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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 8200601" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I mean, we’ve focused entirely on aesthetics or functional matters with the car analogy. If we start looking at safety, or fuel usage and emissions and the like, then what matters is going to begin to be even clearer.Not that there are safety or environmental concerns in gaming, generally speaking. Although the topic of x-carda and safe topics may come up, and there’s always the concern of physical books and deforestation...so maybe some parallels. Sure. But what happens when someone says “hey, what kind of vehicle should I get if I want to X?”Now, I realize that’s not really what happened here. But if someone posted on a auto enthusiast forum (I suppose these are a thing? Maybe? Probably.) that “Any car will do!” I’d expect there to be a lot of pushback. Especially given that the forum is not really for those with casual interest in the topic, but instead for folks that are fairly invested in it. “I know you guys love cars, but they’re really all the same when you get down to it. They get you from point A to point B.” To drop the analogy, I get that for some folks, this may be true. They have a game that works for their needs and they’re happy with it. That’s great. But I don’t think that when one of the most prominent figures in the industry makes a statement about how game systems matter that we should call out for the resulting discussion to be shut down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 8200601, member: 6785785"] I mean, we’ve focused entirely on aesthetics or functional matters with the car analogy. If we start looking at safety, or fuel usage and emissions and the like, then what matters is going to begin to be even clearer. Not that there are safety or environmental concerns in gaming, generally speaking. Although the topic of x-carda and safe topics may come up, and there’s always the concern of physical books and deforestation...so maybe some parallels. Sure. But what happens when someone says “hey, what kind of vehicle should I get if I want to X?” Now, I realize that’s not really what happened here. But if someone posted on a auto enthusiast forum (I suppose these are a thing? Maybe? Probably.) that “Any car will do!” I’d expect there to be a lot of pushback. Especially given that the forum is not really for those with casual interest in the topic, but instead for folks that are fairly invested in it. “I know you guys love cars, but they’re really all the same when you get down to it. They get you from point A to point B.” To drop the analogy, I get that for some folks, this may be true. They have a game that works for their needs and they’re happy with it. That’s great. But I don’t think that when one of the most prominent figures in the industry makes a statement about how game systems matter that we should call out for the resulting discussion to be shut down. [/QUOTE]

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