chainsawguts**** wrote...
Akeashar wrote...
As to whoever was saying this was a vocal minority, I remember reading a dozen or so pages back about there being a poll about this issue, which had over 1,000 hits. Given a lot of political agendas struggle to get that, but having a game hit it shortly after going up? Yeah. People are making their voices heard.
But polls like that will only ever cap at the amount of people having the problem who are also unwilling to try and fix it on their own, which I don't think will ever be more than about 10% of the player base (and that's being very, very generous - even 5% is generous, that's more than 50,000 people) - people don't really care about political agendas because they usually don't have much of an effect - look at Kony 2012, it died out after 2 or 3 days after people got their fill of merchandise and playing "political activist for a day".
Did you know, 56.4% of all statistics are made up? Where are you pulling these imaginary figures from? 10% of the buying population aren't willing to find custom fixes? Last time I checked, not everyone is savvy enough to figure out the work arounds.
If you look at any review site that allows user reviews, there aren't hundreds of thousands of players upset with ME3, just the same 300 or so giving 0/10 scores on the basis that their Shepard looks different, or that the endings weren't to their taste. Presumably the same 300 people who call themselves "loyal customers" and refuse to actually start playing the game, but think handing out 0/10 is their human right.
You're ovbiously missing the point here. Those who HAVE played the games from the beginning feel a sense of betrayal from whoever's decision it was to release a game that's whole appeal is to import a face you made with no problems and to import custom made decisions. That is the WHOLE selling point of Mass Effect. And since this amazing game mechanic doesn't seem to work in the pinultimate game, don't you think everyone who encounters the problem has a right to give it 0/10 score.
Look at it this way. You buy a car for the full price - say £4,500 / $7,074 - but only when you stick the key in the ignition while the car is sat on your drive-way to you realise there's no engine...but hang on, according to your logic, only the loyal fans of Car's will have anything to say about it, because everyone else will just go out and buy another engine for $2000 more...ignorance is bliss is it mate?
A thousand people up in arms on forums and websites can look very loud and intimidating when they're out in force, no question; but don't forget the other millions of players who are content. Hell, i'm slightly agitated at the face import, but I don't think every player's got issues with the game.
That's the whole point, if we don't allow our voices to be heard who else is going to know there's a problem. Apparently Quality Control didn't, and they're internal. There may indeed be a good number of people content with their game, but the issues we are suffering need to be addressed. And it's our right under the Trades Description Act to demand a product that is "fit for purpose".