This Is Why AAA Devs Ignore Your Feedback
Video from Garbaj here. Quote of importance: "If all you do is complain about a problem and then log in to play the game regardless, you're signaling to the devs that it's not actually that big a d...
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@NullEffective9 I don't think the motivations of the game producer and the player align. That's why a lot of what you experience in games these days often doesn't seem to make any sense.
When there is a drop in player count, the game producer will market the game more on social media like YouTube and Reddit or wherever, using influencers and all of that rubbish, to entice players in.
If they see that players are trying to boycott the game, they will probably try to discredit the boycott in one way or another. Or just ignore it. If you know that players are going away for one particular month and then coming back, then what's the point of even worrying about it?
If a game producer had to rely purely on the quality of gameplay to sell the game, and not on microtransactions and loot boxes, then the quality of gameplay would increase. You also wouldn't see so much of the really manipulative gameplay design in games like Apex. This is how games used to be. Then there was a lot of manipulative gameplay design but no so much of the microtransactions or loot boxes. But then all of it was combined and at that point people expected governments to step-in and regulate the industry. And some did take a stand. But most haven't and this has been a really weird situation, especially in light of some of the horrifi stories about addiction and spending on loot boxes.
Even in the last day, in the UK, the Online Safety Bill has been delayed again. Even though it's been drafted since 2019. Some people say the bill is not very good anyway.
But this has been the way of the world for a long time now.
The sad thing for the gamer is that these massive companies like EA, Microsoft, Blizzard, Ubisoft etc. control all of the production. So if you want to play the best games you have to just put up with it.
When there is a drop in player count, the game producer will market the game more on social media like YouTube and Reddit or wherever, using influencers and all of that rubbish, to entice players in.
If they see that players are trying to boycott the game, they will probably try to discredit the boycott in one way or another. Or just ignore it. If you know that players are going away for one particular month and then coming back, then what's the point of even worrying about it?
If a game producer had to rely purely on the quality of gameplay to sell the game, and not on microtransactions and loot boxes, then the quality of gameplay would increase. You also wouldn't see so much of the really manipulative gameplay design in games like Apex. This is how games used to be. Then there was a lot of manipulative gameplay design but no so much of the microtransactions or loot boxes. But then all of it was combined and at that point people expected governments to step-in and regulate the industry. And some did take a stand. But most haven't and this has been a really weird situation, especially in light of some of the horrifi stories about addiction and spending on loot boxes.
Even in the last day, in the UK, the Online Safety Bill has been delayed again. Even though it's been drafted since 2019. Some people say the bill is not very good anyway.
But this has been the way of the world for a long time now.
The sad thing for the gamer is that these massive companies like EA, Microsoft, Blizzard, Ubisoft etc. control all of the production. So if you want to play the best games you have to just put up with it.
No gamechat for 3+ months was somewhat 'unplayable', especially in higher end rank lobbies like S13 Plat. Input lag was 'unplayable' as to bugs just a few weeks ago on Xbox...they took forever to acknowledge, with no updates, and to think I had bought a new gen xbox thinking the overall experience will be better.
Because of it, I haven't touched Apex in a while....I got fed up, and now that they're fixed, or so they say, I have no desire to run back to the game. No Apex August should have been no July Apex, maybe then players would have jumped onboard, August is too far.
Watched the ALGS, and the lack of organization, like simple covid rooms for a 2M dollar tournament tells me everything I need to know as to EA/Respawn.
For the OG’s, we know the game is in a bad state, we know that for every update/new season, it means the game will be broken even more. That being said, don’t get mad or passionate about it on here, or you’ll get sent on forced vacation. Side note as to EA, when you open a case, they give you the generic replies, and never even come back to you lol
At this point I am fairly sure that there are no real devs working on this game, just people that crate skins, charms and small map updates.
