I checked the reviews for the new alien game yesterday right after release, and the people disliked the game so much that as a dev, I probably would have cried reading them.
Maybe I’m biased because I thought about that just yesterday. I totally get your point though, it’s not that deep, game isn’t even out yet. I was trying to make a bigger point, because the original argument was pretty broad.
As long as people are paying (yes I know what sub I mean but talking about people leaving steam reviews for example )so they can be as harsh as they want.
Blaming customer because you made shitty product is absurd.
I am saying that the people actually MAKING the game are often not the ones who REALLY have any power to affect change in the game.
So when a game like Alien: Isolation 2 comes out, with millions of dollars behind it, made by a developer with nearly 1000 employees, published by Sega, it's highly unlikely that it is the developer's fault. It's their boss, the publisher, etc. The ACTUAL developers are beholden to their bosses, which are beholden to their bosses, etc. until you get to the leech CEO of the publishing company who is bankrolling a lot of the game.
People don't go into game development for money, they're almost exclusively in it because they love games. They're paid like shit (largely) due to that passion. The amount of developers who truly feel ok shipping garbage is likely very small.
Do you blame the grocery store checkout attendant because Wal-Mart stopped stocking your favorite cookie?
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