Final Fantasy XIV-skaparen ber spelare sluta bete sig illa mot utvecklare

När spelare eller konsumenter klagar har de ofta något legitimt att vara upprörda över, till exempel mikrotransaktioner, lansering av halvfärdiga spel till fullpris eller andra konsumentfientliga åtgärder från utgivare - men det finns tyvärr undantag.

Att det bland alltför många användare anses vara fritt fram att bete sig som as mot andra människor så länge man är online, är ingen nyhet och det har även gjorts undersökningar som visar detta. Final Fantasy XIV-skaparen Naoki Yoshida, som vanligtvis anses vara väldigt bra på att lyssna till communityt, ansåg sig nyligen tvungen att säga till spelets fans att sluta med sitt giftiga beteende mot hans utvecklare.

Som Immersed Gamer transkriberat, sade han följande om saken i en livestream nyligen:

"I'm thankful and grateful for players to tell us that we should do this, or this should be that and whatnot, but verbal abuse is something we wish would stop[...][T]here are new players who join this game[...]this also means they are players who experience Endwalker as their first expansion, so it's a given that there will be mistakes and errors here and there, but after 11 years of journey with players up to this point it does make me feel that the language used ended up a little overboard there.

I mean, I can take it, even though it doesn't make it less bad, but staff members will feel really down after getting those words when they gave their absolute best into trying to create something[...]everyone can enjoy[...]So I have only one request to every player out there - please imagine that you're speaking face to face with a developer[...]and imagine how they'd feel before sending your feedback over, and I'll be happy if people can do so politely. This doesn't help anyone, neither the staff members nor the players either. This will completely drain away their motivation and worse[...] Of course I don't mean everything should be given praise. Mistakes are mistakes of course and they should be notified, but I'll appreciate it if everyone can give careful thought in their thoughts and feedback before sending them over."

Vad tycker du själv om saken? Är det fritt fram att trakassera spelutvecklare, eller bör man bete sig som folk även online?