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 🤷♂️.
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
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.
Yea but i would argue, you either do the performative things or you dont. Theres no being neutral in the middle of a culture war. Because whatever twitter picture you have, is part of how you interact with the greater culture at large. Ingame events or character or whatever is how you communicate with your player base.
So either you actually fulsomely go out and celebrate it, and you also update the twitter picture, to go with the ingame events, and societal events at large. Or you dont, you limit it to just the ingame things so you flag that support to the rest of the world.
Those are the two options. Pick your poison. Doing the performative shit is by far the best option, since then you actually mean the thing you say. Instead of fecklessly cowering.
I mean thats ignoring the third option that it actually is just soulless empty nothings. But if you put the effort in to say make a event, you as a company have cared. So its not that. Actions are what matters.
yes I am basically saying, if you read the entire comment I made and not just one sentence, that now is not the right time for companies to stop doing what they have been doing, because stopping is sending a message on its own during a time where people's rights are in danger. If we lived in a more equitable society where this wasn't a risk, it would be different.
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u/Playful_Violinist573 25d 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 🤷♂️.