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On November 6, 2012, there were two reasons you might've been standing in a long line — you were either waiting to buy your copy of Halo 4 or about to vote in the 2012 Presidential Election.
Yet every gamer of legal voting age should view the release of Halo 4 on Election Day as a great insult.
Releasing Halo 4 on Election Day has to be one of the greatest outrages to adult gamers since we graduated from high school. Microsoft Studios is implying that their core audience is composed of immature brats who are willing to avoid their civic duty for a simple video game.
It’s obvious that the games industry treats its audience like 14-year-olds who have just hit puberty, but releasing a major title during the election is a kick in the face while being given the finger.
To those who shirked their civic duty in favor of buying Halo 4 and playing it all day (on Election Day) — congratulations for making undecided voters look enlightened. It takes a lot of effort, with incredible blissful ignorance, to make a demographic that political scientists call "low information voters" (or dipshit according to Bill Maher) look intelligent by comparison.
Do gamers enjoy being called “immature,” ”grown children,” ”virgin for life,” or “dumb fuck?" Because that is what Microsoft Studios did by releasing a highly anticipated game on Election Day.
And please don’t bother crying a river or flooding the comment box with pathetic excuses like “Voting doesn’t matter” or “I’m just one vote, and the election is bought by the elite." Voter apathy weakens democracy and welcomes a corrupt government that caters to the needs of the few.
Sure, you could have voted by mail, but it’s the principle and the self respect of gamers that matters.
In future elections, if gamers don't want to be labeled as immature (or dipshit), they should go to their designated polling place first before going to GameStop.