1. Overemphasis on online multiplayer; why does EVERY game need to be online multiplayer only? Some people refuse to play a game offline, and I don't get it. I also hate hearing how a game sucks solely because it doesn't have online multiplayer. The servers won't stay up forever, so what happens when it shuts down? The game is basically gone meaning future gamers don't get a chance to experience it. Online should be a compliment to a game, not the sole reason you play it.
2. DLC/microtransactions; this stuff you used to unlock in a game, why do we have to pay extra for it? We already paid 60$ for the game (possibly more if it's a special edition) but that's not enough? And people get mad when they're told DLC won't be coming for a game. I cringe at the thought of DLC, cause until about 6-7 years ago, this stuff you unlocked by playing the game, now a 60$ game could cost up to 90$ with DLC. Microtransactions are a whole mother level of evil. I'm sure we've all heard some story about kids charging thousands of dollars on things like candy crush saga. Nuff said. If companies need this in games just to survive, the industry NEEDS to crash.
3. Annual games aka madden syndrome; one year is generally not enough time to change a formula enough to call a game different. Once in awhile it's okay to do this, cause sometimes it can be pulled off,but when more than half the big games in the industry (madden, call of duty, battlefield, assassins creed, possibly watch dogs in the future, possibly titanfall in the future) need to do this to survive, something's wrong. In the case of games like call of duty and madden, they may as well just be DLC cause of how little content is offered in each new entry. Would it really kill the companies to give these series a year off once in awhile?
4. Dudebro attitude; no matter what you may think, playing an M rated game does NOT make you more of an adult. If anything it makes you less of an adult if you play gta or cod and brag about how much of an adult you are because you play those type of games. I know not every person who plays m rated games acts this way; I'm only talking about the people who believe playing gta makes you more of an adult while playing something like mario makes you less of an adult. This hivemind mentality needs to die, now.
5. Graphic *****s; first it was 8 bit vs 16 bit, then 2d vs 3d, then HD vs sd, now it's whether not a game is 1080p 60 fps. Why is so much attention given to this? Good graphics =\= good game. Personally I play games to escape real life, why would I want a game that replicates real life? Heck I'd still play Atari 2600 games if I had a way to play them. After seeing side by side comparisons of ps3 vs ps4 and Xbox 360 vs Xbox one, we've reached the law of diminishing returns with graphics. Let's focus on something else, instead of something that's getting to the point that the human eye cannot tell the difference.
