> That being said, 40 hours doesn't seem like an awful amount of time to sink into a game to unlock a character. Heck, I'm ashamed to talk about how many hours I've put into CS:GO, and it's only triple digits.

Its not the 40 hours. Its the fact that its 40 hours or $10 In previous iterations of the series these types of characters were only available for free, and to every player with in a couple of hours.

> Its not the 40 hours.

Perhaps, but the ridiculous and disproportionate controversy over Cuphead makes me think otherwise.

There's a fine line between "achievements" and "play to win", and I'm sure this is testing this boundary. I just think the response is ridiculous. We're talking about entertainment, not health care.

There's not really a thing as "gamers"

I don't think my 48 y.o. self who's been playing PC games since before VGA would share many opinions or habits as an 18 y.o. Call of Duty player.

> which resulted in this rather famous image

What am I looking at?

60% of the "boycott Modern Warfare 2" Steam group plays Modern Warfare 2 when the screenshot was taken.