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Originally Posted by
ILoveHighDPI
You know what?
This is good.
This is
Great!
We
need more angry gamers. I don't mean that hardcore gamers should spend "even more time" whining and complaining, but getting casuals to care is going to take a landslide event. We need this thing to hit critical mass and actually see tens of millions of gamers avoiding products that don't conform to Fair Play practices. Battlefront II is a good start but we're not there yet.
As successful as CD Project RED was with TW3, they should sell Ten Times more copies of Cyberpunk (if it's good, etc...).
Good developers who respect the gamer need to become the pillars of the industry, and the mainstream aren't aware enough yet to make that happen.
I know in the long term it's just a cycle: Small company does good work. Small company becomes big company. Big company gets bought out or sells out. Big company becomes evil.
But at least right now it's time for a changing of the guard. Hopefully Activision and EA will go the way of THQ in the not too distant future.
Agreed. Even the CD Projekt team (CDPR / GOG) have to be reminded from time to time because the inclination seems to be somewhat there. A few months ago there was a big discussion because they wanted to shove the "optional" GOG Galaxy client into the download files of new games and some older games that were being changed to include achievements, cloud saves and overlay support, so you'd likely end up with it installed - not to mention the wasteful download every time if you were not planning on using Galaxy to download your games, citing that things were changing and that new experiences, etc, as if achievements, overlays and cloud saves were a new thing and as if GOG gamers weren't exactly the type of gamer that has had enough of that crap (annoying achievements and unnecessary / performance impacting / buggy overlays with other game clients).
I put "optional" in quotes because they always made sure to put that word in writing, even the marketing material writing, that it is optional, and rightfully so. In the long-term discussion what everybody knows is that ensuring that games are not functionally dependent on a client is
the basic premise to keep them DRM-free, which is essentially what makes GOG what it is. After the backlash against these plans in the forums they ended up deciding to make two download options, the GOG Galaxy infused download and the "Classic Installers" download (not to be confused with the GOG Downloader Links) that doesn't have the client in it, as was the norm up until then.
The subtlety that still denounces their intentions for those unaware is that on the user account page for each game it defaults to the GOG Galaxy infused links whenever they are available, with a nice sentence detailing its benefits at the bottom, but with no mention that the "Classic Installers" option is available under the "More" drop down menu (where the games' changelog and links to the store page and reviews options are). The gray "More" menu button has, for years now, even before this change, always been accompanied by a very visible blue "Try GOG Galaxy" button to its left, so it's not for a lack of visibility and awareness that gamers haven't known about and been able to exercise that "option".
So yeah, we as a community need to keep reminding even the good guys and pushing back. It was thus interesting to note the other day them giving their view on the Battlefront II backlash, by giving some (somewhat vague) reassurance that Cyberpunk 2077 wouldn't have any bullcrap in it. We'll see about that, I think is the best attitude to
always have.
Speaking of the more casual gamer who really needs something big to start moving, it seems to be happening too, with the players of FIFA 18 also starting to wake up:
https://www.techspot.com/news/72033-fixfifa-campaign-looks-boycott-ea-game-black-friday.html
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Electronic Arts has made plenty of headlines in the last several weeks, mostly involving loot boxes and progression system controversies in two of its most prominent titles - Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Need For Speed: Payback. Both of those games have received considerable negative feedback that EA has been forced to address. A third property has also come under fire but has not received as much attention.
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Originally Posted by
MrLinky
@tpi2007 You should add this to the first post:
https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/46494
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Effective immediately, we are deactivating this system. As a result, players will see XP earn rates change for all activities across the board, but with all values being displayed consistently in the user interface.
Edit: added more to quote.
Thanks. Done.
I quoted their whole answer to make it clear that the deactivation is seemingly temporary, with some sort of change to the system being introduced after next week's review. We'll have to see how it ends up then. But for now, good on them for listening and acting quickly.