Microsoft, Nintendo, And Sony Release Joint "Shared Principles" Statement

@noodles227: I think it is also due to the power of anonymity, lack of supervision (i.e. rebellion), emotional projection and hangups, and an "echo chamber" effect (what I deem as similarities spreading from person to person; people end up aping each other and groupthink takes over). All of it combined. The web is wild west where people raised themselves surrounded by hostility and lack of clarity and structure, and they think that's ok because the world and their mindsets are reflections of each other. No dissonance.

@Thanatos2k: This so much. Games shouldn't have in-game paid features. Microtransactions and paid gambling features in games are the absolute worst, and honestly despicable, imo. I'm glad I personally don't play online multiplayer games (just because they're not my thing), so I at least get to avoid some of this stuff. I also hate how games these days are sometimes deliberately released unfinished, and then you have to pay for a DLC to complete it, which should have been part of the game disc from the beginning. Or all the in-game exclusive bonuses that you can only ever get if you preorder the game, and pay lots extra. I'm so tired of all these money hogging practices. It used to be that you bought a game, and then that was it. Extra content would be proper, full-on expansions that you could buy later on. DLC's should be reserved for free updates to add certain extra content (like the NG+ mode in God of War), or to fix bugs (the only good thing about DLC's). So many of today's games are released with DLC's announced way ahead of release, that I feel like I almost never get to buy a full game, it's awful...And what about when the digital extra content for a game becomes unavailable because the console and/or game is too old? If you didn't grab it in time, or if you lose your data for whatever reason, possibly through no fault of your own (console crashes etc), you're screwed out of that content forever. Just release the full game on the disc from the beginning dammit!

@bdrtfm: And then that creates the other problem, where everyone is in private chats/on discord and no one talks in game, leaving you wondering why you're even playing multiplayer.

I gave up on multiplayer YEARS ago. Hell is other people.

I take it the way you enjoy multiplayer games is by driving others away?

@chaos-06: I don't play online games because of the behaviors they are attempting to curtail. I'm definitely not alone there. It's a smart business move and is in no way woke or virtue signaling.

I play games to have fun and escape. Other people ruin that when they act like morons.

@chaos-06: It’s a business decision more than anything else. They know that a toxic player results in the drop off of paying customers. Imagine if you owned a restaurant and belligerent patrons kept harassing your customers. As the owner of the establishment you would be compelled to, from a business perspective, take a stance to keep as many patrons as possible and protect your profits. That’s not being woke, it’s being a smart business person. On top of that you have to keep in mind that the paying customer isn’t just the player, it’s often the parent. Parents don’t want to see their kids receive or exhibit this toxic behavior and, as such, they will stop buying their kids consoles and games, which again is bad for business.

@chaos-06: exactly more woke sjw crap i miss the good old days on mw2 lobbeys

@ghostgate2001: yep, definitely cannot wait for governments to step in and regulate.... especially North American ones. Slow like molasses and always focused and the political parties are always focused on ousting each other.

@uninspiredcup:

This is a different issue, regarding how people treat each other in multiplayer game interactions, not business practices. It's a worthwhile initiative. Attempting to conflate the issues either misunderstands the function of this or it isn't being intellectually honest.