Quote Originally Posted by Frankie_Says_Relax View Post
Semantics about "hardcore" aside, I've said it before - I think that the default negativity and entitlement that are the standard reactions to practically any and all things announced/reported have become so common and frequent in this extended console generation that modern game hobbyists/enthusiasts are likely the biggest enemy of the industry.

We're never happy, we're never satisfied, on a slow news day we're prone to create controversy over silly shit and regardless of whatever genuine problems that still exist with the industry we're so jaded about all the great things that we have going for us - we've completely lost all perspective of how terrible things have been at points in the past.

Things are never going to be perfect, but things now are pretty fucking good, some people just need to put on their big boy pants and not treat every single thing that occurs in the industry as a reason to publish an anti-industry rant and/or call for a boycott.
You've made this point in other threads before, but I have yet to see you present any evidence that skepticism or negativity has done any actual damage to the industry or impacted the way decisions are made by developers or publishers in any way. If anything, I think consumers have become too complacent and simply accept the status quo including games that ship not fully working and require massive day one patches, DLC that is often developed along with the game and simply taken out to generate additional revenue and the increasing likelihood that this coming console generation might be the last to allow ownership of physical media. Like I said earlier, the industry is not run by morons. Part of the measure of success today is figuring out what to listen to and what is simply background noise. Any company that is harmed by not understanding the difference between a few discontented gamers and real public anger or outcry likely has deeper problems that go far beyond the damage caused by paying attention to Internet discussion forums.