▲ 628 ▼ The gaming industry is truly messed up… (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] stevles@aussie.zone 40 points 1 month ago (2 children) So don’t support them.. Support indie devs that deserve rewarding permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Winning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 child) Boycotts don't stop EA money. They have superbowl ad money. The market of consumers that really just don't give a shit about this is way too large, and they will go with what's advertised to them constantly. I'm not saying don't boycott them. I have for decades. I've preached that for decades. It doesn't work, the AAA dev is going to still have the main stage during every gaming convention and there will still be some weird ass overnight line to be the first one to buy corporate slop game 2026. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children) This basically describes society as a whole. The lowest denominators of society, at least 60% of the population , dictate how all of us live and die. That's why things like Facebook exist. That's why we let billionaires exist. That's how people like Trump become leaders of the free world. That's why we allow the "lobby" to make laws that only benefit a small group. Eradicate the idiots to solve all the worlds problems 😆 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) "Eradicate" through proper education, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raze2012@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Education can't fix apathy. I don't know what can, to be honest. Community, perhaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, and also things one can do that have some form of measurable impact, even if incremental. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Avicenna@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago Maybe we shouldn't defend vaccines and public health and the problem will sort itself out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sanitation@lemmy.today [S] 8 points 1 month ago* indies should be able to create much more advanced games now. indies might just replace those aaa titles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Winning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 child) Boycotts don't stop EA money. They have superbowl ad money. The market of consumers that really just don't give a shit about this is way too large, and they will go with what's advertised to them constantly. I'm not saying don't boycott them. I have for decades. I've preached that for decades. It doesn't work, the AAA dev is going to still have the main stage during every gaming convention and there will still be some weird ass overnight line to be the first one to buy corporate slop game 2026. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children) This basically describes society as a whole. The lowest denominators of society, at least 60% of the population , dictate how all of us live and die. That's why things like Facebook exist. That's why we let billionaires exist. That's how people like Trump become leaders of the free world. That's why we allow the "lobby" to make laws that only benefit a small group. Eradicate the idiots to solve all the worlds problems 😆 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) "Eradicate" through proper education, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raze2012@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Education can't fix apathy. I don't know what can, to be honest. Community, perhaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, and also things one can do that have some form of measurable impact, even if incremental. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Avicenna@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago Maybe we shouldn't defend vaccines and public health and the problem will sort itself out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children) This basically describes society as a whole. The lowest denominators of society, at least 60% of the population , dictate how all of us live and die. That's why things like Facebook exist. That's why we let billionaires exist. That's how people like Trump become leaders of the free world. That's why we allow the "lobby" to make laws that only benefit a small group. Eradicate the idiots to solve all the worlds problems 😆 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) "Eradicate" through proper education, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raze2012@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Education can't fix apathy. I don't know what can, to be honest. Community, perhaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, and also things one can do that have some form of measurable impact, even if incremental. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Avicenna@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago Maybe we shouldn't defend vaccines and public health and the problem will sort itself out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) "Eradicate" through proper education, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raze2012@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Education can't fix apathy. I don't know what can, to be honest. Community, perhaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, and also things one can do that have some form of measurable impact, even if incremental. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raze2012@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Education can't fix apathy. I don't know what can, to be honest. Community, perhaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, and also things one can do that have some form of measurable impact, even if incremental. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, and also things one can do that have some form of measurable impact, even if incremental. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago Maybe we shouldn't defend vaccines and public health and the problem will sort itself out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sanitation@lemmy.today [S] 8 points 1 month ago* indies should be able to create much more advanced games now. indies might just replace those aaa titles permalink fedilink source parent
