I was pretty shocked to hear this today on my commute. After a discussion of Shenmue 3 and the controversy around EGS, we get this @ 01:07:10:
I'm not going to link to it because I don't want to help their publicity, but it's episode #242.
I've spent my fair share of time arguing about this on Era and on Twitter, and I've NEVER seen this sentiment expressed. There's been plenty of talk about *Fortnite* money, but rarely have I seen Tencent mentioned at all, and never in the context of aversion to Chinese products. If I'm off base, or I've just missed it then please let me know and I'll calm down. I'm totally against anti-Chinese racism/xenophobia. Even at the level of global capitalist competition, I think the US embargo on Huawei products is completely cynical.
But I've already unsubscribed from several gaming podcasts because I feel like they defend the Epic store with disingenuous arguments, and don't respond to the actual complaints most people are saying. It feels like we're being sold something from people who often build their brand/credibility on being savvy people who see through corporate bullshit.
To be fair, this episode does talk about feature disparity, and the clusterf**k of stores/launchers PC gamers have to wade through. But they're ultimately dismissive of those complaints and even say if you write to respond on this topic, they'll just delete it because you should be happy with "how good you have it".
So yeah, this has already become something of a litmus test for me, and to see it escalated to the level that people annoyed by EGS are motivated by racism is really unbelievable.
Sorry for my rant. Have a nice day.
I'm not going to link to it because I don't want to help their publicity, but it's episode #242.
I've spent my fair share of time arguing about this on Era and on Twitter, and I've NEVER seen this sentiment expressed. There's been plenty of talk about *Fortnite* money, but rarely have I seen Tencent mentioned at all, and never in the context of aversion to Chinese products. If I'm off base, or I've just missed it then please let me know and I'll calm down. I'm totally against anti-Chinese racism/xenophobia. Even at the level of global capitalist competition, I think the US embargo on Huawei products is completely cynical.
But I've already unsubscribed from several gaming podcasts because I feel like they defend the Epic store with disingenuous arguments, and don't respond to the actual complaints most people are saying. It feels like we're being sold something from people who often build their brand/credibility on being savvy people who see through corporate bullshit.
To be fair, this episode does talk about feature disparity, and the clusterf**k of stores/launchers PC gamers have to wade through. But they're ultimately dismissive of those complaints and even say if you write to respond on this topic, they'll just delete it because you should be happy with "how good you have it".
So yeah, this has already become something of a litmus test for me, and to see it escalated to the level that people annoyed by EGS are motivated by racism is really unbelievable.
Sorry for my rant. Have a nice day.
