I'm not talking about among the media and normalfags, I mean on imageboards. It seems like, over the past few years, there's been more and more vocal people trying to defend the current industry with arguments that typically appear like the following:
>These games require more powerful systems
This is one of the most common ones I see. Typically in regards to the Switch but it's more than just that. Over the past console generation, companies have been releasing almost entirely their back catalog of titles dating all the way back to the 1980's. While this isn't entirely "new", what IS "new" is how companies are increasingly treating these releases like they're big blockbuster productions. For some reason, compilations like the MM Battle Network and the MGS collection are treated just as big as a singular Mega Man or Metal Gear game used to (If not, bigger). And this is if they're not outright remaking the game, but with "modern sensibilities" and cut content (That will be sold as DLC) like what happened with Persona 3 Reloaded and REm4ke. And seeing the fact and overwhelming amount of these games date from the fifth and sixth gen (Now moving onto the seventh gen with Dead Spoace and TLoU), the question quickly becomes why do ANY of these games require the latest systems when we're playing the same games from 20 years ago?
Better graphics? Games from as far back as 2007 look fine and still look fine. Better gameplay? They're lowering the skill level and difficulty required to play games in order to be "accessible" to "new players" (IOW people who never play games and never will play games) and any and ALL complaints made about means you’re justing being an “elitist” or liking “dated gameplay”. Better technology? They're doing the same shit people were already doing for the past 30 years, except now it requires 10x the amount of power to do it and often implement it in such a shitty way that it might as well not be there.
What is the point of a new console when nothing has progressed, and even companies are admitting (By their own actions) that games from 20 years ago looked and played better than games of today?
>Why are you making a big deal about the games being pozzed/censored?
Because that tells me that the games are being made by political activists who want to shove their agenda down my throat. And I cannot ignore these guys when they have friends in or ARE the very media and companies who promote and release video games. This isn't comparable to the typical "Cigar chomping executive" who's one and only concern is if they'll make a profit. What these people care about is forcing their political opinion onto each and every person across the globe (They'll never be satisfied with controlling only their own little corner of the market) no matter the cost. And will do everything within their power in order to ensure people who disagree with them are never heard from. Even if, you somehow go behind their back and become successful without any of their input, these people have made it abundantly clear that they will make it their life's sole purpose from that point forward to ruin you and everyone around you for daring to defy them.
Why do you want to support an environment like that?
>I don't care if the game is pozzed or made by political activists, I only care if the game is good.
Ignoring the points of the previous paragraph, why are you supporting these people who make it clear that they hate your very existence? In literally every other context, for example you have a guy selling something but he constantly exposes how he'll "Mow down niggers" the first chance he gets, you would never give that person money. So why is it different the moment it comes to entertainment? There is no separating an "artist" from their "work" when said artist uses the profit made from that work to literally change the environment everyone else operates in to benefit them and only people that think like them. Much more, it's become abundantly apparent who's effecting the world and what agenda they're trying to push, but you think that somehow benefiting that game that only pushes a "fraction" is going to result in things change course. No it won't. All it does is makes them become more bold in their actions as they "salami slice" their way to controlling everything and the ground around you crumbles from a lack of foundation.
So why are you benefiting these people instead of playing games that DON'T have any of this political activism thrown in?