Comment on [Game] Hogwarts Legacy Adds FSR 3 and XeSS 2 With Mod Fixes in New Update

• boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The last AAA game you played is almost guaranteed to have been worked on by at least one racist, trans phobic, radical extremist of some kind. Just something to consider.

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  • trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do those one-off bigots that perhaps lended some labor to said games get royalties for the IP? If not, then this comparison is not even close to valid with a billionaire bigot raking in more wealth based on an IP they poisoned.

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    • boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Perhaps it wasn’t the best example, but the point I’m trying to get across is that almost any game you’ve played recently is likely profiting a bigot in some way or another.

      Shareholders will always exist. Funding sources. Executives. Just because they didn’t write the code doesn’t mean they weren’t involved with the development. And they certainly make money off the success.

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      • trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sure, but that way of thinking seems to treat trying to avoid supporting bigots as some sort of “purity cult” game, and it’s not. Just because there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, that doesn’t excuse people to make highly unethical purchases.

        Of course you can’t perfectly avoid any bigoted shitheads from having worked on something you buy, but you wouldn’t buy a game where the majority of the royalties go to David Duke, would you?

        Some people are just doing the best they can to not support bigoted assholes, and when it comes to gaming, a market that exists purely for entertainment, and one that has millions of other options, that’s rather easy and practical to do.

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  • jac@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    None of them bought the UK suprime court though.

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    • boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Of course always vote with your wallet. Just saying it’s a complex topic and it’s one thing to boycott it because Rowling profits off it, but you’re also excluding the hundreds of hard working game developers who put years of their life towards a legitimately good game.

      Unfortunately, because of the existence of shareholders, pretty much anything non indie is going to be profiting off exploitative rich people with generally loads of prejudice against marginalised groups. Even indie games you’re kinda stuck, look at factorio for example. Or you’re supporting the storefront. There may be ways to consume games ethically maybe but there’s always a catch somewhere. Informing consumers of these choices is important, but judging them for it is reductive considering the only winning move is not to play.

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      • jac@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not convinced by arguments towards “support the developers”. They’ve already been paid for their work and won’t be getting royalties, and so buying and playing the game supports them neither financially or morally.

        As to your final point; judging people for decisions they make is the ONLY thing that’s okay to judge people for. This isn’t a war game, and by not judging them you, personally, are helping to bolster the biggest terf in England. So I’ll continue judging the people who engage with HP, and I’m also judging people who decide to defend them.

        Basically, when it comes to the harry potter franchise, the only winning move is to not play.

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