Not sure if I'm allowed to post this here or how many gamers are part of the GateWorld community but hey here's hoping!
Basically I'm tired of us gamers getting ripped off for map packs and other DLC (Downloadable content), having to pay more for them on top of an already overpriced game. It is not fair and it is not right. Big industry "leaders" (for lack of a better word) release games with a fraction of the content they should have just so they can charge extra for the rest of it later on down the line, in multiple transactions no less! That's ridiculous and unacceptable in my eyes.
So I've created a page on Facebook (as a start) to help raise awareness to the issue, gather gamers that are also sick and tired of being ripped off for bad games and having to pay even more for the "extra" content they deserve for free, and try to get these publishers and developers to see that enough is enough. We don't want it anymore and refuse to buy into the money grubbing scams.
Keep in mind PC gamers, Xbox gamers, Wii gamers and PS3 gamers are all gamers. We are all in this together.
Myself, and I hope many others here are fed up with the greed and want to bring the gaming industry back to where it belongs...where the developers and publishers think about the GAMERS FIRST!
For anyone old enough, think back to how great it was when games were released with the consumer in mind. Think back to when you would get constant updates and patches with fixes, enhancements to both single and multiplayer experiences as well as additional content including multiplayer maps all for free.
Remember when you were able to make maps and mods for games to keep the experience fresh and exciting? These days modding and map making isn't in the interest of the people putting out these games. Why? Well if you can make maps for a game, why on earth would you buy an extra map pack for $15? The entire experience of a video game is being ruined by money being thought of first. How can we make the most money, how can we get people to spend twice as much as the list price for our game. Questions that should never be thought of.
Mods and custom maps provide freedom, virtually unlimited and ever changing user based content within the games we love. It keeps the experience from getting stale because the content is always changing, and it's driven by us! The gamers!
We, the gamers, the consumers that buy the games put on the shelves are the driving force behind the video game industry. We need to remind companies of that fact and make sure they know we won't put up with being ripped off any longer. We need to take a stand, gamers of all platforms uniting to combat the greed that has taken over the gaming world.
It's GAMERS vs. GREED and the gamers need to win!
I invite you all to join up and "Like" our page on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fight-...51294358277116
You're invited to be an active part of the page because after all, without gamers...gaming can't exist! Feel free to show your support, complain about these money hungry companies, chat in the discussion board or reminisce and share stories of the older, better days of gaming, or spread the word and share stories about publishers and developers who have it right, by thinking of the gamers first! Spread your knowledge and experience to others on our page and don't forget to tell all your gamer friends about our cause. The more the merrier!
I know some people might say "Well just don't buy it" and yes that's an integral part of what we need to do to change things but having gamers come together as a community to go against this specific form of greed gives us a physical voice that can trump the simple fact of "doing nothing".
We're also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/fffdlc
It's small right now, and who knows what will come of it but you can't get anywhere without trying right? I personally am sick and tired of sitting back and doing nothing against issues like this. Word of mouth is all we've got right now.
Thanks guys, hopefully there are some GateWorlder's who are as passionate for gaming as they are Stargate!
Basically I'm tired of us gamers getting ripped off for map packs and other DLC (Downloadable content), having to pay more for them on top of an already overpriced game. It is not fair and it is not right. Big industry "leaders" (for lack of a better word) release games with a fraction of the content they should have just so they can charge extra for the rest of it later on down the line, in multiple transactions no less! That's ridiculous and unacceptable in my eyes.
So I've created a page on Facebook (as a start) to help raise awareness to the issue, gather gamers that are also sick and tired of being ripped off for bad games and having to pay even more for the "extra" content they deserve for free, and try to get these publishers and developers to see that enough is enough. We don't want it anymore and refuse to buy into the money grubbing scams.
Keep in mind PC gamers, Xbox gamers, Wii gamers and PS3 gamers are all gamers. We are all in this together.
Myself, and I hope many others here are fed up with the greed and want to bring the gaming industry back to where it belongs...where the developers and publishers think about the GAMERS FIRST!
For anyone old enough, think back to how great it was when games were released with the consumer in mind. Think back to when you would get constant updates and patches with fixes, enhancements to both single and multiplayer experiences as well as additional content including multiplayer maps all for free.
Remember when you were able to make maps and mods for games to keep the experience fresh and exciting? These days modding and map making isn't in the interest of the people putting out these games. Why? Well if you can make maps for a game, why on earth would you buy an extra map pack for $15? The entire experience of a video game is being ruined by money being thought of first. How can we make the most money, how can we get people to spend twice as much as the list price for our game. Questions that should never be thought of.
Mods and custom maps provide freedom, virtually unlimited and ever changing user based content within the games we love. It keeps the experience from getting stale because the content is always changing, and it's driven by us! The gamers!
We, the gamers, the consumers that buy the games put on the shelves are the driving force behind the video game industry. We need to remind companies of that fact and make sure they know we won't put up with being ripped off any longer. We need to take a stand, gamers of all platforms uniting to combat the greed that has taken over the gaming world.
It's GAMERS vs. GREED and the gamers need to win!
I invite you all to join up and "Like" our page on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fight-...51294358277116
You're invited to be an active part of the page because after all, without gamers...gaming can't exist! Feel free to show your support, complain about these money hungry companies, chat in the discussion board or reminisce and share stories of the older, better days of gaming, or spread the word and share stories about publishers and developers who have it right, by thinking of the gamers first! Spread your knowledge and experience to others on our page and don't forget to tell all your gamer friends about our cause. The more the merrier!
I know some people might say "Well just don't buy it" and yes that's an integral part of what we need to do to change things but having gamers come together as a community to go against this specific form of greed gives us a physical voice that can trump the simple fact of "doing nothing".
We're also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/fffdlc
It's small right now, and who knows what will come of it but you can't get anywhere without trying right? I personally am sick and tired of sitting back and doing nothing against issues like this. Word of mouth is all we've got right now.
Thanks guys, hopefully there are some GateWorlder's who are as passionate for gaming as they are Stargate!
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