Gaming’s Entitlement Mentality

Jason Lomberg writes: At GDC 2011, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata discussed the figurative “race to the bottom,” wherein the low-ball pricing structure of iOS erodes the perceived value of AAA games. Similarly, on Mobcast #96, the gang discussed microtransactions and indie game development—one guest remarked that a steady diet of .99 iOS Apps had made Tactics Ogre’s $39.99 seem excessively high. I believe this is endemic of a pernicious entitlement mentality that has expressed itself among gamers in recent years.