[quote]You don’t understand business it seems. Do you know that the average salary in Seattle is like 77 thousand? And that that is base pay rate for developers. Doesn’t count benefits for all the employees and operating expenses which are a lot more than you think. Then you have the money needed for support and general maintenance of things. The difference between profit and actual operating costs isn’t as wide as you think. I really could care less about the useless negging. You people do realize that actual stuff you should be pissed off about is happening outside? Just saying. No offense. Some people don’t know any better.[/quote] You don't understand a metaphor it seems. But you just proved my point; if operating costs are relatively equal to profits, then wouldn't you say our precious dollars are quite an integral part of the whole, y'know, being a business thing?!? Not that I want to lecture you on how business works, that'd be quite an "inflated ego" move, right? But yeah I'm pretty sure the getting of the customer's money thingy is a pretty important thingy to getty... But what do I know right? Maybe I need a few more decades eh?? Operating a business is a very expensive endeavour and often the numbers get skewed and lost in communication. Thanks for that revelation in business analytics there champ. Your Nobel Prize is on its way in the mail. Smh Buddy comes in here saying I've got an over inflated ego... Yikes. [b]All I'm saying is that it's OUR responsibility as consumers to push back and give criticism where its due. Speak up![/b] It's important to not give in to softies like you who feel like they need to back up a massive company like Bungie or Activision when they so utterly don't need it or even want it. We're all just consumers to a company like Bungie or Activision, so BE RESPONSIBLE, and start acting like it. Don't be taken advantage of so easily. [spoiler]And honestly man how dare you come on to a video game forum and say that bullshit about how "our real problems are outside". You think you know me, you presumptuous douchebag? You have NO idea what ANYONE does IRL around here. Not to mention it's an embarrassingly obvious straw man argument. Pathetic. By now you've quite clearly exposed your true level of intellect. Get out of the ring, bud. You can't put up a proper fight. But hey...[/spoiler] [spoiler]some people just don't know any better right?[/spoiler]