https://www.eurogamer.net/the-gaming-industry-calls-out-toxic-fans
Good to see the industry taking a stand.
I’ve said this many times and mostly been shouted down for it (not here) but I really believe that the debacle over Mass Effect 3 was the pivotal moment when the games industry overturned a rock that was holding back a never ending river of shite.
Even if the the issues with the ending were as bad as people claimed I believe EA and BioWare should have had the backs of the people who made the game. You need to believe in and be able to robustly defend the work you make. Particularly in the creative industries.
By capitulating the way the management did, it emboldened an entitled and morally bankrupt cohort of the gaming community; and the rest of the gaming industry and the community as a whole have had to deal with ever amplified consequences ever since. It left those devs exposed and set the tone from that point forward.
People think these games and films are literally theirs now. It’s maddening.