I'm all for criticism and people being picky about the things they spend their money on. That said, a lot of the criticism I've seen from ordinary people online (not journalists or bloggers or commentators, just people in comments sections and online forums) has been leveled at really petty stuff: - Anything running below 60 FPS at 1080p is ugly and unplayable - people continue to whine and moan about the latest Call of Duty selling well - something something EA is the devil something something - something something Wii U is worthless something something - whine and moan when a game uses free-to-play - whine and moan when an MMO uses monthly fees I once listened for close to 40 minutes while one of my squadmates in PlanetSide 2 insisted the entire game was broken because he could move a vehicle over some walls in certain bases. I watched people hype up Titanfall like it was the best thing since sliced bread and then stop caring about it two weeks after launch. And perhaps worst of all, I watched these forums over the release of Halo 3 and Halo: Reach... and what was once a forum of excitement and enthusiasm quickly turned into flame wars over petty things like the mechanics of one particular gun or player ability. I love video games. But way too many gamers are whiny, childish, entitled little brats.