Comment on Hogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwide

• xkforce@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Theyre trying to argue that JKR being a massive TERF is fine because theres one trans character in the game. The “I cant be racist, I have a black friend” defense.

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  • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The “I can’t be racist, my book has a black guy AND an Asian woman!” defense too. Just don’t think too hard about what they’re named lol

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  • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t care for JK. But JK didn’t make the game. Hundreds of designers, artists and programmers did. And you think those people should be boycotted because one person is a TERF.

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    • xkforce@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      She collected royalties from it. It doesnt matter if she had any input or not. Buying that game results in some of that money going into her pocket and I dont want to give her a dime. If she didnt get a dimefor it thatd be different but as it is she does and she revels in the shit stirring that shes done that resulted in blow back and I cant justify giving that troll the satisfaction of buying products that benefit her financially.

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    • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those people were already paid, and you can make a game about wizards and magic without licensing the Harry Potter IP and further enriching JK Rowling.

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    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The people who mattered dont get paid based on sales. So, fuck em, they got their bag just fine?

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      • yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe in your fantasy world, but in real life when a game bombs the studio gets cut down, downsized, etc. Voliton was recently closed because of the bombing of the Saints Row reboot. Avalanche is great studio and I wish them to continue existing.

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    • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The artists, programmers etc have already been paid as much as they’re going to get for it.

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