Off Topic > Games
china's impact on the future of videogames
Nix the Glaceon:
politics in games be like *buzzing of botflies surrounding a mouldy 7-week old roadkill deer*
Conan:
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definitely dont wan tthat title!!!! they put blizz in such a hard spot, wow!
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you want other games to have the political commentary and toxicity you see here? then yes, you dont want it in official game stuff. i dont get why people find politicizing apolitical things like games a good idea.
Ceist:
it's not politicizing the game, it's using what the game offered as a podium. i guarantee you if they were to speak about other worldly problems it would've been put on a pedestal.
you gotta use what you can because the little man doesn't loving matter.
forget the chinese government.
lordician:
Sadly i cannot agree with you myself, but i can see why you say it.
Such opportunities are good for getting public recognition, however, that does not mean it will go unpunished if you go over the written rules.
Conan:
--- Quote from: Ceist on October 08, 2019, 05:07:29 PM ---it's not politicizing the game, it's using what the game offered as a podium. i guarantee you if they were to speak about other worldly problems it would've been put on a pedestal.
you gotta use what you can because the little man doesn't loving matter.
forget the chinese government.
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i agree china's gov't is pretty forgeted but you cant say that allowing your game to be used as a podium isn't politicizing it. political views get associated with your game => politicizing the perception of the game and its company. its easy to say "this is fine" as a spectator, but not as easy to say that when you own the game/forums/esports scene and risk having your multimillion dollar game getting banned by a country which has the largest share of your playerbase.
like yeah, there's "doing the right thing", but in this case "doing the right thing" only has clear downsides and no clear upside. its not like the chinese government gives a forget what companies think: see the how they handled the nonexistent 1989 event that didnt happen in beijing. if they're willing to do that to their own people, the podium of a game company couldnt matter any more in comparison.
in comparison, the boost in sales/player participation in western countries would be nonexistent or negligible as nobody plays a game purely because "they did the right thing". the small boost in sales by people who want to support the company due to taking their stance would barely outweigh the cost of losing a massive playerbase with a LOT of disposable money.