Is no one happy?

[Breakbeat]

Yes, most people are happy.

Forums that have some thousands of people participating don't even convey a reasonable assumption on how 'everyone' feels.

Keep in mind that most humans don't offer feedback when they're satisfied. They come to vent, especially the younger folks who tend to have less control over minute disappointment and are more prone to knee-jerk, unfiltered reaction.

So, what you see here, or on any forum in 2022 really, are just the unsatisfied people who are complaining (for the most part).

See for yourself. Go out to general and note how many threads (just titles and the OP's initial statement; you don't even need to dip into the actual discussions) are complaints or negative, versus the ones giving thanks and talking about what a great time they're having.

An intelligent mind says this is not an accurate cross-section of the player base. A naive mind thinks that what they read here is what "everyone" wants or how "everyone" feels.

Logically, I also believe that reasonable humans simply stop playing if they don't care for some aspect of the game that's a 'deal-breaker' for them. Reasonable humans generally have no need to head to a public discussion forum and vent their dissatisfaction - when the dissatisfaction stems from a video game.

I mean yeah, I get it, customers complain - I managed an absolutely huge, independent video game store here in Los Angeles for about 12 years; I had my share of them - but complaints (both here and there) that are seething with anger, full of ire and hate, those come from outliers that have other mental issues at play. Then the other 10 or 20 people with the same mental issues upvote the post that's full of ire and anger, that's all.

These kinds of things don't even remotely suggest that "everyone" is unsatisfied. Logically, most people are satisfied, or the game wouldn't have the player base and status it does. That's common sense, yeah?