User blog comment:Jimeee/Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds Legendary difficulty and raises level cap (Updated Apr 8th)/@comment-174.101.60.233-20130321012801/@comment-184.100.217.187-20130322130527

No, "most" people do not feel this way...most people don't even care. There is a vocal minority venting their spleen about it on the Internet, but the tens of thousands of people playing the game all over the world aren't troubled in the least. For every one person complaining here in this forum about it, there are probably a thousand other people who are too busy enjoying the game to log on here and comment.

And for the record: I'm a console gamer (Xbox), and I want the Oghma Infinium glitch fixed. In fact, I want all glitches and bugs fixed...I want the game to be as streamlined and as professional as possible. Mistakes in code should be corrected, end of story, and I think it is admirable that the programmers at Bethesda take enough pride in their work to want to make it as clean as possible. More game developers should follow thier example.

I understand the desire for a "lazy gamer who likes to feel OP" style of play, but remember: this is not how the game developers intended the game to work. I know that some people deliberately ignore (or defiantly object to) this fact; just look below at all of the "developers need to stop telling me how to play the game!" rants posted by this handful of people. But that is how the cookie crumbles, folks. The game belongs to Bethesda and they decide how the game should be played, period. Buying a copy for your home entertainment does not buy you the right to dictate changes any more than buying a copy of Star Wars on DVD buys you the right to tell George Lucas that Greedo didn't shoot first.

But here's the good news: it's optional.

If you don't agree with the changes they are making to the game, you have the option to not download the patch. Nobody is going to show up at your house and twist your arm, nobody is going to force you to download it. If you enjoy the game the way it is, everyone (including Bethesda) is perfectly content to let you keep playing it the way it is. There is no reason to fuss about it.