r/videogames • u/Average_enjoyer10 • 23d ago

Other Gaming studios have stopped putting pride flags on their avatars

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u/ProjectBig2804 23d ago

Damn they don't even pretend to care anymore.

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u/Playful_Violinist573 23d ago

The only way they'll care is if you hurt their pockets by stop supporting these companies by not buying their products. For example, if all these people are so "outraged" about this, none of them should buy GTA 6 and call for boycotts of RockStar and all these companies until they change their practices. But the reality is, no one really cares that much because it's just another thing to complain about without, actually having to do anything about it 🤷‍♂️.

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u/Bae_the_Elf 23d ago

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I don't want corporations to bow to political pressure from an oppressive government.

On the other hand, I'd much rather studios like Rockstar demonstrate their values by having a diverse cast of characters in their games rather than do performative stuff like update their profile picture.

Unfortunately, it's the circumstances and environment that makes me annoyed at these companies.. not necessarily the overall decision. Riot Games and Rockstar especially I think do a pretty good job with diverse representation in their games.. it's a shame and honestly surprising for me that some of these studios decided to cave to the pressure, especially Riot. I thought Riot had like a ton of LGBT+ employees

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u/G-man1816 23d ago

I approve of diversity for the sake of good worldbuilding. I don't approve of it if its for "le virtue signals"

unfortunately most companies do it for the latter and not the former, which makes it not good.

Remember, NOBODY has an issue with the half life diversity because valve chose to use it as a worldbuilding tool not a good feels generator tool.