MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: That's it. I'm getting a gun and killing everyone.

I'm really wondering (and maybe secretly hoping) if we're headed for another video game crash.

Maybe it's my age, but I'm so disgusted with the direction that gaming has gone. Yeah I know that we live in a different time, and video game companies are making so much money with their current models, but I feel like we've lost our way.

Paying more to unlock features or get things that make the game easier, games that are marked as "free" (I'm looking at you Apple) and then plaguing the game with in-screen ads or additional charges, (yes I know this can be compared to shareware titles from the 90's) or like in this instance, having to create an online account just to get the game to play. I bought Street Fighter 4 for PC...I was psyched that Capcom was releasing it for PC...but I too had to sign up for a damn Windows Live account just to play the game. I've never even WANTED to play against online opponents and have yet to EVER use my Windows Live account. Bioshock also made me use my Windows Live account.

Also the online communities IMO are terrible. So much racist and homophobic remarks from kids and adults alike have me hating my fellow gamer.

I know there are exceptions to my blanket statements....but I feel fortunate enough to have been alive at the time video games were born, and I've personally watched games go from 2 rectangular "paddles" and a "ball" (that was square) bouncing around, to iconic video game characters (Pac Man, Mario, Sonic, et al.) to the amazing processing and graphical power of modern consoles....and it all just seems wasted on corporate greed and a generation that feels entitled to everything.

Wow....I'm really showing my age with that last sentence.