Why wont game dev and publishers listen to their fans?

The gaming industry is whining and crying about piracy and loss of revenue and we have to gobble up all of this all the time but by the same token they will ignore most of the fans recommendation and carry on with releasing trash or not improving their games juts for the sake of milking money.

How many time did fans demand a port from console to pc and vice versa and that never happenned...

How many times did fans and reviewers tells companies what was wrong in their games, still they continue on with the same trash in a sequel.

How many times did players asked for no change in gameplay style in a game but devs completely re-wrote a game's mechanic that work for fans and it alienated them.

I absolutely do not get it when companies still continue to make game and when people want patches they do not respond and abandon their games which can make or break a new franchise....

I know that you cannot please everyone, everywhere but when people tell you that something in the game does not work or people tell you that they dont want it in the game beffore release then why put it in?

in this day and age of communication it feels like devs are always trying a crap shoot in hope of getting the lucky seven on the table all the time and they miss 90% of the time and they know by statistics that the odds are against them....

peace

The gaming industry is whining and crying about piracy and loss of revenue and we have to gobble up all of this all the time but by the same token they will ignore most of the fans recommendation and carry on with releasing trash or not improving their games juts for the sake of milking money.

How many time did fans demand a port from console to pc and vice versa and that never happenned...

How many times did fans and reviewers tells companies what was wrong in their games, still they continue on with the same trash in a sequel.

How many times did players asked for no change in gameplay style in a game but devs completely re-wrote a game's mechanic that work for fans and it alienated them.

I absolutely do not get it when companies still continue to make game and when people want patches they do not respond and abandon their games which can make or break a new franchise....

I know that you cannot please everyone, everywhere but when people tell you that something in the game does not work or people tell you that they dont want it in the game beffore release then why put it in?

in this day and age of communication it feels like devs are always trying a crap shoot in hope of getting the lucky seven on the table all the time and they miss 90% of the time and they know by statistics that the odds are against them....

peace

most game companies just arent that nice anymore. but there are still a handful of developers/publishers that are community driven and like to hear suggestions. valve, being an example.yellosnolvr

Valve is far from it these days... maybe at one point, not anymore.

BIS making ArmA 2 is a very community oriented dev. They actually post on their forums and listen to people.

STAR TREK ONLINE

/epic groan....!

LOL, why should they listen? they continue to release junk and people continue to buy it anyway. Remember I said this when you go out to purchase Call of Duty 73 because the graphics are pretty.

The gaming industry is whining and crying about piracy and loss of revenue and we have to gobble up all of this all the time but by the same token they will ignore most of the fans recommendation and carry on with releasing trash or not improving their games juts for the sake of milking money.

How many time did fans demand a port from console to pc and vice versa and that never happenned...

How many times did fans and reviewers tells companies what was wrong in their games, still they continue on with the same trash in a sequel.

How many times did players asked for no change in gameplay style in a game but devs completely re-wrote a game's mechanic that work for fans and it alienated them.

I absolutely do not get it when companies still continue to make game and when people want patches they do not respond and abandon their games which can make or break a new franchise....

I know that you cannot please everyone, everywhere but when people tell you that something in the game does not work or people tell you that they dont want it in the game beffore release then why put it in?

in this day and age of communication it feels like devs are always trying a crap shoot in hope of getting the lucky seven on the table all the time and they miss 90% of the time and they know by statistics that the odds are against them....

peace

kokonut1971

Here's the thing about "pricey patches" is that the companies that usually barely patch games post release can afford to patch, but they wish to get more money so they abandon the game or stick overpriced DLC in it...

Why the **** did "DLC" even make it to PC, stupid contards and fanboys... that's why. BURN THEM ALL!

Yes I hate how DLCs cost so much money. Hate it when the publishers/devs say "Yes we're planning to release a lot of DLCs for gamers to enjoy and download blah blah".

Treyarch, which belongs to the most hated company in the PC circle, Activision, listens to their fans, the dog killstreak was a community suggestion, just as that gun game mode on Black Ops.rmfd341

LOL, why should they listen? they continue to release junk and people continue to buy it anyway. Remember I said this when you go out to purchase Call of Duty 73 because the graphics are pretty.

MrUnSavory1

Here's the thing about "pricey patches" is that the companies that usually barely patch games post release can afford to patch, but they wish to get more money so they abandon the game or stick overpriced DLC in it...

Why the **** did "DLC" even make it to PC, stupid contards and fanboys... that's why. BURN THEM ALL!

simardbrad

Maybe if you ignore the fact that DLC comes with internet, and has nothing to do with consoles.

Oh no wait, your right, every problem with pc gaming is because of consoles, just like every problem with society is caused by rap music.

And FYI, DLC is nothing but min expansions, which can actually exist because of, you guessed it, widespread internet access.

Valve is far from it these days... maybe at one point, not anymore.

simardbrad

Gamers do not know what they want, what you see on forums is a minority, most people dont care about patches are anything more in depth than putting a game in and seeing it play and once more gamers dont know poop about making games, patching games, localizing games, balancing games and so on.