COD4 sold 10 million copies. Who do you think is calling the shots there now? Do you think it's some phantom "suit" that everyone keeps fantasizing about, or do you think it's the dev team?
Doesn't I-Ward own the CoD trademark now? In that case, it'd be the dev team.
It hardly matters. They're not going to backpedal on this; they've put time and money into an idea they thought was good. No matter how much backlash it gets, you'll be hard-pressed to even get a reaction from them. It's standard business mentality to not admit mistakes. This is hardly a new scenario. Just listen to the BASH podcast, talking to that guy is like pulling teeth for the hosts (I think they actually made this analogy,) all he does is state the facts of What Is in different ways regardless of what they say.
All of that being said, after putting more thought into this, I'm not entirely sold on the idea that it's going to completely ruin the game. Less than ideal, sure, but I like the idea of not getting kicked for cheating because my 5.1 headphones let me hear dudes coming up behind me, and VAC NOT FAILBUSTER is certainly a selling point all in its own.
its only a game
I really take issue with this line whenever I hear it. "It's only a game" when you're a casual gamer with a job and/or fairly that eats up too much of your time to enjoy a hobby.
Some people, however, prioritize their own happyness higher than other things, and actually take their hobbies seriously. Many of the people here game as a hobby; it's what we do in our free time because we enjoy it. You can say videogames aren't "Serious" and "don't matter" as much as you want, but by this mentality, neither is any other hobby, yet you never hear it said about other hobbies. Especially where work-a-holics are concerned when they condisder their work to
double as their hobby.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking videogames seriously if it's what you want to spend your free time doing. When our hobbies are messed with because of the mentality of Corporate America and for-profit businesses, it is
valid to take issue with it.
This comment was edited on Oct 18, 2009, 17:47.
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