Faydaikin comments on "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 12 points 11 months ago (18 children)

Doesn't matter.

At the end of the day, people actually making a concious decision to not support a company by simply not buying its product is the best you can hope for.

You can't expect some random kid in another country to start looking into American Unions in fields that won't ever apply to them.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -5 points 11 months ago* (17 children)

I didn't say "join a gameworker's union". Joining a union is a good idea, no matter where you are and what you work as.

Not consuming a product is simply that: inaction. And the publisher won't even notice it, if it's not connected to a publicity campaign (like e.g. BDS)

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[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 11 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Well, isn't that what we're doing here? The entire point is to communicate you stance to others. And there's quite a few AAA titles that have suffered simply because the customer base actually can communicate.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -5 points 11 months ago (15 children)

Well, isn't that what we're doing here? The entire point is to communicate you stance to others.

What you're doing here is not a coordinated effort.

And there's quite a few AAA titles that have suffered simply because the customer base actually can communicate.

Lol. Whut? I can point to no example like that and ample examples where these kinds of "boycots" did squat (like e.g. with the original Modern Warfare 2 not having a server browser).

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[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago (14 children)

Well, it has to start somewhere.

From Dragon Age: Veilguard and Suicide Squad to Condord and Redfall. They all underperformed for the same reason. People talked.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

Good luck with that with GT fucking A 6...

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[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago (12 children)

I have no interest in the GTA franchise, personally. I'm more interested in what goes on behind the scenes. The industry is in a bit of a turmoil at the moment and that definitely has my attention.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -5 points 11 months ago* (11 children)

Your lack of interest hasn't stopped the franchise being like the second biggest video game franchise. I'm afraid that this won't notably hurt their sales. Especially since you probably weren't gonna buy it anyway.

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[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago* (10 children)

Nope, but I'd encourage anyone who would have bought it, but are now on the fence due their own moral reasons, to stick with their gut. A piece of entertainment isn't more important than personal principles, regardless of it's popularity and how many others may buy it anyway.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -3 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Then you'll have reached nothing but given a few people a feeling of moral superiorty and saved them a few bucks.

But it is not effective in the sense that these workers will be able to work in this sector again or will get their job back. A few folks complaining and pledging not to buy the game won't scare Take2 to rehire the workers or stop unionbusting.

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