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Hogwarts Legacy announced (Avalanche, coming 2021) UP: Coming to PS4, PS5 , PC and Xbox family
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Evil for buying a video game??? C'mon son.
Yeah I ain't touching this game, not while JK is receiving any money from it.
Sucks that the devs are attached to it but I'm sure it'll still do well enough from mainstream money for their studio to stay in business, and hey they have a pretty nice portfolio now.
Sucks that the devs are attached to it but I'm sure it'll still do well enough from mainstream money for their studio to stay in business, and hey they have a pretty nice portfolio now.
This game looks really cool and I'm not even someone who thought harry potter was incredible when I was a child.
Can't believe it's taken so long for something like this to exist really. Seemed like such a no brainer. Will sell very well. Day one for me.
Can't believe it's taken so long for something like this to exist really. Seemed like such a no brainer. Will sell very well. Day one for me.
It always amuses me when I see people make this kind of comment, like we're supposed to care that there are places out there that make fun of ERA, and it comes from a poster that continues to use the forum that is the butt of said mocking. You participate here, you are this place!
That and the kinds of places that mock ERA are pretty much all alt-right boards and youtube comments full of bigots as far as I've ever seen so if anything it makes me question why they are even here.
That said, yes the comment was extreme. On occasion that happens when you get a lot of people in a community talking, you get varying degrees of opinion.
Y'all are allowed to be excited about the prospect of more Harry Potter if the franchise in of itself has brought you through tough times and brings you joy during a tough time. But that doesn't make the franchise in of itself exempt from critical examination, and you have got to be well aware of what you'll be inadvertently supporting. At the very least, at all costs try your damnedest to buy this used.
Fuck JK and her bullshit. I sincerely hope the full game is allowed to have a disclaimer calling her out somehow.
Fuck JK and her bullshit. I sincerely hope the full game is allowed to have a disclaimer calling her out somehow.
That works with Minecraft where the creator is completely and totally divested from/unconnected to the property and financially supporting the property grants no wealth to the creator. It doesn't work here and is akin to covering your ears and shouting to drown out reality.
They will be fine. Much like Atlus/Sega And Thq and SE there will be a neglible effect on sales. It sucks for the fans who escaped in this series and now can only associate it with a hateful woman. Losing something like that is painful.
Buy it used / borrow it from someone my good sir/madam.
I've said that already but I'm calling this because I imagine there are a lot of people with this conflict going on, I commend you for that and not just blatantly disregarding the issues surrounding the intellectual property.
Do people forget that you don't have to buy things right away? Is FOMO really that big of a thing in the gaming community?
This is reductive.
JK Rowling directly profits from every piece of Harry Potter merchandise, including this game. Rowling is a TERF and advocates for anti-trans causes. Thus, buying this particular, individual video game ensures a bit of money will inevitably go to anti-trans causes.
If that causes a moral quandary, good. That means you have empathy. But ultimately what you do with that information, and especially what you say to transpeople's faces about it, is still on you.
This looks cool. Me and some friends would probably have a ball with it.
...And none of us will be purchasing it. Fuck Rowling, fuck TERFs.
...And none of us will be purchasing it. Fuck Rowling, fuck TERFs.
Most likely the money from this game is already in her hands.
you can probably buy it used one week after it releases for even a couple bucks off, but, people can't be patient.
This already looks like my dream HP game. Those details and being able to explore that world have me super excited and I hope its just as good as it looks. I'll be buying this used tho because Rowling apparently has to keep being awful. I'm sure the devs are just as disappointed as we are with that but they should feel good about what they've made still.
Of course the Harry Potter game people have wanted for two decades had to be announced after Rowling outed herself as a shitbag.
*sigh*
Oh well. Warner Bros. is probably going to GaaS the ever-loving shit out of it anyway.
*sigh*
Oh well. Warner Bros. is probably going to GaaS the ever-loving shit out of it anyway.
right... but one would hope that people could still be allowed to be excited for the product.
She'll likely get a small commission on every copy sold. I know that's what happened with Goldeneye on N64.
Yep, will probably end up doing that. Still excited for the game, and gotta show appreciation for the devs that seem to have FINALLY nailed a HP game.
Couldn't really get a grasp of the game play but this game has been a terribly kept secret for so long it's not that hard for me to imagine it. Definitely a trailer taking place in the known calamity of a human being Rowling's created world. Definitely used if I really wanna play it
I feel sorry for the developers of this game, who are inevitably going to potentially find themselves on the end of the anger that should be directed towards JK Rowling instead
Such a hard situation for me. Rowling is awful, and needs to be canceled. I hate that she has the wealth and success she has had. And I do not want to buy it because of her.
But it's also such a wonderful world and IP that does help bring minorities and everyone together(how someone like her could write that is beyond me) and this is the game I have always wanted for the IP. It looks absolutely wonderful, and so many wonderful people are involved in its creation. It's just a real shame that the head of that chain is a literal piece of shit.
I also hold a PT job at a book store, and sales and popularity for the IP has not dropped even a little bit. I'm not even sure if it'd even matter if I boycotted. She doesn't care what we think, and she's gonna make a fortune no matter what. It's really sad. It'd mean she'd remain wealthy and get a massive payout, but I wish she would just sell the IP off and leave the limelight like George Lucas did(except he's not trash)
But it's also such a wonderful world and IP that does help bring minorities and everyone together(how someone like her could write that is beyond me) and this is the game I have always wanted for the IP. It looks absolutely wonderful, and so many wonderful people are involved in its creation. It's just a real shame that the head of that chain is a literal piece of shit.
I also hold a PT job at a book store, and sales and popularity for the IP has not dropped even a little bit. I'm not even sure if it'd even matter if I boycotted. She doesn't care what we think, and she's gonna make a fortune no matter what. It's really sad. It'd mean she'd remain wealthy and get a massive payout, but I wish she would just sell the IP off and leave the limelight like George Lucas did(except he's not trash)
And if people choose not to give money for this game because she's a TERF, then it reduces the chance of her being paid for something else in the future. I know it's minuscule that that will happen, because gamerz gotta have their game and "love the art not the artist" or some shit, but there we go.
I know it sometimes feels like pissing in the wind, but being defeatist about this sort of thing is the wrong attitude to take. JK Rowling is a TERF and no one should support anything that directly or indirectly benefits her financially. She's made enough money for more than one lifetime - better to support creators who don't treat marginalised folk like subhuman garbage.
The game looks interesting, but it's a big no for me. Don't ever give these bigots an ounce of support.
It's unfortunate that you're in this position given the controversy JK Rowling has created. Game looks amazing though, can definitely see that you all put in a lot of work.
That is well into "no ethical consumption under capitalism" territory. At that point you can't avoid your money going to shitty people. Avoiding the game is enough.
Right, we wouldn't want to hurt the product's feelings or make it feel unwanted. That would just be terrible.
Considering it was leaked years ago as a "next gen" only game then. Im pretty sure it's not crossgen at all?
I once bought a Dissection album and the main guy behind the band spent time in jail for murder during the heyday of Scandinavian black metal shenanigans in the 90s. Shit I'm evil.
He was dead from suicide when I bought the album so he didn't get any money out of it anyway.
It doesn't feel, it is. She's already won the game of life, she's rich beyond imagination. While noble, taking a couple bucks outta her pocket here or there isn't going to move the needle at all.