So… you take the philistine approach and choose to attack me rather than accept that there is an inherent problem within the computer gaming industry.
There are many problems in most industries, but that doesn't mean accusing the people not responsible for one you don't understand is a smart thing to do.
It's all very well pouncing on a forum user and just reading from your book of 'modern internet insult memes' (spoilt, entitled, whining blah blah blah) at whatever the subject is, but, by doing so, you are just using many and varied words to say "I don't care".
Care about what? If I feel the need to blame people for something, I usually think about it for a bit until such time as I can reasonably establish their responsibility.
But, then again, I'm not obsessed with placing blame.
I like to look for solutions rather than dwell on the past - and I certainly don't see the point in blaming people who don't seem to have anything to do with the problem.
Yes mate, it's a hard life. Still, we manage to preserve art. George Clooney has just made a film about the true story of where allied forces in the second world war were accompanied by art specialists, ensuring masterpieces weren't destroyed in the horrors of war.
I suppose this movie means it's ok to call developers lazy for no logical reason, then?
Now, those poor unfortunate slave-suits might well have a hard life, they might have pressures us poor 'entitled' individuals don't understand, but they are most certainly not 'fighting for their lives' and they most certainly don't have death as the potential outcome of 'trying to save a piece of art' - perhaps it's you who is 'misunderstanding' the 'pressures' of 'modern life'…
Oh, so since they're not risking their lives - that makes your position reasonable?
I'm afraid I don't follow.
If this is about preserving "art" (again, an amusing look at the factory line products known as the Total War series) - maybe you should focus on providing solutions?
You know, how do you propose to ensure eternal compatibility in a world where operating systems and hardware platforms are developed by completely different segments in a cut-throat corporate environment?
Maybe if you came up with something other than irrational and emotionally driven whining - I could take you seriously.
We can certainly agree that it would be nice if all games remained fully playable on all setups for all time - but we're not living in Never-never land. We have this reality standing in our way.
But please let's hear your solution. If you can't come up with one, you must be lazy - because it's not like your life is at risk.