The notion that developers deserve hate because their product isn't as good as it could be in the eyes of some consumers is . . . troubling. It rationalises hatred, which I think that generally (socially and psychologically) agreed to be a Bad Thing.
Now if you want to express that as "discontent", it'd be much more fair, but arguably the playerbase on here and on Steam are doing a good job of expressing it.
Firaxis aren't going to win everyone round. Firaxis could release ten more patches for BE, not hit certain issues in a certain way and people would still call BE a "pathetic pile of crap". In my opinion, they can't win when given such ultimatums.
Nor should they try.
Now if you want to express that as "discontent", it'd be much more fair, but arguably the playerbase on here and on Steam are doing a good job of expressing it.
Firaxis aren't going to win everyone round. Firaxis could release ten more patches for BE, not hit certain issues in a certain way and people would still call BE a "pathetic pile of crap". In my opinion, they can't win when given such ultimatums.
Nor should they try.