Quote Originally Posted by Tanooki View Post
Sure it's not good to wish death to a developer and it is part of the problem that's confusing some here loving but wanting stuff to die or be gobbled up, but I think in the case of Capcom, EA and Activision if you look long term over say 10+ years of history you'll see this repeated pattern that happens. Those three companies kind of fall into a history teachers favorite saying on 'why bother' to the kids who think it's junk -- if you don't learn from history you're doomed to repeat the failures of the past. Fans don't seem to learn that lesson at all. The three tend to do some atrocious things to their games and in turn the fans who buy the stuff, they'll lie about things, manipulate people into buying stuff in hopes of getting more, dangling carrots that really aren't on the stick, and when they push it too far and enough bitching arises they'll do something 'nice' as fan service and it's like every pissed off person gets amnesia and the company gets another free pass. Those big three do take that history lesson to heart as they know they can royally screw the consumer, fake an apology, do some little fan service thing or project, then go back to twisting the knife. Keep in mind I'm not talking isolated behaviors but long term accumulated stuff that shows a history. Wishing some developer would fail over one or two bad choices is pretty foolish.

If all three of them dropped dead and their franchises got auctioned off like what happened to THQ so more competent and non-deaf developers and publishers can get some of these IPs to make great games I don't think it's such a bad thing to wish some of these 'favorites' would just drop dead. Stagnation and knife twisting behaviors are doing no one into the industry who buy good games any favors either.
So, why is nobody calling for specific examples on the list of sins you're applying to the industry?

Not that you're obligated to dredge any up Tanooki, I'm just taking a moment to illustrate that this argument can be made entirely from the position of generalities and still be pretty effective.