Remember the good ole' days (I'm probably much older than a lot of you) when we got a game and we enjoyed it? We used to be such a peaceful folk, but a couple of years down the road everything blew up and will always remain destroyed within the gaming community. By "we" I mean gamers. Also, remember the days that everything wasn't free and you got what you paid for? We used to go out, buy our games, and play until our thumbs fell off, our vision went blurry, and we kept headaches for months at a time. Ah, good times. So, what happened?
Now if I visit gaming forums, accounts I follow on Twitter, and other social media outlets that are open to gaming dicussion all I really ever read are angry responses, especially in regards to gaming developers. And if you love a game that someone may hate, be prepared to go into battle because the battle field was drawn down the middle. Either you're for it, or against it, and if you're for it than you're the "reason" why the game bombed. Nobody is happy anymore, nor does anyone understand the concept of "opinion" and "constructive criticism".
Or maybe I'm completely wrong and living in a "can we just be friends" kinda world. Maybe the hostility, the distaste for games, and feuding has always existed since the beginning of video games? Since we have Twitter and gaming forums it's just easier for us to berate companies, the work they've put into their games, and the players who either love it or hate it? I'm an old lady, forgive my assumptions.
Granted, some of the anger I come across is warranted, and game developers and distributors, along with all of their public relations staff need to be held accountable 100% of the time, and we've seen over and over the past few years of botched releases is unacceptable. So there is a time and a place when the berating is forgiven and understandable. But I digress, my post is about the ungrateful ones. The whiners as I call them. The ones who want to make a scene and throw a tantrum just for tantrum sake. I'm a nice person, or at least I try to be, and I speak the truth, and as my grandmother always said, "make yourself an honest woman, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world." Hey, grandma knew best!
WE ARE A NATION OF INSATIABLE GAMERS WITH AN ENDLESS APPETITE THAT, REGARDLESS OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY DEVELOPERS, WE WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER BE SATISFIED, EVER!
And it seems like there's always a general theme of disgust in all gaming communities "We don't want that, we need this! We asked for this, but you're giving us that!" Or, "We want, we want, we want! Free! Free! Free!" Well, I'll let you in on a little secret, my dears. The gift wasn't for just you. It wasn't created just for YOUR entertainment. It was for ALL PLAYERS that don't get to play as often as the jobless. Oh, I'm sorry, that was mean, even for me to say. It's for the players who enjoy a casual game. Yes, Planet Coaster is a casual game. It's not hardcore. It's not a Destiny game, or a Dungeons & Dragon's kind of game. It's a casual game. Yes, maybe some of us spend an excessive amount of time creating content to share on the workshops or just want to escape reality for a bit in the game. But it still makes it a casual game. It's a constructive and management simulation.
Enough of getting off topic.
My post is more on talking about this entitlement and expectations the new generation of gamers who expect everything to be handed to them, and their demands met at every turn, leap and bound. I'm sorry to inform you, hunny, but life isn't fair. We don't get everything we want in life. It's just the way life works. When did we become so ungrateful? The only thing game companies owe us is a working title. That's it. Anything additional (and FREE) is simply a bonus and a show of APPRECIATION to ALL PLAYERS. Not just the "entitled ones".
I remember coming onto Planet Coaster, before I signed up, and this was such a peaceful community, but now it's turned into a rough and roudy Sims copycat of a community.
In closing, enjoy the games you enjoy and be thankful that developers, especially Frontier Developments have an active role in the game, even after release. They could have just released it and moved on to other ventures. Think about that. A lot of game developers do this. If a game is broken, be angry. I understand the pain of playing a broken game. If the game works, be happy. If the developers give us FREE STUFF, be thankful. Super simple stuff. And just because it's not in a game, doesn't make it the end of the world. Have patience. Express constructive criticism and for once, express your opinion but understand YOUR OPINION IS NOT THE ONLY OPINION THAT M A T T E R S! (I had to scream that last bit, just for the fun of it.)
Now if I visit gaming forums, accounts I follow on Twitter, and other social media outlets that are open to gaming dicussion all I really ever read are angry responses, especially in regards to gaming developers. And if you love a game that someone may hate, be prepared to go into battle because the battle field was drawn down the middle. Either you're for it, or against it, and if you're for it than you're the "reason" why the game bombed. Nobody is happy anymore, nor does anyone understand the concept of "opinion" and "constructive criticism".
Or maybe I'm completely wrong and living in a "can we just be friends" kinda world. Maybe the hostility, the distaste for games, and feuding has always existed since the beginning of video games? Since we have Twitter and gaming forums it's just easier for us to berate companies, the work they've put into their games, and the players who either love it or hate it? I'm an old lady, forgive my assumptions.
Granted, some of the anger I come across is warranted, and game developers and distributors, along with all of their public relations staff need to be held accountable 100% of the time, and we've seen over and over the past few years of botched releases is unacceptable. So there is a time and a place when the berating is forgiven and understandable. But I digress, my post is about the ungrateful ones. The whiners as I call them. The ones who want to make a scene and throw a tantrum just for tantrum sake. I'm a nice person, or at least I try to be, and I speak the truth, and as my grandmother always said, "make yourself an honest woman, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world." Hey, grandma knew best!
WE ARE A NATION OF INSATIABLE GAMERS WITH AN ENDLESS APPETITE THAT, REGARDLESS OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY DEVELOPERS, WE WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER BE SATISFIED, EVER!
And it seems like there's always a general theme of disgust in all gaming communities "We don't want that, we need this! We asked for this, but you're giving us that!" Or, "We want, we want, we want! Free! Free! Free!" Well, I'll let you in on a little secret, my dears. The gift wasn't for just you. It wasn't created just for YOUR entertainment. It was for ALL PLAYERS that don't get to play as often as the jobless. Oh, I'm sorry, that was mean, even for me to say. It's for the players who enjoy a casual game. Yes, Planet Coaster is a casual game. It's not hardcore. It's not a Destiny game, or a Dungeons & Dragon's kind of game. It's a casual game. Yes, maybe some of us spend an excessive amount of time creating content to share on the workshops or just want to escape reality for a bit in the game. But it still makes it a casual game. It's a constructive and management simulation.
Enough of getting off topic.
My post is more on talking about this entitlement and expectations the new generation of gamers who expect everything to be handed to them, and their demands met at every turn, leap and bound. I'm sorry to inform you, hunny, but life isn't fair. We don't get everything we want in life. It's just the way life works. When did we become so ungrateful? The only thing game companies owe us is a working title. That's it. Anything additional (and FREE) is simply a bonus and a show of APPRECIATION to ALL PLAYERS. Not just the "entitled ones".
I remember coming onto Planet Coaster, before I signed up, and this was such a peaceful community, but now it's turned into a rough and roudy Sims copycat of a community.
In closing, enjoy the games you enjoy and be thankful that developers, especially Frontier Developments have an active role in the game, even after release. They could have just released it and moved on to other ventures. Think about that. A lot of game developers do this. If a game is broken, be angry. I understand the pain of playing a broken game. If the game works, be happy. If the developers give us FREE STUFF, be thankful. Super simple stuff. And just because it's not in a game, doesn't make it the end of the world. Have patience. Express constructive criticism and for once, express your opinion but understand YOUR OPINION IS NOT THE ONLY OPINION THAT M A T T E R S! (I had to scream that last bit, just for the fun of it.)
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