Lately I've been seeing an increasing amount of disrespectful comments on this site and it's really bothering me. Simply not liking a game is fine (I dislike a ton of them!), but some readers tend to take it to the next level and claim that a game was bad due to "laziness" or a developer just doing it for "the money." These are absurd claims with no merit, as if you're in game design (hell, or games journalism) for the money then you're really barking up the wrong tree!
I don't understand how some gamers claim to enjoy games yet have such an active disdain towards the people who make their hobby a reality. Even more so, they pride themselves in stubbornness and ignorance instead of trying to learn more about the business and understand why games come out poorly.
Games are made by incredibly hard working, passionate people. It's not as simple of saying they didn't work hard. This is a business with time constraints, budgets, and inevitably a product needs to be shipped.
This toxic attitude sucks, and it's especially frustrating to see here when Ken has built this site on transparency and respect towards both gamers, and developers. All with the goal of making the industry, the fanbase and the coverage of it better as a whole.
It's not about agreeing or opinions, it's about common courtesy and respecting human beings for the blood, sweat & tears they put into their work.
So I guess I'll stay stubborn in my ideals that gamers should respect hard working people, and that I won't pretend to know the circumstance of every development cycle. I hope our readers will join me in making a more positive comment section that's both understanding and critical in its thinking. It's hard to do, but it can be done.
#StayStubborn
