If you had to honestly say right now - do you see all these gaming companies as a business or your friends?

The only time I remotely saw any of these businesses as my "friend" was when Iwata was in charge of Nintendo. And even then, he was a businessman.

But it's undeniable that he had a genuine quality and passion about him that truly put the game and the player as a primary priority in a way that no other CEO had done, or has done since.

I really don't think people understand what a blow to the industry we took when we lost him.
 
yurinka said:
I think the question doesn't make sense.

They run a business, and you may like what they do or not, maybe to the point of becoming a fan of them or their work. That's all.

I don't think how you can consider them your friends unless you know them personally face to face since years ago and have a close personal relationship.
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I mean like years back gamers had all those discussions which platform's exclusive game was the best, maybe it's not present that much anymore
Devs were like gamer's most awesome friends that made games with passion (at least they thought they were - it's a business for gaining money)
 
Dacvak said:
The only time I remotely saw any of these businesses as my "friend" was when Iwata was in charge of Nintendo. And even then, he was a businessman.

But it's undeniable that he had a genuine quality and passion about him that truly put the game and the player as a primary priority in a way that no other CEO had done, or has done since.

I really don't think people understand what a blow to the industry we took when we lost him.
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Okay, so much closer for someone to actually say it!
(This is why I made this thread)
 
If this weren't the Last Times, in the world and the Holy Trinity was everywhere gaming would be so much different. Money would not fucking influence the love for games the devs have
This thread shows it like you want it that way, in your Heart, but it's a cold evil money grab
 
Ice Cube What GIF
 
Ainem Enamas said:
If this weren't the Last Times, in the world and the Holy Trinity was everywhere gaming would be so much different. Money would not fucking influence the love for games the devs have
This thread shows it like you want it that way, in your Heart, but it's a cold evil money grab
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That's because both MTX and GaaS are the work of a secret cabal of Satan worshippers led by their Grandmaster High Priest Bobby Kotick
 
How braindead can you be to genuinely think any corporation is your friend or even has your best interest at heart?!

They don't care about you bro!They don't even care about the people working in their buildings let alone some chump on the street!

You're a walking wallet to them,and there's billions of potential wallets out there looking just like you!
 
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FeralEcho said:
How braindead can you be to genuinely think any corporation is your friend or even has your best interest at heart?!

They don't care about you bro! You're a walking wallet to them,and there's billions of potential wallets out there looking just like you!
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Earlier in gaming (360, PS3 era maybe), I could totally imagine a hardcore gaming company supporter thinking that "since the business is run by another human beings, maybe they all love games as much as I do, I'm sure they care about me also and thinking their next move how to bring the joy even more through games..."
 
Businesses, they owe us nothing but what had been agreed (even implicitly agreed) between both of us whenever I get their products.

This is just pure cold business, it has always been no matter how passionate some creators are, they all make products before the make art, that means that all our games where limited at some point because they were designed for maximum profits and it has always been like this.

In the same sense I owe them nothing until I want to buy their games.
 
OP I think a better question would have been 'for the business' or 'for the people' instead of using the word friends, as that's an instant turn-off for the entire thread.

You could argue that some indie companies are 'for the people' with how they will try as hard as they can to check the right boxes so that their community is happy and don't feel screwed over.
 
Ainem Enamas said:
Earlier in gaming (360, PS3 era maybe), I could totally imagine a hardcore gaming company supporter thinking that "since the business is run by another human beings, maybe they all love games as much as I do, I'm sure they care about me also and thinking their next move how to bring the joy even more through games..."
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I was like that,it was my favourite generation and everything seemed simpler back then and it was,more passionate developers,less chasing profits and more building the brand which meant having to cater to individual players with all kinds of genres not just what applies to the masses,nowadays subscriptions,microtransactions and high player engagement numbers are what's important for these companies,they don't care about the individual player,they care about analytics and what they think masses will buy. We've become numbers.

WIth each passing year I understand that it was the same profit chasing back then as well,the thing is : back then profits based on new customers weren't at their limit and budgets weren't killing entire studios with just one miss so there was more balance between creating games for passion and creating them for profit which made the illusion of them making the product for you as well and not just for profit less apparent.

It helped that games were created with heart by teams of visionaries in one building with simple comunication not the thousand manpowered teams across multiple countries like nowadays that require aprovals and phonecalls and translators to change the colour of one fucking chair on a game scene.

Balooning budgets and increasingly bigger teams and expectations of profits that come with that just to please investors are what killed that balance.

It's why indies like Clair Obscur take the industry by storm.

Passion still exists in the industry,you won't see it in the big companies because of the reasons I mentioned.
 
It's weird enough that some people are emotionally attached to specific brands. To actually belive, in your heart, that they are your friend you'd need a very special kind of mental disorder.

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BTW Ainem Enamas Ainem Enamas are you by any chance working on a thesis called something like

Gaming: The Babylon of modern times
How to read the signs with the HOLY TRINITY as your guide

Just curious as you do seem to have many unorthodox questions. I must say I do find them entertaining though. 😁

Article:
You burn in Hellfire what game do you play?

Article:
What astrological sign are you and what's your favorite game right now?

Article:
Do you see your life as a game?
 
The company who builds my gaming system is actually a dear friend. They know exactly what I play and actually tailor each new machine specifically to what I can afford at the time and what types of games I'm looking forward to. No monthly fees to play online either. No clue why you guys are still buying from the enemy.
 
Gaming companies are only giving creative geniuses the opportunity to delight us with games because there's money in it. How can we reconcile this disparity between the gameplay experience and corporate dynamics to arrive at the final comforting label of Good or Bad? These are the pressing philosophical questions.
 
"Friend" is just another one of a million words that have long since lost their true meaning.

And to the few people here who have mentioned that no one on this site thinks a company is their friend, I guess you don't know how to spot a fanboy. There are definitely some of those here.
 
March Climber said:
OP I think a better question would have been 'for the business' or 'for the people' instead of using the word friends, as that's an instant turn-off for the entire thread.

You could argue that some indie companies are 'for the people' with how they will try as hard as they can to check the right boxes so that their community is happy and don't feel screwed over.
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Earlier in the gaming it seemed that some gamers were acting like it. Weren't there situations where they would knock on the dev-studio's door for an update for a game? Satya Nadella - gamers were calling a serious businessman Saturn Nutella, Reggie stuff etc
Now we're older, who will actually say it especially with how the thread's title is presented
 
FeralEcho said:
I was like that,it was my favourite generation and everything seemed simpler back then and it was,more passionate developers,less chasing profits and more building the brand which meant having to cater to individual players with all kinds of genres not just what applies to the masses,nowadays subscriptions,microtransactions and high player engagement numbers are what's important for these companies,they don't care about the individual player,they care about analytics and what they think masses will buy. We've become numbers.

WIth each passing year I understand that it was the same profit chasing back then as well,the thing is : back then profits based on new customers weren't at their limit and budgets weren't killing entire studios with just one miss so there was more balance between creating games for passion and creating them for profit which made the illusion of them making the product for you as well and not just for profit less apparent.

It helped that games were created with heart by teams of visionaries in one building with simple comunication not the thousand manpowered teams across multiple countries like nowadays that require aprovals and phonecalls and translators to change the colour of one fucking chair on a game scene.

Balooning budgets and increasingly bigger teams and expectations of profits that come with that just to please investors are what killed that balance.

It's why indies like Clair Obscur take the industry by storm.

Passion still exists in the industry,you won't see it in the big companies because of the reasons I mentioned.
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That's why I emphasize in my threads how fucking demonic the world has become in this Last Times, where are the soulful games, because the evil fucking greed is blocking the Holy Trinity's given gaming joy - it started with the soul 80s, 90s, 00s then you can see that evil shit going on and taking over
 
SomeNorseGuy said:
It's weird enough that some people are emotionally attached to specific brands. To actually belive, in your heart, that they are your friend you'd need a very special kind of mental disorder.

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BTW Ainem Enamas Ainem Enamas are you by any chance working on a thesis called something like

Gaming: The Babylon of modern times
How to read the signs with the HOLY TRINITY as your guide

Just curious as you do seem to have many unorthodox questions. I must say I do find them entertaining though. 😁

Article:
You burn in Hellfire what game do you play?

Article:
What astrological sign are you and what's your favorite game right now?

Article:
Do you see your life as a game?
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You all on NeoGAF are very dear to me, doesn't matter what time it is, we are always talking about gaming here. I slide the info about Spiritual Things happening in the world, from time to time...so you are updated about it -
It's saddening what this evil fucking shit is doing to God's given gaming
 
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