I’m not sure there’s a more acerbic, vociferous bunch of people than gamers who have internet access. While it’s obviously not something that affects everybody who’s ever picked up a controller or used office equipment for pixel-perfect headshots, there’s a rather large proportion of gamers who it seems, feel that the $60 they spend on a game entitles them to developers’ first born children.
Gamers will get their knickers twisted over just about anything. We’ll whine about how the games included as a bonus to our subscriptions just aren’t triple A titles, or how the brand new summer sale offering huge discounts isn’t quite discounty enough, because 75% off isn’t even sale.
We’ll whine about how the add on DLC to a game that a team spent months working on isn’t worth an extra $5 because we paid for the game and how dare a company charge extra money for extra content. How dare they, the evil capitalist pigs. Gamers want everything now, and they want it for free!
“Gamers are absurdly entitled, but I think they got there because we ask so much money from them every step of the way” said one developer working for “a large publisher.” “No one’s demanding reshoots for the final Matrix, because it only cost you 10 bucks to see it. Sometimes I think we in the industry lose sight of what it’s like to pay $60 for a piece of entertainment.”
Another famous example of gamer entitlement rearing its ugly head is when Call of Duty players issued death threats to the game’s designers because they were making changes to how certain guns operate.
Of course, without whiny gamers, we’d still be stuck with an Xbox one that phoned home every 24 hours. Are gamers a particularly whiny, entitled bunch – or is it really just a vocal minority making us all look bad?
Last Updated: August 1, 2014
Kensei Seraph
August 1, 2014 at 10:31
Without even reading the article I can honestly say that between 1/3rd and 1/4 are whinebags, unfortunately those are the ones who get noticed and give the rest of us bad names.
LG-FTW
August 1, 2014 at 11:01
Yeah you just have to look at the regular that commenters on LG.Net, they might seem to be that majority (unemployed triedhards, just judging by how often they post) but the fact is they make up only a small portion of the people who visit, and hopefully read the articles, on this site. It’s often the small vocal [extremist] minority that gets all the attention.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:03
Unemployed triehards?
LOOOL
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 11:12
LIVE FREE OR TRIEHARD I SAY!
Kromas
August 1, 2014 at 11:53
I am an employed TRIEHARD so does that make me TRIEHARD2:TRIE HARDER?
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 12:03
That depends, do you TRIEHARD with a VENGEANCE?
Saint_Dee
August 1, 2014 at 14:39
I reckon it’s a GOOD DAY to TRIEHARD!!!
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:16
You don’t work in front of a PC do you?
Guild
August 1, 2014 at 11:39
That is the most ignorant comment I have read and has nothing to do with the FFD. I suggest that you attend “The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too”
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:45
😉
iAmWeasel
August 1, 2014 at 12:04
Ouch.. sounds like his comment stung a bit huh?
Guild
August 1, 2014 at 12:15
Not at all, just helping a guest commentator get better education. Sounds like his unemployed and in need of some help
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 12:57
*he’s
😛
Guild
August 1, 2014 at 13:00
Fixed 🙂
Mielies the Magnificent
August 1, 2014 at 12:43
Actually I disagree. I NEVER comment. But Ive been a LG reader for a year now, frequenting the site every single day. The regular commenters actually give a little bit more insight to the article, and is more often than not funny. Some of the better commenting sections for online media imho.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 12:57
Also, the banter here is quite civil and worth reading.
Now, N24, on the other hand…
hubble19
August 1, 2014 at 15:14
Yeah, I work in an acid factory and even the stuff we make aren’t as biting or volatile as the N24 crowd.
Pieter Kruger
August 1, 2014 at 10:34
Yes
Matthew Holliday
August 1, 2014 at 10:34
Yes.
Infact, its not just gamers.
most people are over-entitled whinebags, myself included, probably.
we just have the internet.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:35
Only the console gamers….huehuehue
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 10:38
Hows Uplay and Watchdogs treating you these days?
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:39
I FUS can’t RO hear DAH you.
Haven’t been on uNOplay in quite some time
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:45
Been on uPlay every day since Saturday. Worked just fine.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:46
Good to hear, I’m too busy eating cheese wedges, potato soup and drinking mead!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:48
When did you become a console gamer? 😉
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:49
I don’t believe hell froze over, so, no 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:54
haha. The pigs are not flying, the bacon has been grounded!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:55
MMMMMMM bacon
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 10:50
What have you been doing on uPlay
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:51
…selling what is left of his humanity
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:51
Cracking Ass…
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:51
Playing AC Revelations
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 10:55
Cool but being uPlay it will let you get to 95% complete and then corrupt the client, barring you from ever finishing.
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:56
nice try ;P
Jonah Cash
August 1, 2014 at 10:39
I studied at Tuks and there was a protest march in my 3rd year where the students that protested held up boards with what they wanted…. My favourite two were the one for more grass to lie down on and the other for cheaper pies!!! (The protest was against the high price of studying)
My point is…. Every group of people are whiners!!! All of them!!
Look at Malema, he wants everything for free…..
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:40
Someone should tell him the ANC is charging for oxygen, I just want to see him rant about that!
Ross Woofels Mason
August 1, 2014 at 10:39
I think the first thing to do is draw the between what being a whine bag is and what genuinely voicing your opinion is.
the “ERMEGERD TEH COMPANY SUXORZ” comments that are in abundance are the whine bags, someone genuinely stating their opinion or displeasure with a matter and being able to back it up are not so much whining as opening it up for debate.
Like most cases though the, more lacking in the intellect department tend to howl louder than those who actually have something worth while to say.
Viking Of Science
August 1, 2014 at 10:40
I’ve read some articles online and such, And It appears that it is indeed a vocal Minority, that don’t represent All Gamers.
HOWEVER
Everybody likes to Whine…
Even PC gamers… (We HATE Sloppy ports!) (Don’t Support DRM. etc.)
But there are to sides to everything. (i.e… Oh So you hate DRM, how big is your Steam Library?)
Sloppy Ports are inexcusable though…. because Sloppy ports are sloppy and I hat ’em I hate ’em!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:42
Agreed, sloppy ports are the worst ever, even worse than EXCLUSIVES!
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:17
Exclusives are fine. The consoles are problem. Remove them…no more exclusives 😉
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 11:18
Technically every PC game would be an exclusive then.
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 10:49
I suppose the argument would be a sloppy port or no port. I believe in do it right or don’t do it, I seldom do anything mind. But you then have the why don’t we get [insert name] game on PC.
Viking Of Science
August 1, 2014 at 11:02
Agreed I’d rather have no port than a sloppy one.
Case in Point: Assasin’s Creed, they’ve always been badly optimised messes at launch, At least in my experience, I’d rather just not have them on PC…. You Can’t berate what you don’t have on your platform… And Many games have been Consoel exclusive in the past. in fact, back in the 8 and 16 bit eras, there was barely a PC version of a console game, and vice versa. and everyone was happy…. i think, It was the 80s and 90s, I was a kid, and everyone was on coke….
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:17
Agreed
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:16
Those are all whining about things that make sense though.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 10:41
Whining over a gun that’s “nerfed” is juvenile. Being promised an ending where every decision affects the outcome to a trilogy of games and buying all three games and DLC (so that’s more than $180) but failing to deliver is not juvenile. The Matirx made no such promises by the way.
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 10:52
I don’t get why everyone is going on at the Matrix, it was a great movie. Pity they didn’t ever make any sequels.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:01
Neo and Trinity died and the war ended in a stale mate. I think that’s the biggest issue
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:03
Aye
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 11:09
Are you trying to undo all the therapy from the last 15 years. Neo is on the phone to the agents and then he flies off, the end.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:11
Agreed
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:18
2 was still fine. 3 was the real problem.
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 12:15
2 was not fine, nope. It had one pretty awesome action sequence. One action sequence a movie does not make otherwise Michael Bay would have won a truck full of Oscars by now.
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:42
Depends, are you whining about something that’s bad for a lot of people, or are you whining because MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:43
You are whining about memes?
😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 10:44
…
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:45
Call the WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMBULANCE
CAE9872
August 1, 2014 at 10:44
By and large everyone on the internet (or not) are now entitled whinebags.
Morne Nell
August 1, 2014 at 10:44
You get it in every industry, look how we complain about our own sports teams.
The problem is it is more noticeable because it is linked to the interweb
Matthew Holliday
August 1, 2014 at 10:46
what even are sprots?
Morne Nell
August 1, 2014 at 10:50
Rugby, soccer, cricket that real life stuff. Usually played on grass in an oval stadium
Matthew Holliday
August 1, 2014 at 11:33
people actually still play sprtos outside?
Rags
August 1, 2014 at 10:45
People are only whinebags when I disagree with them. 😛
Morne Nell
August 1, 2014 at 10:48
Everyone is an expert in the interweb, 98% of the people that complain has not worked in that specific industry but have an opinion because you use the end product.
On the interweb everyone can voice there opinion from an 6 year old to a 99 year old.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:50
*their
(missed comma as well)
😛
But yeah, you are spot on with the rest
Morne Nell
August 1, 2014 at 10:52
Sorry don’t speak English very deliciously. 🙂
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 10:53
Since you were twice?
Praise Lord GabeN
August 1, 2014 at 10:52
Yes
Rince/Trev4quoteofweek
August 1, 2014 at 10:58
Right. Here goes. It depends. One the one hand we are consumers, and as consumers have rights. You can argue those rights but nonetheless they are there (regional specific of course). If developers have realised they are able to offer us our cake but at only 3/4 of what it should be and then sell the last slice at a later date to make more, then we are more than entitled to complain, bitch and moan. On the other end of the spectrum you have people who get great content for $60, you know, a full game, and then scream bloody murder when extra DLC comes out that was made as EXTRA (Borderlands content, not the cluster fuck of a level cap, I mean the extra 4/5 hours of play). The issue here is to what standard we hold a game up to. Because of different genres it’s almost impossible to set a bench mark. RPS’s are much longer, FPS usually faster and shorter, puzzle games? Where does it stop? Add to that the piracy mentality and you have a whole bag of trouble. I strongly think that developers should allow us to play demos. ‘Try this for 30 minutes, it goes on for another 8’. If you like, buy, if not, don’t. Also, internet young trolls like to shout about anything…
Weanerdog
August 1, 2014 at 11:06
8′ is 8 minutes/feet incidentally.
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:19
Who wrote all this on your behalf?
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 11:25
Can’t be OVG, not enough CAPS.
Valshen
August 1, 2014 at 10:58
You whining, whinging, hoity toity all up in your bleeding face like a bow-legged gun-slinging, internet swearing bunch of loonies.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:00
hoity toity?
TOOOOIIIIT LIKE A TIGER!!!
CAE9872
August 1, 2014 at 11:00
He’s being watching Thin Blue Line obviously.
CypherGate
August 1, 2014 at 10:59
There are loads of whinebags out there. They the ones who gets noticed for obvious reasons. I just think that if we actually stopped concentrating too much on wanting constant innovation in games that we can actually enjoy playing the games themselves? I know its not like that for all games, but lately i been thinking that we (including myself) end up concentrating too much on what we think should be right in a game. Fair enough we can give constructive criticism to make a game better, but I just think for example: Playing RE5 was good, but not as great as RE4 for obvious reason being that it was far too action orientated, but if we look back say 10 years ago in gaming. We never really took note about how a game should evolve in such a drastic measure that it changes the almost the game completely. We get comments like…. looks more of the same…. no innovation, but i think a great story backed with fun gameplay should be the top of it all. Not constant major innovation. I do agree on improvements though. Like id play 20 castlevania games if they all made the same way as Symphony of the night. Just with improved graphics here and there, new/extra of everything and a continuing interesting story etc etc. My 2cents and a bit…
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
August 1, 2014 at 11:00
Going on about services and sales you do not have to subscribe too or buy = whining.
Loosing your shit because the R900!!! product you just purchased is POS or incomplete = legitimate complaining.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:00
Llet’s look at DLC one more time and tell me if this is whining :
1. I believe on disc DLC that can only be unlocked by paying should be called Ransomware seeing how you only download a small file to unlock it.
2. DLC being anounced before a game releases is truly a cash grab, I mean if developers had time to create paid DLC that’s
released at the same time as the new game, then that effort should have
been put towards the game itself.
3. Costumes and additional gameplay modes used to be included in games to make it seem like the game has more value, DLC now.
4. We used to be able to create or download maps for FPS games, DLC as well. They even charge you for a map used in previous entries.
5. Peter Moore
CAE9872
August 1, 2014 at 11:01
LOL @ 5
CAE9872
August 1, 2014 at 11:02
PS – that must be the most I have ever seen you write! You best go take a nap to recover.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:08
Need coffee, battery dead
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
August 1, 2014 at 11:06
+100
If you want to make the customers that dropped hundreds of dollars/rands/pesos on your product a bunch of whinebags and ignore them when they complain do not be surprised when you have to close your doors when your next project doesn’t Ryse to the occasion.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:08
Capcom is losing cash as well
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:10
*CRAPcom
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 1, 2014 at 11:07
I’ve never understood why no.5 & EA call us whiners & complainers when they specifically told us to Challenge Everything.
Hammersteyn
August 1, 2014 at 11:08
Hahahahaha
Pieter Kruger
August 1, 2014 at 11:38
It also used to be much cheaper to create games….????
Ryanza
August 1, 2014 at 11:08
Do I first need to buy a game for $60 before I can whine about DRM. Here I’m whining about no DRM so that I can buy games for $60.
We live in a time where the games marketed is flooded with shit games, incomplete games, bugger as hell games, on disc DLC, the game is not even released and there’s lots of DLC.
If the games market was flooded with good games, well made games, I doubt there will be a lot of whining.
If you look at games like Diablo 3 and Simcity 5 you can see that game developers are not making games for gamers. They making games for corporate greed. So keep on whining, I say. If there is a lot of whining then it means there is a big problem.
Don’t support DRM and keep on whining.
CAE9872
August 1, 2014 at 11:19
Oh I doubt very much you would not have people complaining even when the games are good. In fact that is often where the problems start. Bad game gets quickly noted and people move on.
Good games means time investment and if you change that…then you usually have hell to pay.
Ryanza
August 1, 2014 at 11:26
examples of good games with a lot of whining?
CAE9872
August 1, 2014 at 11:53
Mass Effect series; Diablo; Dragon Age 1 – you will find many people complaining about any game is the point. Someone somewhere is going to dislike something…nature of life.
Ryanza
August 1, 2014 at 12:35
I liked Mass Effect 1 and I’m sure others like it for being a nice western RPG. But Mass Effect 2 went for a more action adventure type than a true RPG.
So if change the core of what people like then yes lot’s of whining.
Mass Effect 1 was a good game, so I can’t say Mass Effect 3 was better than that. Mass Effect 3 was the height of whining but for good reason.
Dragon Age 1 I liked and if you look at what they did to Dragon Age 2 then the whining was justified.
Diablo 3 deserved all the whining it got. Error 37. Single player game, forced online lag.
So Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age 2, Diablo 3 – not good games. Too many problems.
Pieter Kruger
August 1, 2014 at 11:25
“corporate greed” You do realize that making a AAA game actually costs a shitload of money right?(Hell, even publishing on ID@Xbox is ridiculously expensive as I’m led to believe…) Developers have to make money, they simply cannot give it away at a loss or for free like you want them to! Big developers actually have what they call “share holders” and these are the guys backing them with the much needed cash. Now if these investors or share holders do not get a good enough return on their money they will simply take it somewhere else and you will have no games to whine about anymore! Simple as that! This is the entertainment industry, it’s a niche market! If you really want to whine about something then please focus on everyday necessities like water and electricity, food & transport costs etc.
Ryanza
August 1, 2014 at 11:42
As you just said. They making games to make money for shareholders. So usually games come out bland, rushed, a copy of other games, buggy, ect.
If developers can take their time and focus on improving the medium or making the medium better, then you will find more people supporting the game for a longer period of time. Which then makes the shareholders more money.
But the model now is to release, release, release, to make as much money as possible in the shortest amount of time. With that model you won’t find a lot of good games, maybe a gem here and there.
GTA is a good example of making a good game and still making money from that game years later.
The Witcher 2 did’nt sell so well when it was released but years later the game still kept on selling.
Make a good game and it will still be selling years later.
Make a bad game and market the shit out of it for day 1 sales . Does that not sound like the industry of games we in now.
Pieter Kruger
August 1, 2014 at 11:49
As I said it’s a niche market, no necessity here so just don’t pre order or buy games on release. Wait for demos/reviews and make up your mind later. Vote with your wallet, if you don’t give them your money, that said developers will either go belly up or get their shit together very quickly!
Ryanza
August 2, 2014 at 13:36
When you know the developers are going to take their time and going to produce really good games, always thinking about the gamers who are going to buy the games, then you support them.
CD Projekt RED. Why do I want to support these guys with over R2000 , pre ordering 8 months before release.
I won’t buy EA nor do their games interest me at all.
I won’t buy Ubisoft nor do their games interest me at all.
I won’t buy Activision nor do their games interest me at all.
I won’t buy “insert DRM developer” even though some of the games raises some interest.
So to me it sounds like EA, Ubisoft, Activision needs to develop for that niche market and not just buy up and destroy those good developers out there.
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cyberpunk-2077-17.png
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:14
Some gamers are, no doubt, but most of those are the 10yo’s who call yo momma rude names on COD.
Sageville
August 1, 2014 at 11:19
I think most gamers are tech savvy and have a larger internet footprint than other “groups”. Hence our whines are more visible than others groups.
Also, COD…
Anon A Mouse
August 1, 2014 at 11:23
Yes, yes we are. But I do think we end up with the short stick. Anyone working in retail will know that the whole world has become one entitled mass of people. Nothing on this earth are good enough, cheap enough or what ever enough.
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:28
I’m quite okay with most things. It’s just the times when I’m not given a choice when I lose my shit (read: Uplay and Origin)
Anon A Mouse
August 1, 2014 at 11:32
The problem for me lies in the fact that it’s becoming like the boy that cried wolf. There is a minority of Beliebers that whine about everything and because of that the real complaints are lost in all the noise.
Sith JJ
August 1, 2014 at 11:33
Absolutely
AceZero911
August 1, 2014 at 13:13
Agreed, it becomes difficult picking out useful criticism when all you hear is “that game sucks”. What sucked about it? Was it too easy, too difficult? Was it bad performance that prevented you from enjoying it, poor story, poor level design, did it not improve on it’s predecessor, or did it change too much and lose it’s unique appeal (in the case of a sequels).
Viking Of Science
August 1, 2014 at 11:28
Whine Bag -> Wine Bag -> PAPSAK! http://www.bugbitten.com/images/475d66314dc56a0df8fb8f7c5dbbaf78/Strandfontein_West_Coast-16578/Strandfontein_West_Coast-518039.jpg
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:33
LOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 11:33
Epic view
Greylingad
August 1, 2014 at 11:31
Hmmmm….. interesting topic, I believe that companies have changed focus from what a full product is, so much so that the lines between a complete game and the DLC it gets set up for become greyed out to the point where there is no differentiation between what is actually delivered on day one as to what it should actually be… It is one thing to have a team develop DLC content while a game is being tested etc., during that time the devs literally sit and wait for feedback, but when the teams’ focus is shifted from the entire game being complete and whether the DLC has to be complete is something of another nature… And yes, gamers are whiny, but for a good reason, if you buy a Bugatti Veyron on pre order and when it comes out after, I don’t know, 6 millennia and it turns out to be a set of roller skates strapped to a V8, you probably won’t complain about the performance, but hell, the ride comfort would be atrocious….
Norm
August 1, 2014 at 11:32
Waiting for COD players to by like “Cause…well… urm… your mom!”
Mikhil
August 1, 2014 at 11:33
Does the Pope protect pedophiles?
Rags
August 1, 2014 at 15:26
Is water, wet?
JHN
August 1, 2014 at 11:45
Definitely, no matter what gets said gamers find a reason to moan.
Alex Hicks
August 1, 2014 at 11:51
Not much of a debate really. I’m a gamer; and I’m certainly an entitled winebag. Although I prefer whisky to wine.
Oh wHinebag … my bad
alcatraz5953
August 1, 2014 at 12:26
One does not choose the whinebag life, the whinebag life chooses you. Lol we wouldn’t be gamers if we didn’t bitch and moan about everything!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
August 1, 2014 at 12:27
There are many who are. There are many who aren’t.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 12:58
So, what are you then? A RantBag?
😛
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
August 1, 2014 at 13:25
Yes. Yes I am. lol
AceZero911
August 1, 2014 at 12:44
I’m going to answer yes before I read the article. Then I’ll see how I feel after reading it.
AceZero911
August 1, 2014 at 12:57
Yes, I still agree. Although I think there are times where complaints are valid and other times when they are ridiculous. I think that we are entitled to receive a game that works, that provides decent entertainment, value and that will be supported for a reasonable time by the developers. Extra DLC that launches on the same day as the game is one example of things that irritate me. Yes making games is a business but it’s very difficult to stay in business when you alienate your customers through bad decisions.
I think if we really want to improve things we should be able to communicate directly with Dev’s and have a positive and negative feedback section. At least that way we can have a structured forum for discussion.
Troll’s will troll, nothing we can do about that, but at the same time, the troll’s make the most noise and give all of the other decent gamers a bad name.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 12:58
Great points dude
Ross Woofels Mason
August 1, 2014 at 12:59
The day one DLC thing irritates the crap out of me as well.
DLC can be great to breathe new life into a game 3months down the line, but the at launch thing drives me insane lol.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 1, 2014 at 13:10
“insane” being used mildly, I can think of quite a few other nasty things to say…
Francois Knoetze
August 1, 2014 at 16:15
Actually think since social media has boomed a lot of people have become whiners in general. It’s this or that, how much discount, why don’t I get service,this phone is crap, that phone is crap blah blah blah. We are all suddenly opinionated more than usual and everybody wants to give their 2 cents. I myself sometimes fall victim to this too…GO PLAYSTATION!!!…cough…ahem.
Brady miaau
August 1, 2014 at 17:50
yes to the title.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
August 1, 2014 at 22:35
Better a vocal consumer-base than a bunch of mute retards who accept getting rogered by greedy suits, in a dirty alley.
If it wasn’t for “entitled whinebags”, the xboner would have boned us all with its arrogant anti-consumer 24 hour check-in DRM and severe restrictions on the use of used games. If it wasn’t for “entitled whinebags”, install-limits on PC titles that YOU BOUGHT would have become the norm (remember EA and Spore?). If it wasn’t for “entitled whinebags”, SONY would have gotten away with installing PC-crippling rootkits ON YOUR COMPUTERS from MUSIC CDs THAT YOU LEGITIMATELY BOUGHT! If it wasn’t for “entitled whinebags”, Ubisoft’s always online would have become the standard for PC gaming. If it wasn’t for “entitled whinebags”, EA would have screwed us all over with even more online-DRM. If it wasn’t for entitled whinebags, Activision-Blizzard would have laughed all the way to the bank on the back of broken online game. If it wasn’t for “entitled whinebags”, Bethesda, DiCE etc. would never have to fix their games. ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC.
Nay, lads. I say… BLESS THOSE “entitled whinebags”!! For they keep the greedy corporate asswipes of the world on their toes.
The Banana has spoken!
Ocelotty1
August 4, 2014 at 05:56
I’m assuming you mean Multiplayer gamers. As an exclusively single player gamer, I would never construe myself as an entitled whinebag (Full disclosure – I couldn’t be bothered to read the click bait article in question)