I've been involved in major discussions over X-Rebirth over on Steam. Lots of gamers claiming this and that and then trying to prove the code is bad or is single threaded or multi-threaded, etc. The game is broken for sure but some of the comments as to why are quite hilarious. I'm trying to interject some reality, technical knowledge and temperance into the discussions to no avail.
I have never seen such bad information on one forum. Why is it that gamers think they know programming after playing a game? Why is it that they feel they can make rude comments about the developer's skills or make assumption about what went on during development or about the architecture of the game? We all know there are many many meetings and many many decisions made during development of any software. Why do gamers believe they can make factual comments about any of it when they have no experience creating software and were not on any of the teams that created their game?
It baffles my mind.
This might sound stupid and far-fetched but I read an article about gamer abuse of developers and studios being an increasing problem. Apparently death threats were made to those who designed Dragon Age 2 b/c of their design decisions. Other developers and studios have simply quit the industry b/c they are tired of dealing with the gamer community. Where did all of this go wrong?
Anyone else had a similar experience in other gaming forums or perhaps in mobile app development?
