this is what companies want you to think. it's like expecting drivers to be sensible so that we can reduce deaths from traffic accidents. it's not a solution. we have traffic lights, seat belts, all sorts of security systems and regulations on car manufacturers (though not nearly enough).

consumer protection doesn't happen by telling everyone to be sensible. regulation is needed.

Gamers as a population really have to stop FOMO'ing into the newest games because their friends do.

Even if it's blatantly obvious it's going to be or is a bad game people still buy them because of the network effect.

90% on consumers? I don't know I'd go that far... If a company is evil but provides a service people still desire, that doesn't make the evil company being evil the fault of the consumers. Like saying gun control in America is resisted primarily by its citizens when we are well aware that company lobbying is mostly at fault and most citizens are actually for some amount of gun control.

The death of the sun will arrive before gamers actually do a boycott that is successful, because boycotts (especially for popular franchises or products) don't work. If you rally up 10,000 people for a boycott, it's less than 1% of sales AAA studios get and 70% of the boycotters are still going to buy the game regardless.

No change is going to happen ever, so the best thing to do is to start ignoring the AAA gaming industry altogether on a personal level.

Stop buying shit if you want change and I mean in any industry.

so we should boycott every industry out there?

Voting with your wallet doesn't work. Nobody will call you to ask why you didn't buy a product, and marketing will just come up with a bogus reason on why sales are poor.

Talking about it on social media helps a lot more.