Paul

Completely agree. I rarely buy AAA games at release any more, typically waiting months or even over a year. I'm quicker to support AA or indie studios, but even then I usually wait for reviews to be safe. Been burned too many times.

Part of me thinks they will honestly use AI responsibly and wants to have faith, but part of me is afraid success is going to their head and becoming just another money-grubbing developer. Bottom line, confidence in them has been shaken, but not lost.

I agree it's just a tool and it can do amazing things in the right hands, but my concern is that tool will be used poorly for the goal of shaving cost rather than making a great game. Time will tell which studios excel with it and which crash and burn.

The mediocre art doesn't bother me as much as others, but this season has been so incredibly boring! The characters are boring (and tedious at times), the plot is mostly boring, and amazingly the fights are boring. It really makes me sad to see OPM fail so hard.

The vast majority of price increases are due to corporate margin greed, not tariffs or shortages. I work for a large corporation and its disgusting to see behind the curtain.

I guess I'm one of the extreme few that aren't impressed with MHA. The art style and quality has gone way down (seriously, compare S1 and S8), especially the bizarre nose/beaks. The 'redeem every villain with mutual sobbing' is getting tedious and All Might desperately clinging to relevancy (and spotlight) is just sad. The last really good fight was Mirko's. I'm sure plenty of people will tell me I'm 'wrong,' but the show just disappoints me now.

It's just a tool, as long as they use it responsibly (no copyright infringement, no slop, etc.), then no problem. Considering these companies care more about profit than art... I have my concerns.

Whether because I'm older now or because of the day one disasters and high prices, I only buy games long after they release, after all the bugs are worked out and discounted. I also tend to get locked into FFXIV for about 6 months out of the year, too. My friends will buy just one FPS a year and play free to play games in between. I probably believe that survey.

I stopped buying Ubisoft games about 10 years ago, their company and game launcher are both trash. I know I'm missing out on decent/popular games, but there is no shortage of similar games to chose from that don't come with the baggage.