I mistakenly bought it in the most recent Humble Monthly Bundle and have played more than I ever did on PS4 when it launched, so I guess I'll find that soon!
Ubisoft apologizes after controversial (and accidental?) Division 2 beta email
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I'm usually okay with people expressing anger over things, even if I feel it's ridiculous but.....come on. This is like a action hero catchphrase.
I don't find making fun of a situation where people had difficulty buying groceries in good taste.
I wonder how many people in here that find this humorous were impacted or had family or friends impacted.
It was a pretty messed up situation, but let's all have a laugh. Hahaha. Give me a break...
I wonder how many people in here that find this humorous were impacted or had family or friends impacted.
It was a pretty messed up situation, but let's all have a laugh. Hahaha. Give me a break...
It can be problematic when you think of the hit on the US economy and the 800k workers who weren't getting paid.
This is hilarious, but simultaneously in poor taste, considering that there are thousands of people who's lives have been negatively impacted by the shutdown. Also, the fact that this is related to a game in which its creators insist that it is not politically reflective is a touch ironic.
Glad they sent out an apology, however, and I imagine the dude who came up with this will probably be in the hot seat.
Glad they sent out an apology, however, and I imagine the dude who came up with this will probably be in the hot seat.
Right? I'm amazed there are some Era posters actually offended by this.
I feel sorry for the people affected by the shutdown that are just trying to live their lives, do their jobs. For instance, our Coast Guard wasn't paid during the shut down.
Probably.
Doesn't seem that bad to me. It's cheeky, sure, but don't know why it would be considered in "poor taste".
Which reminds me, I find it real fucking stupid that a government shutdown can even happen. America's political system is nonsensical and I will never understand it.
Which reminds me, I find it real fucking stupid that a government shutdown can even happen. America's political system is nonsensical and I will never understand it.
My old man works for the gov't. I still got a chuckle out of it. You can still find humor in bleak situations, a lot of comedy is actually based upon it. I mean, it goes without saying that humor is wildly subjective.
Don't worry 99% of Americans don't understand it either.
To quote Jim Sterling: "Oh, Ubisoft".
It is somewhat funny but at the same time it's quite tone deaf to people who were affected by shutdown.
It is somewhat funny but at the same time it's quite tone deaf to people who were affected by shutdown.
lol yeah that joke is so funny lmfao hahahaha not like people couldn't afford to feed their families or anything.
My family members and I were directly affected by this, and it doesn't make the tweet offensive to me.
More than a basic reference I guess? At best the joke is that its crass, but even dead baby jokes have some creativity while this just reeks of desperation.
So do I. The joke is still funny.
Desperate for what?
Attention and I don't mean this in some three moves ahead manipulation of people getting angry, I mean in the most basic sense of some intern trying to come up with anything to get someone to look at it before trashing it like every other advertising email.
The first mission in the division have you killing people for stealing food. I mean you don't even ask them if they are the ones that stole it or if they are willing to return it, you just get there and killed them.
It's called topical humor. When I look at SNL or political cartoons, I don't consider their humor to be born from desperation.
You're also laughing at all the "non-essential" employees who didn't get paid for 2 pay cycles and the contractors who won't even get back pay.
But yeah real good joke.
Topical humour has some commentary to it, some creativity and this barely qualifies. Weekend Update isn't just someone reading off a newspaper to advertise something else.
And this doesn't have enough labels to really qualify as your average political cartoon.
It's a an advertising tag line. They're meant to be brief yet engaging. This one was. Nothing about it reeked of desperation imo.
Clever marketing and has zero impact on the real political climate. Just a dumb cheeky comment playing off a recent event. Nobody should feel personally slighted or afflicted cause of this. Marketing many many years ago used to be much more risky but now everyone looks for any reason to be personally offended by anything and everything.
Ubisoft shouldn't have apologized and the marketing guy should get a pat on the back.
Ubisoft shouldn't have apologized and the marketing guy should get a pat on the back.
Agreed. If reality causes that fantasy to hit to close to home... then reality is f'd up.
