Seriously SE???

[Gramul]

I understand the frustration. This in particular is a small problem in the bigger picture of what you seem to be annoyed with.

All of the stuff you mentioned is just a part of gaming in the course of natural evolution. The internet/information generation changed a lot of things, and it changed a lot in gaming as well, arguably not for the better.

You're right. I overreacted due to tangentially related issues that I feel are causing a lot of instability and anti-consumer sentiment. Sorry for the outburst. I'm generally more composed (I hope).

In all honesty 40 bucks for this amount of content isn't bad at all. I just wish the revenue from everything else would help keep other costs down.

Agreed. Honestly, the closest thing to old school tradition is Nintendo (though some would argue against that). Note that "closest" is the keyword there lol. After the early rise of GREAT indie games like Super Meat Boy, quality control has dropped even further than it already was at the time. There was money to be made, not just by good indie devs (like Team Meat), but also those hoping to see equal results for **** products.

That would explain a lot of my frustrations. The past 2 generations, the vast majority of what I played have been Nintendo and indie titles. I never had the chance to ease into all these changes and attitudes and from my perspective, a lot of it just seems manipulative and greedy.

If you take that $5 you save each month vs the normal sub you could pretty much buy all the vanity stuff and have money left over.

I'd rather budget that into life expenses, investments and savings.