We are facing very similar situations; genres are getting more homogenized, developers want everything on every system, and now we’re just not even getting games on consoles now, meaning that the few major players will take up the entire field, and the pool will feel even smaller.

You have provided nothing more than your own “the sky is falling” rhetoric to support that point. No indication at all that you remember how the 80’s went down.

I was three pictures in before I realized these were gender swaps. Says something about the androgyny of FF characters.

Lots of modders flock to broken games. Fixing them is part of the fun of modding.

You act like the fans made Konami what it is out of the goodness of their hearts. But that's bullshit. Fans have been compensated for their support already. Fans paid their money over the years and got their games for that money. Konami never owed them anything more than that. Konami and their fans are square, and…

And they’re going to do all that while remaining in a very secure financial position. You don’t have to like it, but you do have to get over it, because it’s their decision to make, and they made it.

Anne Rice made a very nice living writing about erotically violent vampires for years.

It absolutely is entitlement. They have every right to do whatever they wish with their IPs. You’re not entitled to a new Castlevania or Metal Gear game.

Erotic violence is, and has always been, a major factor in vampire fiction. It’s one of the staples of the genre.

If I was asked to distill gamers' entitled, butthurt fan-rage into a single internet comment, your comment would be the result.

As though your response does.

It's not a hostage situation if you own the thing being held hostage. You don't have to like what they're doing, but you're not in any position to condemn them for it. These are their toys, and they can play with them however they like. You were never entitled to them.

The game takes place in a fantasy version of medieval England and medieval Scotland/Scandinavia. Of course everyone was white.

I don't see how that conflicts with what I said. It's about gaming culture, which intersects with various other cultures.

And the perspective you’re putting it in doesn't seem relevant.

I think your comparison to "many other jobs" is grossly inaccurate. I’d like to see an example of another profession (NFL aside) that comes even close in terms of risk of head trauma or long-term mental effects.

How many more cheerleaders are there than MMA fighters.

No, the thing that excites me is the test of strength and skill between two opponents. There is no more pure expression of that test than in a flat-out physical altercation.

Since when has Kotaku been a gaming website. It’s a culture website that just happens to focus on gaming culture. You’d be surprised how many other cultures gaming culture intersects with.

A test of strength, skill, and athleticism between two opponents with clearly defined rules and win conditions. Yeah, it's a sport. Your approval isn't necessary.