that car ride was a major part of the experience too, as an adult its something you miss since you are usually the one driving, but reading the manual in the car was a big part of the stages of playing the game.

Yeah I completely agree with you there

SEGA is a corporate entity as well and their change in attitudes on how to engage in fan engagement frankly has a lot to do with them still being in business.

I would have thought that Sim City had already demonstrated this very well years ago. 

First of all, it’s not the grind itself that annoyed players, it’s the fact that Sony decided to change the payouts sneakily immediately after launch, once they got all their preorders and good media reviews. If the lower prices had been there originally, no one would have said anything, because players would have…

Its amazing looking at Gamestop over my 40+ years of life and it seems like they are always either doing great or about to die. From when they were mall based stores(back in the Babbages days), when they merged with Funcoland and became video game pawn shops, when they bought EB and then all of a sudden there was a…

sorry, let me elaborate.

Luke, do you have any friends that are strippers? I suggest asking them what they think. Is it okay to have sex during a lunch break? What if it’s with a sex worker? What if you look at porn? Is that OK? Or is it only wrong if anyone else is there from the office?

So, I get everything else, but why is going to a strip club during lunch a bad thing? Like, are they gone more than the hour or whatever alotted to them? Are they not clocking out and using company time? Are they coming back drunk? If not... it’s their lunch break, they can go where they want.

Like I said, personally I am unresolved on my full feelings on the issue. But even the fact that a European country being attacked is the thing that might spark WW3 while middle eastern countries (and others) have been under assault for decades is in itself weird. Obviously that is beyond the scope of a video game…

Too late

Equal opportunity fanservice is the best fanservice! Full, practical armor/outfits and skimpy bikini-outfits for all!

This is the exact response they should have made. If cosplayers are any indication, some people do like dressing up in impractically-skimpy outfits, but that shouldn’t be the only thing that’s available. More available cosmetic styles, not less, that’s the ideal.