EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games (gamesradar.com) 1 points by jamarna 25d ago ↗ HN
[–] NotGMan 25d ago ↗ >> "It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"Perhaps this uber progressive society we live in is, in fact, not such a great one long term civilization-wise?TLDR is that it's activists in video game companies that will be complaining, not gamers, you know, that actual customers. [–] verdverm 25d ago ↗ I'm sympathetic to people who take issue with being under the thumb of a regime that cuts up journalistshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog...Gamers will complain, or just not buy, if the games are tainted by foreign autocrats. [–] jleyank 25d ago ↗ People should always vote with their money. Give it to companies in sync with their views and withhold it from those out of sync. There is a grey middle ground where the decision is harder.
[–] verdverm 25d ago ↗ I'm sympathetic to people who take issue with being under the thumb of a regime that cuts up journalistshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog...Gamers will complain, or just not buy, if the games are tainted by foreign autocrats. [–] jleyank 25d ago ↗ People should always vote with their money. Give it to companies in sync with their views and withhold it from those out of sync. There is a grey middle ground where the decision is harder.
[–] jleyank 25d ago ↗ People should always vote with their money. Give it to companies in sync with their views and withhold it from those out of sync. There is a grey middle ground where the decision is harder.
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[ 89.4 ms ] story [ 406 ms ] threadPerhaps this uber progressive society we live in is, in fact, not such a great one long term civilization-wise?
TLDR is that it's activists in video game companies that will be complaining, not gamers, you know, that actual customers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog...
Gamers will complain, or just not buy, if the games are tainted by foreign autocrats.