{"id":274464,"date":"2024-03-06T23:53:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=327405"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:58:23","slug":"the-video-game-developers-tired-of-toxic-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-video-game-developers-tired-of-toxic-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"The video game developers, tired of toxic fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine that you are a developer of high-end <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/what-do-helldivers-2-and-dungeons-and-dragons-have-in-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">video games<\/a>, known as AAA. Surely you think that life is beautiful: you work in what you love, you make a good number of people happy, and you also have job security (well, nowadays you never know) for years. Well, think again. <strong>Social networks have given a voice to people who perhaps should not have it<\/strong>, and the result has been that people like Ramone Russell end up exploding.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/4018433091\/steam-Download-Steam.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We are feelings and we have human beings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russell, who works for Sony in the hugely popular baseball game &#8216;MLB The Show&#8217;, couldn&#8217;t take it anymore and spoke at length about what he has to endure in the newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/spider-man-2-insomniac-dice#:~:text=Backstage%20at%20the,we%20do%20miss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Game File<\/a>. <em>&#8220;Everything is difficult. And <strong>if we haven&#8217;t done something, it&#8217;s because we haven&#8217;t found the right way to do it<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em>. And something as simple as that results in the anger of the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Logically, when you start programming video games, you think, like in the first paragraph, in a naive way. Everything is going to go well, you are going to make many people happy. And yet&#8230; <em>&#8220;<strong>We want to give fans everything, but we can&#8217;t<\/strong>. We have a release date. We have a limited amount of resources. So if we don&#8217;t make it, it&#8217;s never due to lack of effort&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MLB The Show 24 Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8SoZ-aLqTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in the end, Russell ends up begging fans to behave better. Seeing the responses that are usually given on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-video-game-that-lost-its-twitter-account-due-to-elon-musks-silliest-mistake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Twitter<\/a> to mundane problems in the industry, sadly, it seems more and more like a utopia. <em>&#8220;We are human beings just like anyone else. <strong>And sometimes we do things right and sometimes wrong<\/strong>. But when we do it wrong, it&#8217;s never because we haven&#8217;t tried hard enough&#8221;<\/em>. And now, how about we behave like human beings instead of psychopaths? 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