You can argue that some of those would not have went thru if it was not for DEI. The consequence of DEI is that you hire activists that don't care about games, they don't push back against microtransactons or live service because they simply don't care. The industry can burn as long as they get to push their propaganda.
Look at Vailguard, the big success for them was getting it published, as stated by them.
They were already setting the stage for it before DEI was becoming a major industry force.
Microsoft demanding Valve charge for Left 4 Dead DLC instead of releasing it for free, Horse Armor, Mobile Gaming in general. All of those jumped the moment technology allowed them to, and didn't need activism to allow the push into the mainstream.
If not for Woke nonsense, then all those things would be exactly as it is in Asian. Selling you giant booby skins of characters and beach/hot springs story packs. An upgrade of what we have sure, but still just as predatory and slowly building towards a cliff when you hit a peak of what people will pay.
There's basically no wokeshit in helldivers 2, but it's so infected with anti-consumer rot that basically the entire company deserves to be fed to a pack of hungry bears.
You can argue that some of those would not have went thru if it was not for DEI. The consequence of DEI is that you hire activists that don't care about games, they don't push back against microtransactons or live service because they simply don't care. The industry can burn as long as they get to push their propaganda.
Look at Vailguard, the big success for them was getting it published, as stated by them.
They were already setting the stage for it before DEI was becoming a major industry force.
Microsoft demanding Valve charge for Left 4 Dead DLC instead of releasing it for free, Horse Armor, Mobile Gaming in general. All of those jumped the moment technology allowed them to, and didn't need activism to allow the push into the mainstream.
If not for Woke nonsense, then all those things would be exactly as it is in Asian. Selling you giant booby skins of characters and beach/hot springs story packs. An upgrade of what we have sure, but still just as predatory and slowly building towards a cliff when you hit a peak of what people will pay.
There's basically no wokeshit in helldivers 2, but it's so infected with anti-consumer rot that basically the entire company deserves to be fed to a pack of hungry bears.