Do you guys ever miss how gaming USED to be?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Oh you mean multinational, multi billion dollar corporations like Microsoft? A company who so severely miscalculated the gaming market and what gamers were willing to accept that the horrible decisions they made for the Xbox One and the terrible PR that followed may very well cost them this generation? Or how about a company like Sony who had the audacity to launch a 600.00 console and just expected gamers to suck it up and buy it anyway?

I don't care how much money a company has, that doesn't make them impervious to misreading and misunderstanding the market and what gamers want.

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Again, at what point did developers decide that gamers didn't want localized multiplayer options anymore? Did they actually take the time to research and see if gamers truly didn't want it anymore or did they just say "hey, we'll include online only, not fool with split screen or LAN support, and people will buy it anyway because what choice do they have?"

Can't you see you give your own answer. Why Did MS reverse some xbone decisions, why did Sony Say they will add some of the MM stuff to the PS4? Maybe for a game things can't be changed as easily but things can change.. If Joe says "I won't buy the xbone because I can't set it up in my room because the screen is 30' from the console that affects sales when Bob says I won't buy the xbone because I don't want to be a hostage to the internet and not be able to play when my connection is down for more than 24h that affects sales, when Bill says I won't buy the PS4 because I want my CDs to play, that also affects sales. When Steel maker says I will buy kill zone and I don't care if it does not have split screen multiplayer that does not affect sales and everyone else says who cares if Steelmaker will ***** about it.

You say what choice do you have? the one to decide what to buy. That is all the choice anyone has. But if people decide to buy something because it is not all that important to them why would the corporations care more than you do?