Game Info
GAME NAME: DmC: Devil May Cry
DEVELOPER(S): Ninja Theory
PUBLISHER(S): Capcom
PLATFORM(S): PC, PS3, Xbox 360
GENRE(S): Action
RELEASE DATE(S): 15 January 2013 (PS3 & Xbox 360) 25 January 2013 (PC)
While we here at Stevivor are loving DmC: Devil May Cry it seems that not everyone is as enamoured as we are. But more than that, these particular unhappy “fans” are demonstrating possibly the worst example of insidious “gamer entitlement” yet seen.
One “gamer” (and I use the term incredibly loosely) has posted a petition on the official White House website requesting that President Obama use his powers to remove the game from store shelves. It beggars belief that in a time when the issues of gun-control, the economy and unemployment are at the forefront of America’s issues somebody has taken it upon themselves to ask for the President of their nation to have a video game removed from sale because they don’t like it. The full text from the petition titled “Get Ninja Theory’s DmC: Devil May Cry pulled off the shelves” can be read below:
Dear Mr. Obama: As a consumer to the Video Game Industry there is one Video Game that has caused a lot of controversy over the past few month’s.
The name of the game is DmC: Devil May Cry made by Ninja Theory and Capcom. A majority of gamer’s are aggravated that this game has changed so much from it’s past predecessors and the game actually insults the consumers in-game.
We, as consumers did not want nor need this reboot and we believe it violates our rights to have a choice between the original’s or the reboot. This game is violating our rights as a consumer and we believe it should be pulled off shelves from game stores due to it’s insulting nature and the fact that it violates our rights.
Please Mr. Obama, look into your heart and make the decision that will please us Gamers.
Behaviour like this is not only disgusting but only serves to make gamers, developers and the entire industry look foolish. Just when you think gaming has grown up, something like this crops up.
I sincerely hope that whoever is responsible for this “petition” and the (as of writing) 29 people who have signed it take a long hard look at themselves some day and realise that there is more to life than video games and that as a consumer you have the right to pick and choose what you consume but not what is available for everybody else.
What do you think about this?
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Best picture ever to use for a story like this. I applaud you sir.
It’s perfect huh?
SO LAME.
WTF? The latest DmC is the best Devil May Cry since the original. Eat it, whingy fanboys!
Wow, that's just bloody disgusting. I'm not the biggest fan of this reboot but at least the gameplay mechanic is awesome, it's fun to play and to be honest capcom finally did the closest thing to "quitting while they are ahead" they can do. people were complaining that the main series was getting bad, so at least we can't say "HERP DERP NO DMC 5 IS SHIT BOYCOTT BLAH BLAH *stuffs face with nachos*".
Come on 'merica, shape up!
This is so funny, I am sorry self entitled gamers but DmC is the best Devil May Cry game, period.
Or I dunno, don't buy it, don't play it.
Yeah, that's right. i fucking hate Call of duty, i say it's shit, and leave it at that. i don't buy it, complain about it, i just leave it alone. they should just do the same.
Oh man, male entitlement syndrome. FFS Ninja Theory did a good job. And besides, in the words of Kevin Smith "It's not FOR them"
Is this about the terrible character proportions on the cover art, because I might be able to get behind that.
Entitlement? Don’t make me laugh, that word is thrown about far too readily by people in relation to this industry. This can, in no way, be qualified as “entitlement”. Idiocy would be far more apt. I sincerely hope the person who posted it was trolling, or they are moronic to the extreme.
I agree that it is idiotic but when they say things like this;
“We, as consumers did not want nor need this reboot and we believe it violates our rights to have a choice between the original’s or the reboot.”
I can’t help but read that as they feel like they are “entitled” to something.
When they say;
“This game is violating our rights as a consumer” to me they are saying “We want and are entitled to a different game because we liked and bought the old one”.
“Gamer Entitlement” does get thrown around a lot but I think that it’s often appropriate. But just as often not.
In this case I think it’s totally appropriate. And yes it is also idiotic.
Appreciate the feedback
Holy crap, Leo, you are incredible
“Just when you think gaming has grown up, something like this crops up.”
This is referring to some braindead petition, but not in relation to the game itself? The game is exempt from such criticism, it’s a good, mature game for mature people, is it?
It’s a game where the main character tells the main villain he enjoyed seeing his child die. It’s a game where a mother’s child is killed, and she herself killed once the horror sets in. (These are the protagonists we’re supposed to seriously relate to?) The opening sequence is set in a strip club with gratuitous shots of T&A as you’d expect. The main character is a simple characterised pandering sex symbol. Such wonderful lines such as “The world is your bitch, as am I”, and “my dick is bigger” are included. One conversation is nothing but two characters shouting “fuck you” at eachother.
You actually found these things mature?
Seriously?
This game is the biggest step back in the maturity of the medium I have ever witnessed, and you’re praising it? Unacceptable.
You’re a complete hypocrite, just like every other goddamn gaming journalist. Seeing grown men praise a game aimed at rebellious 13 year olds then tell other people to grow up or whatever is simply depressing. THAT is the reason video games will never be a meaningful medium, because idiots like you are willing to praise the b-movies of the industry provided there’s enough hype and pretty graphics behind them.
As for “gamer entitlement”, it’s incredible how often this terms gets thrown about. Who pays the developers, who supports the franchises, who spreads the game’s worth through word of mouth? Paying customers. Bill Clinton never said “I’m going to see those entitled voters, the bastards”. The Gaming Press has this incredible anti-consumerist perspective on everything, then wonders why stuff like Metacritic bombing happens, because consumers have literally no other mouthpiece to go to because the press is filled with braindead clone bloggers all rattling off the same misguided opinions.
And where integrity fails, you just get this attitude of “well I hope we at least get pageviews”. Considering the abysmal quality of this little blog post, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case. I doubt you care as long as you get paid, do you?
Honestly, this whole DmC debate has brought the worst aspects of both fans and the press to light, and revealed why this industry will never mature. You are part of this problem, I hope you’re happy.
Hey naskr… Did you read the article? Leo’s opinion of the game is that he likes it but that’s not what this article is about.
It’s about someone petitioning the President of the USA to have a game removed from sale “because it’s changed from it’s origins”. NOT because of the content you mention.
Even so I fail to see how your opinion of the content is more important than the developer’s right to make the game they want. They own the intellectual property so it’s their choice. You have the right not to buy it but I fail to see how you have the right to tell someone else how to make a game. If someone tried to tell me how to make my game I’d tell them to go fuck themselves… then again I don’t have a fan base so
Also Leo doesn’t get paid. None of the writers at Stevivor do so you might wanna rethink your closing arguments. Sure they’ll get pagehits but, if that was their goal, they’d be better off writing an emotive piece about the content… not about this.
Hey Dave – did you even read naskr’s comment? Because you clearly did not. He’s commenting on how the writer is calling for gamers and the gaming community to grow up, yet the new DmC itself is the height of immaturity and just as big of a step back for the industry as a whole on the developer side. Also, ‘I fail to see how you have the right to tell someone else how to make a game’ is one of the most moronic comments I’ve seen, since that’s basically implying having an opinion is something you need a right to express. If gamers buy a product that is very hyped and given high reviews yet ultimately feel let down by, was falsely advertised, or is something that was a waste of their money, they have every right and intention of expressing it.
And I am NOT defending this petition. Regardless of whatever DmC may have done, petitioning the President about it is one of the absolute most idiotic things it could’ve done; it reflects terribly on the gamer spectrum of the industry and the industry as a whole. But the game itself is an insult and far cry from the maturity that the defenders of it claim it to be. There is nothing mature about it at all, and is honestly an embarrassment to the industry that it exists, much less is accepted and lauded, for it gives the impression that we are all juvenile kids who believe a game of nothing but sex and profanity to be the greatest thing ever.
And you, yourself, Dave, are the epitome of the worst kind of gamer on the other kind of the spectrum. The kind who conveniently ignores or selectively argues with only parts of actual, valid criticisms and retorts. The kind who are just as bad as the ones who made this petition, for the opposite reasons.
Gaming has not grown up, and will never grow up. Growing up infers that gaming used to be the preserve of a stereotype teenage gamer which has evolved into a responsible rational adult gamer. That is not how it works. Instead, it has diversified, with the majority of the population (2/3 of the population of the USA, for example) now playing videogames.
Although now a minority group, that stereotype teenage gamer still exists, and always will, so long as there are teenagers. You will always get gamers who are idiots, and always get gamers who do absurd things like the letter in the article… because you will always get people who are idiots and who do absurd things. Gamers=people.
You just need to stop thinking of 'gamers' as a specific niche group, it no longer exists, any more than people who read books or watch TV.
so effectively, because most people are idiots, there'll be a significant number of gamers that are idiots. I'll take that, it makes sense.
haha pretty much
Nice response. I never really thought of it that way before. My only argument would be that "gamers" are a niche to an extent. There are those of us who watch movies and then there are cinephiles; the people who take an above average interest in movies and the surrounding components.
Everyone plays games but there are those of us who identify ourself as a "gamer" (I guess they call themselves hardcore gamers now) and I believe that's what Leo's referring to here.
All that said you're still right. Just as many movie watchers as cinephiles will comment on what they thought of a particular movie. Each group will call the other moronic and so on and so on.
Completely and utterly agree – and consisely stated! The concept of maturity itself is subjective, which is not something that many individuals really consider. What I think is mature may well differ greatly from what someone else thinks is mature.
Take TV, for example. I LOVE a bit of Game of Thrones, True Blood, Dexter, among others, and CAN'T STAND shows that could be considered 'objectively more mature' – such as The West Wing, etc. Does my preference make me more immature because I tend to enjoy shows with a little more T&A and violence over other forms of entertainment? I would suggest this is not the case.
Therefore, I disagree that DmC can even be considered 'immature'. It's overboard, sure, but there's nothing wrong with that. It's entertainment after all. And if all 'mature' entertainment was realistic and involved moral decisions? GodDAMN it would be boring.
I hope you don't mind, I linked to this article in my personal personal blog. If you would like to check it out it's http://theshatteredblog.tumblr.com/.
I originally wrote a really long comment in light of the article, the comments and reading the actual petition itself.
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Then, all i could think was… first world problems.
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Wow. That's a whole new level of stupid right there! Lol. I don't know where to start criticising… the grammar, the concept that he thought this might work, the misguided sense of entitlement… I think I'll just satisfy myself by shaking my head, smiling and turning away
At 27 people signing the petition I think they have more coverage than interest in the cause. Seems like a non-story to me though.
It'll get more coverage than real stories like THQ's closure though which is quite sad. Like that kid who wrote the "Citizen Day" tweet. One stupid comment earnt thousands of racists responses and a whole heap of coverage… People love a story and self justification
It, like, violates our rights. Like, ong, like how dare them? Like I could like have my rights like violated! Like omg!
There is nothing mature about this game at all. Maybe to a thirteen year old who thinks that being anarchistic is cool, it’s mature, but no, by universal standards, it is not. There is a point where there are things to maturity that are not subjective at all, and none of that applies to DmC. It is about as mature as a Family Guy episode.