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| "Burn Baby Burn!" |
Video games have been around for decades, entertaining every generation. The transition from 2D to 3D in the 1990s was seen as a giant leap, and the shift from the sixth to seventh generation was considered the next big thing. Now, with the transition from the eighth to the ninth generation, it feels like more of the same and it's all a big scam!
In the 2010s came the rise of microtransactions as a form of gambling or a pay-to-win. You're paying full price for games that are half-assed finished and prompt you to buy more DLC. Back then, you paid full price for a game and got the full package including icing on the cake. DLC was optional, like cherry on top, but not everyone likes cherry.
Now, since the eighth generation, AAA game studios have made games with "Woke" Political propaganda, including identity politics, feminism, homosexuality, forced diversity & inclusion, etc.. Not only that but there have been several remakes of classic video games that rewrite the story with a political twist or alternations, such as Dead Space and Silent Hill.
The reason why they are doing this is because left-wing cultists, often called the "Woke Mob", have infiltrated the video game industry. They don't like video games and hate gamers. They even infiltrated and infected the game journalism industry as well (but no one likes them anyway). This is the Gamergate controversy. (Don't bother using Google because it's highly censored.)
The AAA game studios have had their stakes bought by major investment companies like Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street, and others. These companies have been incorporating DEI/ESG policies into their corporate structure and products, which most people see as a form of woke politics. Additionally, there have been significant corporate mergers and acquisitions, such as the merger of Activision Blizzard with Microsoft and the acquisitions by the Embracer Group. This trend has led to concerns about a potential monopoly similar to what exists in the movie, book, and music industries. Acutally, the whole industry is monoloply already, thanks to Blackrock, Vanguard, and Statestreet buying stakes of everything and owning each other! It's a legal loophole. With the three of them combined, they own the majority of the S&P 500.
As a consequence of these controversial practices of DEI/ESG, a significant number of gamers have expressed frustration, and most are pissed off, leading to a decline in both retail and digital sales of console games.
Many gamers have been migrating to PC to play indie and retro video games and try to stay away from Woke games like the plague. Indie games have been rising since the slow decline of AAA studios but some indie game studios have taken the bait of the sweet juicy DEI/ESG money (or influenced by the woke ideology) and do the same thing as AAA game studios do.
Another controversy emerged after the discovery that a Montreal-based company, Sweet Baby, has been implanting the woke agenda by acting as a story consultant with story-driven games. This has backfired resulting in a blacklist and boycott of any video game associated with Sweet Baby. However, Sweet Baby is not the only DEI consulting firm, there are others including Weird Ghosts, Silverstring Media, and Hit Detection, which most of them are located in left-wing cities of Canada and the U.S. Just like the Sweet Baby blacklist, games that have have been associated with these other consulting companies should be blacklisted as well.
Another controversy is that many games from the West (North America and Western Europe) have been depicting women as ugly and masculine Mary Sues, adding misogynistic messages toward men and portraying men as feminine soyboys.
In the East, women are traditionally portrayed as sexy and beautiful as a normal woman should be (and making more money than the West).
According to the Woke ideology, women are ugly because ugliness is the new beauty and women should be on top of the matriarchy. The men are at the bottom of the matriarchy. This is a completely unnatural demoralization of both sexes. But according to another source, a former-Naughty Dog employee claims they're doing it to not offend trans people.
This crazy situation went from greed to political motivation (or a mix of both). Video games are supposed to be for fun. Sure, you have niche games targeted toward adults with an edgy story but that's very different from a game that acts as a political platform and propaganda mouthpiece.
Why are they coming after video games and our hobbies? Most millennials and Zoomers don't watch outdated media (TV and Newspapers) and want to play video games. But no, they want to spread "the message" and shove it down our throats.
People are fucking sick of this crap, people like their hobbies, and the cultist want to ruin that.
What is the future of gaming?
I believe that this is an end of an era of video games in general.
I have a gut feeling that a second video game crash will emerge in the late 2020s and 2030s because NO ONE will be buying an expensive proprietary console to play garbage propaganda (especially when inflation is high). This may lead people to favor playing cheaper indie games and resort to pirating classic retro ones.
I predict that Xbox and PlayStation will fall, become brands, and move to PC. Nintendo (if they behave) will probably continue to make fun games and consoles. (Even though, they got some of that ESG/DEI money)
PC will still be PC, except with the recent controversy with Windows 11, everyone will move to Linux.
All I can say for now, is just get a Linux PC and sail the high seas.
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