Ah yes... lgbt chars is the recipe to become top seller and have top users again. No need to maybe make a new game with better mechanics, graphics, story, characters or fix issues.
Yep.. do something that literally only 0.00005% of people care about. These companies are retarded. They pander to a tiny fraction of the population and out of that tiny fraction.. only an even tinier fraction plays games. Like wtf?
as much as I'd like to agree with you... it seems like the proportion of people who care about this among the people who are into this game is not nearly that low. check out the twitter replies to see what I mean.
How many of those people actually spend money about the topic they pander for? Twitter replies are meaningless and paint an inaccurate demographics picture.
right, but one could just as well ask: how many of the people who are angry about this, are mostly attracted to the outrage and culture war aspects.
my belief is that a lot of these people are casuals, if they care about the game at all. they're "tourists". they're not going to spend money on this game.
keep in mind that I'm not saying that they shouldn't be upset about this. I'm also not saying that everyone who cares about this is like that. nor that most of the game's fans are not bothered by this (I'm sure they are). but certainly these people exist.
right, but one could just as well ask: how many of the people who are angry about this, are mostly attracted to the outrage and culture war aspects.
A lot, and yes, that applies to plenty of people in this community and platform.
Some of the habitually offended do, in fact, have some financial stake in what they argue for, but I think we've seen enough examples over the years that they do not represent the aggregate consumer base. Their existence is not meaningful in these types of discussions.
Otherwise media such as Ghostbusters and modern-day comics would be selling like gangbusters instead of severely disappointing or outright standing at a deficit. It probably does draw in some newer audience while hemorrhaging others; the net balance matters.
Thing is, do they actually pay to play the game, or do they just play the free demo version? Are they customers, or are they the same sort of people from a few decades ago who talked like "Oh, I'd so go to Bingo more if the halls weren't so full of cigarette smoke" who then never showed up for Bingo once the smoking laws hit (and in fact, the halls emptied and many shut down in my hometown, where it was all the rage, and supported by American gamblers looking for bigger pots than what Michigan allowed.)
None of the people who bitched about smoke-filled bingo halls actually played bingo. Or at least, weren't the fans of it who went every week. THOSE people smoked heavily ...
I worked in bingo halls for three years, volunteer, twice a week in the early 80s. Watched as by the end of the 80s, the only place for teenagers to go, a roller rink, was turned into a bingo hall because of the bingo craze - which died the instant the tobacco laws came in. Windsor, Ontario (aka Canada's Armpit.)
I could see that. To normies that would be considered a good thing, before GG when I was still on the left I thought how nice to have a gay character in pokemon, now I want them to leave my hobbies alone.
I assume a lot of those still playing the game are on the left to some extent, and as long as they do not start making Illidan a fag and Thrall his bitch they will not care. If you sticked around after the feminist inspired train rack that was BFA then a minor character that has some story behind it that has no impact or even dialogue in the game is completely irrelevant.
You’re not wrong but you’re missing his point. These idpol gimmicks are always the death rattle of dying media. Jerking off all the Gen-x moms so they’ll buy more pets or whatever the fuck they’re selling now isn’t a long-term success strategy and theyre going to get stuck in a downward spiral like the newspapers where they become more and more reliant on this cringey niche crowd. it’s just gonna get worse from here.
Ah yes... lgbt chars is the recipe to become top seller and have top users again. No need to maybe make a new game with better mechanics, graphics, story, characters or fix issues.
Yep.. do something that literally only 0.00005% of people care about. These companies are retarded. They pander to a tiny fraction of the population and out of that tiny fraction.. only an even tinier fraction plays games. Like wtf?
as much as I'd like to agree with you... it seems like the proportion of people who care about this among the people who are into this game is not nearly that low. check out the twitter replies to see what I mean.
How many of those people actually spend money about the topic they pander for? Twitter replies are meaningless and paint an inaccurate demographics picture.
right, but one could just as well ask: how many of the people who are angry about this, are mostly attracted to the outrage and culture war aspects.
my belief is that a lot of these people are casuals, if they care about the game at all. they're "tourists". they're not going to spend money on this game.
keep in mind that I'm not saying that they shouldn't be upset about this. I'm also not saying that everyone who cares about this is like that. nor that most of the game's fans are not bothered by this (I'm sure they are). but certainly these people exist.
Didnt they go out of their way to pander to furries a while back with some kind of furry themed expansion pack?
A lot, and yes, that applies to plenty of people in this community and platform.
Some of the habitually offended do, in fact, have some financial stake in what they argue for, but I think we've seen enough examples over the years that they do not represent the aggregate consumer base. Their existence is not meaningful in these types of discussions.
Otherwise media such as Ghostbusters and modern-day comics would be selling like gangbusters instead of severely disappointing or outright standing at a deficit. It probably does draw in some newer audience while hemorrhaging others; the net balance matters.
Thing is, do they actually pay to play the game, or do they just play the free demo version? Are they customers, or are they the same sort of people from a few decades ago who talked like "Oh, I'd so go to Bingo more if the halls weren't so full of cigarette smoke" who then never showed up for Bingo once the smoking laws hit (and in fact, the halls emptied and many shut down in my hometown, where it was all the rage, and supported by American gamblers looking for bigger pots than what Michigan allowed.)
None of the people who bitched about smoke-filled bingo halls actually played bingo. Or at least, weren't the fans of it who went every week. THOSE people smoked heavily ...
I worked in bingo halls for three years, volunteer, twice a week in the early 80s. Watched as by the end of the 80s, the only place for teenagers to go, a roller rink, was turned into a bingo hall because of the bingo craze - which died the instant the tobacco laws came in. Windsor, Ontario (aka Canada's Armpit.)
I could see that. To normies that would be considered a good thing, before GG when I was still on the left I thought how nice to have a gay character in pokemon, now I want them to leave my hobbies alone.
I assume a lot of those still playing the game are on the left to some extent, and as long as they do not start making Illidan a fag and Thrall his bitch they will not care. If you sticked around after the feminist inspired train rack that was BFA then a minor character that has some story behind it that has no impact or even dialogue in the game is completely irrelevant.
Kinda hard to. Verify that someone tweeting actually plays the game
You’re not wrong but you’re missing his point. These idpol gimmicks are always the death rattle of dying media. Jerking off all the Gen-x moms so they’ll buy more pets or whatever the fuck they’re selling now isn’t a long-term success strategy and theyre going to get stuck in a downward spiral like the newspapers where they become more and more reliant on this cringey niche crowd. it’s just gonna get worse from here.