This guy been trolling NMS threads since the beginning. I agree with many of his points, but completely turned off by his attitude. His constant need to drop the "I'm a dev" line as if it carries much weight around here, and the way he talks down to so many of y'all. Add another annoyed (mostly) lurker to the list. I'd never touch one of his products.
I actually haven't been harping on HG or NMS from the beginning. I was actually excited early on then tempered my expectations before release and was on the fence. I didn't jump on HG until the game was released and my concerns were manifested during and after release. I didn't hop on the "but what do you do" bandwagon since I took a wait and see approach. After release, I started to voice my concern and not nearly to the same level as some with threats, class action lawsuits (lol), etc. I voiced my concern only on what became tangible enough to do so - namely consumer advocacy.
As for weight - I have none, but do feel compelled to speak up as a dev as HG is in my group of peers, something I want to make sure that plenty of us don't stand for the garbage they spewed as we don't feel what they did was right. Again, advocating for the consumer.
I'll also call people out who choose to pull single sentences from what I write and spin them away from the context of the entire post in an effort to counter what I say in an attempt to put words in my mouth. I even asked for legit arguments against my points in context and even asked for them in PMs but nobody wants to argue against them when they get called out - so we wind up with posts like yours and the one you quoted. If you're not going to argue my points and provide a better, more salient argument - don't respond.
In short: pay attention. I'm not the guy calling for their heads like so many others - I'm the guy calling for them to address the actual concerns of consumers and stop playing the victim card. Don't confuse that with stalking their offices, calling for lawsuits and leveling threats.
If addressing actual consumer complaints is a problem and you are Ok with developers hand-waving their mistakes when they've already got your money - that's fine, but don't be under the illusion that it's the right thing to do because it's not and don't hate on people who believe in accountability. I don't believe in hand-waving away concerns.
