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KLXVER said:
I agree with some of what you are saying. However, do you believe there is no truth at all to what any of them are saying? The gamers complaining about a game being woke is not what makes me not interested in it. Its more the developers or publishers insulting gamers for not liking or buying their games and calling them out and shaming them for it. Its disgusting. If you dont like what they are saying, then ignore them. Most developers do just ignore the more mean comments and focus on real criticism. But there are some developers that just cant shut the fuck up and let the game speak for itself. Developers can do whatever they want with the product they are making and we the consumers have the right to buy it or not buy it for whatever reason. Its obviously working as of late though. Being branded "woke" is almost a certain kiss of death these days. It might not be fair, but I think there is more to it than that. I think gamers are just sick of developers and journalists working against them more than they work for them. |
Tbh...Not really, Lol. The world is diverse but videogames are still primarily led by straight males (not a criticism), it does not bother me in the slightest to see different types of people, I find it more interesting. Also a lot of these "ugly" characters are often purposely manipulated screenshots of a character in an unfortunate pose which can be done to everyone just to say "ugly, woke" and grift some more.
I'm tired of every single game being labelled as woke, so I've tried to ignore it, I never took it seriously but it's even more clear today than ever before that the label has absolutely zero meaning, it is tossed onto practically everything, that is why I mentioned even those who used to call stuff "woke" are defending titles being accused of being "woke" now...Can't they see how ridiculous the whole thing has became?
I don't see many publishers shaming gamers because publishers tend to stay quiet, I have seen individual developers fight back but I don't really blame them. Sure it could be "unprofessional" but it must be annoying as fuck to see something you've put years of work and love into, get attacked for such stupid reasons, not only the game but the developers also being hounded by angry idiots. Developers aren't just machines working on products that we love, they are human beings, who put a lot of love and work into their creations, criticisms are fine and often well received but screaming about woke and female protags or pronouns is not legit criticism Imo and it's often just being a dick.
The developer may be acting unprofessional to respond but what about all the people being assholes to the developer? If someone was hounding my Twitter account over stupid shit I too would tell them to fuck off, Lol. Most developers do ignore the assholes like you said but there's literally thousands of developers, there is going to be a few who buckle under the pressure of hundreds of idiots flooding their accounts with garbage, in my view, the emotional reaction is understandable even if not considered professional.
We the consumers have the right to buy it or not buy it for whatever reason.
Agreed...So I wish these dudes would just not buy the game instead of hounding developers and rage-baiting.
Being branded "woke" is almost a certain kiss of death these days.
Plenty of titles have been branded as woke and gone on to be very successful, as I pointed out though, those grifters quickly move on from the titles that are actually good because they can't form a narrative out of it. I really doubt that the larger general audience of videogames even knows about this whole stupid drama, the majority of millions of gamers aren't spending their days as invested in gaming media as you or I, as people on forums or who follow gaming users, I believe the majority don't care or even know what is happening, I have no evidence to back this up of course but I seriously doubt that for example, the majority of gamers even notice the pronouns in Starfield, Baldur's Gate, etc.
We on forums or Twitter do not represent the majority, we are simply a vocal minority.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 14 December 2024
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