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I just find it disappointing that gamers are far better at organizing and pressuring a company than other product users. Apple and Tesla both have gotten a near

I just find it disappointing that gamers are far better at organizing and pressuring a company than other product users. Apple and Tesla both have gotten a near free pass with Apple only raising some ire when they knocked down an app but it blew right over very quickly. Perhaps gamers just have more time and more outlets to get attention? What will be interesting is if these people even get in and how quickly they are put out when they do. If they are silent, just in costume, will that provoke a response as well?

tosser197 7y ago
Hardcore gamers are mostly young single adult male population. All the testosterone you need
michaelt 7y ago
Eh, yes and no. I see discussion all the time about rejecting pre-ordering, rejecting games that are beta-quality at release, rejecting microtransactions and predatory mechanics like loot boxes, rejecting companies that abuse their employees, rejecting games that move core features into paid expansions, rejecting pay-to-win, rejecting invasive rootkit-style DRM, rejecting single-game-store exclusives, and so on. And yet, games companies continue doing all those things regularly - giving me the impression gamer boycott attempts don't have much impact.
- TheCapn 7y ago
  >I see discussion I think that's just it. The vocal gaming crowd is very quick to talk big talk about action but they're a tiny minority of the actual customerbase. For all the bravado you see on Reddit about boycots there's wayyyy more people who just want the latest title from popular publishers or the most anticipated shooter; they're not even aware of the drama going on in the background.
simongr3dal 7y ago
Avid gamers are probably already playing several games so it might be easier to lay of a few of those games and fill the empty space with the other games you are already playing. To me the phone and computer are much more difficult to find a replacement for, if I were to boycott Apple. There's all the data tied up in iCloud, and there's a bunch of software on both the phone and computer that would have to be found alternatives for. In short the sunk cost in games can be pretty deep, but not very wide. On computing platforms the sunk cost can be both deep and wide.
willis936 7y ago
See what a little competition buys you? Activision players can always go to Ubisoft or EA. But the dirty little secret that everyone's wising up to is that they all suck and indie games are better than AAA in ways that matter to many people. When staring down an existential crisis your clients can and will push you around for misbehaving, even if that misbehaving is out of a desire to get out of said existential crisis. Put shortly: fuck corporations.
- lliamander 7y ago
  I discovered about 12 years ago that WoW was essentially a slot machine in it's construction (reward schedules, rest XP, etc) designed to keep you engaged without entertaining you. I've had far more fun playing Battle for Wesnoth than I ever did playing WoW.

tosser197 7y ago

Hardcore gamers are mostly young single adult male population. All the testosterone you need

michaelt 7y ago

Eh, yes and no. I see discussion all the time about rejecting pre-ordering, rejecting games that are beta-quality at release, rejecting microtransactions and predatory mechanics like loot boxes, rejecting companies that abuse their employees, rejecting games that move core features into paid expansions, rejecting pay-to-win, rejecting invasive rootkit-style DRM, rejecting single-game-store exclusives, and so on. And yet, games companies continue doing all those things regularly - giving me the impression gamer boycott attempts don't have much impact.

TheCapn 7y ago
>I see discussion I think that's just it. The vocal gaming crowd is very quick to talk big talk about action but they're a tiny minority of the actual customerbase. For all the bravado you see on Reddit about boycots there's wayyyy more people who just want the latest title from popular publishers or the most anticipated shooter; they're not even aware of the drama going on in the background.

simongr3dal 7y ago

Avid gamers are probably already playing several games so it might be easier to lay of a few of those games and fill the empty space with the other games you are already playing. To me the phone and computer are much more difficult to find a replacement for, if I were to boycott Apple. There's all the data tied up in iCloud, and there's a bunch of software on both the phone and computer that would have to be found alternatives for. In short the sunk cost in games can be pretty deep, but not very wide. On computing platforms the sunk cost can be both deep and wide.

willis936 7y ago

See what a little competition buys you? Activision players can always go to Ubisoft or EA. But the dirty little secret that everyone's wising up to is that they all suck and indie games are better than AAA in ways that matter to many people. When staring down an existential crisis your clients can and will push you around for misbehaving, even if that misbehaving is out of a desire to get out of said existential crisis. Put shortly: fuck corporations.

lliamander 7y ago
I discovered about 12 years ago that WoW was essentially a slot machine in it's construction (reward schedules, rest XP, etc) designed to keep you engaged without entertaining you. I've had far more fun playing Battle for Wesnoth than I ever did playing WoW.