You may know about developer burnout, but do you want to know what I know about? I know about being tired of everyone making excuses for everyone else, needlessly white-knighting on others' behalf who didn't even ask for it in the first place. I know about being dissatisfied with an unfitting, predatory business model being shoe-horned into a long-standing franchise I've supported since 2001 where it has no business being, and where I most certainly would never have asked for it to be.
I know about a fundamentally broken, lacking, content-barren multiplayer experience that fell short on all fronts, and failed every one of the lofty expectations set by it's legendary predecessors, all because the creators and publishers were willing to settle for less in vain attempts to chase short-term profits, at the expense of everyone who had supported or had even a passing interest in the project.
I know about spending more of my own personal funds in this console generation than ever before, subscribing up-front to three years of a games subscription service, something I never would have foreseen myself doing. I know about camping out, overnight, in the brutal November cold, in an ultimately failed attempt at getting one of only 4 consoles allotted to my local game store. I know about having to wait until over 6 months later, searching endlessly online, until one could finally be successfully obtained, after having to drive an hour out my way to get it.
Ben, you can love Halo Infinite in it's current state all you like; as for me, I'll continue to criticize, hoping to enact something resembling change for the better. I'm tired of, time after time, being told to "be patient"; it's not only patronizing, it's frankly insulting at this point. We should, all of us, be pushing these people to do better; we have paid enough, all of us, for their mistakes and complacency. It's about time we collect.
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Re: Soapbox: Live Service Expectations Are The Issue, Not Halo Infinite
You may know about developer burnout, but do you want to know what I know about? I know about being tired of everyone making excuses for everyone else, needlessly white-knighting on others' behalf who didn't even ask for it in the first place. I know about being dissatisfied with an unfitting, predatory business model being shoe-horned into a long-standing franchise I've supported since 2001 where it has no business being, and where I most certainly would never have asked for it to be.
I know about a fundamentally broken, lacking, content-barren multiplayer experience that fell short on all fronts, and failed every one of the lofty expectations set by it's legendary predecessors, all because the creators and publishers were willing to settle for less in vain attempts to chase short-term profits, at the expense of everyone who had supported or had even a passing interest in the project.
I know about spending more of my own personal funds in this console generation than ever before, subscribing up-front to three years of a games subscription service, something I never would have foreseen myself doing. I know about camping out, overnight, in the brutal November cold, in an ultimately failed attempt at getting one of only 4 consoles allotted to my local game store. I know about having to wait until over 6 months later, searching endlessly online, until one could finally be successfully obtained, after having to drive an hour out my way to get it.
Ben, you can love Halo Infinite in it's current state all you like; as for me, I'll continue to criticize, hoping to enact something resembling change for the better. I'm tired of, time after time, being told to "be patient"; it's not only patronizing, it's frankly insulting at this point. We should, all of us, be pushing these people to do better; we have paid enough, all of us, for their mistakes and complacency. It's about time we collect.