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[N1tr0sOx1d3]

no , its not going to fall , its only going to get worse

Activision actually said that will double down on it

Sony might back down a little after concord and cancelled games but microsoft will keep going for it

What!? You think Sony will continue on DEI trajectory? After loosing $400,000,000!?
That would be absolute suicide.

 

[samoilaaa]

What!? You think Sony will continue on DEI trajectory? After loosing $400,000,000!?
That would be absolute suicide.

they didnt lose 400 million because of DEI , they lost because the game was trash , there are plenty of successful DEI games

 

[DeepEnigma]

they didnt lose 400 million because of DEI , they lost because the game was trash , there are plenty of successful DEI games

One could argue the game was trash because they designed around all that mental illness shit first and foremost. The art design was so hideous to the point, barely anyone even gave it a try to see how the gameplay was.

Most of the "successful DEI games" were already well-established IPs with it shoehorned into it in current year. There isn't much of, if at all, that the core design philosophy revolved around these very ideological pursuits first and foremost as a foundation, and were a metric of mass appeal "success."

From Hollyweird to comics, they've all crashed and burned.

 

[Filben]

I don't think you'll sell 40% over expectations because of two words. Probably more like because of its 2.0 release, lack of high budget Soulslike games the past few months or hundred other, yet unknown reasons.

 

[Draugoth]

For anyone wondering, CI Games CEO confirmed the sequel will be very anti DEI (on purpose) it seems.

I'm trying to find the tweet where he says there would be meltdowns with the sequel character design.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I don't think you'll sell 40% over expectations because of two words. Probably more like because of its 2.0 release, lack of high budget Soulslike games the past few months or hundred other, yet unknown reasons.

It's what got everyone's attention to even consider 2.0, which probably would've flown under the radar otherwise. Smart marketing play, really.

 

[ClosBSAS]

Is it because of the labeling or the discount?

Seems OP is adding his own interpretation in there.

Labeling. By far. Forst discount dodnt bring much, this one did, nothing wrong with it. You can support all the woke shit u want but devs are not obliged to follow that

 

[The Cockatrice]

One could argue the game was trash because they designed around all that mental illness shit first and foremost. The art design was so hideous to the point, barely anyone even gave it a try to see how the gameplay was.

Most of the "successful DEI games" were already well-established IPs with it shoehorned into it in current year. There isn't much of, if at all, that the core design philosophy revolved around these very ideological pursuits first and foremost as a foundation, and were a metric of mass appeal "success."

From Hollyweird to comics, they've all crashed and burned.

Most anti-woke chuds as well as the woke ones, you know, the extremists not the normal people, don't realize that you can genuinely make amazing games even with DEI. Elden Ring, Baldurs Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077and plenty more are good examples of it. Even AC Shadows which this forum severely hated it before release(I also had my doubsts about it but I am enjoying it) is doing quite well finnacially and based on steam reviews, considering it's the most Ubisoft The Game ever made with some scum mtxs. Anyway, I really stopped caring about all this shit. If the game is good I don't care if my female character has a 10 foot dick.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I don't care if my female character has a 10 foot dick.

 

[The Cockatrice]