Comments on: Things Have Actually Changed for the Better!

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:39:32 +0000

I don’t know much about what went on in the past when it comes to gaming, but it’s always better when the companies that create games and consoles can’t hide what they’re planning. Like I said in my comment earlier, Microsoft may have gotten away with a lot of annoying things with the Xbox One (such as not allowing gamers to play used games) if people weren’t aware of such things beforehand and put a stop to it.

Plus, they can’t make a bad game and expect people to buy it so much now, since we have so many reviews to tell us if a game’s good or not and Youtube videos to show us a game without us having to buy it first.

By: cary

cary — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:13:31 +0000

I have to agree. I’d never want things to go back to the way they were in the early days of gaming. As you say, there are still bad practices going on in the industry, but the things going on today aren’t nearly as bad as all the behind-the-scenes wheelings and dealings that occurred early on. And nearly all of it was bad for gamers. Sure, the late 70s and early 80s saw the release of classic games that still hold up today, but there were so many more awful titles and consoles produced for an “ignorant” population that was clinging to a “fad.” It’s much harder for today’s game developers and publishers to hide behind their corporate walls, and many don’t want to anymore. And that’s a good thing for the gaming masses.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:53:23 +0000

I know right! If they had wanted to pull something like this when they didn’t have to deal with the publicity everything they do receives these days, they would have been able to do it without much issue.

Aside from hearing about new games coming out, all we seem to hear is how bad things in the industry are or all these terrible-sounding policies being adopted. It’s nice knowing that they can’t just do whatever they want. They’re still accountable to their customers.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:08:06 +0000

I actually don’t know a lot about how the industry has changed, but I have noticed how everything gets more publicity, which I definitely think is to our advantage. When Microsoft wanted to make people log on to the Internet daily to play the Xbox One and weren’t going to allow people to play used games, everyone got upset, and they didn’t do those things, after all. I’d bet Sony probably wanted to do similar things with the PS4 (at the very least, I bet they, too, were thinking of not allowing people to play used games), but they sure didn’t after seeing what happened with Microsoft.