> as a developer friend of mine once said “Those people hating on your game will always complain loudly. That’s just what they do. The fact is, though, that they’ll probably still buy your game.” and that’s what you need to focus on. It doesn’t matter if other people like your game. What matters is whether YOU like your game. If you love it, other people are bound to as well.

Optimism is good but I think this is the wrong kind of optimism. Especially the part about people who rip on the game will buy it any way. Besides the whole piracy thing, what's more likely is that people just won't care. In this world of increasing choices, it's more likely you'll be ignored rather than either hated or loved