Dedicated gamer to Reddit: Please reconsider your support for the gaming industry.

I’m a redditor who has the pleasure of being born and raised at a time where technology kept providing massive quality of life improvements, particularly video gaming. To go from playing Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Genesis, to a 3D God of War game, in just a third of my expected lifespan is truly

Impeccable.

But in the land of corporate greed, gaming continues to suffer from it. It’s on record to be a 200 billion (!!!) dollar industry, and there are frequent research articles that highlight the predatory nature of in game purchases, loot boxes, and an overall decline in gaming innovation.

Not to mention, if you enjoyed sports games from the early 2000s, those innovations are truly gone. You get the same game.

Earlier this week, Battefield 6, despite being the best selling game of last year, saw their company lay off the staff who developed it. That means a whole bunch of dedicated developers, hard working individuals, lost their jobs, while the company banks off of it.

I’m not trying to rain on anyone parade. I’m asking for us to take a look at the intersectionality of it all, the rich get richer, at the expense of developers, and us as fans. RAM prices are surging, and we’re playing objectively less compelling titles, while

paying more and more money for it. Let’s make strides together in taking a stand against it.