• 1984@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    Game companies sure are completely disconnected from their audience these days.

    When I was growing up, game companies were happy that their games became popular. There was none of this shit going on.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I don’t know when you grew up, but game publishers have a long history of fucking things up. Rushing development, buying studios and firing the core staff were and are frequent stories.

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    5 months ago

    I’ve never understood why players can’t demand a refund when a fundamental aspect of a game changes.

    • Derin@lemmy.beru.co
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      5 months ago

      Well, to be fair, they did write - in bold letters - on the Steam page that a Playstation network account is required to play.

      They simply didn’t enforce that rule up until now.

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    5 months ago

    I feel sorry for the Arrowhead devs. They made a spectacular game that was revered across the entire industry and loved by its fans, and their overlords at Sony went and caused so much damage to their reputation overnight. Literally just 24 hours ago people were writing articles about how Helldivers 2 is the right way to make a game and should be an example for the rest of the industry, and then Sony calls in a hellbomb on the reviews.

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      5 months ago

      I feel sorry for the Arrowhead devs.

      After seeing a community manager on Discord mistreating on people who voice their concerns with this change, I certainly do not feel sorry for the Arrowhead devs.

      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        my man genuinely doesn’t understand how steam usernames work

        also the implication that steam reviews don’t matter? then why are you mad about them?

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          5 months ago

          I believe he was saying. Don’t complain here on discord. Go complain in a review on steam we have no power here.