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SpokenTruth said:
Lawlight said:
SpokenTruth said:
Chris Hu said:
SpokenTruth said:
You guys actually wanted a volleyball video game?


Nah, people only buy it for the boobs.

Google.  The last 4 letters of Google are "ogle".  Why pay $60 for animated jiggly boobs when you can get that and so much more for free already?

Are you really not seeing an issue with a game not being released because of SJW backlash?

Are you really not seeing an issue with game costing $60 to ogle at that you can view and see a lot more online for free?

You can also buy the game when it hits a lower price you know? Games gets lower in price over time you know?

also what logic are you even using?

Why play a sports game just play it in real life (with friends)

Why play a shooter take water guns and play in real life

Why play jump and runs just go outside and jump and run there

all for free! why play games at all



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teigaga said:
Lawlight said:

Guys, we can close this thread now. Apparently no one cares and all the tweets and articles about sexism in video games don't exist. They're all figment of our imagination apparently.

Highlighted the meat of the point since you seemed to have missed it. 

Next will the same japnese devs stop releasing their games in the west because they don't like what our reviewers say about them? Essentially no one should be looking to blame freedom of speech of what is essentially just a developer lacking backbone/conviction. OR, more likely, them looking for an excuse not to localise their game. 


It's not just reviewers.



As someone who owns the First two main releases, Makes me sad ;(



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shame to hear a company falling to politically correct pressure to not release a game

sex sells, for both women and men. no reason to get freaky polite about game releases. I don't see companies stopping releases of gorey games just because they offend some people, Bloodborne certainly didn't take out its blood 

obviously Tecmo doesn't want to hurt their brand image haha but it's just annoying to me. make a game and show you're respectable and proud of your work, don't be a coward about it



Lawlight said:
teigaga said:

Highlighted the meat of the point since you seemed to have missed it. 

Next will the same japnese devs stop releasing their games in the west because they don't like what our reviewers say about them? Essentially no one should be looking to blame freedom of speech of what is essentially just a developer lacking backbone/conviction. OR, more likely, them looking for an excuse not to localise their game. 


It's not just reviewers.


No, its also people who  have never had any interest in buyig the games and have no real stake in its success, again why the "backlash" is irrelevant and if anything will act as a promotional tool for this highly niche game that would struggle to sell on its own merit. It should have no negatve impact on the bottom line, the fact it does is a failure of the developers to respond properly to the air of discussion/critcism. This DOA spin off exists almost soley to fetishise its characters, anyone who dislikes that was never its target audience to begin with. Those who do like it aren't going to be turned off by a twitter hashtag or an article about gender representation.

Again I site GTA as a game which has unrivaled backlash that expands beyond the equivalent of blog posts and opinion pieces and actually gets featured on news and discussed in politics. They went out of their way to make a M rated experience for adults and teens, they accept that the appeal in the game is the same thing that opens it up for critism. This should be no different. 



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mountaindewslave said:

shame to hear a company falling to politically correct pressure to not release a game

sex sells, for both women and men. no reason to get freaky polite about game releases. I don't see companies stopping releases of gorey games just because they offend some people, Bloodborne certainly didn't take out its blood 

obviously Tecmo doesn't want to hurt their brand image haha but it's just annoying to me. make a game and show you're respectable and proud of your work, don't be a coward about it

They have no reputable brand image in the west other then delivering Japanese games. Their games typically score poorly, sell poorly compared to the avaerage release and are not intended for the mainstream markets over here (Dynasty warriors). 



TheWPCTraveler said:
Lawlight said:
Looks like Play-Asia pissed off a lot of SJWs with their tweet about not bowing to SJW-nonsense.

 



This tastes so sweet!


I don't usually buy online for my gaming needs but when I do, I will make sure its with Play Asia.



This is a interesting turn of events, Huniepot developers offer Koei 1M for the publishing rights to the game



awesome video by GA, and yeah Jim Sterling is a sellout now hes in bed with youtube so no suprise for his defence 



I am going to order something from play-asia right now, just because they are awesome!



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