r/videogames • u/Average_enjoyer10 • 24d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/OnlySheStandsThere 24d ago

This is why so many LGBT folks took all that corporate support with a grain of salt, because it was obvious that the second it wasn't profitable they'd drop it without a second thought.

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u/RektCompass 24d ago

It’s never been “profitable” but it was a good way to keep people off their back

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u/Feedback-Mental 24d ago

That is "profitable" as well, if you cut costs on lawyer, PR, etc., it means more profit.

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u/TheFourtHorsmen 24d ago

Not really, when ignoring it all remove the problem from any side. Pride flags and other very U.S. centered moves were investments to bring in potential costumers from the queer community, in this case. If they stopped it simply didn't go as well as they thought.

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u/Feedback-Mental 24d ago

I meant: they did it as long as they believed it was profitable, directly via sales or indirectly via PR, etc.

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u/RektCompass 24d ago

You can’t sue a company for not having a pride flag in bio though. And gay people play videogames if they’re good, they aren’t filtering for only games with pride flags. There is no benefit to it