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[SpacemanStarfighter]

People are already accusing Sony of faking the pre-order chart. lol

There's not even need to do that when the competition is NASCAR, NBA and a Sonic kart game. Of course Yotei will be the most pre-ordered. Also, it's riding on the success of Tsushima, it physiological. They'll feel the consequences of their choices only with the third game, this is how it works. People will buy this because of Tsushima, but if this game disappoints them, they won't buy part three.

As for the boycott, it will be felt, but not enough to change Yotei's place in the charts.

BTW, that Piscatella is not a neutral actor though. I remember when through "creative reporting" he tried to imply that Stellar Blade wasn't selling that good.

I also found his tweets on bluesky of him "dunking on the chuds".

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

ProbablyMonsters is the latest studio to fire someone for posting about Charlie Kirk

Storm Lancers developer ProbablyMonsters has seemingly fired its global marketing manager, Light Humphreys, for publishing a series of posts commenting on the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Article:

In a sequence of remarks published on Meta-owned social media platform Threads, Humphreys appeared to criticize Kirk and joke about his killing. Screenshots of those posts were then circulated on X (formerly Twitter) by a number of right-wing accounts.

"Charlie Kirk's epitaph should read 'Worth it for the second amendment,'" reads one post visible in a screenshot.

"What if Charlie wasn't killed for his beliefs and it was like his scorned gay lover or something? All I'm saying is we're jumping to conclusions here," adds another.​

Humphreys described himself as a "Global Marketer @ ProbablyMonsters" on his Threads account, which looks to have been deleted alongside his Instagram profile.

Just days after screenshots of Humphreys' posts were shared on X, ProbablyMonsters confirmed it ousted an employee due to comments made on social media in relation to Kirk that violated its social media policy.

The company did not mention Humphreys by name.

"Respect is one of our core values. Comments recently made by a former employee about Charlie Kirk's death were offensive and violated our social media policy. We do not tolerate this behavior, and the individual is no longer with the company," said the company on X.

Source: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/probablymonsters-is-the-latest-studio-to-fire-someone-for-posting-about-charlie-kirk

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

People are already accusing Sony of faking the pre-order chart. lol

These people can't be for real lmao. Those 20 people that aren't buying the game now probably helped to promote the game on social media for more to buy it.

 

[DForce]

There's not even need to do that when the competition is NASCAR, NBA and a Sonic kart game. Of course Yotei will be the most pre-ordered. Also, it's riding on the success of Tsushima, it physiological. They'll feel the consequences of their choices only with the third game, this is how it works. People will buy this because of Tsushima, but if this game disappoints them, they won't buy part three.

As for the boycott, it will be felt, but not enough to change Yotei's place in the charts.

BTW, that Piscatella is not a neutral actor though. I remember when through "creative reporting" he tried to imply that Stellar Blade wasn't selling that good.

I also found his tweets on bluesky of him "dunking on the chuds".

It's ahead of EA Sports FC, Battlefield 6, and Silent Hill f in the United States. EA Sports FC 25 was the 8th best-selling game on the PlayStation 5 last year, so the fact that it's tracking above it in the United States is a good sign.

 

[Mr Moose]

ProbablyMonsters is the latest studio to fire someone for posting about Charlie Kirk

Storm Lancers developer ProbablyMonsters has seemingly fired its global marketing manager, Light Humphreys, for publishing a series of posts commenting on the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Article:

In a sequence of remarks published on Meta-owned social media platform Threads, Humphreys appeared to criticize Kirk and joke about his killing. Screenshots of those posts were then circulated on X (formerly Twitter) by a number of right-wing accounts.

"Charlie Kirk's epitaph should read 'Worth it for the second amendment,'" reads one post visible in a screenshot.

"What if Charlie wasn't killed for his beliefs and it was like his scorned gay lover or something? All I'm saying is we're jumping to conclusions here," adds another.​

Humphreys described himself as a "Global Marketer @ ProbablyMonsters" on his Threads account, which looks to have been deleted alongside his Instagram profile.

Just days after screenshots of Humphreys' posts were shared on X, ProbablyMonsters confirmed it ousted an employee due to comments made on social media in relation to Kirk that violated its social media policy.

The company did not mention Humphreys by name.

"Respect is one of our core values. Comments recently made by a former employee about Charlie Kirk's death were offensive and violated our social media policy. We do not tolerate this behavior, and the individual is no longer with the company," said the company on X.

Source: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/probablymonsters-is-the-latest-studio-to-fire-someone-for-posting-about-charlie-kirk

Dudes called Light Humphreys, bet he gets all the bitches.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

There's not even need to do that when the competition is NASCAR, NBA and a Sonic kart game. Of course Yotei will be the most pre-ordered. Also, it's riding on the success of Tsushima, it physiological. They'll feel the consequences of their choices only with the third game, this is how it works. People will buy this because of Tsushima, but if this game disappoints them, they won't buy part three.

As for the boycott, it will be felt, but not enough to change Yotei's place in the charts.

BTW, that Piscatella is not a neutral actor though. I remember when through "creative reporting" he tried to imply that Stellar Blade wasn't selling that good.

I also found his tweets on bluesky of him "dunking on the chuds".

He just likes to pick on the low hanging fruit and pretend that is representative of the predominant sentiment.