{"id":3210,"date":"2025-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:13:06","slug":"games-inbox-are-gamers-too-entitled-about-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/games-inbox-are-gamers-too-entitled-about-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Are gamers too entitled about video games?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ark: Survival Evolved – value for money? (Studio Wildcard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Friday letters page tries to figure out Nintendo\u2019s future plans for Mario Kart World, as one reader wishes Battlefield 6<\/a> didn\u2019t have a story mode.<\/p>\n

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Value for money<\/strong>
I had a good laugh at the story about the fan trying to get a refund after playing a game for 35,000 hours<\/a> but I think there\u2019s a serious point to be made here, in that it shows just how entitled most gamers are.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen on these pages the total lack of empathy from some people, towards the developers that make their game, but there\u2019s also this strange insistence that once you buy a game the publisher is honour bound to change it in any way you demand and make sure it works online for all eternity. There is absolutely no other product in the world that is treated this way, especially not at that price level.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not defending publishers for stopping support of a game early but there\u2019s got to be a sensible limit here. A video game is less than \u00a3100, often half that, and you\u2019re looking for lifetime support and instant changes? If this guy paid \u00a340 for a video game four years ago, and he\u2019s put 35,000 hours into, I\u2019d say he\u2019s had his money\u2019s worth.
Coolsbane<\/strong><\/p>\n

Split opinion<\/strong>
I just finished Split Fiction<\/a> with my girlfriend and we really enjoyed it. That developer is really good at these co-op games and I\u2019m now automatically interested in anything else they do. But is it just me but is the story and characters kind of bad? Making writers your main characters is always a danger, just ask Alan Wake, but these two weirdos seem to have invented the least original fantasy and sci-fi worlds imaginable.<\/p>\n

The dialogue is also pretty bad. Not funny bad or anything, just really boring and obvious. Maybe it\u2019s meant to be that way on purpose, so as to not put off casual gamers, but it\u2019s so bland it really feels like a trick has been missed. Even the bad guy is terrible, and his plan is so obvious and also stupid. It Takes Two wasn\u2019t really much better either, it was just the game that was good. I hope they do better for next time.
Firegon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Unwanted story<\/strong>
I get the negativity around Battlefield 6 but I am looking forward to the game and I think that it probably will be good, despite EA. I\u2019m a bit worried about how they\u2019re going to handle classes, but other than that I like what I\u2019m hearing and seeing (given the amount of footage that has leaked).<\/p>\n

The other reader was right that it\u2019s not a complicated game, but you wouldn\u2019t have thought that given how many times it\u2019s been messed up over the years. The only thing that really worries me about this game is that they\u2019re once again wasting time on a story campaign.<\/p>\n

Stop it! They\u2019ve never been good, nobody cares whether they exist or not, and you\u2019re just wasting time and money on something that could be used for more important stuff. Other than that though, I\u2019ll give it a chance.
Bosley<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Link to the photorealism<\/strong>
Personally, I\u2019m optimistic about the live action Zelda movie. Not for the film itself but a realistic portrayal of Link, if received well, could pave the way for a realistic looking game. Don\u2019t get me wrong I\u2019ve loved the recent Zelda games, and The Wind Waker is one of my all-time favourite games ever, but Ocarina Of Time, at the time, just felt so groundbreaking. The game sure, but the graphics were for the time the best around.<\/p>\n

I understand why Nintendo have gone the path they chose but I long for that Link from the Space World demo. And yes, I know we subsequently got that with Twilight Princess but it\u2019s not aged well and wasn\u2019t really cutting edge at the time.<\/p>\n

Imagine a Zelda game that looks like the Demon\u2019s Souls remake, looking up and a dragon flying over the volcano in that style. With a more story driven game, where the Zelda and Link interact like Ellie and Joel. The swordplay could be exactly the same and I\u2019ll leave it to Nintendo to find that gameplay hook they do so well. Or at least an Ocarina Of Time remake will do, just give us one more realistic 4K Link, please.
Phil<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link in The Legend of Zelda movie (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No reason<\/strong>
I am actually glad to hear that people are not buying Mario Kart World separately on digital<\/a>. If you want a physical copy then fine but I can\u2019t see one single reason why you\u2019d buy a Switch 2 and then, days or weeks later, buy Mario Kart digitally.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d have to either hate Mario Kart and then suddenly come round to it (after playing it on someone else\u2019s Switch 2?) or\u2026 not know it was out and then act shocked when you find out?<\/p>\n

To be honest, I\u2019m surprised it was even the third most popular game on the eShop, because every single person that bought it really needs to think about their money saving skills.
Renton<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the children who are wrong<\/strong>
People are right to question exactly how much the PlayStation 6 is going to cost, if it\u2019s both a portable and a home console. A PS5 Pro and a PlayStation Portal is already \u00a3900 and I don\u2019t see any chance that the PlayStation 6 combo is going to be any cheaper.<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t see how there\u2019s that many people that\u2019re going to be interested in throwing down that sort of money for a console whose graphics are barely going to look any better and probably won\u2019t have many exclusives.<\/p>\n

At the very least a Switch style hybrid approach seems a better idea, but none of the rumours seem to say that at all. Either I\u2019m completely out of the loop or Sony are getting high on their own fumes.<\/p>\n

I just cannot imagine any situation where they suddenly announce the PlayStation 6 and everyone goes crazy for it and starts pre-ordering. What games are they going to use to promote it? How are they going to do or look anything different to the PlayStation 5?<\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019m missing something. Maybe Sony has a secret plan that\u2019s definitely going to work but I don\u2019t see it at all. To be honest I\u2019m kind of worried about the future of gaming right now.
Mapes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gonna take you for a ride<\/strong>
Bargain alert: Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection for PlayStation 4 is on sale for \u00a323.80 (usual price \u00a344.99) on Amazon<\/a> for a limited time. The Switch version is on sale too but it is a digital code in a box.
Andrew J.<\/strong>
PS: The people who made the Rubber Keyed Wonder documentary about the Spectrum and the documentary about the PlayStation, called the PlayStation Revolution, are now making an expanded Blu-ray of the ZX Spectrum computer, covering various topics about the Spectrum including its games, the hardware design, and peripherals. It’s on sale for \u00a325 plus postage for the next seven days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wider World<\/strong>
Everything tells me that Mario Kart World is definitely going to be treated like a live service game, that\u2019s constantly updated with characters from upcoming games. I\u2019d almost bet on it, except I can\u2019t think of any reason why Nintendo hasn\u2019t already told us about it.<\/p>\n

It seems so obvious that something is going on with Donkey Kong<\/a>, but it\u2019s been out for a week now so why haven\u2019t they announced it? Maybe it\u2019ll be at the rumoured Nintendo Direct this month but why did it have to wait till then? I don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

But if it does happen, it could explain everything. It would explain all the missing characters that were in Mario Kart 8 (maybe we\u2019re getting a new game with the Koopalings!) and it would be a way to slowly introduce characters from other franchises.<\/p>\n

You could use Hyrule Warriors to add Zelda characters, Kirby Air Riders to add Kirby, and Metroid Prime 4 to add Samus, ideally with custom cars. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019d do that many at once, maybe they\u2019d want to wait until mainline entries, but they could just add extra costumes and cars for that.<\/p>\n

Whether they\u2019d go as far as adding new areas of the map I don\u2019t know but if they don\u2019t I\u2019m not sure how else bigger DLC is going to work. The ones on Mario Kart 8 did great, so they\u2019re going to want to copy that, but are they going to start plugging in new areas on the map, like a jigsaw?<\/p>\n

Or maybe this is all just too much of a good idea and they\u2019re going to do nothing. With Nintendo you just never know.
Occo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inbox also-rans<\/strong>
As usual with Nintendo I can\u2019t tell if they\u2019re being purposefully evil in cheaping out over the Switch 2 version of Mario Party<\/a> or if they just didn\u2019t see how it would come across. Either way I\u2019m definitely not getting it, if it\u2019s so half-assed.
Lurch<\/strong><\/p>\n

That Lego Game Boy<\/a> is amazing. I imagine it\u2019d be really easy to make it actually work too. The innards of a Game Boy must be something you could make a system on a chip for that\u2019s the size of a pinhead nowadays. All you\u2019d have to do is get the buttons working, which I bet you can do with Lego.
Qwark<\/strong><\/p>\n

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