Topic: There's a serious problem with the gaming industry today

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I'm not usually one to start topics, but I wanted to post my thoughts on this.

Part 1: Companies

As I see it there are two parts to this. The first is the studios making the games. While I must applaud those that are putting the work into making the games, and who actually care about making games (to name a couple, Sora Ltd. and Yacht Club Games (from what I see)), and there are far too many companies that are making games solely for the money. I mean, sure, that's to be expected, and I know that, but this really is corrupting the industry. Companies aren't making games for fun, it's for money. Let me tell you that at some point in my life (after getting through high school and graduating college) I full intend to make video games and, as long as I make enough to survive, y'know, I'm not going to care too much about what I'm making money-wise because I think I'd find making games fun. But far too many people are going into the industry with the wrong mentality. It's come to the point where I am finding it progressively harder and harder to find original games that people put honest work into. Not only is this just morally wrong for those that aren't putting much work into their games, it's also corrupting the industry; making gaming look bad and making there be quite a few games that exist that no one's buying (either because they're bad or because they're overlooked). There really are a ton of games being made right now. A lot are half-baked, but the developers often don't care. As an example, let me say Call of Duty. They're cranking out new games every... year? And how many of those games actually have $60 more worth of content than its predecessor? I just don't get it sometimes. Companies are corrupting their own industry and not working for their own ideals. It's senseless, and it needs to change. Companies also need to be more honest with customers (think iPhone games, FIFA or PES, and Day One: Garry's Incident) and stop using such dishonest tactics to sell their games. (I'll add more to this if I feel the need, because I feel I will remember something later)

Part 2: The Media

Yeah, I realize I am indeed on a gaming site. And I can gladly say that this is definitely not one of the sites that I'm going to talk about. And yes, I honestly believe that this is the second reason for a corrupt industry. Many sites these days are doing one of two things: posting an amazing number of rumors that people believe wholeheartedly (I'm not against gaming rumors, for the record, but I hear like 10 new ones a day. Seriously. Cut back), and trying to assert certain opinions and force companies to do certain things. I can't count the number of articles I've been lately that have to do with some person or site or newspaper first restating how badly something is doing or how great/bad something is, before strongly trying to enforce an opinion on what some company should do (most recently the biggest trend is talking about how Nintendo should go mobile. I really do wish those people would keep their opinions to themselves). Again, I am not against well-meant opinions and discussion or some ideas, but it seems as if these opinions are being enforced so strongly that it just gets tiring to see them. I don't even have to read articles mentioning some stuff anymore (like the ones I just mentioned) because I already know the general gist of everything they're saying. This isn't even to mention how many times a day I hear someone on the radio, TV, or somewhere else talking about the failure of the Wii U. I'm still confident the Wii U's glory days are yet to come, but apparently I'm alone on that thought, or so you'd think. As far as spreading false information or rumors, it annoys me how often I'll hear one of my friends at school talking about something (like Nintendo cutting the Wii U, a new game in some series that I would've heard about (like Kid Icarus), or a new system by Nintendo coming out soon. When I ask them where they get this information, usually it's from some gaming site! Finally, and this somewhat ties in with rumors, there is unbelievable amount of bias in today's media that should not be present, and I really do have something against this. Whether it's a popular gaming site trying to cut down a game or company, or my school newspaper that has a gaming section that has not even once so much as mentioned the word Nintendo in the past year, bias is increasingly prevalent in today's media, and it needs to be stopped. People get angry when a rumored game never comes out. It's not their fault though, at least mostly; it's the media's fault for starting the rumors.

Part 3: You, the gamer

You may have already known this. You may have seen this coming. I've seen articles on this before, so I'll try to bring up my own ideas and such. Essentially, the gamers are probably the biggest of problems in today's industry. We're complaining about, say, no third party support on Wii U, and really, why isn't there third party support on Wii U? Because Nintendo fans buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games. We are so biased towards certain games we forget other games, too. I found (and this probably really is just me) games like Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D Land, Pokémon Black, and others to be subpar, but it seems as if everyone (seriously. I've never heard a bad thing about the game) LOVES the game. And it got me wondering: is it me not enjoying the game, or is it everyone else forcing themselves to like the game? I don't mean to offend anyone: if you say you like a game, I'll believe you. But it seems as if EVERY Mario, Pokémon, GTA, Call of Duty, and some other series are ALWAYS met with WAY more praise than they deserve. And do you know what we're doing? We're supporting Part 1 by doing this. If we're blindly supporting certain companies, they will realize this and realize they can continue making subpar games without worry. We gamers, especially us Nintendo gamers, are also unwilling to try something new, which is a problem, and it leads back to why third party companies don't support Nintendo consoles as much as they support Xbox and PlayStation. The other huge problem with us, and I'll freely admit that I'm guilty of this, is hating. We just can't seem to enjoy a game. There's always a problem. There's always a flaw. Always something that they did wrong. My question to haters is: whatever happened to gaming for gaming's sake? I play games because I like playing games. I play the games I enjoy playing. I'm going to (try) not to hate the games I don't like. Yet, there are all these hate thread all the time. Adding on to hate threads are doom and gloom, which I see even more than hate threads. It seems as it tons of these are posted everywhere every day, and they are. Again, why can't we just game for gaming's sake? Stop worrying about the industry. And stop trying to get others to worry. We're creating our own problems, really. This is all negatively affecting the entire industry. If you want change? Make it happen yourself.

As said in Part 1, I'll add onto this if needed, or if I remember something. Bottom line is, we're living is a slowly corrupting industry, and we can change that. I'm not 100% sure why I wrote this thread, but I wanted to state my opinion on all this. Discuss if desired.