Entitlement and Gamers

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about online passes. After reading an article on Kotaku we discussed whether or not gamers feel entitled. He argued that many of us due in fact feel entitled to demand things out of our games. That we feel that we are owed something when we are not. I on the other hand argued that we don't feel entitled any more than any customer does. That we instead feel as if we have been cheated or mislead. The problem with gaming is that it works on a "Trust Me" narrative, so there are hardly demos any more and those that do exist are from games that have been out for 2 months or for buying on Live or PSN. Meaning that when we are told something buy a game and it doesn't match the experience we rage. One could argue that it is stupid to do so. I would disagree. Anytime you make an investment to buy a game you have earn the right to complain. Game feels too short? Go ahead and complain. level to difficult? Complain away. Game is to old school? Knock yourself out with complaints. Now your complaints might be stupid but you have paid for the right to complain (though if you do complain about these things often you might be know as what is called a whiner). DLC feels to some people as if they cut a piece of the game to sell you it back at a later date. Is this wrong? i don't know i'm sure not all games do that but does it feel like it? Absolutely! Due i feel like i am entitled to it? sometimes yeah. To me its like buying a pizza with seven slices at full price and then being told that you can buy the remaining slice for $5.

Besides that there is another thing that bothers me about this discussion. Entitlement has now become the go to word for any opinion that complains about a corporations actions. First off that shit is mad annoying, secondly it is only entitlement if i feel entitled. Pointing out online passes is stupid is not me being entitled. I don't think EA or Ubisoft owes me a free online pass. I just think the whole idea of online passes dumb. Third where are all of these corporation defenders coming from? A company can go out an kill somebody and their will be group of defenders claiming we aren't entitled to justice. Stop it. You just make everyone think your a dick. Anyway my point is that no we aren't entitled to anything from EA or Ubisoft this is true. We are however entitled to feel entitled so please for the love of all that is holy STFU about how gamers feel entitled. It serves no purpose other than to show me who not to hang out with at a party.