GAMING NEWSAnti-Games For Windows Live Dark Souls PC PetitionPosted on Thursday, April 12 @ 10:23:50 Eastern by Keri_Honea
![]() First there was a petition to bring Dark Souls to the PC, and when that petition won, the petitioners petition again because they don't like the medium used for the PC game. Namco Bandai announced last night that there will be a PC version for Dark Souls that will support Games for Windows Live (GFWL). Within hours, if not minutes, an online petition surfaced demanding that the publisher change the format to Steam or add a Steam format. As of writing this, there are over 12,000 signatures. From their petition: There is just no pleasing people. It's almost to the point that maybe developers and publishers shouldn't even honor online petitions at all, as it seems that they won't satisfy anyone. They listened to that petition, so surely they'll listen to mine that petitions something different than their decided resolution! I have such tired head about all of it. Wake me when gamers start enjoying gaming again. More from the Game Revolution Network Comments
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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011
Merlin
Joined: Oct 2005
Games for windows live does suck >.> and suck badly. Hell I know some guys that... Wait what were we talking about again?
wildmario
Joined: Jan 2007
Guernica
Joined: Mar 2009
LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007
Bras
Joined: Jul 2008
People will always complain, but does that render all complaints unfounded and unworthy?
I will be signing that petition, if DRM is going to be mandatory, I would at least like DRM options.
oblivion437
Joined: Nov 2006
Ranim
Joined: Nov 2005
warmaster670
Joined: Jun 2007
OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011
danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009
Greywolfe1982
Joined: Jan 2008
wildmario
Joined: Jan 2007
sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007
Consumers are terrible innovators--they hate anything new and they don't know how to create anything they'll like--ask them, and they'll be dead wrong. But if you give consumers a known quantity, they can usually determine their future purchasing course of action pretty accurately.
Now, whether or not consumers will be truthful about their intentions in public is another question (I'm looking at you, MW2 boycott), but companies are getting better at extrapolating how the silent majority will react based on the vocal minority's actions. It would be a mistake to dismiss that kind of feedback out of hand.
cyberjim2000
Joined: Feb 2010
Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003
Or maybe, just maybe, they know EXACTLY what they want, they care about this game, and they would rather have it on Steam (which the majority of PC gamers use) than GFWL (which no one uses). Instead of blaming the consumers, shouldn't you take a look at the producers who aren't making things up to par? I mean, the concept of "make it right, or I'm not going to buy it" is the foundation of capitalism, and isn't it better that they're saying how to make it right rather than just letting it flop?