Also, if I stopped consuming entertainment made by people linked to paedophilia, there'd be no entertainment at all.
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Poll: Come on in and vote. Show how you really feel about the THQ-Nordic AMA@8chan fiasco
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I agree. There's no doubt that the actions of some notable people at THQ essentially legitimised a criminal platform. If I ever did buy a game from THQ, I rightfully would never defend it by using some bullshit "but the poor developers!" excuse. That would be handwaiving this whole situation and a mockery of all the victims of 8chan and their ilk.
Good reasons not to buy a game
Bad graphics
No single player campaign
Always online
Microtransactions
Bad online multiplayer
Bad reasons not to buy a game
Giving money to people endorsing child pornography
Yup, checks out.
Bad graphics
No single player campaign
Always online
Microtransactions
Bad online multiplayer
Bad reasons not to buy a game
Giving money to people endorsing child pornography
Yup, checks out.
If someone genuinely cared about the wording of the poll, they wouldn't have voted in the first place.
What's the situation that'll change? They'll apologize and you will move on?
"We forgive you, King"?
In case folks can't see what the poll is at:
So much for "the gaming industry is not holding THQ accountable" when the hypocrites themselves will buy the game if THQ gives a second try at this apology? Lol. I thought the time for apology is way gone. The train has left the station, and y'all standing there with your wallets open.
Thank you, this is pretty much my take on this exactly.
Prove that claim. Do you have a single ounce of evidence, or is it something you're saying simply to make yourself feel better for being complicit?
nah. At the end of the day, there are two possible results. You buy their games again or you don't. OP is getting those results from Era members, today, as the situation currently stands. I think it's interesting.
I voted No but it's really not that simple
Like what about stuff like this?
That's very true.
I wonder if many developers at THQ N. have already hit the road and left after this incident.
Let's take TV/Movies for example. If I were to boycott everyone who worked with Kevin Spacey, I wouldn't have a lot of options left. Musically, I would lose a lot of options around Michael Jackson. And bear in mind these are people who were, or were possibly, active paedophiles, rather than just posting on a board where paedophiles also posted.
THQ Nordic is on my shitlist alongside Warhorse (ironically recently purchased by THQN), and Gearbox. They're getting nothing from me until the people responsible are shitcanned and an actual apology is given, not that "oh we didn't know~" bullshit they're serving up right now.
Ill buy from them when the peeps involved are no longer with the company. Should reboot the thread with a conditional option.
Until Phillip, Fabian, and Reinhard leave the company, I won't be buying a single game from them.
I don't knowingly give money to people who support the scum of society.
I don't knowingly give money to people who support the scum of society.
None of their stuff interested me anyway. Only a new Saints Row would maybe turn my head, but only if impressions were really good.
I don't buy many games of them either way and i guess that won't change in the future. But i'm not gonna punish all studios they purchase (and they will probably purchase even more going forward) for a disgusting AMA.
As of now they only have 2 games/IPs i'm potentially interested in. Metro and in the far future Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (Koch bought Warhorse studios recently, not a friend of that, but what to do?).
As of now they only have 2 games/IPs i'm potentially interested in. Metro and in the far future Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (Koch bought Warhorse studios recently, not a friend of that, but what to do?).
Like I don't usually subscribe to company-wide boycotts. I have said this before a lot of times in as many ways. Usually I feel that a broad approach doesn't work, and that people should have the chance to be better. But the vileness of this situation, where THQ Nordic knowingly boosted and engaged in racist, bigoted, pedophilic content, and continued to do so even after pointed out (so no excuse of ignorance would apply here), then refused to have any strong statement or apology, and deflected the issue, and their PR has actively refused to acknowledge the issue since...
Like this shouldn't be hard. "Should I support child porn, or just not play video games?"
But can't let conscience get in the way of vidya, am I right?
Like this shouldn't be hard. "Should I support child porn, or just not play video games?"
But can't let conscience get in the way of vidya, am I right?
I do out of a silly feeling of civic duty but I fully recognize that's illogical too (at least under my philosophy, boycotts definitely make sense to someone who follows other schools of thought like Kant's categorical imperative)
That's not what's happening here. People have said as much.
Then the thread shouldn't be asking how people "really feel", since feelings often tend to be a bit more complicated than yes and no.
This would be very different if they just got tricked into doing this, then immediately took down the AMA after realizing what kind of site this was, apologized profusely for it, fired the PR person, donated money to charitable causes that are victims of this type of criminal activity, and publicly showed steps they were going to take to make sure this never happened again.
1.They knew what this site was
2.They answered questions about loli's and SJWs
3.The AMA was up for over half a day
4.The person responsible did not apologize until after it blew up online
5.The person responsible has not been fired or disciplined in any way as far we know
6.THQ has not commented
7.THQ is not responding to questions about this and clearly believes it will just blow over
There's no coming back from this, at some point you have to take a stand and show that this type of behavior is not acceptable.
Management and whoever was involved at THQ made a huge error doing the 8chan thing, like seriously wtf were they thinking ? (clearly they weren't thinking) but if their developers make good games, I'm going to keep playing them.
Everyone makes mistakes, and I believe they made a big one here. But I do also believe that they realise this and are being contrite. So I'm open to giving people the opportunity to apologise and grow.You just have to draw the line where you personally feel it is right.
If you have a different opnion, that's cool too.
If you have a different opnion, that's cool too.
Your argument would be a lot stronger if you yourself were actually aware whether or not both of them were a pedophile, and didn't preface them with "possibly".
Well, considering Shenmue 3 is published by Deep Silver and they are a subsidiary... Yes. I kinda already have.
Honestly, I would rather not purchase their games. Issue is that the I might pick up one on sale some time far into the future on some large sale.
Personally, I was really interested in Metro Exodus and it is such a shame that THQN became a turd bucket.
Thing is, after having read multiple posts on who the people are, what the employee rights are in Austria and how most of the industry (both journalistic and publishers) mostly ignored it; a large number who did admonish, did so with a huge caveat of painting THQN as being utterly ignorant (despite the blatant evidence proving otherwise) and a small number who actually called their behaviour out without reservation.
In the end, given the lack of any consequence would eventually disappear leaving behind a strengthened GG crowd, smug with the knowledge that they are not some outlier or pariah of the gaming culture.
Personally, I was really interested in Metro Exodus and it is such a shame that THQN became a turd bucket.
Thing is, after having read multiple posts on who the people are, what the employee rights are in Austria and how most of the industry (both journalistic and publishers) mostly ignored it; a large number who did admonish, did so with a huge caveat of painting THQN as being utterly ignorant (despite the blatant evidence proving otherwise) and a small number who actually called their behaviour out without reservation.
In the end, given the lack of any consequence would eventually disappear leaving behind a strengthened GG crowd, smug with the knowledge that they are not some outlier or pariah of the gaming culture.
I'll still buy the games I want, I'll just buy them used. No skin off my back and I get to keep enjoying Darksiders.
Again though, at the end of the day, people will either buy the games or they won't. How they feel about the situation doesn't change the fact that the outcome is binary.
If people want to share their more nuanced feelings in the thread, that's what replies are for.
How does this work? Aren't those keys still purchased at some point, just maybe from a region where the value of the currency makes the price lower?
I'm not defending THQ Nordic but they didn't endorse that. Stripping nuance out of this doesn't help anything.
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