I appreciated you delving into the problematic elements behind the development of The Last of Us and Cyberpunk. You spelled it all out for Cyberpunk so I'm not going to touch it. But Neil Druckmann has been showing his entire asshole on Twitter and for some fucking reason so has Cory Barlog. It sucks and soured me hard on all Sony stuff. Then there is the whole thing with Ubisoft and sexual abuse.
It sucks and it is a question of "where do I want to draw the line." There are so many other games out there, and while a lot of these AAA games seem neat I can't shake the icky feeling of giving these shitlords $60 (now $70 lol) and rewarding their shit behavior.
Will I pick them up down the line later at a heavy discount? Maybe. (I want to enjoy hot girl shit too!) I have also been having an itch to play Borderlands 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2, which I skipped at launch because of the standard gross AAA shitty exploitation. But even if I do pick these up, the icky feelings remain all the same as does the constant desire to do better and expect better.
Like, my purchasing decisions ain't gonna make a dent in capitalism, but I don't know that that absolves me from rewarding the exploitation with my own money. Are my complaints just "performative wokeness" if I don't change my behavior? Or are they a necessary step towards eventually getting to a place where I say "nah fuck all this gross shit, I don't need it and I don't want to be a part of it." I also don't want to be one of those shitlords saying "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" as an excuse for not giving a shit.
I don't know, I'm rambling at this point but it feels good to get it out all the same as I try to process my own feelings on the matter.
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