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Originally Posted by ImaBovine
Game companies cater to those who continue to pay for the game. The last time I checked, the purpose of a company is to make a profit. Blizzard has definitely struck gold here. What other game that you know of has had approx 10 million subscribers for this long? Mmmmm...I can't think of any. I don't blame Blizzard or any other successful game company for continuing to pump out expansions or games that they know people are going to keep paying to play. Sure...these games get boring after awhile doing the same old grind day after day. But admit it, you had a blast doing it until it got old.
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I think that's the problem right there. The belief that a company's only purpose is to make money. I think people need to stop believing this bullshit and letting companies charge ridiculous prices for recycled garbage.
I've worked at both a large corporate company (RONA) and a small company (a custom woodworking shop), and it seems the bigger a company gets, the more they can fuck over their customers and give them less quality shit. I know their is a difference between the industries (retail vs. millworking) but the ideology is what I'm comparing. From the small company perspective, the idea is to give the customers the best quality product you can make, and charge them a fitting price. At no point did my boss ever tell me, "Jon, we got a lot of shit to make this week so just throw those posts together, glue up some treads and get the shit done." Why didn't he ever say it? Because if it wasn't good, it wasn't going out, and if it did the customer most likely wouldn't pay for it. Contrary to the big company, who was more intent on profit than quality, numerous times I was told , "Jon, you need to push that shitty hardwood, no ones buying it and it's taking up space for other shitty hardwood we can buy from China at a buck a sq.ft and sell for 5."
It just baffles me at why people seem to give big companies this leeway at ripping them off, when small companies are the ones giving away better quality at the same reasonable prices.