Why do payware developers feel so victimised?

[TheOptimist]

Edit: I missed out the word 'some' in the title. It should read 'why do SOME payware developers feel so victimised.' Clearly you cannot generalise.

Firstly, I'm not sure whether this is the correct forum for this, but my experience is with FSX and generally this issue seems to be raised with FSX software.

It seems that on this site, as well as many many others, it is almost a criminal act to criticise or negatively discuss payware releases. This is a trait almost exclusively confined to the flight simulator community. Time and time again a poster is shot down by either another forum member, an admin, or the developer themselves for posting an opinion - purely because it is negative.

I am not going to quote specific examples because I don't want to pick out individuals, but in general I think;

1. This site is supposedly impartial. A negative opinion is as valid as a positive one.

2. Payware costs money, money which I have worked hard for. Regardless of the effort put into the project it is my choice whether I want it, and I want to base that decision on other peoples opinions.

Clearly there is a difference between slagging off a developer for no apparent reason and picking faults with a product, but if it is the latter then there is nothing wrong with that.

It seems that certain payware developers feel victimised and complain when people don't like their products or post negative opinions. What world are they living in? When a film maker releases a film which gets a few negative reviews they don't make a press release saying 'oh why do I bother.' When I've submitted work and I've got less than 100% I didn't moan to the lecturer because they didn't think it was perfect.

Critical opinions, as well as positive ones, are the cornerstone of my decision making process when I am thinking about purchasing payware.

Once again I want to make it clear that I recognize the difference between;

a) "That payware developer is rubbish, they're all horrible people and they steal from others (i.e. unfounded personal attacks)"

and;

b) "The plane is missing several features and the sound set is poor (valid observations of the product)."

Thoughts?

 

[Henry]

Edit: I missed out the word 'some' in the title. It should read 'why do SOME payware developers feel so victimised.' Clearly you cannot generalise.

Firstly, I'm not sure whether this is the correct forum for this, but my experience is with FSX and generally this issue seems to be raised with FSX software.

It seems that on this site, as well as many many others, it is almost a criminal act to criticise or negatively discuss payware releases. This is a trait almost exclusively confined to the flight simulator community. Time and time again a poster is shot down by either another forum member, an admin, or the developer themselves for posting an opinion - purely because it is negative.

I am not going to quote specific examples because I don't want to pick out individuals, but in general I think;

1. This site is supposedly impartial. A negative opinion is as valid as a positive one.

2. Payware costs money, money which I have worked hard for. Regardless of the effort put into the project it is my choice whether I want it, and I want to base that decision on other peoples opinions.

Clearly there is a difference between slagging off a developer for no apparent reason and picking faults with a product, but if it is the latter then there is nothing wrong with that.

It seems that certain payware developers feel victimised and complain when people don't like their products or post negative opinions. What world are they living in? When a film maker releases a film which gets a few negative reviews they don't make a press release saying 'oh why do I bother.' When I've submitted work and I've got less than 100% I didn't moan to the lecturer because they didn't think it was perfect.

Critical opinions, as well as positive ones, are the cornerstone of my decision making process when I am thinking about purchasing payware.

Once again I want to make it clear that I recognize the difference between;

a) "That payware developer is rubbish, they're all horrible people and they steal from others (i.e. unfounded personal attacks)"

and;

b) "The plane is missing several features and the sound set is poor (valid observations of the product)."

Thoughts?

my thoughts are!
that when one thread gets closed another similar one opens
or at least along the same lines
this site is not for or against payware
all we do is try to keep peace
and its not going too well today:isadizzy:
sorry
i know where you are coming from
and its not happening
H

 

[Ferry_vO]

Payware sales are low compared to movies, and those that are happy with their purchase hardly seem to post, while those who are unhappy are with it are usually very quick to express their thoughts. They do not seem to have the patience to wait for an update (or even read the manual ) but rather complain loudly about it, and even dare to demand their problems to be fixed right now.

Let's say you sell a few hundred aircraft; out of these customers ten will tell you they're happy, while perhaps fifty will write rude posts and e.mails complaining about every little detail they can find wrong. The irony is that while the developer tries to correct any issues, the complainers will have bought the next aircraft from another company and will have something new to complain about, hardly ever looking back to the previous product, but by that time their posts will have turned into bad publicity for the payware company..

Just my $0.02 of course..

:mixedsmi: