Why dont game companies EVER listen to their fans?

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#51 lawlessx
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The problem is that some DO listen to they're fans..
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#52 vashkey
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Mass Effect 3 is going to have a chapter dedicated to Shepard coming out of the closet if the player's Shepard is gay An entire chapter. No, I'm making this up. This is because Bioware listened to their fans. The ones that care way to much about their relations with fictional characters. This is why devs don't always listen to their fans. Because fans don't always know best. You also need to consider alot of fanbases are divided on certain things. Just looks at the Sonic fanbase.
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#53 vashkey
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Apparently Bungie does, which is why they released the atrocity that is known as ODST and the quick cash in Halo CE remaster. Heil68
Lol, atrocity? Bungie is uninvolved with the Halo remake.
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#54 GD1551
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Mass Effect 3 is going to have a chapter dedicated to Shepard coming out of the closet if the player's Shepard is gay An entire chapter. No, I'm making this up. This is because Bioware listened to their fans. The ones that care way to much about their relations with fictional characters. This is why devs don't always listen to their fans. Because fans don't always know best. You also need to consider alot of fanbases are divided on certain things. Just looks at the Sonic fanbase.vashkey

That's definitely true. Look at World of Warcraft for instance, it became a shell of its self because blizzard tried to please everyone to ridiculous lengths. What did they get for doing that? WoW has lost almost 1 million subs.

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#55 turtlethetaffer
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They will what what makes them the most profit. after all, gaming is an industry, there to make money.

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#56 Rockman999
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Cause half the time the fans dont even know that they want, PEOPLE dont know want they want and their opinions are constantly changing.

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This and companies know the fans will buy their products regardless.

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#57 gensigns
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Because THIS is what they would get:

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#58 skrat_01
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In regard to the topic title. Because generally the vocal festering fanboy/girl mentality overwhelms anything constructive that's bought up, raised or said by a genuine level headed minority of fans.
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#59 Mackan_1999
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I won't to know which companys actually listen or if we can some one to listen on my idea... but I need everyones help to get there so I have an idea where you are a normal soldier in training and can rank up and at the same time lead or fight one of the crusades that accured many years ago... it's a RPG/Strategy game where you can choose your class! You can be an assassin, warrior, grunt, archer, rider, blacksmith esc. You can choose by yourself and its a free roam game too. Give a feedback and follow me! :) Sorry for bad grammar, I'm from Finland but anyways...
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#60 drinkerofjuice
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They should do whatever the hell they want. AAllxxjjnn
Basically this.

I'd actually prefer developers to not listen to their fans.

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#61 rjdofu
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Because many fans on forum are selfish whiny dumbass that don't even know what they're talking about?

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#62 2013th
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i hate mmos that listen to everything the fans complain about or request. if everything isn't 100% balanced in pvp, people who play pve will have stupid changes every now and then to their character.

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#63 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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Because fans are stupid.
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#64 PAL360
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Capcom? :o

Rockstar, Bethesda and Valve are gaming´s last hope.

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#65 Mozuckint
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Q: Why game companies don't listen to their fans

A: See---Sega Forums Suggestions for Sonic Games

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#66 thom_maytees
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Why don't people realize that this is an old thread (August 2011) that was revived?

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#67 Slashless
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Took me awhile to figure out the threads an oldie until Raymundo posted.

[QUOTE="hadoken"]

They dont listen to the complaints

Ly_the_Fairy

Ok, yah I've seen some companies behave this way

bungie

hadoken

Uh whaaaaaaaat?

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#68 lawlessx
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why? because games like mass effect 2 tend to be the outcome
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#69 1PMrFister
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I'm surprised this thread managed to go for so long without someone quoting Zero Punctuation, even with the thread necromancy.
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#70 jsmoke03
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fans don't make games, and they only think about their preferences and not how others might enjoy its changes....a lot of fans are idiots when it comes to suggesting things.

especially fanboys

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#71 psymon100
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Title - "Why dont game companies EVER listen to their fans?"

Opening statement - "Ok some do but MOST dont."

Super impressive ability to backtrack. Obviously you chose the title to incite sensationalism. Please, consider a political career.

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#72 deactivated-66e3137ab3ad5
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Because fans are stupid, muahahahahahahahahahaha
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#73 k2theswiss
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some do

BUT most are pushed down by publishers you know the guys who pay their bills? hold them down with release dates ect ect to do those games.

2: devs are in control. They are not going to change something or do something that only 1% of the fans ranting

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#74 k2theswiss
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did you just put bungie in that list? wow. you must not follow bungie in the past have you...

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#75 Pug-Nasty
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Because these "fans" are usually just a bunch of people who claim to hate their games speaking out on their forums, while their real fans probably never go on there because they don't have anything to ***** about.

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#76 Lupin497
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Because they're not obligated to. It is not their job to cater to what people want all the time. Bottom line, they make a game, they come out with it, and that is that. Nobody should be complaining because they are lucky that people are willing to put time aside and work on a game that provides them with entertainment. If you do not like the game, they are not obligated to change it up to your liking.
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#77 Bardock47
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[QUOTE="Heirren"]

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Apparently Bungie does, which is why they released the atrocity that is known as ODST and the quick cash in Halo CE remaster. GD1551

I'm confused by this. What exactly do you mean? Fans have been wanting a Halo remake for quite some time.

The halo remake doesn't come with the original's MP from what I remember.

Bungie loves their community, its one of the best relationships between fans and devs I have seen. ODST was priced by M$, not Bungie. CEA had no Bungie involvment whatsoever. Gameplay was left untouched, just givin prettier grapichs and more terminals to go after. Doesn't have orgianl MP, though I dont mind the add-on to reach. I can play HAlo 1 mp on pc still.

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#78 GD1551
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why? because games like mass effect 2 tend to be the outcomelawlessx

You mean the best ME in the series?

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#79 verbtex  Moderator
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Old thread is old.