VG Cats comic "Nerd Rage"

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LOL Sooo true!

Wow, that is perfect! And we can all thank Nintendo for this mess!<sarcasm> Thank you, nintendo. Thank you.</sarcasm>

We can also thank companies like sega for trying to fix this, with games like madworld, the conduit, etc.

I hate console games. As far as I'm concerned they are all to blame. They should be collectively taken out back and shot.

I don't really consider this a war of casual gaming VS. hardcore, or old school VS. new school.

I merely consider this a matter of a bunch of dumb ass TV producers trying to create a show for an audience they don't really understand.

I consider this a war of console gaming VS. PC gaming. I hate hate hate console games.

Oh great, I just died laughing.

I dont get the hate about console gaming because not everyone has the ability to spend a large amount every 2 months on new hardware. I can understand from the aspect of control(Keyboard/mouse vs gamepad), but that alone isnt enough to warrant "Hate" for it.

I see this as a casual games vs hardcore games issue. Since casual games sell, that means that not as many hardcore games will be made, and they will be of poorer quality. This goes for both consoles as well as PC. We arent there yet, but we are approaching that point - its already eaten up one console. The Wii wasnt supposed to be the casual game system it is now, it was meant to innovate the hardcore market. Nintendo was very foolish in that they bundled Wii Sports. if you dont belive me, then look at the launch lineup. Most of it was hardcore games.

a lot of developers wouldn't have any funding to spend on making a decent game,if it wasn't for the crap,bugged mega casual ones they produce which mostly guarantee them good sales,the fight over who's getting the big licences are forcing even smaller developers [the ones not afraid of experimenting outside the ordinary] to close or merge.

and console gaming isn't at fault,it used to provide some of the most hardcore and most difficult games around,save points were rarely heard of [not like how they're used today],easy level wasn't easy,and there wasn't the same pressure from gamers and developers to make games look as ultra realistic as they do today because the technology wasn't around back then [megadrive/genesis and earlier],it was all about the games then.

Today,people are supposed to have shorter attention spans,are busier,and so there's a bigger market for strongly casual games that are quick to get into and can be left down at any time.
Gaming is becoming like the film industry where its all about the money,they've found a majority who will buy their madagascars,their teenage mutant ninja turtles,their happy feets,their party games,it doesn't matter that they shove it out bugged-to meet deadlines,because they will still buy them though a lot of these games are of films aimed at families/young children so parents are going to buy them whether they're complete crap or not if it's what their child wants.