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[Jesb]

The internet. In general it’s the biggest mistake made in human history. And we’re about to make the 2nd worst mistake. A.I.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I would destroy the Sony PlayStation for the Nintendo PlayStation.

Just to see what that future looked like.

Sony would ultimately own Nintendo at the end of the day.

 

[kunonabi]

Easy answer:

Yep, this was mine too.

 

[GHound]

There really are entirely too many things to be able to decide definitively but game journos are the easiest option and have been directly and indirectly responsible for a lot of bullshit so that will just be my preliminary answer yeah.

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

Call of Duty, Overwatch, and The Last of Us. Uncharted could easily replace The Last of Us, as Uncharted made the high budget “cinematic” game concept popular.

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

There really are entirely too many things to be able to decide definitively but game journos are the easiest option and have been directly and indirectly responsible for a lot of bullshit so that will just be my preliminary answer yeah.

The amount of games series that have been dumbed down or killed altogether because game journos are too retarded to play video games is too numerous to count.

 

[ahtlas7]

Came here to say DEI but since it’s considered culture waring now I’ll have to change my answer to, wait just a second,

there, my answer: nothing. The industry is just fine.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Horizon 100%

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Internet age of video game marketing lead to massive bullshot videos and images.

And with most gamers hooked up online, mandatory patches and updates since the game was rushed to launch. And always online (even for a SP mode). Some games dont even have all the content on disc, so you got to download the rest of it. or they just want always online to make sure they have the opportunity to sell you DLC and mtx with pop up boxes and links to the e-store.

 

[Chupanibre]

Steam

 

[Pelao]

 

[Hypereides]

1 thing? Okay, then I'll pick one item: the whole smorgasbord containing all the shit that plagues gaming today.

This is the smorgasbord:

• Microtransactions
• Imposed subscription services
• Gacha mobile games
• Political correctness
• Insolent and incompetent gaming press
• "Design by committee" games
• Lack of innovation/originality/identity and pure imagination
• Brain drain (in AAA)
• GAAS

 

[Team Andromeda]

SEGA 32X

 

[Pedro Motta]

My man. This fucking tacky franchise is shaping the imagine of PlayStation and I hate everything about it.

Let’s make a Time Machine and destroy the code for this abomination.

 

[GametimeUK]

A purple forum.

 

[Kumomeme]

Phil Spencer

 

[Cyberpunkd]

This one is easy.

EA.

 

[Neff]

This one is easy.

EA.

Dead Space tho

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Dead Space tho

I know, and I agree, but all the other things...

 

[DeathGuise]

Shareholders

 

[darrylgorn]

Fanboys.

 

[Fess]

If exclusives would be erased and all things related to that, would Commodore still be around then?

Then that.

Plus, exclusives only turn people into douchebags so you can’t have a normal conversation, there is almost no unbiased gaming talks nowdays, very tiresome.

But not sure what would’ve happened if there was no Mario or NES since that’s all about exclusivity.
NES is said to have saved the gaming industry.

But I played on Spectrum and C64 before I played on NES and was perfectly fine with that, so idk

 

[AJUMP23]

Sony would ultimately own Nintendo at the end of the day.

That or the breakup would have been incredible.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

The Wii

 

[jufonuk]

This generation of gamers.

Then you have to destroy their parents.

 

[elhav]

Paid online play. It means Xbox 360 wouldn't exist, and I'd gladly accept this price

 

[West Texas CEO]

Shareholders

Fanboys.

 

[Queso de Grande]

California

 

[dorkimoe]

Project managers. Let the devs cook

 

[Last Hearth]

EA buying BioWare would definitely be up there. Although I think by then BioWare had already been bought by a private equity company so a sale was inevitable.
We could have had a BG3 like Dragon Age RPG from BioWare probably ten years before BG3 came out.

 

[Paltheos]

This is an easier question than you think (or are letting on). I think allot of people would be glad to get rid of the game along with the thing they don't like in it.

For me, that answer would be Oscar-bait video games - AAA games that promise a mature, cinematic experience and skimp on the actual gameplay. So basically everything Naughty Dog's made for the past 15 years, as I blame them for this trend. Losing Naughty Dog would of course also mean losing Jak & Daxter, but I think that's a sacrifice worth making for the greater good.

 

[simpatico]

Sex

 

[Chiggs]

Digital Foundry.

 

[Flyingpanther]

fortnite

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Just to see what would happen, something foundational like:

- Ultima, Wizardry or Dragon Quest
- Super Mario Bros
- Tetris
- Doom

Hell, so much of our gaming lexicon and design philosophies come from DND. So let's delete Dungeons & Dragons.

 

[Represent.]

it being seen as for kids

kids ruin gaming

 

[Borowski_1]

Journalists and streamers

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Vehicles in Halo FF

 

[Seider]

Nintendo

Worst videogame company ever. And im not talking about the quailty of their games.

 

[MrRenegade]

[AAnderson sends his regards]

 

[Ogbert]

World of Warcraft, to save my degree and professional future.

 

[Guilty_AI]

California

He said erased from gaming history, not general history

 

[Varteras]

 

[mdkirby]

Budgets in excess of 100mil

 

[Spukc]

 

[Aguero9320]

Haven't read the whole thread but hope I'm not the first person to say...

Souls games.

 

[Spukc]

Haven't read the whole thread but hope I'm not the first person to say...

Souls games.

nah just the fucking fanbase.

like i love apple products.. but holy shit that fanbase

 

[Ikutachi]

Subscriptions (outside of magazines).

 

[Foxt3r]

Naughty Dog. The inception of the downfall of PlayStation.

 

[butane bob]

Microsoft. Everything wrong with the industry was spearheaded by them.