History WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings / VideoGames

* After anonymous individuals operating through Website/FourChan made patches for both ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie Trails into Reverie]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki]]'' that inserted the spreadsheet translations created by translation group [=ZeroField=] into the games themselves (rather than ZF's intended method of simply running scripts through an external overlay program) without their consent, [=ZeroField=] was forced by NIS America (the current license holders for the ''Trails'' series) to [[https://noisypixel.net/nis-america-kuro-no-kiseki-spreadsheet-creators-cease-work/ remove their spreadsheets for all of the games they translated]] from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails from Zero]]'' all the way up to ''Kuro''.

* The [[ArtShiftedSequel art-style change]] in ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland'' sparked quite a few outcries of TheyChangedItNowItSucks with some parts of the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' fanbase. Some of the louder detractors went as fair as to series-creator Creator/RonGilbert's personal blog, to attack him over the art style. After receiving tons of harassment and personal attacks, Gilbert closed down the comments on blog and declared that he wouldn't share any more details about the game through it.

* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' creator Ron Gilbert stopped posting about the series and shut down his personal blog after receiving tons of harassment and personal attacks over the [[ArtShiftedSequel art-style change]] in ''Return to Monkey Island'', saying that he no longer enjoyed talking about the series.
-->'''Ron''': I’m shutting down comments. People are just being mean and I’m having to delete personal attack comments. It’s an amazing game and everyone on the team is very proud of it. Play it or don’t play it but don’t ruin it for everyone else. I won’t be posting anymore about the game. The joy of sharing has been driven from me.

** This is often cited, though not by name, in the official forums, as reasons why Blizzard refuses to reveal specific details of upcoming plans for the game, up to and especially including release dates for new content. It's an open and possibly unanswerable question whether fans of the game are driven crazier by lack of information or by being given information, instead replying with "Soon."

** Similarly, Pollock has refused fan requests to recite the infamous Eggman speech from the ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub'' of ''Sonic Adventure 2'', since its [[ClusterFBomb excessive profanity]] and sexual content could put his job at risk. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78AsNVlvdU He even posted a video]] on his Website/YouTube channel telling people to not give him such requests, calling himself a "character caretaker" and asking people to let the official team members put words in his mouth.

*** On a similar note, this almost happened with Overkill Software, makers of ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist''. After the player base discovered how to unlock a secret with extreme and borderline ridiculous requirements, a good chunk of the players trashed Overkill for not making the secret easier to access and claimed that Overkill made the clues to the secret too obscure. Overkill had second thoughts about doing more secret hunts and interacting with the community, but both parties eventually cooled down and things returned to normal.
*** Speaking of ''PAYDAY'', during ''PAYDAY 2''[='s=] playable beta phase, some people were blatantly cheating with exploits in the game (for example, getting infinite supplies), so Overkill had to update the beta to patch out the exploit and, in the process, reset everyone's progress. A developer explained that due to the rampant cheating going around and having only four programmers on their team, Overkill dedicated their resources to stepping up security instead of creating free DLC and also clamped down on people making hysteric topics regarding cheating. Cue the [[EntitledBastard people crying censorship]].

* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsOnline'' used to have an arena mode, which was basically a smaller, faster confront mode. The only thing it was used for was gem farming, so item drops were reduced. This still didn't fix the problem, so the staff decided the only way to fix the problem was to remove the Arena all together.

** After the massive backlash over ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''[='=]s original ending, [=BioWare=] responded by announcing the ''Extended Cut''. Though they expected it wouldn't change every fan's minds about it, and it didn't, it was certainly better received and managed to tone down the rage. However, the co-founders of [=BioWare=] retired from their positions in October 2012, saying that they had planned to since April of that year and gave EA six months' notice (although they vehemently denied that the backlash had anything to do with it).

* CBJ, one of the devs of ''VideoGame/XRebirth'', [[http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=4027277#4027277 calls fans out]] on the [[BrokenRecord endless whining]] about there being very little news from Egosoft about ''X Rebirth'' for about a year and a half. When they were posting a screenshot a week, people started demanding more info and videos, at which point ES basically said "screw this".

** Many people working on the games had to leave their home and even the industry due to intense backlash over gameplay decisions. In one nasty instance, many Treyarch employees working on ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' had to resign and leave their homes after getting death and rape threats for nerfing the fire rate of several weapons.

** When the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 fourth game]] was first teased, Scott Cawthon's website was initially "glitched out", with 8s and 7s appearing in the tab name. By sheer coincidence, they led to a real pizzeria, which fans promptly started harassing with calls. As a result, Cawthon removed the numbers and [[http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34749h/the_pizzeria_is_not_affiliated_with_fnaf_stop/ commented on the issue on Reddit]]. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34g2n1/the_real_freddysjk/ But the pizzeria didn't hold any grudge against the fanbase]] and actually capitalized on the attention by introducing the "Fazbears Pizzeria Special" as a hidden menu item.

* Katsuhiro Harada nearly parodied this trope for ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 7'' after American fans' negative viewpoint of Lucky Chloe by alledging to replace her with a generic, bald, muscleman with a very limited moveset for the U.S. release. Considering that he is a TrollingCreator, it never came to pass.

* Due to streamers complaining about not being able to monetize their content, the developer of the Industrial Revolution mod for ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}'' [[https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=83197 announced that he was stopping work on the mod]] and even attempted to ''delete the mod entirely''. On December 2020, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/kixxyx/industrial_revolution_2_is_out/ the creator eventually relented]] but can't be directly contacted. Also, rules about financial gains are still enforceable.

* In late 2012, the fan-made game ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic'' underwent a closed beta, with the developers having their testers sign Non-Disclosure Agreements. One of the testers leaked the build onto the internet anyway, causing developers [=Mane6=] to discontinue betas entirely and to start completely reworking the game, delaying the game's intended release. In early 2013, the charity auction for EVO 2013 opened up, with users donating money to see a fighting game they wanted as a sort of side game. ''Fighting Is Magic'''s leaked build was nominated as an option, but the game did not receive a significant number of donations (it was pretty much always a contest between ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' and eventual winner ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''). Despite the developers begging their fans to stop donating to the game, fans did so anyway. The influx of donations meant that Hasbro's legal department was no longer able to "ignore" the project, so they had to step in and issue a Cease and Desist letter. [=Mane6=] would eventually recover and go on to release ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'', heavily based on the work they did for ''Fighting is Magic'', seven years later.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Being a game with [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters over 150 playable characters from over a decade of development]], Riot occasionally pursues "visual-gameplay updates" to completely relaunch champions that have been seen as [[TheArtifact significantly outdated in terms of design and gameplay]], a treatment often requested by fans, especially from much older champions. However, [=VGUs=] began facing [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks increasing scrutiny by dedicated champion mains angered by any changes in general]], the apotheosis of which being the 2018 Aatrox VGU, which changed him so drastically that [[BrokenBase fans were split right down the middle on whether Aatrox was genuinely improved or simply ruined]]. Riot decided in 2019 to drastically scale down the rate of [=VGUs=], citing the potential alienation of longtime fans as a big reason why (between 2016-2018, [=VGUs=] came out almost as often as new characters, but they're nowadays it's only 1 or 2 a year).

* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'''s reason why the game went online-only for most functionality (aside for Arcade Mode) in ''Sport'' and ''7'' as the game's save system tied to your PSN account (via the internet connection) is according to the series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, he was aware for players hacking and cheating their saves cause unfair disadvantages to make their progress quicker via the unauthorized [=PS4=] Save Editor or the USB trick in the GT Simulation Mode, as well for the [=PS5=] version via PS Plus cloud saving method.

* Due to streamers complaining about not being able to monetize their content, the developer of the Industrial Revolution mod for ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}'' [[https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=83197 announced that he was stopping work on the mod]] and even attempted to ''delete the mod entirely''. On December 2020, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/kixxyx/industrial_revolution_2_is_out/ creator eventually relented]] but can't be directly contacted. Also, rules about financial gains are still enforceable.

* The ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' developers were known to take sabbaticals from the forums due to particularly intense fans. In fact, this got so bad that the original powers designer was permanently driven from the forums due to extremely rabid fans. At the end, the game itself shut down.

* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'''s reason why the game went live-service (aside for Arcade Mode) starting in ''Sport'' and continued in ''7'' tied to your PSN account is according to the series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, he was aware about players hacking and cheating their saves cause unfair disadvantages to make their progress quicker via the unauthorized [=PS4=] Save Editor in the GT Simulation Mode. This also applies for players with PS Plus cloud saving on the [=PS5=] version of the game which prevents cheesing and save scrumming the game.

** When the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 fourth game]] was first teased, Scott Cawthon's website was initially "glitched out", with 8s and 7s appearing in the tab name. By sheer coincidence, they led to a real pizzeria, which fans promptly started harassing with calls. As a result, Cawthon removed the numbers and [[http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34749h/the_pizzeria_is_not_affiliated_with_fnaf_stop/ commented on the issue on Reddit]]. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34g2n1/the_real_freddysjk/ But the pizzeria didn't hold any grudge against the fanbase]].

** The circumstances of Scott Cawthon's retirement from the franchise is also this. To put it simply: one apparent FanHater posted a link of a list of Scott Cawthon's donations on Twitter, revealing that, among other things, he had donated to [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement controversial]] political candidates, seemingly as a [[ForTheLulz joke]] at the expense of Cawthon and the FNAF fanbase. This led to Cawthon getting heat, to the point of doxxing and death threats not only being sent out to him but his family, including his pregnant wife. Ultimately, Scott announced his retirement on Reddit and then on his website, and the Twitter hashtag [=#IStandWithScott=] began trending, with people on both sides of the political spectrum feeling disgusted at how this played out.

* In late 2012, the fan-made game ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic'' underwent a closed beta, with the developers having their testers sign Non-Disclosure Agreements. One of the testers leaked the build onto the internet anyway, causing developers [=Mane6=] to discontinue betas entirely and to start completely reworking the game, delaying the game's intended release. In early 2013, the charity auction for EVO 2013 opened up, with users donating money to see a fighting game they wanted as a sort of side-game. ''Fighting Is Magic'''s leaked build was nominated as an option, but the game did not receive a significant number of donations (it was pretty much always a contest between ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' and eventual winner ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''). Despite the developers begging their fans to stop donating to the game, fans did so anyway. The influx of donations meant that Hasbr7ilo's legal department was no longer able to "ignore" the project, so they had to step in and issue a Cease and Desist letter. [=Mane6=] would eventually recover and go on to release ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'', heavily based on the work they did for ''Fighting is Magic'', seven years later.

* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' characters Jenos and Evie got skins (Mernos and Sweet Shop, respectively) based on popular demand from fans. So when large amounts of fanart for Vora as an anthropomorphic orchid mantis started popping up, it seemed like it would also be set to become a new skin. Then, the game's art director [=ThunderBrush=] found out that one community member responsible for the meme had been pestering artists into drawing Orchid Mantis Vora, and announced on Twitter that this skin would ''not'' be made, to avoid rewarding such behavior.

** The comment sections under games and catalog items were removed in 2016 because the massive amount of spam that laid within them that primarily advertised "Free Robux" scam sites. However, contents in the Library (etc. models and decals and audio) still have comments. There's also Group Walls too. Nonetheless, scammers are still rampant on the site in one way or another.
** Another thing removed in 2016 was tickets currency, or better known as "Tix". There are plenty of theories as to why they were removed, with one of them being that they were easy to exploit/gain. For example, a person could make an alt account and keep joining their own game, which would give them a ticket.
** Guests were removed because they were also exploitable, being able to hack games and not get caught due to them technically being unregistered.
** The Roblox community as a whole has an infamous reputation for creating inappropriate assets, whether it'd be "Scented Con" games that feature naked users or models with even dirty animations, inappropriate bypassed decals, audios that swear or moan, or just simply bypassing the "###" censor by saying misspellings or distortions of banned words so they don't register. This occasionally gets Roblox slammed in the news for it. And frankly, it also has them being somewhat stricter than in their earlier years. One major example being this is the chat censoring. It is criticized for often censoring words that aren't in the slightest inappropriate, plus numbers too. Another thing that Roblox no longer likes is audio that is sped up/slowed down, which although, isn't as much as an issue.

** Creator/MikePollock, the current English voice actor of [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]], once used his Eggman voice in a fan interview to say [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog "Snooping as usual, I see" and "I hate that hedgehog!"]] by request. Once he figured out the significance of the former, he declared that he wouldn't do vocal requests again.[[note]]In the ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' episode "Boogey-Mania", Dr. Robotnik puts unusual emphasis on "Snoo''ping as'' usual, I see", causing it to sound like he's saying "Penis". This became very popular among the WebAnimation/YouTubePoop crowd.[[/note]] While Pollock would later ease up on this sentiment, he did add some rules for future vocal requests.[[note]]5 lines; 50 words; Eggman voice can't be used for fan projects; it costs a $5 Starbucks Gift Card.[[/note]] Pollock later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDRJwy2rS6E voiced the line]] as Eggman in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' in reference to the meme, but took care to not emphasize the memetic syllables.

* When ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' was still in its Kickstarter phase of development, one donor had given enough money to put a character of his into the game as an EasterEgg. The donor in question decided to use his [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursona]] as the character, whose features he had heavily toned down to make it more suitable for the game. When people found out what kind of content the donor drew in his art, it caused a massive backlash from people that dislike furries while trolls that liked to harass furries also jumped on board. The overwhelmingly negative reception led to harassment directed at the donor, which caused him to step away from the furry fandom and, eventually, stop posting his artwork altogether.

* In late 2012, the fan-made game ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic'' underwent a closed beta, with the developers having their testers sign Non-Disclosure Agreements. One of the testers leaked the build onto the internet anyway, causing developers [=Mane6=] to discontinue betas entirely and to start completely reworking the game, delaying the game's intended release. In early 2013, the charity auction for EVO 2013 opened up, with users donating money to see a fighting game they wanted as a sort of side-game. ''Fighting Is Magic'''s leaked build was nominated as an option, but the game did not receive a significant number of donations (it was pretty much always a contest between ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' and eventual winner ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''). Despite the developers begging their fans to stop donating to the game, fans did so anyway. The influx of donations meant that Hasbro's legal department was no longer able to "ignore" the project, so they had to step in and issue a Cease and Desist letter. [=Mane6=] would eventually recover and go on to release ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'', heavily based on the work they did for ''Fighting is Magic'', seven years later.

* The ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' developers were known to take sabbaticals from the forums due to particularly intense fans. In fact, this got so bad that the original powers designer was permanently driven from the forums due to extremely rabid fans.

* ''Moirai'' was a free indie game with an interesting premise: when the player first enters the mines, they have to decide whether a character lives or dies after asking them a series of pre-set questions, only to end up on the other end of the conversation moments later - it turns out that you're deciding the fate of the last person who played the game, and their responses to your questions are whatever the previous player typed in. Once the twist became widely known, in part because of popular Let's Play channels playing the game, players started typing in offensive responses and, in at least one case, running a script to crash the database by spamming the game with responses. The game ended up being pulled from Steam, and anyone who boots up a copy gets a message on the title screen saying that the game's no longer playable.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' rarely holds IP boosts for any special skins and only has skin & champion sales because their already bitchy fanbase keeps whining about it. Also, it's not entirely uncommon for the developers to be driven from the forums due to rabid fans. [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=11025490#post11025490 For example.]]

** The circumstances of Scott Cawthon's retirement of the franchise is also this. To put it simply: one apparent FanHater posted a link of a list of Scott Cawthon's donations on Twitter, revealing that, among other things, he had donated to [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement controversial]] political candidates, seemingly as a [[ForTheLulz joke]] at the expense of Cawthon and the FNAF fanbase. This led to Cawthon getting heat, to the point of doxxing and death threats not only being sent out to him but his family, including his pregnant wife. Ultimately, Scott announced his retirement on Reddit and then on his website, and the Twitter hashtag [=#IStandWithScott=] began trending, with people on both sides of the political spectrum feeling disgusted at how this played out.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'':
** When the game was first teased, Scott Cawthon's website was initially "glitched out", with 8s and 7s appearing in the tab name. By sheer coincidence, they led to a real pizzeria, which fans promptly started harassing with calls. As a result, Cawthon removed the numbers and [[http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34749h/the_pizzeria_is_not_affiliated_with_fnaf_stop/ commented on the issue on Reddit]]. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34g2n1/the_real_freddysjk/ But the pizzeria didn't hold any grudge against the fanbase]].

* After one idiot groped and stripped his drunk wife on camera while playing ''The Playroom'' for the [=PS4=], Sony has blocked total support for the game when it comes to streaming with the built-in Twitch function of the console. Worse, if you try to broadcast via the capture card, the broadcast will be taken down and the video will be removed, resulting in the player being banned on UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork.

** Creator/MikePollock, the current English voice actor of [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]], once used his Eggman voice in a fan interview to say [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog "Snooping as usual, I see" and "I hate that hedgehog!"]] by request. [[{{Mondegreen}} Once he figured out the significance of the former]], he declared that he wouldn't do vocal requests again.[[note]]In the ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' episode "Boogey-Mania", Dr. Robotnik puts unusual emphasis on "Snoo''ping as'' usual, I see", causing it to sound like he's saying "Penis". This became very popular among the WebAnimation/YouTubePoop crowd.[[/note]] While Pollock would later ease up on this sentiment, he did add some rules for future vocal requests.[[note]]5 lines; 50 words; Eggman voice can't be used for fan projects; it costs a $5 Starbucks Gift Card.[[/note]] Pollock later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDRJwy2rS6E voiced the line]] as Eggman in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' in reference to the meme, but took care to not emphasize the memetic syllables.

* Prior to the 2018 ''Anime/KillLaKill'' game by Creator/ArcSystemWorks, most fans agreed that if a game of said anime were to be made, Creator/PlatinumGames should be the ones to develop it. Unfortunately, due to the sheer ''amount'' of fans nagging Platinum about this, many in the company said that they would never develop the game. The only member who still expressed interest was Kenji Saito, the director of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', which is [[SpiritualAdaptation often regarded]] as being a ''Kill la Kill'' game anyway.

** ''VideoGame/{{Demigod}}'' had faith in its fans and released the game sans CopyProtection. The result? An estimated 93% piracy rate that choked the servers to death and caused review scores to plummet thanks to untold amounts of lag and connection issues. For that matter; a lot of CopyProtection and DRM in general, as you can see from several other examples on this page. It used to not be as intrusive as it was; but because of people who decided to pirate the game anyways, and then the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero players sticking it to the man who pirated it out of spite]] pirated it anyways to claim their piracy, thus further falsifying DRM. So thanks a lot, guys, nice to let developers know they can trust us.

** A fan translation of the DS remake of ''Final Fantasy Legend III'' (under its Japanese title, ''[=SaGa=] 3: Champions of Time and Space - Shadow or Light'') was eventually released by another group in 2013, and there have been efforts to translate at least ''VideoGame/SummonNightX'' and ''Summon Night Swordcraft Story: Stone of Beginnings'' into English.

* This is the reason we haven't gotten a proper English translation for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII'' or the ''VideoGame/SummonNight'' series for the longest time, as [[http://crimson-nocturnal.com/ Crimson Nocturnal]] shut down due to people complaining about slow updates and requests. However, some sources claim that the real reason CN disbanded is because of their leader's large ego combined with internal drama over translation styles, and this isn't the first time he has broken up the group.[[note]]This almost caused the death of the English translation ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'''s DS remake.[[/note]]