I know you're banned but imagining prioritizing video games above human lives is fucking astoundingly disgusting.
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SONY: "Being silent about the violence and racism black people experience is being complicit" #BlackLivesMatter [Also Matching Donations]
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I know you're banned but imagining prioritizing video games above human lives is fucking astoundingly disgusting.
Delayed until they deem it is the right time for it. Not cancelled.
I would lie if I would say I wasn't disappointed that the event was delayed , but there are some terrible things going on right now, so I think it's really needed to get all the attention to BlackLivesMatter demonstrations. I hope these events happening right now change atleast something for the better.
Mad respect for the decision. As always actions speak louder than words and Sony is really committed to the cause. Again mad respect for Yoshida and everyone involved in this decision!!!
it's officially postponed.
Donations are great to receive for all those affected but I won't pretend for a second that Sony did this for anything but the positive publicity after their complicity in the ethnic cleansing of Uighurs in China.
All one can really say. Much respect to Sony like for real. Wow.
If you think its some intern running the main social media account for one of the worlds biggest countries, you are sorely mistaken.
This idea that its just some tea boy who posts out tweets shows no understanding of how important social media accounts are to big companies.
If they are posting things like this, it's because they have signed off on it and upper management have no problem with them doing so.
That's what upsets me the most. Fuck, I'd love to believe that a corporation suddenly now finds itself being progressive and shit, but they are clearly not and it's clear they are doing this because they don't have the space to make a splash right now. If that wasn't like that, they would've outright cancelled and set a future date.
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Then new games should never be announced or worked on and Sony should use all their $ for charity work, if we take your statement literally.
It was postponed. And the thread is not deleted, it's temporarily locked for moderation.
Doubt that was his intent. This is probably not related, but as someone living in a 3rd world country, it sometimes feels bad when you see the amount of attention received when things happen in first world countries, yet people won't give events in a third world country a second thought. Maybe this is where he is coming from.
More power to Sony, and the fact that there was a memorial on the same day was lost on some people (including me). It's obviously a very important moment in US history, and hopefully -- this is the start of actual reform, and the decline of racism worldwide.
Postponing the event was the absolute right call. If people can't see why they needed to do this, while the US is home to a massive market and their own good number of big dev teams, I don't know what to say. Sony would have to be completely tone deaf after delivering a message of support and matching donations but then push for their event the same day as the memorial service.
I can't speak for others but I personally would. I'm from the U.K. and I mostly try to buy local organic food at a premium as well as U.K. made clothes. I also try to purchase goods from inside the EU if not available in the U.K. For electronics that is obviously pretty much impossible. I would happily pay £100 extra for an U.K./EU made XSX or PS5. I do take your point that many would not though.
The annoying thing is that it is rarely an option. Some countries have insisted products be manufactured in the country to have it sold there, such as the Indian iPhone I recall. But the U.K. government is hostile to anything that would interfere with big business.
Come you all, in the end of the day, it's a videogame conference. It's a great call they postponed it. It will eventually happen, ps5 will release but right now our brothers and sisters needs to be heard, they need the spotlight right now. They'll just move the conference, it will still happen, it's such a small insignificant thing compared to what is happening right now.
About the whataboutism, I understand since I come from a third world country, ignored mainly at global stage but this isn't about that. Are you serious jealous/salty about this? People are being oppressed, there's no contest in this, they are people like us.
About the whataboutism, I understand since I come from a third world country, ignored mainly at global stage but this isn't about that. Are you serious jealous/salty about this? People are being oppressed, there's no contest in this, they are people like us.
blahhhh stop giving these whackos the benefit of the doubt
it is sincerely part of the problem to defend that kinda shit
Ah my mistake then. Didn't see that initial post it seems, just saw his follow ups about Syria, Venezuela etc..
sure you could do that
or you could understand context like a normal intelligent human being ;)
EDIT: oh look you're now banned big surprise lmao
Imagine beign company, spent money on ads and still delay the event. Mad respect, that is how you know a company cares at least a little bit.
This may sound ignorant or naive, but I don't really care why Sony is doing this. Maybe, because they want to be part of the campaign? Maybe because they just want good PR?
At the end of the day it doesn't matter why Sony did this, because this actually helps the anti racism campaign and can help to change something in the world.
I didn't see his initial post. I just saw his follow posts and thought that's where the discussion started. Based on those it seemed to me like he was saying Sony doesn't sincerely care about moral causes (based on past inaction) and is just reacting here based on the potential good PR. But that's not what he was saying evidently so I retract my giving him the benefit of the doubt.
It seems there was a thread yesterday called "Sony issues statement on #BlackLivesMatter" that has disappeared, but I think it was probably merged into the bigger Sony thread or something.
Even the most cynical poster would agree there's benefit to what Sony is doing.. Whatever the real motive might be (I personally think they are being sincer)
Random thought, but Insomniac should've made Spiderman black. That would have been cool. Considering all the Sony protagonists, I cant think of anyone more generic than Peter Parker for their game
good stuff Sony, I was thinking of buying Xbox series x , but now I might buy a ps5. I own a ps4 pro, but wanted to change things up.
Would be the right call imo, even though I really want next gen news. But this is much more important and I hope the campaign can change something in the USA and around the world.
The right thing to do at this time.
The frustration at not seeing new games is nothing compared to the frustration of minorities protesting against decades of systemic racial discrimination and killings from authorities.
The time to protest is now. The time to celebrate is later.
The frustration at not seeing new games is nothing compared to the frustration of minorities protesting against decades of systemic racial discrimination and killings from authorities.
The time to protest is now. The time to celebrate is later.
Hopefully Miles is playable in the sequel with his powers and after you beat the story you can just free roam as either Peter or Miles.
I think after Sony's decision, and unless they postpone it to next week -- anyone holding any events will look bad.
I havent played it, but it'd be cool if they made Miles the protagonist if they are continuing with the series.
