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[Eurogamer] PlayStation, Xbox, and Valve called on to drop Six Days in Fallujah.

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PlayStation, Xbox and Valve called on to drop Six Days in Fallujah

A prominent Muslim advocacy organisation has called for PlayStation, Xbox and Valve to drop controversial shooter Six D…
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A prominent Muslim advocacy organisation has called for PlayStation, Xbox and Valve to drop controversial shooter Six Days in Fallujah.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights charity in the US, issued the call in a press release which brings the game's subject matter back into the spotlight once again.
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"The gaming industry must stop dehumanising Muslims," CAIR spokesperson Huzaifa Shahbaz said. "Video games like Six Days in Fallujah only serve to glorify violence that took the lives of hundreds of Iraqi civilians, justify the Iraq war, and reinforce anti-Muslim sentiment at a time when anti-Muslim bigotry continues to threaten human life."
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I wish this does happen. I know this is discussed in the other thread, but it should be seen front and centre I feel.

Lock thread if old.
 
mrbobman15

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I agree with everyone here. I don't think Six Days in Fallujah deserves to be allowed on these digital storefronts.
 
krazen

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Good. Motherfuckers literally named it after an infamous battle that took place in a war, but are like 'We are just focusing on the troops, so nothing to see here'. Not only is it offensive in topic, its also insulting to anyone with common sense that it's 'not political'. Particularly when with all the development hell it wouldn't have been hard to make it less overtly 'America, fuck yeah!' and made it a more generic setting.
 

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Expecting valve, the company that bends over backwards to accommodate shitty free speech warring gamers and couldn't even be fucked to issue a BLM statement last year when that shit was going down, to take a stand, and a progressive stand at that, is a fools errand
 
dodmaster

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The developer should be forced to drop this to work on a bigger, more AAA propaganda project.
 
808s & Villainy

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It's still crazy to me this game was even revived. There was literally no reason no to just let it remain in the past
 
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With the way Sony has been handling their gaming business lately, I wouldn't be surprised if instead they turned around and bought exclusive timed content for this game instead.
 
BoxScar

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I couldn't believe Marty O'Donnell was involved in this, then I read he was the most right wing person at Bungie lol.

Even if it doesn't get dropped its gonna flop big, and maybe that's a better lesson than playing into the hands of people that will just scream cancel culture about this.
 
exodus

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Pardon my ignorance, but what makes this worse than something like Modern Warfare? Is it just because it's based on reality and not a fictitious Middle Eastern country?
 
Calibro

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Good. Let US Army spend their money on their own fucking platform to spread propaganda like this, if they really want it.
 
Shopolic

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Good!
Someone should make a documentary about Six Days in Fallujah, from that Konami project to this new one!
 
Nairume

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exodus said:
Pardon my ignorance, but what makes this worse than something like Modern Warfare? Is it just because it's based on reality and not a fictitious Middle Eastern country?
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It's more than just a matter of reality versus fiction. It's that it is a real event with a very controversial and painful context for a lot of people being twisted into something that erases that context.
 

bes.gen

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nice!
yeah now just need one of them to take the step,
it would put the pressure to all.
 
Igniz12

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I really dont see Valve doing anything here especially after the whole Hatred affair. Gabe is full on free market libertarian slant.

BoxScar said:
I couldn't believe Marty O'Donnell was involved in this, then I read he was the most right wing person at Bungie lol.

Even if it doesn't get dropped its gonna flop big, and maybe that's a better lesson than playing into the hands of people that will just scream cancel culture about this.
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A long time after he left Bungie there was a lot of smoke about what he was actually like working there and it sorta lined up with his vibe post Bungie. But because it was nothing official it never stuck on him. This stupid stunt pretty much confirms all those things.
 
Otakunofuji

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Microsoft has already set a precedent that it will axe games that don't meet its standards when it refused to allow the Xbox Gal*Gun port earlier this year. They can do it again.
 
SaberVS7

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They're not going to, there's Special Interests behind this game - The kind of Special Interests that can Accidentally your Visa if you're a non-Citizen in the US who uses a platform to criticize this game.

The same ones who could Accidentally the Hololens contract that Microsoft just landed.
 
Blackbird

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Yes, it's the most sensible (and kinda blatanly obvious) thing to do.

Do it.
 
Zok310

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The game is just military propaganda outside of the developers I can't see how the 3 pubs would benefit from it. So should be easy for them to walk away.
 
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Sia said:
With the way Sony has been handling their gaming business lately, I wouldn't be surprised if instead they turned around and bought exclusive timed content for this game instead.
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I don't think Sony has any qualms about dropping games off their store if it attracts negative publicity. They've ignored the "Let the people decide if they want it or not" plea before with CP 2077.
 
Lube Man

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Good.

Say what you want to say about the developers and publishers of this game, any service that supports this and allows the sale and distribution of this game is as liable.

Sony, Microsoft and Valve need to be called out. I will be judging them fools hard when this game releases.
 
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