Sony’s executives thought it was a great idea to buy this studio when they first saw the game as it was reported last year. I don’t know if the character designs were mandated to be this way because Sony executives demanded it, or if the devs designed them the way they are. Did they want to chase the blue hair vocal minority on xitter that complain about games not being diverse enough, then don’t buy the games with these incredibly diverse, brave and quirky character designs anyway? On top of that a $40 price tag is enough to make a dead on arrival game among other issues like a forced PSN account and no Steam Deck support.
Yeah, the “diversity” (aliens and shit, really? You want to tell me they’re targeting the “diversity” crowd with non-humans?) is not the reason for this failing. It’s a generic $40 live-service game. That market is far too over saturated. Plenty of people like and buy games with diversity, although they have to be good games first and foremost. It’s just a way to help your game appeal to a larger audience, but it has to appeal to anyone first. This doesn’t.
I just don’t understand the insistence on targeting the woke demographic instead of core gamers. They’ve repeatedly shown that they are masters in the complaining department, but when it comes to buying diversity-infused games, they are a no-show.
I’m seeing all of these down votes but no one has been able to refute this point.
Spend enough time on Lemmy and you’ll see this is not unusual or uncommon.
There has to be a point, first. It’s just the old “go woke, go broke” nonsense. It’s the recycled conservative pearl clutching that has always come in when society starts to include those ‘nasty outsiders’. (Minorities.)
Let’s say I entertain the possibility that there is a point.
->Baldur’s Gate 3. . Very ‘woke’. Amazing game.
->Concord Arguably ‘woke’. Crappy game.
Let’s go with a game that flopped and wasn’t advertised as ‘inclusive’ Anthem.
Let’s entertain this further to /really/ drive some nails into the coffin of this ‘point’.
Celeste, a game heavy with queer tones to tell the story. Great game, very popular.
So, that is why most people are walking by this with just a down vote. It’s all it really deserves, but I needed an easy win today. ~
Hope life treats you well, Peace
