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EA on the backlash against women in Battlefield V: ‘Accept it or don’t buy the game’
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I'm happy to see more and more in the business basically saying if you don't like our game, don't buy it then. It's so easy to be a critic in front of a screen while eating Cheeto's and making fart noises.
Really, what was the alternative here? To remove women from the game because of the internet backlash?
Yeah, this was the only play, AND they get good PR out of it. This fight was always a lost cause for the one side.
Yeah, this was the only play, AND they get good PR out of it. This fight was always a lost cause for the one side.
They will still sale a ton. Doubt this will make any difference.
I wish these people would take this advice. Would really tone down the toxicity in the multiplayer.
Same. What a disgusting bunch of fuckwads. All of a sudden, they're all interested in historical accuracy. Good grief.
Wonder if the salty crybabies using "historical accuracy" as an excuse also got mad about the lack of trench foot in BF1. Or if they break their game discs in half as soon as they die and never play again.
I'm not uying the game as I feel like they dropped the ball since BF3. I gave Battlefield 1 a chance but it sucked. Also how they tried to shaft people with Battlefront 2 #nothanks #timesup
But GG with including female characters!
But GG with including female characters!
What I'm saying. It's such a disingenuous argument.
None of that is really what the thread is about though. Thanks for giving us a heads up I guess?
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I'm not buying this on principle and before some clown attempts to "call me out on my bigotry" I already have tomb raider, RE2 and last of us 2 preordered and applaud MS for ditching the guy for the new girl character as the main protagonist in gears 5 (which I will more than likely purchase as well).
I'm extremely against corporate mandated inclusiveness and rewriting history to appease a small vocal minority (that doesn't even have much ground to stand on quite frankly).
I'm extremely against corporate mandated inclusiveness and rewriting history to appease a small vocal minority (that doesn't even have much ground to stand on quite frankly).
It will be real shame if they start censoring and banning people for voicing opinions. If no one is saying hate speech or harassing anyone there shouldn't be any reason to ban someone for criticizing forced diversity
Good on them.
I wish more companies - especially gaming companies, who are often afraid of standing up to alt-right keyboard warriors - would realize that social liberalism is actually a selling point for like 90% of people. Only a few fucknuggets would actually let something like this stop them from buying the game. The rest will be people who are apathetic enough that it doesn't make a difference or those who actually support it, while it will generate enough positive publicity to more than make up for the players who skip out.
I wish more companies - especially gaming companies, who are often afraid of standing up to alt-right keyboard warriors - would realize that social liberalism is actually a selling point for like 90% of people. Only a few fucknuggets would actually let something like this stop them from buying the game. The rest will be people who are apathetic enough that it doesn't make a difference or those who actually support it, while it will generate enough positive publicity to more than make up for the players who skip out.
Era bans people for trolling and bad faith arguing all the time. If you don't like it go somewhere else.
its not censorship. Those shitty takes will still be there for people to see.
They should just drop the WW2 setting IMO. Some people don't like when medias rewrite history. I doubt there'd be any controversy if they didn't pretend it to be set during WW2. Pretty much all recent MP games feature women and there's never any backlash. So I'm not buying it's only a sexism issue, if that were the case we'd see it every time.
You sound like someone who doesn't know history. Women were in World War 2 and fought in it. End of story.
I was being mostly facetious, but I've also read up on the purported material saying this element was "realistic" and there is no real evidence that it is. Lower leg prosthetics of this time period were somewhat competent, but there is nothing that allows a user to bend their elbow at will, especially in the right posture for holding a weapon - much less gripping the weapon and making sure it doesn't fly out of the hook. In fact, WW2 specifically spawned a huge investment into artificial limb technology, but that was afterward, not before or during. If CO2-powered prosthesis were to have been around in the 1940s (I can't find an exact date, most sources list the 50s and 60s, earliest here says 1948), it would've been in its extreme infancy, and there's really no conceivable reason it would be given to a soldier to go back on the front lines as infantry.
wasn't ea the first to include women in a major FPS with Battlefield 4? I don't remember any major complaining because the time setting was appropriate
What makes you think the decision was corporate-mandated and not just what the developers wanted to do? If anything, in years past the "corporate mandate" was to feature bald white dudes. This honestly feels more like the devs just doing whatever the fuck they want, historical accuracy be damned.
Also, I think nearly every AA/AAA game has some requirements imposed by the producer (eg: microtransactions, online multiplayer). I think your choices are pretty limited to indie games if you are an "artistic vision" purist.
What toxicity are you talking about? Pub chat is almost non-existent at this point in DICE games LOL.
To me it looks like EA dosnt understand their fanbase because the backlash is huge. I mentioned it before but in Overwatch nobody blinks an eye to the women characters. Women in a WW2 game are just out of place. BF was a semi accurate game series before BF1. If they had choosen a modern setting and not a historical setting of a real war. Women characters would be ok. Where millions died. Where members of our families died. You should stay respectfull to what actually happened. How about you look at WW2 pictures and point out the women in combat? I bet you cant find any if you dont search directly for it. Also the customization thing is totaly wrong in a historical setting.
Good news: that's now what this is.
Even better news: you now have the opportunity to educate yourself and expand your knowledge on a subject.
Why is it always the people with the anime avatars? Seriously.
The overwatch thing is bullshit. I hear shit all the time on mic about how if people main d.va And mercy they must be a girl. If a girl is on mic, she should heal. Tons of sexist shit going on in overwatch. Not everything is about not playing a game because there's a girl character
Lmao It's not the end of the story and if your knowledge of history is just being able to make surface level statements like "women were in WW2" I recommend further reading to expand your knowledge base.
Don't like it? Don't buy it. Watch some documentaries instead if historical accuracy means that much to you.
