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Re:No Man’s Sky developer Sean Murray: ‘It was as bad as thi... by hsljekskfh on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:21PM (#17577477)
great comment. as an independent game developer i’ve noticed similar things about game players. they are more entitled than saas product users for some reason.

i think it’s because they go to games for fun. if there’s a bug in a game, it ruins their fun. a bug in facebook— who cares? you can just come back tomorrow. and a bug in a saas product, slack or gmail is a reason to go home from work early.

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Re:No Man’s Sky developer Sean Murray: ‘It was as bad as thi... by EpicEng on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:10PM (#17577947)
>great comment. as an independent game developer i’ve noticed similar things about game players. they are more entitled than saas product users for some reason.

How exactly do you reach the conclusion that gamers are entitled because they expected features explicitly said to be in the game by the lead designer and developer? Sure, gamers can be an ornery bunch, but in this instance Sean deserved everything he got short of the perpetual harassment and threats. He literally defrauded the people who bought his game, and that's not hyperbole.

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