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[BiggNife]

From less than 10k to 16k Twitter followers.
Boycott is working!

Oh right I forgot that following a twitter account guarantees you'll buy something from them

You realize those are all gamergaters, right? Many of whom probably don't plan to buy DOAX3. And once the storm blows over and DOAX3 gets announced for the west they'll move on to something else.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

"How do you do fellow kids?"=keeping it real

okay.

I'm glad they're having fun with the situation because it's entertaining to read but there's always gonna be "don't tweet what I don't like" people out there.

Oh right I forgot that following a twitter account guarantees you'll buy something from them

You realize those are all gamergaters, right? Many of whom probably don't plan to buy DOAX3. And once the storm blows over and DOAX3 gets announced for the west they'll move on to something else.

I followed and don't even know what the heck gamer gate is so that's one heck of an assumption

 

[Crash Station]

Am I still the only one who's mind automatically goes to Shonen Jump Weekly when I see SJW?

My mind goes to Weekly Shounen Jump when I see WSJ used for Wall Street Journal.

 

[Stallion Dan]

Neither is DOAX3.

DOA is pretty mainstream.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

From less than 10k to 16k Twitter followers.
Boycott is working!

is there even a boycott?

 

[Deleted member 126221]

DOA is pretty mainstream.

Hate to break it to you, but it really isn't. And the volleyball spinoff is even less.

 

[Yoshi]

Our Dark Lord Sarkeesian will target them for sure, and as we all know when she offers her mild feminist critiques the company immediately goes out of business. Long liver her campaign of terror against all things video game.

That is not what I wanted to say at all and since I assume you know this and just wanted to deal out a cheap jab, I'll leave it at that.

@besada: I think there's a difference between expressing your opinion and organizing protest against something. If anyone demands people to shut their mouth over their criticism, then I have to say to those people: Please go fuck yourself. However, being unhappy about people running campaigns against something is something different. Mind you, I don't want to say that said campaigns should be forbidden, but I think it is an acceptable position to be mad at people running campaigns against things you like.

 

[Nugg]

Oh right I forgot that following a twitter account guarantees you'll buy something from them

You realize those are all gamergaters, right?

Nope, some of them are gamergaters, sure, but most of them are egg bots

 

[Crash Station]

There's tons of controversy about artistic depictions of things in Japan. Do you not remember the child porn law in discussion that the eroge industry is super against because it makes them good money?

Oh, it's definitely there, but I never though it was as visible.

On the other hand, I guess that ordinance did happen which got a few series cancelled like that one about the girl with the talking vagina. So you might be right. Though even with that, there still are untouchables (like Yabuki with To Love Ru Darkness).

 

[TurnipFritters]

Are you surprised that #gamergate associated people are rallying around a Twitter account that is making overtures towards them?

i'm surprised that a group that rallied behind jack thomspon will rally behind literally anyone who throws them a bone

 

[Oersted]

DOA is pretty mainstream.

It is the creep franchise with the most public awareness, but mainstream giving the sales is a little bit of a stretch.

 

[Jubilee93]

Who cares about a game sexualizing women? The reason DOA is a thing is because guys shell out more for sexualized females than women/gay men shell out for sexualized males in games. A large niche of men dont have girlfriends and need a sexual output. Without it sex crimes and violence would obviously go up.

SJW/PC/Liberal utopias will never exist and since things have swung so far left in the past few years it has actually given rise to Trump and all these equally crazy people on the right.

Wow what a digression.

 

[Odrion]

Where is the boycott coming from? I checked Bretibart and all I saw was Mike Drucker saying he's not going to shop from there.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Who cares about a game sexualizing women? The reason DOA is a thing is because guys shell out more for sexualized females than women/gay men shell out for sexualized males in games. A large niche of men dont have girlfriends and need a sexual output. Without it sex crimes and violence would obviously go up.

SJW/PC/Liberal utopias will never exist and since things have swung so far left in the past few years it has actually given rise to Trump and all these equally crazy people on the right.

Wow what a digression.

Hear that everyone, DOAX3 has an obvious reduction on sex crimes and violence.

I hope this is a parody.

 

[BiggNife]

Where is the boycott coming from? I checked Bretibart and all I saw was Mike Drucker saying he's not going to shop from there.

There's no formal "boycott," just like there weren't any protests to ban DOAX3's release in the west. Just people indivdually saying they're not happy with P-A's behavior and will not buy from them as a result.

 

[Yoshi]

What is there even to analyze in DOAX? These are hypersexualized anime girls in bikini playing volleyball and taking suggestive poses. That's it. It's a super-basic game.

Did you ever watch these videos you're so afraid of, or do you assume they're just about censoring and banning your favorite games?

Are you kidding me? My favourite games? My favourite games are Yoshi's Island, Super Mario Galaxy 2 (and Mario series in general), Zelda Skyward Sword (and Zelda series in general), F-Zero GX (and F-Zero series in general), Pikmin 3 (and Pikmin series in general), Sonic Generations (and Sonic series in general) and Super Monkey Ball (and Monkey Ball series in general). I absolutely don't like sports games, I don't like pandering games and I haven't even played any DoAX game, nor do I plan to ever change this. And yes, I have watched two of Anita's videos. I did not like them, nor do I agree that what she complains about is an important issue, but I'm certainly not worried her videos could have the effect of having my favourite games banned.

 

[Odrion]

There's no formal "boycott," just like there weren't any protests to ban DOAX3's release in the west. Just people indivdually saying they're not happy with P-A's behavior and will not buy from them as a result.

so there's no real boycott

so is it really just some nerds feigning a battle to garner sadboy support? that's what it seems like

 

[Valdfellgar]

I'll throw you the same question I did to Valdfellgar: If this is the case, then why don't these criticisms make waves in Japan?



So we've gone from "Japan handles things differently, because they are more conservative in how they handle things, they are conservative in how they handle things because Japan handles things differently."

You're now begging the question.

No, you're misunderstanding me and I'm starting to think on purpose. The conservative approach to handling something is to do little or nothing about it. To conserve. That's what Japan is doing. They are conservative in their approach to dealing with otaku culture: which is to say, in this case, do nothing and ignore it.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Who cares about a game sexualizing women? The reason DOA is a thing is because guys shell out more for sexualized females than women/gay men shell out for sexualized males in games. A large niche of men dont have girlfriends and need a sexual output. Without it sex crimes and violence would obviously go up.

SJW/PC/Liberal utopias will never exist and since things have swung so far left in the past few years it has actually given rise to Trump and all these equally crazy people on the right.

Wow what a digression.

DOAX3 is preventing rapes? Fucking what?

Do you legitimately believe that the thin line preventing some sad pervert from going out and sexually assaulting a woman is a bad volleyball game that completely coasts on its pandering sexualization?

 

[Oersted]

Who cares about a game sexualizing women? The reason DOA is a thing is because guys shell out more for sexualized females than women/gay men shell out for sexualized males in games. A large niche of men dont have girlfriends and need a sexual output. Without it sex crimes and violence would obviously go up.

If you make a factual statement, its mostly better to cite some sources.

SJW/PC/Liberal utopias will never exist and since things have swung so far left in the past few years it has actually given rise to Trump and all these equally crazy people on the right.

Wow what a digression.

SJW/PC/Liberal utopias? What?

Where is the boycott coming from? I checked Bretibart and all I saw was Mike Drucker saying he's not going to shop from there.

Some boycot now over the very blatant Gamergate bait. Thats about it. Most still don't care.

 

[benicillin]

I think this is just the result of an industry that has catered to guys for so long that they feel entitled to have DOAX3. Like, it's their right to have it as gamers and as men. The idea that it wouldn't be released in the West must be the fault of some outside influence taking away something that is fundamentally theirs because it's their birthright to have these games, so they blame fictional "SJWs" rather than the market forces at work. When Disney decides to stop flaunting slave Leia everywhere because they own the IP and want to control how that character is portrayed, it's someone taking away their right to have a sexy Leia. They've always had these things and now they don't, so they think "why are people taking away these things that I like" rather than understanding that it's not all about them.

It's just the penultimate result of the entitlement among 'gamers.'

For the record I bought DOAX so I have no horse in this race.

 

[Crash Station]

I'll throw you the same question I did to Valdfellgar: If this is the case, then why don't these criticisms make waves in Japan?

Well, Japan isn't exactly the most progressive country when it comes to women's rights and expectations.

That being said, I'd say they're more progressive in some aspects of freedom of speech, particularly on the BS that is obscenity laws and the Miller test (in my opinion of course). However, that doesn't mean people that consume certain types of media aren't seen as outcasts. There's just a more "live and let live" mindset than here.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

Who cares about a game sexualizing women? The reason DOA is a thing is because guys shell out more for sexualized females than women/gay men shell out for sexualized males in games. A large niche of men dont have girlfriends and need a sexual output. Without it sex crimes and violence would obviously go up.

SJW/PC/Liberal utopias will never exist and since things have swung so far left in the past few years it has actually given rise to Trump and all these equally crazy people on the right.

Wow what a digression.

Urgh, these threads really bring to worst out of gaf. I really should stay away.

 

[Corpekata]

You know your series has bad PR when a fan will defend it with it being a preventative measure for men with sexual assault tendencies.

 

[Jubilee93]

Here that everyone, DOAX3 has an obvious reduction on sex crimes and violence.

I hope this is a parody.

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

 

[TurnipFritters]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

It sure isn't.

 

[Stallion Dan]

Hate to break it to you, but it really isn't. And the volleyball spinoff is even less.

1.5m sales and 3.5m F2P downloads of the latest game is pretty mainstream.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

No, and you're completely off base and talking out your rear. If you honestly believe what you're saying then I'm almost embarrassed for you.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

You're weird.

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

I don't see why Id want to come between a guy and his weird traditional pervy wank game. I also don't see why guys who like traditional pervy wank games want to inject that stuff into series were it doesn't belong.

 

[aeolist]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the skeleton/PC motto?

that's the general misogynist excuse for poor male behavior. progressives tend to recognize that men are individuals with different personalities and sexual aggressiveness is not pervasive throughout the whole gender.

 

[CadetMahoney]

I can't tell which are serious/joke posts anymore.

 

[Vice]

Hate to break it to you, but it really isn't. And the volleyball spinoff is even less.

DOA is probably the fifth or sixth most popular game in its genre in terms of sales. The games do very well for fighting games, it's popular. The beach volleyball stuff isn't though.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

1.5m sales and 3.5m F2P downloads of the latest game is pretty mainstream.

I guess we have a different definition of mainstream then.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

Now I'm convinced you're trolling

 

[Oersted]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

Complaining about lacking reading comprehension and then concluding with a bullshit conclusion. Parody?

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Not just sexualized games. I specifically mentioned porn and really any form of sexualized media. I guess the reading comprehension part was too advanced for you. Anyways I'm implying men are sexually and aggression obsessed creatures. Isnt that the SJW/PC motto?

Haha what the fuck is happening to this thread

 

[freeofgreed]

DOA is probably the fifth or sixth most popular game in its genre in terms of sales. The games do very well for fighting games, it's popular. The beach volleyball stuff isn't though.

Fighting games as genre don't sell all that well. Even SF which is the best selling fighting game franchise, almost didn't get made without Sony backing it. So saying DOA is the 5th best selling fg isn't saying all that much.

Also all that is irrelevant anyways since where talking about DOAX which as you said, isn't mainstream at all.

 

[Fatal Futanari]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=186745865&postcount=1873

Try again.

Ar No Surge+ - Low profile, dont think anybody knew about the game lel

Akiba's Trip - Definitely got some shit but dismissed as "anime game"

Onechanbara Z2 - Low profile, series is known for its goofiness, also not alot of people knew about the game

Senran Kagura: Deep Crimson - This series actually gets constantly shit on by people.

Senran Kagura: Estival Versus - Only released in JP so far and see comment above.

Dungeon Travelers 2 - Low profile, banned on GAF (lel)

Criminal Girls: Invite Only - Low profile, only news was about censorship. Also dismissed as "anime game". Banned on GAF (lol)

Operation Abyss - Low profile, dont see people talking about this game in general

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1,2 and 3 - Its Nep Nep...and they are reworks of the older games. People know what they are getting. Also dismissed as "anime game".

Hyperdevotion Noire - Its Nep Nep, people know what they are getting. Also dismissed as "anime game".

Omega Quintet - Dismissed as "anime game".

Dead or Alive 5: Last Round - Dismissed as a DoA game. This series is the most mainstream though.


Now a DOAX3 release now would be interesting. Don't think people would call for a ban for the game would definitely get a lot of shit talk thrown at it. Most gamers would dismiss it for being a typical DoA game but I can see this actually striking a nerve with some people. Although it might be able to fly by with the "Japan gonna Japan" excuse. I'm sure KT just doesnt want to deal with PR.

Didn't DOAX2 sell very well here?

 

[Griss]

1.5m sales and 3.5m F2P downloads of the latest game is pretty mainstream.

Indeed. As far as 3D fighting games go, I'd call that a substantial success.

For comparison's sake SCV sold about 1.7 mil, TTT2 about the same, I believe. I don't think anyone here would deny that either of those is a pretty mainstream game in their genre. Not like 'Mario' or 'Skyrim' mainstream, but gamers know of these series.

 

[mckmas8808]

Aside from DOAX1/2 being released in a time where outrage culture wasn't so bonkers, the rest of those games aren't mainstream enough for anyone to notice or care enough about to be worth pushing an agenda with.

How mainstream is this "OUTRAGE" culture that you speak of?

 

[IronicTonic]

I wasn't going to buy DOAX3 but I might import it now. Good to see Play Asia is standing up for idiotic irrelevant non-issues that are ruining the game industry.

 

[Hamburgler]

Official NeoGAF boycott when?

Can we make P-A a banned site please?

 

[Oersted]

Didn't DOAX2 sell very well here?

Wherever here is, no.

 

[benicillin]

I wasn't going to buy DOAX3 but I might import it now. Good to see Play Asia is standing up for idiotic irrelevant non-issues that are ruining the game industry.

Nice to see that the Hatred strategy is working out well for them.

 

[LoudCore]

this thread is hell

 

[LPride]

Aside from a handful of Dragonball Z level shenanigans (Oh man I bounced off of a pair of boobs because I wasnt looking where I was going!) Neptune isnt a sexy game at all, where are people getting that idea? Nep Nep is just a wierd cutsey incredibly simple JRPG.

 

[Kindekuma]

Glad to see someone straight out of /a/ is handling the Play Asia Twitter.

 

[bigwinnerx]

I wasn't going to buy DOAX3 but I might import it now. Good to see Play Asia is standing up for idiotic irrelevant non-issues that are ruining the game industry.

Rub a couple out, too. Win win.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Play-Asia making bank.

Lmao, they're not pulling any punches, are they?