• Deceptichum
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    11 months ago

    Its nothing to do with cheerful, its to do with not knowing how effective a boycott was.

    No one in their right mind would expect it to sell zero copies.

    Tell me, how do you tell if a boycott was successful?

    • @[email protected]
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      011 months ago

      I’d expect it to meaningfully affect the sales and the maker/seller/whoever behind it. Being the most sold game of the year and presumably making a fat profit, I don’t think it really did either.

      So again, ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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        211 months ago

        So, the fact that it took all year on all 4 major platforms to outsell one game from a much smaller but recognized IP thats restricted to one platform doesnt sound like a meaningful effect on its sales to you?

        Because thats a very weird thing. It should not have taken so long to reach this point, given the size of hp as a franchise.

        • @[email protected]
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          -111 months ago

          That’s the cheerful way to look at it. It sure could’ve, hypothetically, sold two gazillions instead of one. Take that, game, the boycott must’ve worked! Yeah…