Quote Originally Posted by The 1 2 P View Post
So if I'm reading this correctly you don't actually have a problem with gamers being cheap and waiting for price cuts, sales or titles to hit bargain bins.....as long as they don't talk about it or complain about the companies. Or something like that. But the thing is, as long as people are spending money on a product they are entitled to have an opinion on that product, rather they bought it for $60 or $6. And as you already know, the majority of them enjoy sharing that opinion.
I'm fine with gamers who are cheap. I'm not fine with gamers who are cheap, but label themselves "hardcore" and claim they're the backbone of the industry and that companies will be in financial ruin if they don't cater to them.

When I worked at EB in the late 90s and early 2000s, the "hardcore" gamers were the ones who'd constantly ask to exchange games every week for new ones because "the graphics weren't good enough" or "I thought it'd be better." "Casual" gamers spent plenty of money in my store and were usually very easy to deal with, whereas "hardcore" gamers wanted infinite exchanges and were a huge pain to deal with.

Contrary to what they think, they aren't the lifeblood of the industry. Instead, they're the bloodsucking leeches of the industry.