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Stop Being Control Freaks
Cordova, TN; June 12, in the year of our Lord 2015--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is addressing a developing problem in the
video game industry. This issue has been creeping up like decay.
Slowly it has been getting worse over the years. The larger some
video game companies have gotten the worse it has become within
their own organizations. No it is not their lack of agility. No
it is not their lack of mobility. No it is not their failures to
innovate. All of those are interesting, and deep problems they
need to address. What I want to talk about is even worse. It is
the control freak nature of too many video game companies this
day and age. Stop being such control freaks!
Too many large video game companies are shrinking in size and in
sales. Sure they may have billions sitting in the bank. Or have
other departments within the company making money. Things like
trying to stop used video game sales, make games online only and
then take them away from gamers, download only and control the
game at all times are all great examples of how the companies
are trying to keep complete control of the products they took
our money for. I don’t care what garbage they put in the small
print after I have paid for it and can’t take it back. I am not
leasing a license to a video game I purchase. I am not leasing a
license for a car I pay for. It is my property. The company that
took my money has no right to say what I do with it. I can sell
it, give it away, and/or use it as an ingredient in a video. I
am sick and tired of these companies taking our money and trying
to tell us they have a say in how long we use our own property.
All you are doing is turning people away from your products.
Notch of Minecraft fame made tons of money from Minecraft. He
supports video game piracy. Something other companies are
hunting down and trying to eradicate. Anyone else learn a lesson
from Notch? You are not losing a sale of a video game when it is
pirated. You would have never gotten that sale anyway. Notch
pointed out video game companies need to use pirated video games
as a marketing tool. Get the pirates to purchase the game in the
future. Hunting them down and putting them in jail is not
getting you a sale. In fact it makes you look like an evil
empire, and it costs you a lot of money. I am sure the PR
department has fun trying to spin that one for you. We the
consumers notice your closed fist approach. We the consumers
notice you are treating all of us like criminals. We the
consumers can quite happily purchase other products that give
you no money - like retro games. Did you forget it is your job
to make something we want to purchase? Did you forget it is your
job to do things that makes us want to financially support your
organization?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming