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Welp it was nice knowing you activision
We never should have let women in our ranks. Men and women simply see the world differently. They want to be everyone's friend and hold hands. Men want to win, get shit done and have fun.
Nothing makes me want to puke more than listening to a woman creative talk about game design. They do not get it.
Had we not torn down that initial wall, none of this DEI bullshit would have happened.
Re; Women.
That's going too far and giving the people who push DEI all the ammunition they need to dismiss any legitimate critism IMO.
Would you feel the same about all men being lumped into one group?
I see this rolling one of two ways with both leading to the same outcome...
Business will go poorly for Activision and this plan will be tore up within 2 years...
Activision's name will become synonymous with irrelevance within 3 years...
In either case, I expect Activision will become largely irrelevant and known for shoveling out expensive software nobody cares about anymore. That pipeline of software will be one of slowly diminishing expense as the company's financial constraints slowly choke it to the point of axing all of its unnecessary headcount.
AAA publishers are a dying thing. I was in denial of this a couple of years ago, but I'm now certain that indies are where it's at.
This is easy for me. I'm trying to remember the last Activision game I bought...
I see this rolling one of two ways with both leading to the same outcome...
Business will go poorly for Activision and this plan will be tore up within 2 years...
Activision's name will become synonymous with irrelevance within 3 years...
In either case, I expect Activision will become largely irrelevant and known for shoveling out expensive software nobody cares about anymore. That pipeline of software will be one of slowly diminishing expense as the company's financial constraints slowly choke it to the point of axing all of its unnecessary headcount.
AAA publishers are a dying thing. I was in denial of this a couple of years ago, but I'm now certain that indies are where it's at.
I would find it so easy to walk a middle ground and not offend or upset anyone. Honestly with the amount of multi million pound/dollar companies that fuck up, I feel like I must have a real world, high valued skill on my hands lol.
That is how the professional world is SUPPOSE to work. But in the early 2000's politics oozed its way into the workplace. And it was that very tolerance that allowed it to permeate into the toxic stink it has become.
I would love to go back to a world where people were hired and promoted based on ability and accomplishment.
You just need someone in charge motivated to make long term profits and not afraid to say no when things aren't commercially appropriate. That's not to say never compromise or be flexible, but definitely have the determination to draw a line in the sand at times.
Maximum longterm revenue by treating your customers well in the short term.
Activision?
More like Activists.
I would find it so easy to walk a middle ground and not offend or upset anyone. Honestly with the amount of multi million pound/dollar companies that fuck up, I feel like I must have a real world, high valued skill on my hands lol.
So the first time someone approaches you with a proposal to swap out your next big game's protagonist with a POC or an obvious LGBTQ+ person, what would you do?
Unless you consider what became of Alan Wake 2 to be that middle ground...
Oh, and you can't say no without also explaining why not.
I'd say what's the creative reasoning for it and does it make sense with the story we are trying to tell.
Nothing would get dismissed or accepted out of hand.
Activision?
More like Activists.
Activism
It always fascinates me that inclusion means excluding white men.
How about just making good games? Why complicate this shit
Re; Women.
That's going too far and giving the people who push DEI all the ammunition they need to dismiss any legitimate critism IMO.
Would you feel the same about all men being lumped into one group?
"AI voice chat moderation to enforce DEI compliance with players."
Phil is getting closer to his dream
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Except that women, as a group, are objectively retarded. We need to grill them with their own bullshit. We hear about toxic masculinity all the time, how about toxic femininity?
That's just the other end of the coin from the one your fighting against.
The truth as with anything lies somewhere in the middle from both sides. I get it people gave an inch and here we are today, but being on either end of the pollical spectrum isnt going to result in any meaningful resolution, just two camps at war with each other.
The problem will eventually be the same with indies, most are already playing within the newer/modern rules simply because it's so embedded in our culture now. They also tend to escape scrutiny because they don't reach a larger audience, if they were to benefit from AAA's fall with more attention/success the attack dogs that keep the big studios in line will turn their sights towards them.
The culture needs to change, people need to be aware that they're being misled. It's tough to get that message across when we're constantly being hammered with captivating narratives in the "news."
Enforcing DEI compliance.
Sounds like racism, facism and all of that in one.
You are not like us? you are banned.
WOW SUCH OPEN MINDED FOLK !!!