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=== In General === |
=== In General === |
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* [[Video Game Genres|Video Games]] in general. Here's a little bit of homework... go onto a video game forum. Ask what the worst game they ever played is. Now count how many will trash a game that's popular. Round your answer to the nearest ''dozen''. It's amazing how often these threads include ''playable'' games and say they are the "Worst games ever". Wouldn't the worst games ever be the ones that are actually unplayable due to glitches and unintelligent design? |
* [[Video Game Genres|Video Games]] in general. Here's a little bit of homework... go onto a video game forum. Ask what the worst game they ever played is. Now count how many will trash a game that's popular. Round your answer to the nearest ''dozen''. It's amazing how often these threads include ''playable'' games and say they are the "Worst games ever". Wouldn't the worst games ever be the ones that are actually unplayable due to glitches and unintelligent design? |
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* [[Fan Dumb|Some]] [[PC vs. Console|PC gamers]] consider "consolization" to be synonymous with "[[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|complete destruction of the series]]" (just look at this list!), and complete and total assha- er, fans who proclaim themselves as "[["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|Hardcore Gamers]]" hate " Casual Gamers". For an in-depth view at the latter phenomenon, read [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910210801/http://malstrom.50webs.com/washinghardcore2.htm this article]. Heck, even [[ |
* [[Fan Dumb|Some]] [[PC vs. Console|PC gamers]] consider "consolization" to be synonymous with "[[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|complete destruction of the series]]" (just look at this list!), and complete and total assha- er, fans who proclaim themselves as "[["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|Hardcore Gamers]]" hate " Casual Gamers". For an in-depth view at the latter phenomenon, read [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910210801/http://malstrom.50webs.com/washinghardcore2.htm this article]. Heck, even [[TV Tropes]] has had [[Edit War]]s erupt occasionally on this page's examples sections. [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|This should be a sufficient enough indicator not to start any]]. |
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* [[Expansion Pack]]s and [[Downloadable Content]] in general. In its early days, the concept was well received as it added more content to their favorite game(s). However when the concept was brought mainstream, [[Vocal Minority|a few companies began to abuse the concept including hiding the DLC in the game to begin with and placing the content at exuberant prices]], leading to many gamers denouncing DLC as a whole. Of course not everyone uses DLC that way, but simply announcing DLC for a game can lead to a lot of [[Internet Backdraft]], even if your intentions are not as they see. |
* [[Expansion Pack]]s and [[Downloadable Content]] in general. In its early days, the concept was well received as it added more content to their favorite game(s). However when the concept was brought mainstream, [[Vocal Minority|a few companies began to abuse the concept including hiding the DLC in the game to begin with and placing the content at exuberant prices]], leading to many gamers denouncing DLC as a whole. Of course not everyone uses DLC that way, but simply announcing DLC for a game can lead to a lot of [[Internet Backdraft]], even if your intentions are not as they see. |
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* This will occur pretty much every time a new console is released, regardless of how wildly popular the company was with its previous console. |
* This will occur pretty much every time a new console is released, regardless of how wildly popular the company was with its previous console. |
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