic baggie. The first truly commercial computer games were better packaged but otherwise much the same.

The price?... $50.

Tell me.... what other entertainment products have you seen go through such a dramtic transformation (mostly positive) while holding the same price point for 30 years?

I think about this and smile every time I read a post where someone is complaining about the price of these games.

Did labor costs go down over the last 30 years? Did it get any easier or cheaper to develop, publish and distribute these games?

These guys are in business... the difference had to made up somewhere. The audience had to be expanded. Those companies that didn't get it - and that would be 90% + of all the major software houses that sprang up over the years BTW - are no longer with us.

I think about this too every time I read a post where someone is complaining about lack of game play or attention to detail in the latest gee-whiz eye candy extravaganza.

I'm not smiling when I think about that.

But hey... it's not all bad. You want quality? You want game play? You want the detail and accuracy in your games that only comes from passion and pride in the product all up and down the management chain? Head over to Matrix Games and check out their line up. Of course don't expect to be floored by the eye candy. You just can't get it all in one package these days... not for $50 anyway.

JD