Here’s my thing: I don’t necessarily care what sort of game you make, I just want it to be feature-complete and technically solid (I.e. mostly bug-free). Whether that’s a small indie game or a massive AAA game, those two things should be true.
I think what most people find frustrating is that the in-game store is the most well developed part of most AAA releases nowadays, which often ship riddled with bugs.
I remember finding some comments from people being pissed that Blender got an Undo function. Felt like I was living in a bizarro world.
I totally understand being spooked at the possibility of litigation, but this really seems like a poor exercise of judgement all around. Like several people have noted, LW isn’t hosting the pirates materials, and the pirate communities aren’t even on their instance.
Like, Reddit has r/piracy, you really think they’re going to come after LW when r/piracy has been around for years and is magnitudes bigger?
That’s a bummer. I really liked the vision she initially set out with when she entered the role, but the actual content of the site never seemed to move beyond “game journalism, but a bit more snarky.” I wonder if some higher-ups never really let her vision move forward.
…what?