What if a major publisher was controlled by SJWs?

[carnex]

They would release games that would suit their ideas and sensibilities and we would see ithe they would sell which would predominantly depend on quality of actual game.

Or they could just go with conservative wisdom and keep publish same games as they did up to now in order to actually have at least some safty

 

[small]

so games that were inclusive and tried not to discriminate? sort of like the sims with gay marriage? or dragonage with gay romances? no strip clubs and beating sex workers to death?

you mean that sort of thing?

 

[spartandude]

so games that were inclusive and tried not to discriminate? sort of like the sims with gay marriage? or dragonage with gay romances? no strip clubs and beating sex workers to death?

you mean that sort of thing?

Why would you describe something so horrible? /sarcasm

 

[Dragonbums]

Here's a twist- what if a major publisher was controlled by CEO's and stockholders?

I know the answer to that one, games would become homogenized to FPS everything, filled with gritty white dudes in their 30's (must have brown hair.) in a dark, grey, super serious setting with lots of guns and shooting and death and stuff and- oh wait that's already happening isn't it.


I guess if "SJW's" took over a videogame company they would just add gay and trans people and shit. Then again just adding two gay people in a single game is enough to piss people off ala Bioware style.

So I guess that's your answer OP. A lot more people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and not being offensive. Which if that's the only way you can have fun in anything- being offensive to somebody- than you probably need to brush up on your humor no?

 

[Nieroshai]

I think it would be like Tumblr in video game form. You begin the game by setting your personal pronouns and if you're an otherkin or not.

Then comes the minigame where you troll on twitter then run back to your tumblr blog to talk about how mean twitter people are. Bonus points if you steal artwork and get your posts screen capped and posted reddit.

At the the end of the game, you get a score on how many reblogs you got and how much drama you caused. But you always win because at Tumblr everyone is a winner.

if you do really well, you win a few more hours in the ball pit.

Ok maybe I should offer what I think might happen.

Once such minds are in control of the company, maybe they would finally release a line of annual AAA games that star a protagonist that isn't male, white, or heterosexual.

Once such games are released, then perhaps there be less articles about sexism, racism, or homophobia in the medium seeing how actual games speak louder than articles about games.

How can people tell me "we're not conspiracy theorists" with a straight face when threads like THIS pop up?

Also, could you give a more milquetoast opinion? I couldn't! Unless you find overfocussing on single topics to be "interesting", I wouldn't even agree.

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Ok fine maybe this is a poor question to ask, but I just wanted to get it off my chest.

And the game would be shit because majority-excluding diversity would be the ONLY focus.

 

[Nieroshai]

Best case scenario? They would find their niche audience and do reasonably well all things considered.

Not many publishers give the option to play as transgender characters. The growing group of female gamers might find a female protagonist that really strikes home with them and the other publishers, always putting their mouth where the money is, try and latch on to the idea of stronger, more diverse characters.

Worst case scenario? Social Media Backlash and online harrasment cause huge tension. Poor prioritization causes downfall.

Employees get threatened over that one FTM protagonist they were proudly showing at that con you went to and people become more reluctant to pick up their games due to all the online mudslinging. After focussing too much on story and characters while neglecting the recources for graphics and gameplay, the publisher falls into obscurity before filing bankruptcy.

Or something among those lines? I'm not a professional analyst.

The thing with transgender characters... if you can choose your sex and gender, why would you choose a transgender? You are literally already choosing "your" gender at the outset. Did you choose the "wrong" gender on purpose? Why? The game's not about your gender, so what's the point? Unless your gender is the point, in which case how ridiculously niche would a transgenderism game be?

 

[Something Amyss]

Real or not, those journalists obviously want to change the industry.

That's a problem right there. The industry is constantly changing. People look at change in the industry as a bad thing and overreact, forgetting that if the industry never changed we'd still be playing Pong.

Pretty much everyone wants to change the industry in some way. So-called "SJWs" get singled out because, basically they want a medium that better reflects the market as something other than a treehouse for nerdy white boys. I mean, you might have a different definition of SJW, but that's how it's being used here. That's all "those journalists" really seem to want. No takeover, just for a bunch of self-described "true gamers" to stop flinging feces.

What would happen? Odds are, very little would actually change. We'd see more games featuring women and minorities and most people simply wouldn't care. For all the protests, gamers are largely unwilling to make any meaningful stand. The major difference is through diversity in gaming, we might actually see something other than 3 million brown shooters a month. I mean, it's amazing how the gaming commuity can be pissed at stagnation, yet resist anything new....

Here's a twist- what if a major publisher was controlled by CEO's and stockholders?

I know the answer to that one, games would become homogenized to FPS everything, filled with gritty white dudes in their 30's (must have brown hair.) in a dark, grey, super serious setting with lots of guns and shooting and death and stuff and- oh wait that's already happening isn't it.


I guess if "SJW's" took over a videogame company they would just add gay and trans people and shit. Then again just adding two gay people in a single game is enough to piss people off ala Bioware style.

So I guess that's your answer OP. A lot more people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and not being offensive. Which if that's the only way you can have fun in anything- being offensive to somebody- than you probably need to brush up on your humor no?

Oh. I suddenly feel redundant.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Ugh I hate having to type those three letters, S-J-W.

Anyways it is an unlikely scenario, but what if the same minds that currently dominate the gaming press finally managed to succeed in taking control of AAA game publisher?

IMO it would certainly produce some interesting AAA games.

They'd go bankrupt in short order. Their games would fail to sell and shareholders would jump ship in droves. Share prices would plummet, IPs would start to get auctioned off before they went the way of THQ.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Hmm..what would happen.

Well every single character or piece of environment would be designed with some sort of SJW agenda in mind. nothing can simply exist in the game without bringing up some sort of agenda.

The game would constantly have a meter that depletes if you don't remind someone who is straight and/or white and/or male to check their privilege, bonus points if you do it while mentioning them oppressing you.

 

[Jason Rayes]

What if a major publisher was controlled by JW's?

Whatchtower Deathmatch!
Awake: The RPG
Door to door war

 

[1Life0Continues]

*looks at topic*

*looks sideways at Double Fine and Tim Schaefer*

*looks back at topic*

Yeah, I don't think I need to say much more.

 

[AJ_Lethal]

Unlikely. And if it happens anyways they will collapse for losing money for ditching your main audience in exchange for a twisted view of social justice, not to mention the PR clusterfucks they will create.

 

[lord.jeff]

We would see Beyond Good and Evil 2 come out supported by a very large budget and creative time.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

If you do really well, you win a few more hours in the ball pit.

As a tumblr user I was offended until you promised more hours in the ballpit. Nothing stifles offence faster than more time in the ballpit.

In fact we could end this whole SJW BS lashback by simply allowing extra hours in the ballpit.

I should run for prime minister.

OT:

If SJW attempted to do anything organised or overt or as big as an ENTIRE GAME you can bet your ass the internet would rip out its own intestines to try and strangle it before it succeeded, id predict doxxing, money donated then rescinded, various 4chan attack shitposts or whatever. Id wager my hour in the ballpit on it. It would be meticulously scanned for errors or issues, crucified and fail regardless of its content. If they were smart they wouldnt even try.

Honestly its better just to organically change games to be more diverse than to make a "game of diversity". I dont WANT a game of diversity i want an INDUSTRY of diversity so i can have a huge range of experiences. One company wont be able to deliver that and frankly a "game of diversity" will probably be shitty anyway. Id rather have more "walking dead" esque story lines with varied characters, settings and relationships.

Just run with the whole vivian james shit. I like that, you cant change an industry by force, you can change it slowly and subtly until vivian james like ideas are as acceptable as "brown shooter 4000".

 

[burnout02urza]

Well, I know for a fact that I'd never purchase the game. It'd totter and crash under it's own top-heaviness, and like the wise man who sighs at the foolishness of the world beneath him, I'll look down and say - With immense smugness:

"Yep, called it."

They'd last less time than a snowball in hell, to be frank. Already, the tide is turning against them.

 

[Winnosh]

Can someone explain to me why the term Social Justice Warrior is supposed to be a bad thing? Isn't that something you should want to be? A person who works towards the good of others?

 

[burnout02urza]

The main thing is that they don't actually work towards the good of others. They just claim that everything they don't like is misogynist, and point the finger of blame at the people 'oppressing' them. It's a culture of victimhood, basically.

 

[burnout02urza]

At some point, they'll just turn on each other like a swarm of monkeys with knives. They'd kill each other for not being 'politically correct enough'.

Such is the nature of the beast.