Unless the gamer are the WoW kiddie carebear-loving pay-to-win ez-mode entitlement crowd!!!!!!!!!!11111111 rawr!!!!!11111111 expletive deleted!!!!!!1111111 lol jk.
Seriously, it's 100% the MMO, not the gamer. Not even the bad, stupid, spoiled rotten lazy please-genocide-them gamers who I wish were jocks not nerds. 100% the MMO. 100% the influence of money corrupting innovation.
Unless the gamer are the WoW kiddie carebear-loving pay-to-win ez-mode entitlement crowd!!!!!!!!!!11111111 rawr!!!!!11111111 expletive deleted!!!!!!1111111 lol jk.
Seriously, it's 100% the MMO, not the gamer. Not even the bad, stupid, spoiled rotten lazy please-genocide-them gamers who I wish were jocks not nerds. 100% the MMO. 100% the influence of money corrupting innovation.
I would go a step further and say the problem is the Investors, which demand the developers follow their path to quick profit but at the expense of customer loyalty/satisfaction, and if the developers don't follow their whims they will be "replaced"
This. The devs do what they're told by the producers, who do what they're told by the CEOs, who do what they're told by the investors.
No game company is going to build something that can't make a profit. They will have great dreams and then reality will check it. They will edit as necessary to get to launch sales so people can be laid off and maintenance crews can be paid. And they will have plans to add back all the things that were edited out, but time and new ideas has a way of moving those plans to the back burner.
The game industry changed because suddenly there was vast money in it. Today, there are tons of games available, which changes the palates of the gamers. And that influences which things get developed in games, as developers try to match games with the current taste of paying players. It's not one thing; it's an inter-dependent world that is increasingly circular.
This. The devs do what they're told by the producers, who do what they're told by the CEOs, who do what they're told by the investors.
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True - and the investor/publisher looks at what sells in a large number of copies.
I'm a sandbox/hybrid gamer, I don't even buy these themeparks - but I can't deny that the themepark is the formula that gets hundreds of thousands or even millions of boxes sold.
I maintain this List of Sandbox MMORPGs. Please post or send PM for corrections and suggestions.
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The problem is the MMO, not the gamer.
Unless the gamer are the WoW kiddie carebear-loving pay-to-win ez-mode entitlement crowd!!!!!!!!!!11111111 rawr!!!!!11111111 expletive deleted!!!!!!1111111 lol jk.
Seriously, it's 100% the MMO, not the gamer. Not even the bad, stupid, spoiled rotten lazy please-genocide-them gamers who I wish were jocks not nerds. 100% the MMO. 100% the influence of money corrupting innovation.
I am going to have to go with this.
This. The devs do what they're told by the producers, who do what they're told by the CEOs, who do what they're told by the investors.
No game company is going to build something that can't make a profit. They will have great dreams and then reality will check it. They will edit as necessary to get to launch sales so people can be laid off and maintenance crews can be paid. And they will have plans to add back all the things that were edited out, but time and new ideas has a way of moving those plans to the back burner.
The game industry changed because suddenly there was vast money in it. Today, there are tons of games available, which changes the palates of the gamers. And that influences which things get developed in games, as developers try to match games with the current taste of paying players. It's not one thing; it's an inter-dependent world that is increasingly circular.
Gimme a spiral, please.
True - and the investor/publisher looks at what sells in a large number of copies.
I'm a sandbox/hybrid gamer, I don't even buy these themeparks - but I can't deny that the themepark is the formula that gets hundreds of thousands or even millions of boxes sold.
I maintain this List of Sandbox MMORPGs. Please post or send PM for corrections and suggestions.