Capitalism is a plague but there's nothing anyone can do about it. Support indie games

It's only about money anymore. And that is sad.

There's a lot of detritus in games these days cause' it's become a bigger industry. When anything becomes as commercial as videogames have, there's room for flaw because there's a lot of mindless consumers. As consumers we need to be more assiduous, and usher in an age where games / entertainment don't get made lazily in order to rake in cash.
Research your purchases, and boycott any game that might not fulfill any promises it makes because of some greedy capitalist agenda which causes the game to be made without passion and without care for the consumer. Don't pay for shit that doesn't deserve your money but acts as if it does.

We hardly play games any more!! We play products & investments!!
only a few devs show that real passion as a gamer!!

every game is a beta now.. & will be patched later! Guaranteed!!

Hell no. without capitalism Videogames might have never been made.

You better stick with Capitalism people. forget about socialism.

The thing is.. Call of Duty needs to die.. I don't care if it's popular but come on, there is no innovation after Call of Duty 4 the only reason people buy it is because their sheep friend buy it thinking their friends are going to buy it and it's a never ending cycle -_- then they release map packs worth more than the entire game you payed for and people still buy that shit up and feed them millions to support their next call of the cash cow XIV

Developers like Bungie, Naughty Dog and Guirella Games they innovate. Though sometimes they don't always get what the fans want they still listen well and patch what fans need free of charge later on. Though they come out with map packs, THEY'RE NOT ALREADY ON THE GAME TO BEGIN WITH! Sheesh

Just my rant, support innovative developers and companies!

Yes it is devolving games. Too bad.
But get GT5 out of this. GT5 evolved in relation to GT4.

Nearly all modern arts and entertainment would not exist were it not for capitalism. Thats a fact.

America is not a purely capitalist country and China is not a purely "communist" country. US government is taking over private industry, such as health care, banks, schooling, etc. Whereas in China, there are in fact privately owned businesses, entrepreneurial activities, etc.

I'm going to quote someone else here..
"No. A pure communist society [as in a statless, classless society] has never existed. ..."

... and the gov often likes to poke it's nose into industry and business even in the "capitalist" countries.

IT'S ALL GOOD THOUGH

Capitalism was the means through which games were delivered to us in the first place.(people play games in socialist countries too) Capitalism and free market can drive people to create a quality product that many people want to play. Or stress people out, induce budget limitations, and stifle creativity. Even in socialist countries, you still need money to make games.

I doubt this question can be answered with a simple YES, or NO.

BTW: OMG maybe it can be answered with a NO after all. Did anyone see PS3 lineup for 2011? WTF AMAZING.

double post :/

What is the difference between communism and capitalism?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/W...

It seems most of us should do more research, because most of us don't know WTF we are talking about. Especially in regards to an ambiguous topic such as this.

<browser glitch made me triple post. So here's a list of some PS3 games to look forward to in 2011, in spite of capitalism... http://www.gamersmint.com/t...

Caveat emptor. No one is going to hold your hand and guide you as you spend your money. Capitalism has nothing to do with games devolving, but people buying games that aren't up to snuff has a lot to do with it.

As for the government bailing out failing companies, it shouldn't be done. No one is too big to fail, take for instance Atari, which is more of an attempt to keep on topic than to compare to the level of GM's situation, they fell and Nintendo took their place. There is always someone ready to move into the place of a fallen power in any industry, but if the government props them up it removes the very nature of capitalism. The loss of the company will effect people's livelihoods, but the new companies that arrive will provide new jobs and an incentive to make things better. Does anyone remember National Motor or American Motors?

Companies fail if they don't provide a product that people buy. If we want better games, we either need to buy better games or make them ourselves and get rich. If companies continue to make bad games, don't buy them. If they don't want to go out of business they'll either improve or shut down.

Lots of rants over what system to live under. (Monarchy ftw. Knights and dragons. woo). I think it's the casual gamers that kills games in categories like charm, depth, artstyle and a kind of identity. These things aren't for casuals. It wont sell as well. So, if money talks, that is why I can see a plethora of franchises falling in to this dumbfolded casual category of gaming.

Ask your self why a game like Ico didn't sell more than wii-fit. Why do we have motions controllers everywhere? ..well, not necessarily bad, but you can bet on it, the casual gamers drifted MS and Sony to fall in to this sooner than they meant it to happend.

Casual/Majority of gamers are driving gaming these days. Just my two cents.