Torgo posted...
Marketing guy:
"Uh sir, it seems there are some real complaints coming from a segment of gamers about the attempt to make more diverse female character portrayals in major studio games..."
CEO:
"Let me stop counting my gobs of cash from those idiots who pay for multiple forms of premium currency and XP boosts to make our deliberately grindy game less grindy.. okay... now who are these consumers raising these concerns?"
Marketing guy:
"It's uh... it appears to be a lot of the same names and groups from gamergate, remember that lunacy?"
CEO: "
Gamergate types? So Incels, Nazis, and single issue consent law libertarian creepoids - in other words the most easily manipulated and unlikable pieces of shit online that make all gamers look bad and take the focus away from our other unethical practices like employee crunch, monetization to children, and sexual abuse?"
Marketing guy:
"That's correct, sir."
CEO:
"Sounds like we pissed off the correct group of losers we don't want associated with our brand publicly, but will still buy our products religiously. Carry on!"
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