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In <42fd2h$1...@utaipx02.uta.edu> JBB...@utarlg.uta.edu (Jay B
Biggerstaff) writes: 
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You know, I've heard more people bitch about how bad software companies
are and how we should boycott this and boycott that and how they need
to put out better products.  I'm getting quite sick of it!

There is a very simple way to keep from wasting money on games that you
don't like or ones that were different from what you thought.  Do what
I do:  watch the newsgroups read what people say about the games and
then decide from the praises or complaints if you want to buy it.  I've
done this with several games:  NBA Live (when people started saying it
was too easy, I decided I'd skip it), Tony Larussa 3 (first thing
people complained about was the slow gameplay on normal machines, ie
486DX2-66.  I even went a step further and went to Egghead to try it
out.  The complaints were warranted!), FPS Baseball '95 (many hours to
simulate a weeks worth of games is ridiculous!),  MechWarrior2 (this
one was so hyped up, there was no way I was going to buy it the first
day.  Sure enough, people are complaining about the need for patches).

The list goes on and on!  There are enough people out there who buy
games when they are released and are nice enough to post reviews on the
games to make an intelligent decision on whether others should buy. 
Another way to test the games is to go to a place that lets you try
them out first (Egghead does in my area) and play around with it for a
while.  Check the playability.  Check the utilities.  Shit, check
everything humanly possible.  We're talking about $50+ here!  That's
quite an investment when you purchase several games a year!

So, quit your bitching about boycotting companies for crappy products. 
There will always be games out there that are hyped up by them that you
don't like and that aren't up to your expectations.  Instead of getting
mad about it, check the games out first and then make an INTELLIGENT
decision on whether the game is good for you!

My $.02.

Later,

DreamerZ