{"id":47547,"date":"2019-07-15T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=47547"},"modified":"2019-07-14T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T18:49:28","slug":"diecast-265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=47547","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #265: Clickbait, Speedruns, Emergent Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul is on the road this week, so his audio might be a little tinny. But if we pull together as a community, I’m sure we can find the strength to endure this hardship.<\/p>\n


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\nHosts: Paul<\/a>, Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by Issac<\/a>.
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Show notes:
\n00:00 Shamus Falls for Clickbait<\/strong><\/p>\n

I admit, I’m weak. I suppose I’m part of the problem, but when I read Game developers, it\u2019s time to stop listening to the fans<\/a>, I was compelled to argue with it. <\/p>\n

Part of the problem is that this is coming from the deputy editor of a majorBigger than THIS site, anyway.<\/span> gaming site. If this was some rando on YouTube I would have been able to scroll past. It was really strange seeing a game journo insulting the consumer using guilt by association, sticking up for the corporations, and pushing against the very idea of consumer feedback because the internet is mean. <\/p>\n

Fallout 76 was a broken pile of bugs and glitches that was sold to consumers for $60. Loot boxes are a plague on the industry. Pointless DRM is somehow still a thing. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was made grindy and story quests were level-gated so Ubisoft could sell you an “XP Booster<\/a>” for $10.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of problems in this industry, but “Listening too much to the consumer” isn’t one of them.
\nAlso, here is the video I mentioned during this segment:<\/p>\n