I have a new word!

[Dark Jaguar]

Ready? What do you call it when a game is changed by the developers so it is harmed (by dedicated fan reckoning) in order to have a wider "mass market" appeal?

A casualty!

[Sacred Jellybean]

Pretty good, B+. I would have changed the wording around to make the lead-up more succinct, and put the punchline in a spoiler (I read it first by mistake).

Now, to carpetbomb every hardcore gaming forum with the joke until it becomes part of the lexicon. GO!