Board 8 > Your First Thought 99: "Biggest problem with the gaming industry."

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ZenOfThunder
09/03/20 6:35:08 PM
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a bitch ain't one

start dropping suggestions for future topics, put them in spoilers though so we don't get people thinking too early, this is supposed to be kneejerk reactions.

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85) Best performance by a voice actor in a game: David Hayter as Snake (Troy Baker as Troy Baker, Nolan North as Nolan North, Cam Clarke as Cam Clarke, Jennifer Hale as Jennifer Hale, every Portal voice actor, Ray Liotta as Tommy Vercetti)
86) Game not worth its full original price tag: No Man's Sky (Pokemon SwSh, Street Fighter V, Star Citizen, Sonic 06, RE3make, Ground Zeroes, ME: Andromeda)
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96) Spiky hair: Cloud (Goku, Yugi Muto, Phoenix Wright, Sora, Vegeta
97) Disney villain: it's maleficent
98) The 'Citizen Kane' of video games: i'm not gonna lie i'm really going thru it at work anyone wanna do me a solid and tally this one and/or disney villains before they purge cuz i barely have time to make these topix (i am taking a vacation all next week tomorrow is my last day of work so if nobody can do it i will just do it tomorrow night or saturday plz keep topics bumped thnx)

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scarletspeed7
09/03/20 6:35:29 PM
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First thought: EA

All of the Madden controversy is fresh in my mind I guess!

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LeonhartFour
09/03/20 6:36:00 PM
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didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions

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KamikazePotato
09/03/20 6:36:14 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
microtransactions


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_stingers_
09/03/20 6:36:30 PM
#5:


Triple AAA

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swirIdude
09/03/20 6:36:45 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions


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th3l3fty
09/03/20 6:37:04 PM
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microtransactions
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Great_Paul
09/03/20 6:37:06 PM
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Microtransactions

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Mewtwo59
09/03/20 6:37:19 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions

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Grimlyn
09/03/20 6:37:32 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

_stingers_ posted...
Triple AAA


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NFUN
09/03/20 6:37:34 PM
#11:


Everything

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ZenOfThunder
09/03/20 6:38:17 PM
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lol i think we did do one like this, whoops

thank you padding til day 100

ps i might be retiring this series at 100 or maybe 108 cuz i like suikoden

work is getting too busy getting close to the holidays and i need to do that zen thing where i disappear for a few months

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Underleveled
09/03/20 6:39:29 PM
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Not enough female directors.

Admittedly I had to rack my brain.

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The Utility Man
09/03/20 6:39:46 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions


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VengefulKaelee
09/03/20 6:41:00 PM
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Crunch culture

(But microtransactions and "not enough female directors" are also both very good answers; arguably even better ones)

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ChichiriMuyo
09/03/20 6:41:47 PM
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Price, specifically I feel like the (big) companies spend way too much to make a game and thus need a lot out of their customers.

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Shonen_Bat
09/03/20 6:42:31 PM
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Microtransactions

shitty work conditions are a less visible but "bigger" problem though

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Ashethan
09/03/20 6:45:29 PM
#18:


Lack of new IPs

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Drakeryn
09/03/20 6:45:47 PM
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th3l3fty posted...
microtransactions

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MetalmindStats
09/03/20 6:46:15 PM
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too many cutscenes

(is it just me, or did I coincidentally think of a very similar thing last time we tackled a very similar topic?)

edit: turns out it was just me

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LordoftheMorons
09/03/20 6:49:59 PM
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Microtransactions

Not sure that that's correct, but it was definitely my first thought!

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VengefulKaelee
09/03/20 6:50:54 PM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
i'm not gonna lie i'm really going thru it at work anyone wanna do me a solid and tally this one and/or disney villains before they purge cuz i barely have time to make these topix (i am taking a vacation all next week tomorrow is my last day of work so if nobody can do it i will just do it tomorrow night or saturday plz keep topics bumped thnx)

Here's the tally for the Disney villains topic:

18: Jafar
15: Maleficent
14: Scar
13: Hades
10: Ursula
7: Frollo
4: Gaston
2: Thanos, Dr. Facilier, Cruella DeVille
1: Captain Hook, Hans, Pete, Jack Skellington, Ratigan, Evil Queen

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colliding
09/03/20 6:52:06 PM
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konami was my first thought
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TheArkOfTurus
09/03/20 7:07:19 PM
#24:


Microtransactions

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turbopuns3
09/03/20 7:09:33 PM
#25:


Overworked employees
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LOLIAmAnAlt
09/03/20 7:10:44 PM
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The lack of mid tier developers. They all went away with all the heart and innovation they brought with them. Now we rely on that stuff from indies and its just not the same.

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Dark Young Link
09/03/20 7:12:30 PM
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Micro-transactions.

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Snake5555555555
09/03/20 7:16:38 PM
#28:


Homogeneity

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Dels
09/03/20 7:17:13 PM
#29:


Lootboxes

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StifledSilence
09/03/20 7:17:50 PM
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Microtransactions

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WhiteLens
09/03/20 7:26:07 PM
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Activision

I don't know if they're as bad nowadays, but they were my first thought.

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redrocket
09/03/20 7:27:02 PM
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Just one step closer to the Crash.

....what? it was the first thing I thought!

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Hbthebattle
09/03/20 7:29:38 PM
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Microtransactions
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Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD Guru!
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DoctorJimmy133
09/03/20 7:30:57 PM
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Microtransactions

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Esuriat
09/03/20 7:32:49 PM
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Crunch time/overworking

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_SecretSquirrel
09/03/20 7:33:18 PM
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Microtransactions

That was my first thought, and my only regret is that I didn't use a wider scope term that also includes Fee to Pay culture, DLC paywalls, and lootboxes.

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SomeKindOfJoke
09/03/20 7:34:30 PM
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Crunch

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FFDragon
09/03/20 7:38:05 PM
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I feel like this one was done before, but -- microtransactions.

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LiquidOshawott
09/03/20 7:44:34 PM
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Crunch Time which leads to certain things not making the cut which leads to DLC/Microtransactions

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Seanchan
09/03/20 7:50:39 PM
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Transactions, but like, smaller ones. Let's call them

microtransactions

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Xeybozn
09/03/20 8:11:06 PM
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This topic series

I don't know why that's what I thought of either.
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PrinceKaro
09/03/20 8:14:33 PM
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microtransactions

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TheCodeisBosco
09/03/20 9:06:46 PM
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Microtransactions

Hope things at work get better for you, king.

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Mega Mana
09/03/20 9:08:41 PM
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microtransactions

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DomaDragoon
09/03/20 9:10:28 PM
#45:


Lack of archiving/preservation.

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Johnbobb
09/03/20 9:16:26 PM
#46:


LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions


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MMXcalibur
09/03/20 9:17:49 PM
#47:


LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions

Immediately thought of this.

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hylianknight3
09/03/20 9:48:55 PM
#48:


LeonhartFour posted...
didn't we already do a topic similar to this one

microtransactions

TheCodeisBosco posted...
Microtransactions

Hope things at work get better for you, king.


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Kenri
09/04/20 1:46:19 AM
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Microtransactions, but it's actually crunch

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Mac Arrowny
09/04/20 1:51:58 AM
#50:


_SecretSquirrel posted...
Microtransactions

That was my first thought, and my only regret is that I didn't use a wider scope term that also includes Fee to Pay culture, DLC paywalls, and lootboxes.


But those are all microtransactions...
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