where exactly did Ys Net, Deep Silver, the Ooblets devs or whatever call anyone explicitly
I'm not talking about Ysnet, I'm talking about these guys now. Is it better to call people that disagree with your business practices toxic and entitled than calling someone asshole ? Then I'll call them reprehensible hypocritical egotistic moneygrabbers immoral cancerous etc. etc. I find it funny that euphemisms are ok if they don't use a no-no word.
and whats with this entitled thing? no, not every product on this planet is being made for you.
So I can't call out business practices that affect the market as a whole ? Guess what, I can. If you want to be a mindless consumer go ahead.
who is forcing you to buy any entertainment product? who is forcing you to use EGS?
Responded above, the guys that already paid for a product to be made.
and? is he wrong? everybody can do this if he wants to. where did he say that you have to do it?
he just said that its not hard. its your own choice to think that he is making fun of you.
If you already paid for it you have to. We already know it's "not hard", that's why the condescending tone, for something that is against the consumer interest and can be morally reprehensible.
where did all those people come from?
People that see it as a trend and don't see it as a benefit. Why should they keep silent ?
Do you have to be a fan of X to find Y practice unhealthy and anti consumer ?
they are just looking for a reason to punish someone
because then they can feel like they won something as a group.
Does putting an end to predatory practices count as a win ? If then yes.
Do you say the same about people that criticize paytowin, lootboxes, DLC cut from main game, paywalls, etc. ? Why can't they call out what they think it's not pro consumer behavior ?
They can do it, and people call it out.
Again do you think there would be backlash if they just went "yeah, we sold out, sorry".
Or if instead of EGS buying fanfunded games because they are a captive and consuming market, they made their own games, use their money to give consumers a better product or provide better services ?
No one would bat an eye if EGS went, ok we give better revenue share, so games will be cheaper, we also give out free games and our games will be using this platform. But they are trying to buy customers, you might even think it's a healthy alternative, other people don't.
Why can't people criticize something that directly and indirectly affects them, giving them a worse product overall ?