Your Boycott List

[Aeonknight]

EA, Activision, Capcom, Square Enix, and Ubisoft will never receive money from me again. Bethesda as well, if I can help it. Haven't purchased something from EA, Activision, Capcom, and Square for three years now. Ubisoft for a little over two years now, with the exception of AssCreed 3, which was given as a gift.

Fun way to chastise your friends and hopefully help your cause? Next time you see them playing something you don't like/disagree with/whatever, just ask them if they're enjoying killing the game industry. Sure it's a dick move, but I've done it a few times and a few friends have been more conscious when they buy games now.

not exactly something to be proud of bro. You are in no position to talk down to your "friends" for their purchasing decisions. You're not "saving the industry" by forcing your standards on other people, you're just being a prick, and frankly it makes you no better than the publishers you single out for boycott.

Looks like you forgot to read the part where I said it was a dick move.

Oh I read it alright. But still felt like calling you out on it, because the later half of that sentence where you said "but I've done it a few times and a few friends have been more conscious when they buy games now" sounds like an attempt at justification.

You're not justified, for reasons I listed in my previous response.

 

[Bosque]

I don't believe that simply not purchasing a game or product counts as a boycott. In that case, I've been boycotting tampons my whole life(I had no idea I was so passionately against feminine hygiene). It requires some sacrifice. For it to be considered a genuine boycott, I think you have to want to purchase something, and then, in denial of yourself, not purchase it.
I was hoping to see some more clear figures. Simply saying, "I boycott EA", and not providing specific examples of lost sales lessens the effect that the mighty internet comment forum usually wields.
I guess my fantasy is that eventually public relations guys at the big publishers would find discussions like these, and hopefully alter their practices. Also, to have a Pegasus.

 

[Adeptus Aspartem]

I'll try to stay out of EA's way, since i had to many bad expiriences with them. If i hear good stuff about a release, i'll still give it a try - everyone can redeem himself, but they definitly do not have my trust in their games.

And i'm pissed at ActiBlizz for ruining (for me) both the Warcraft and Diablo franchise. Specially Diablo was a big part of my gamer-childhood and i just can't forgive them for what they did with D3.

 

[trollnystan]

Right now the only one on my boycott list is EA. Last game I bought from them was Mass Effect 2 I think. Pity I'll never get to play 3, apparent shitty ending notwithstanding. I do like their stance on gay rights but that's about it.

Ubisoft SHOULD also be on it... but I'M WEAK DAMMIT. *leers at Ezio* Maybe after I finish playing AC3? (Yup, weaker than non-alcoholic beer, that's me! -_-

 

[2fish]

I don't have a boycott list as much as an on sale only list. Mostly games with a ton of core DLC (not just skins, bonus money, ect), games with double drm steam than then another type, I am willing to take some drm but 2 types? come on. Ubisoft and EA tend to have to prove themselves before they can even be considered for removal from the sale only list. Also the worse the pc port the cheaper I get.

Not anti-origin as much as I have no reason to join, the effort to join > the few games I might actually buy that I can?t get on steam/gog/impulse/gamergate.

Papa John?s I will take store brand frozen pizza before papa johns

Does it count that I got bored of mass effect during 2 and assassins creed during 2 so I have not bought any of the new ones?

 

[00slash00]

i think fallout 3 and new vegas are the only games ive technically boycotted. i mean i never even really thought of that as a boycott. i just chose not to play them because i wanted an isometric rpg, not a shooter

 

[Auron]

The new Fallout games aren't exactly shooters, you make it sound as if they're call of duty clones with a fallout skin. I recommend New Vegas by the way, 3 was reasonable regarding some plot holes and inconsistencies but NV was great.

It's not like what EA did to Syndicate where they made a linear 5 hour campaign with hellishly annoying bosses and even though the co-op was kinda interesting it was a terrible game, Fallout is still RPG.

 

[Zen Bard]

I wont buy any game that requires online all the time...

Yes! Right there with you. I'm boycotting anything that requires a persistent online connection.

So basically, I have to find new uses for my PC.

I hear there's this thing called "Web browsing"...

 

[Jeremy Meadows]

I don't think I'll "boycott" anything when it comes to games. There are still games I want to play even with the shitty things that are being done by the corporate engines behind them. So I'll just stick to used or wait til I can get the game on sale + using gift cards or reward dollars (from whatever store) for it. That way they aren't getting my full 60 bucks for what will either be a crap game. Or a game with half the content taken out to be later put up for "DLC".

Also just waiting til "complete" editions of the game is also something I do. Now, while I love Batman: Arkam City and the work they put behind it. The DLC for it was....no where close to deserving what they were asking for it. So getting the Game of The Year edition for only 35 bucks and getting 100% is a much better decision.

 

[aaronobst]

Bethesda, after getting fucked for the last time what with the Skyrim PS3 catastrophe I refuse to buy another product from them again.

 

[Grape_Bullion]

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I never claimed that I was trying to save the industry or that I was trying to insult anybody. It was merely an anecdote about how I got a few of my friends to think more about what games they purchase. They're reasonable people who enjoy video games and have also suggested the same to me. When I play a game from a publisher/developer they see as "hurting" the industry, they tell me. No feelings are hurt, it's opinion, and it's the opinion of people I respect and trust. I hope you don't overreact like this when your friends give you their opinion in a snarky manner.

 

[Kef10]

Activison games, And Ubisoft.. I aint buying anymore Ubisoft games for PC until they sort out their horrible DRM

And a gamestore where I live, I used to buy my console games there, But when I got back into PC gaming again I went there and asked for the PC version of Battlefield.. He just looked at me weird and asked if im stupid.. Last fcking time I went there.

 

[Brogan Cordova]

Hm. No one's said it yet. I'm boycotting Xbox Live Gold. Just got a PS3 a few months ago and I have seen the light of free multiplayer. I probably play multiplayer about 3 to 5 nights a month, sometimes none per month. I don't wanna pay for 3 months of gold if I'm not gonna use most of it. Also, if Microsoft says their multiplayer service is worth money because they're sooo much better than PS3's, they're lying to your face.

Maybe that's not boycotting and it's like...common sense. Either way, that means I'm boycotting the Halo series till multiplayer goes free. Only reason I ever played.

Let's see. Something I would buy normally but won't because problems....

Boycotting Pokemon till they start appealing to the gen-one and gen-two fans who are now adults (in other words, no more Pokemon ever).

Boycotting new Final Fantasy games until we get a Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer (that includes Versus XIII, which I blame for KH3 delays).

Boycotting map packs over 10 bucks. Definitely not worth it until they start making those new maps more fun than a 10 dollar game (i.e. used old console games or digital download classics). Which will be never.

Boycotting any game priced at 60 or even 50 dollars. Unless it's something amazing and must-have like Skyrim or Xenoblade Chronicles, no game is actually worth that (or worth it for long). That means pre-orders are boycotted too.

 

[Ghaleon640]

No need to boycott, I buy used
Once I have a job and money to consider spending 60 dollars on a new game, then I'll consider my boycotting practices.

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

EA because I just ran out of patience.

Ninja Theory, cause I plain don't like em.

 

[Jesse Billingsley]

Boycotting any Horror game that allows the player to wield an RPG or any vast amount modern weaponry....I'm looking at you Dead Space 3

 

[BaronUberstein]

Game wise? Can't think of much. Though I refuse to see the movie Ender's Game due to OSC's views.

 

[Skeleon]

Erm, I don't absolutely boycott anything. I try to stay the hell away from Steam, Origin and other such DRMs, but it's not an absolutist rule. For instance, I bought Fallout New Vegas despite it being exclusive to Steam. But am I trying to avoid doing so? You bet.