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Madden NFL 21 reveal delayed in support of BLM protests
- Thread starter bsigg
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If this starts a process that ends with Sony postponing Thursday's event I'll never buy anything from EA ever again.
Fuck corporate hypocrisy.
Fuck corporate hypocrisy.
How is that EAs doing and why is that your biggest concern right now? I actually think they will delay it and I hope they do.
The NFL is garbage and doesn't care about black people except how to extract money from talented black athletes.
Pretty sure y'all would have reamed them if they went on with the reveal. It's a good thing they've read the room, postponed the showcase and publicly expressed support for the case for change.
This is a positive step. Leave it at that.
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I've been waiting about 18 months for this.
Of course it's my biggest concern. If I have to wait longer cos of some fucking corporate bullshit virtue signalling I'll be fucking livid.
So what you're saying is that for you a console announcement is more important than human lives? Because that's what you sound like.
Just don't let yourself be fooled these bastards ever care about ANYTHING but money.
Guess so.
I couldn't really care less what's going on over there.
It's happened before, it'll happen again. Nothing will change. Meh.
I'd rather they reveal their game and not mention anything relating to the current events going on than postpone their marketing reveal under the false premise of supporting the black community when their actions in the past have shown they have participated in silencing voices and maintaining the status quo.
Didn't EA chicken out when Kaepernick started kneeling? As a non american my memory is fuzzy, but I am relieved they won't again...
I wasn't really that bothered about the Sony reveal this week, but reading this I'd laugh my tits off if it gets cancelled.
Do it, Sony. Indefinite cancellation let's gooooo.
No this is a bullshit marketing ploy to get some positive attention. If they really wanted to help they can donate to BLM, they can help the protesters on the front lines, they can use their influence to really help change things not delay a reveal of a fucking video game.
wonder if this was their decision alone, of if their cover athlete Lamar Jackson had a lot to do with this, since he is still heavily involved with the city of Louisville, and this city is dealing with a lot right now with the no knock warrant/shooting of Breanna Taylor and the nightly protest here for her as well as the other incidents around the nation. I know the focus is everywhere right now, just saying with Lamar and this city it may have had some impact.
He was still in the game until Madden 18 as a free agent, though they censored his name in a song in that and 19. They added it back later and apologized.
Sometimes I'm glad to be wrong about EA, then. It struck me as odd.
Maybe don't project your shit onto other people.
I wouldn't even have drawn a line between the two things had they gone ahead with the reveal.
It's not a bad thing that they're doing this, but it doesn't move the needle because they'll also do the opposite if it better suits them.
Like most corporate statements, the newest one doesn't mention the word "police" anywhere. "Unjust treatment and systemic bias" are great free-floating adjective-noun pairs in that sense.
Unjust treatment by whom? Systemic bias by what system? Someone definitely didn't want to say it's by the police and the american justice system.
Unjust treatment by whom? Systemic bias by what system? Someone definitely didn't want to say it's by the police and the american justice system.
Exactly, Sony's statement is actually quite clear and takes a specific position (well as specific as a multinational company's position can be). EA's move is welcome but the message is meh.
I swear if they actually did this I would break my "No Madden until NCAA comes back" rule and actually buy the game.
It feels more a PR spin than a real concern about the situation from my point of view. If they haven't said a thing, no one would have talked about the game tomorrow.
EA can fuck off until they donate or do something further. Companies should not have the luxury of statement only.