Companies that could care less about the buying public!

[Joseph]

The companies that make video games should really consider ALL customers when designing these games. I am in my 44 years of age and have supported this industry for 25 years now. I just got Burnout Paradise yesterday and gave it a whirl. Why must most new games be controled by the joy stick for direction? The D Pad should be an option on these games. This is the second driving game I have gotten in the last month that really has me considering if I want to continue buying games from an industry that does not care about a LARGE part of it's revenue stream. It would not be hard on these machines that have so much power to incorporate this option. My age bracket accounts for a large chunk of money for these games year in and out. It would not be hard to do. The best racing game of the last ten years, Gran Turismo, allows you operate the game in the manner that you so choose. So that leads me to believe that designers/companies could care less about this segment of the gaming public. If they continue to ignore us we will go away... I AM FED UP!!! I hope these companies read these forums and pay attention.