I admitted several times that we don’t really have the possibility to change anything here, so I don’t get how this is supposed to be a gotcha.
I’m simply not a fan of people lying to themselves.
edit: wait a second… who the fuck asked you? O.o
Ok, now that’s just rude.
I’d like to inform people that they have a belief that’s morally pleasing, but ineffective in helping anyone.
The Index is no longer produced, so they won’t compete with themselves. That means the market segment is in fact unoccupied.
Also, it has afaik been superceded in terms of image quality and carrying comfort (no wonder: it’s 6 years old).
In the interview with Adam Savage’s Youtube channel they say that they’re aiming for the Index pricepoint but can’t specify any more.
Your dismissal is duly noted. As well as the fact that you didn’t address my objections and we’re having different interpretations of what “idealist” means.
Then what are you trying to achieve, exactly?
That’s all your war.
I doubt it, but ok.
Then you’ll have reached nothing but given a few people a feeling of moral superiorty and saved them a few bucks.
But it is not effective in the sense that these workers will be able to work in this sector again or will get their job back. A few folks complaining and pledging not to buy the game won’t scare Take2 to rehire the workers or stop unionbusting.
1k is still way more than the average consumer is ready to pay for a console. Especially with the mostly single player nature of a headset.
Your lack of interest hasn’t stopped the franchise being like the second biggest video game franchise. I’m afraid that this won’t notably hurt their sales. Especially since you probably weren’t gonna buy it anyway.
How does that signal reach Take2? How will Take2 know that these sales that will not have happened were due to their union busting?
When will those people “cave in” and simply buy the game whenit’s been released for 4 years on discount? These things don’t work without a PR campaign. I don’t make the rules. I’m sim’ly the messengere
Good luck with that with GT fucking A 6…
One big problem is that people are probably used to meta’s pricepoint for the quest systems… which Valve can’t possibly compete with.
I’d love to thee it selling for about 500$, but according to interviews, it’s probably going to cost about 1k$, which is simply too much for many people (in this economy, etc.).
I’m not judging people by stating that certain strategies don’t work.
It would be judge-y if I stated that they were stupid for believing such a thing. Which was not my intention at all.
Not buying a game is by definition inaction. It’s not the fault of the people that this is the only way left for them to “protest”. But as I said: it’s also not a moral imperative to do anything, if you’re not able to.
Well, isn’t that what we’re doing here? The entire point is to communicate you stance to others.
What you’re doing here is not a coordinated effort.
And there’s quite a few AAA titles that have suffered simply because the customer base actually can communicate.
Lol. Whut? I can point to no example like that and ample examples where these kinds of “boycots” did squat (like e.g. with the original Modern Warfare 2 not having a server browser).
I didn’t say “join a gameworker’s union”. Joining a union is a good idea, no matter where you are and what you work as.
Not consuming a product is simply that: inaction. And the publisher won’t even notice it, if it’s not connected to a publicity campaign (like e.g. BDS)
Traditional media see video games usually still as some waste of time for kids and have a strong pro-employer bias.
Which was what you were planning on doing anyway, isn’t it?
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Edit: You asked how to help and I answered. Were did I state that it’s a moral imperative to help if you’re unable to?
You replied to a direct quesion that I asked someone else, so… Who the fuck asked you?