• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Strange that as this is a UK news story which is particularly big for also being linked to the most gigantic game franchise in the world, I’ve not seen it mentioned in the news here at all.

    I’ve only seen it pop up a few times here and there online, even.

    Is it just that nobody cares, or is Rockstar buying off all the news/media companies? O.o

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      Traditional media see video games usually still as some waste of time for kids and have a strong pro-employer bias.

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    I feel like the only person in the world who’s never cared for GTA

    We are also talking about gamers here. How many would give up gta6 just to take a stand? Most will probably say stuff like “no ethical consumption under capitalism” or “it’s not like it’ll make a difference”

    Gamers gonna game

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      5 hours ago

      Not gonna solve the union busting. Individual boycotts (without a campaign behind them) don’t work.

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          And Prunebutt shouldn’t be discouraging it. Voting with your wallet is the way to go and it’s the only thing any of us can do.

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              Doesn’t matter.

              At the end of the day, people actually making a concious decision to not support a company by simply not buying its product is the best you can hope for.

              You can’t expect some random kid in another country to start looking into American Unions in fields that won’t ever apply to them.

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                I didn’t say “join a gameworker’s union”. Joining a union is a good idea, no matter where you are and what you work as.

                Not consuming a product is simply that: inaction. And the publisher won’t even notice it, if it’s not connected to a publicity campaign (like e.g. BDS)

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                  Well, isn’t that what we’re doing here? The entire point is to communicate you stance to others. And there’s quite a few AAA titles that have suffered simply because the customer base actually can communicate.

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                  oh awesome thanks. I can give you my name and address if you want to go ahead and donate in my name. also I am broke as fuck so you can do that for me too.

                  and let me know when you want me to start organizing stuff in my neighborhood with the time i don’t have. you’ll have to come and take over my responsibilities too.

                  thanks this is super rewarding!