I buy any driving game that isn't from a company on my list, and I ended up buying Dakar Desert Rally. I'm enjoying it, actually.
But when I booted it up, I froze in horror (okay, maybe I just sighed in exasperation) when I saw "From an Embracer Group AB company" on the loading screen.
I checked the box three times and it doesn't mention Embracer Group. Even in the little terms and conditions on the back.
Should I feel guilty that I funded my enemy?
This is the least of the reasons you should feel bad.
Let me guess, because I still support Microsoft?
I am a bit intrigue on why do you support Microsoft. They are extremely pro-women and have lower standards for women. I even know of a couple of guys that work there that started "identifying as women" just to get special treatment, both are just average straight blokes.
IIRC, Embracer has actually been generally hands off with controlling what their studios do, which is why they have such a wide variety of stuff coming out. From actually pretty good and well crafted games like Snowrunner to trash fires like the New Saints Row.
It does actually make me feel a little better. I don't like myself when I cross my principles, even by accident. I feel like a traitor, a sympathizer to the regime.
Apart from paying lip-service to ESG, I don't think Embracer is all that woke.
Did you not see the new Saints Row?
Except Embracer seems pretty hands off. By your standard of one subsidiary, I could just as easily point to THQ and 8chan.
I did and it was bad, however I did notice that, while it was woke in the design, they did stay away from doing some in your face political message. It was just a bad game overall.
I haven't played any of the Saints Row games, so no I haven't.
I can't keep up with all the boycotts, all of the game companies are woke, so I just buy on the content of the game. That rules out almost all of them anyway.
You should probably pirate games anyway. I try to either pirate games or wait for them to be like 5$. The mass effect trilogy was one of the games that I refused to buy despite having a very minor change. I plan to not buy the Dead Space remake or the RE4 remake either.
I know the changes are minor but I no longer stand even minor woke changes.