ps: if you interpret this as me defending nintendo, please go check your reading comprehension skills

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    Gamers will unite to thwart cheaters and staunchly have their demands for balance changes met but will turn the other cheek on racism, sexism, ableism, etc… with the reasoning being “cuz muh free speech”, both in-game and on social media platforms.

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    Most gamers don’t specifically follow gaming news or keep up with all the latest scandals (of which there are too many to keep up with in any case), but they will notice if the nostalgia project they’ve been looking forward to is suddenly gone.

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    Dawg Microsoft has already been on a boycott from me for their unrepairable surface pro 3, I cant double boycott

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      whatever you do, do not, BY ANY MEANS, think about visiting this site that, among other things, links to full, pirated, de-DRM’d games that are better experienced in their entirety without an intermediary platform like Steam, Epic Games, etc… DO NOT GIVE THE THOUGHT EVEN A MICROSECOND! This would totally be morally equivalent to “the bad stuff” that good wholesome companies that do mere totally excusable “oopsies”.

      https://fmhy.net/

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    Never heard about ubi sexual abuse and was about to say did you mean blizzard, but wow it indeed happened there too.

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    AAA-Gamers are fairly pro status quo, otherwise they wouldn’t be freaking out about pronouns

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        While I don’t mean to argue against boycotting, I really don’t think it matters in either a practical sense or as a gesture of solidarity whether you play a game you already paid for, especially if it’s in single-player. Also remember that corporations own practically everything, and even this banana is probably produced with slave labor or at least terrible conditions. If a thing is easy to give up, great, but you shouldn’t make your life less pleasant meaninglessly. Direct your effort and will towards effective actions rather than thoughts and prayers.

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      I hadn’t heard about this or the Ubisoft thing (but I’m not at all surprised, ugh.) Thank you for spreading the information!

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        my pleasure! 🧡

        part of the reason i made this meme was to spread awareness, im glad i could reach at least one person.

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    I don’t really care about any of it anymore. It’s not like I ever pay more than $15 for any Game anymore, And after steams cut and taxes and everything, they barely are getting anything From me. And after I gave my switch to my ex-wife who demanded it, I just started Downloading Nintendo games because I won’t ever buy a Console twice. besides 90% of anything you buy is from a evil corrupt corporation or They are owned by a corrupt evil umbrella corporation like 90% of food brands are owned by five parent companies like there’s no point In Boycotting because when you buy their competitor, you’re just buying from the parent company anyways.

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    Bill gates does what now? Never heard of it, never bought an Xbox.

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      idk if you’re joking, but bill gates hasn’t been involved with MS for a while now

      this is not about him, it’s about microsoft developing AI and cloud services for the israeli military