• @[email protected]
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    2 months ago

    Sony’s executives thought it was a great idea to buy this studio when they first saw the game as it was reported last year. I don’t know if the character designs were mandated to be this way because Sony executives demanded it, or if the devs designed them the way they are. Did they want to chase the blue hair vocal minority on xitter that complain about games not being diverse enough, then don’t buy the games with these incredibly diverse, brave and quirky character designs anyway? On top of that a $40 price tag is enough to make a dead on arrival game among other issues like a forced PSN account and no Steam Deck support.

    • Cethin
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      262 months ago

      Yeah, the “diversity” (aliens and shit, really? You want to tell me they’re targeting the “diversity” crowd with non-humans?) is not the reason for this failing. It’s a generic $40 live-service game. That market is far too over saturated. Plenty of people like and buy games with diversity, although they have to be good games first and foremost. It’s just a way to help your game appeal to a larger audience, but it has to appeal to anyone first. This doesn’t.

    • @[email protected]
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      -382 months ago

      I just don’t understand the insistence on targeting the woke demographic instead of core gamers. They’ve repeatedly shown that they are masters in the complaining department, but when it comes to buying diversity-infused games, they are a no-show.

      • @thesporkeffect
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        122 months ago

        In what way are they targeting the woke demographic? Is it because aliens?

      • @[email protected]
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        82 months ago

        Who the fuck is avoiding buying games because they aren’t “woke” or “diverse” enough?

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        Buying forced diversity bug studio shlop you mean. Plenty of tiny diverse indie games that do well for themselves out there.

        • @ClockNimble
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          232 months ago

          There has to be a point, first. It’s just the old “go woke, go broke” nonsense. It’s the recycled conservative pearl clutching that has always come in when society starts to include those ‘nasty outsiders’. (Minorities.)

          Let’s say I entertain the possibility that there is a point.

          ->Baldur’s Gate 3. . Very ‘woke’. Amazing game.

          ->Concord Arguably ‘woke’. Crappy game.

          Let’s go with a game that flopped and wasn’t advertised as ‘inclusive’ Anthem.

          Let’s entertain this further to /really/ drive some nails into the coffin of this ‘point’.

          Celeste, a game heavy with queer tones to tell the story. Great game, very popular.

          So, that is why most people are walking by this with just a down vote. It’s all it really deserves, but I needed an easy win today. ~

          Hope life treats you well, Peace

          • @[email protected]
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            -172 months ago

            Baldur’s Gate 3

            The 3 main females are attractive and have super model bodies.

            Anthem

            EA live service garbage that launched at full price, destined to fail no matter what.

            Celeste

            The pride pin was added in an update and the pride allegory or whatever was confirmed post-launch. Plus it is not in your face and main character does not have an ugly design.

            • @ampersandrew
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              132 months ago

              Baldur’s Gate 3 lets you choose body type, genitalia, and voice all separately, and everyone in the game is pansexual and DTF. It’s as woke as anything else that the conservative crowd complains about. You need to have enormous blinders on to things like BG3, Barbie, etc. being massive successes to think that “go woke, go broke” makes any sense. You don’t have to make it to a screen that displays pronouns to see that this game was going to flop.

        • @mriormro
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          102 months ago

          Cause your comment is blindingly stupid.

        • @A7thStone
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          92 months ago

          It’s really hard to refute willful stupidity. You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.

        • @RightHandOfIkaros
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          -32 months ago

          Spend enough time on Lemmy and you’ll see this is not unusual or uncommon.

          • @A7thStone
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            52 months ago

            I down voted you, and that doesn’t make you right. It’s because you are annoying, and moronic.