I have no interest in the GTA franchise, personally. I’m more interested in what goes on behind the scenes. The industry is in a bit of a turmoil at the moment and that definitely has my attention.

Your lack of interest hasn’t stopped the franchise being like the second biggest video game franchise. I’m afraid that this won’t notably hurt their sales. Especially since you probably weren’t gonna buy it anyway.

Nope, but I’d encourage anyone who would have bought it, but are now on the fence due their own moral reasons, to stick with their gut. A piece of entertainment isn’t more important than personal principles, regardless of it’s popularity and how many others may buy it anyway.

Then you’ll have reached nothing but given a few people a feeling of moral superiorty and saved them a few bucks.

But it is not effective in the sense that these workers will be able to work in this sector again or will get their job back. A few folks complaining and pledging not to buy the game won’t scare Take2 to rehire the workers or stop unionbusting.

It’s nowhere near that simple. Not even close. Even forming a limited company or LLP is more than “an Excel sheet” and that’s before you even start the due diligence process. Unless you wanna go the sole trader route, in which case good luck with the whole “unlimited personal liability” thing.

I’m not the one trying to achieve something like that. That’s all your war.

Me watching the entire /c/Nintendo from afar

Sounds like you need a Tricorn hat, matey, and to sail the seven seas.

How does that signal reach Take2? How will Take2 know that these sales that will not have happened were due to their union busting?

When will those people “cave in” and simply buy the game whenit’s been released for 4 years on discount? These things don’t work without a PR campaign. I don’t make the rules. I’m sim’ly the messengere

Well, good for you. But don’t act as if you helped.

You should review profiles of folks in the threadiverse more often. You’d be surprise what hobby I do every Friday for readers internationally.

It’s just I am more anarchist than your average monopoly money debtor that I needed to collaborate with Prunebutt 🧵 to get real praxis started.

thank goodness you were here to salvage the situation. you really are falling on your sword out here to help those affected by this, eh?

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you seem to be a messenger for your own opinions and nothing else.

and your methods don’t make you righteous or just. all it shows is that you’re a very loud soapboxer with an idealist take on the situation.

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

thank goodness you were here to salvage the situation. you really are falling on your sword out here to help those affected by this, eh?

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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

Then what are you trying to achieve, exactly?

That’s all your war.

I doubt it, but ok.

No.

How about you tell us what YOU are trying to accomplish with your argument.

Ok, now that’s just rude.

I’d like to inform people that they have a belief that’s morally pleasing, but ineffective in helping anyone.

“Ineffective in helping anyone”

So basically exactly what you are also doing.