Hawking Radiation
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Gamers need to start boycotting Game Companies!
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PeteBull
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That is happening in game indurstry too but not coz of some fake outrage aka for example hogwarts legacy, gamers dont "boycott" stuff, they simply dont buy bad products they dont enjoy, no hidden meaning in it- gaming is entertainment- gamers aka customers wanna play a game-they buy it, if no then no and that kinda is.
Simple supply and demand capitalism rule, no magic tricks or petitions.
When Saints Row woke reboot was shit all the woke twitter crowd/fake praisers couldnt do shit- game was bad so target audience decided not to buy it- game bombed and end of story.
Another example, this time of upcoming game in 2024 but super safe bet-Suicide Squad looks nasty and so not fun to play- u wont have gamers boycotting it- it will simply have 0 interests coz its simply bad game, it will vanish right after launch, very likely with few weeks after some info from higher ups about not meeting expectations and rocksteady studio layouts/closing.
Instead of boycotts lets trust the process and simply natural law of-talent always winning and being able to prove itself on its own.
Its same thing with moivation needed to go to the gym- it only works short term- longterm u simply do it coz u fuckin love lifting weigts/to feel good/look good, u dont need motivation to do something u enjoy doing.
U dont need to boycott games u dont wanna buy, and the ones u wanna buy u will buy/play no matter if some randos on the internet telling u to boycott them.
At leasts thats my take on it.
GreatnessRD
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Not enough like-minded people. But I'm right there with you. Gaming has been in the toilet for a very, very long time. With that said, I am happy that some gamers have found happiness in the current era. I just can't get with it personally.
Hayabusabruh
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I think the dev teams should have to submit a pic of the whole team. I'll then make my purchasing decision based off of how many people have blue and purple hair.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
Another “vote with your wallet” thread. This has been debunked already numerous times why it’s not effective.
darrylgorn
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TheDreadLord
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Just doesn’t buy games you feel that might not be worth... There are hundreds of other options around. Also, you might be unhappy with said game but someone might be ok with that… so stop pushing your personal preferences over other people.
Buggy Loop
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Oh yeah it will work
CYRU5_DA_GR34T
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I Agree with you bruh, especially about Saints Row, watchin that thing flop was the most pleasant thing to happen in recent memory, well other than the failed Hogwarts Legacy boycot
FrozenFlame
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CYRU5_DA_GR34T
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People being themselves is one thing, people demanding that the rest of us give up what we care about and wrap the whole world around them at our expense, thats another thing entirely.
I don't expect everything to be dedicated to me, or to be made for me, but if I've been a loyal customer, getting shoved aside for some other demographic because of THE MESSAGE, then yeah, I'm walking away and letting the company know why.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
....but. Bud Light still sells beer to you don't they? Target still lets you purchase from their store, don't they? They're not giving discounts to gay people or trans people, it's about as superficial as they can get.
They're just appeasing to a little section of the population who really appreciates it. It's not like Bud Light has a history of making pro LGBT ads before this one, same thing for target.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
this is the section of the population OP expects to properly conduct a boycott....can't even prevent themselves from playing a fucking call of duty game, when Battlefield is right there. yeah not in a million fuckin years lmfao
CYRU5_DA_GR34T
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The section of the population (western population as far as I can tell, I'm not American), isn't simply asking for something they appreciate, they threaten cancelations if you don't give them whatever it is they are asking for. They are holding companies at gunpoint especially with that ESG stuff. "Give us what we want whether or not it makes sense, or we will tear up your reputation, and riot if necessary."
When it comes to games and entertainment its not "inclusion" they're after, the creators have to rewrite things to fit a specific set of principles that have nothing to do with the original fanbase, that's how you get shoved aside. Give them an inch and they'll bait and switch your protagonist with one who seems to want to insult the original fanbase and appeal to a totally different one.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
the funny thing is that ESG was made by the companies... not by the people. Blackrock and the United Nations are the reason ESG exists and is so prevalent, not Twitter, lol
And moreover.... Twitter cancellations don't do shit to a company. You can't damage a company's reputation and kill off their revenue by trying to 'cancel' them on Twitter. Trust me, if they could people'd have done that already, because they've got enough skeletons in their closet worthy of cancellation. (none of them have to do with progressiveness, btw) Simple fact is that they're too big to crumble from a couple twitter tweets.
i understand your frusturation but you cannot convince people like that. It will never happen.
digital_ghost
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Bafoons Only Fucking Apes
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
i'm forced to boycott them because i don't own a PS4/5
CYRU5_DA_GR34T
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You're absolutely right, Bob Chapek decided to apologize to his gay employees and join them in protesting the bill they were demanding Disney (he was CEO at the time) do something about, no pressure
yurinka
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harry mason 1989
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Nope
LegendOfKage
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Why should I support companies who insult my worldview? To be clear, I have a fairly supportive worldview when it comes to trans people, but if I disagree with some aspect of what Target or Bud Light or Miller or Gillette has said or done, and the result of that disagreement essentially comes down to a company suggesting I'm a bad person for not agreeing with them, why would I ever give that company my business again? Why should any company lecture their customers? There's nothing superficial about insulting your customers.
Same for game companies. If you insult my worldview, why should I give you my business when there are SO many other options?
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Nah I've got a different attitude.
Forget convincing and trying to revert something back.
The sane doesn't have that pull in numbers like the people that protested to changed it do, although we are the majority we have lives and we move on within a week or two
If a product goes down that path and people allow it, then let it die.
Because it usually does.
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Gamer79
Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
Wrong. If you keep giving them your money it gives them 0 incentive to change. If they have to rethink releasing a broken product because they know it will not sell, that is the difference. Keep buying their bullshit is not solving anything.
CYRU5_DA_GR34T
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What he said
There are SO MANY games that are coming out all the time. Buy the stuff you like and gets good reviews. Don’t buy the other stuff. I don’t even understand gaming boycotts, it’s not like everyone buys every new game that comes out anyway.
That aside, we see that some cultural outrage boycotts work and some don’t, but there’s usually an obvious reason. Bud Light is getting hit hard because their primary demo was literally white trash conservatives and they pushed the biggest culture war button there is at the moment and nuked themselves.
That aside, we see that some cultural outrage boycotts work and some don’t, but there’s usually an obvious reason. Bud Light is getting hit hard because their primary demo was literally white trash conservatives and they pushed the biggest culture war button there is at the moment and nuked themselves.
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Jigsaah
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Boycotting suggests that a group of people come together to collectively refuse to do business with a company. That requires organization. OP screaming at the heavens is not accomplishing anything more than the reactions on the post and the subsequent posts like this one explaining the fallacy in his method.
Congratulations bro, we did it.
Congratulations bro, we did it.
March Climber
Gold Member
There are more factors behind this than just 'online people didn't like them'
Gamer79
Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
1. True but the online part spilled into reality.
2. Agreed. People keep saying how great these recent games are and I am not seeing it.
Nautilus
Banned
These yearly, broken games keep selling because people like the yearly games and don't mind (that much) broken games as long as its playable.
The broken games part may be fixed with a decent number of people simply not buying at launch. I can see that affecting people buying habbits. But that will take several years.
But the yearly games? That barely push anything foward? Gamers in general like that. That wont be going out of style anytime soon.
The broken games part may be fixed with a decent number of people simply not buying at launch. I can see that affecting people buying habbits. But that will take several years.
But the yearly games? That barely push anything foward? Gamers in general like that. That wont be going out of style anytime soon.
Gamer79
Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
The only real goal is to get a better product at the end of the day.
March Climber
Gold Member
There are two versions of cause and effect here:
One version is the neatly wrapped in a bow version, where what you've been told online what people want the direct coorelation to be. "People didn't like ____ so the numbers went down"
The other version is the more complicated version where there are multiple layers. Multiple businesses doing deals, advertisers, exchanging of hands, shipping issues, price increase of goods, stock changes, supply issues, demand issues, worker issues, machinery problems, etc.
What I'm suggesting is that while it's easy to believe the former because it makes for a good quick and easy headline, the latter(the giant ball of mess happening behind the scenes) is what should always be considered or researched when it comes to gigantic corporate entities, especially when asking for a call to arms.
BbMajor7th
Member
This is the right answer. I toss more money at the indie scene than the mainstream these days. Mainstream has become copy pasta in a lot of cases so I'm happy to reward the smaller companies doing different things.
Also, people aren't boycotting Disney, they're just tuning out due to over-saturation and a major decline in quality. I'm sure the virtue signalling has played a part, but the bigger story is them throwing good money after too many bad projects.
Gamer79
Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
Spot on the money! The only way I can have my voice heard is with my wallet. I refused to hear or watch all the virtue signaling these big companies are pushing. Hell if cancel culture can work for the Left, I believe proper boycotts can steer a company. The game industy is in a very sad state. Companies like Nintendo are few and very far between. People seem to have accepted their lackluster mediocre games. The only way to change things is with your wallet. Going with the status Quo or bitching online solves nothing. Money is the only langue big companies speak. Unfortunately gaming has shifted much more towards a business.