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Some Videogame Companies Speak Out Against Supreme Court Decision​

By Sarah E. Needleman

Ubisoft was among video game companies to criticize the Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

A handful of videogame companies have criticized the Supreme Court's ruling.

Bungie, a studio Sony acquired this year for $3.6 billion, said it would implement a travel-reimbursement program for employees in need of health-care support that isn't available where they live. “We are undeterred in our commitment to stand up for reproductive choice and liberty,” the studio said.

Paris-based Ubisoft, which has teams in the U.S. and is known for its Assassin’s Creed series and others, took to Twitter to criticize the ruling. “Today and every day, we believe that reproductive rights are human rights,” the company tweeted.

The International Game Developers Association, an industry trade group, also said on Twitter that it “condemns the decision.”

The videogame industry has been roiled for years in controversy over its treatment of women. In 2014, avid gamers who thought industry journalists were promoting a feminist agenda used the hashtag GamerGate on social media to encourage verbal assaults and threats of violence against women game developers.

More recently, Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard have been accused of operating workforces that are hostile to women. Several executives have stepped down from each company as a result, and Activision earlier this year agreed to an $18 million settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The federal agency had been investigating the videogame company for allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.

 

[AirdropShitposts]

Aww, this is disappointing. I was hoping it was Nathan Grayson attacking a bunch of companies for refusing to respond to him about this again.

 

[Retink]

You know, I used to be really into games when I was younger and still enjoy some of those games, but most modern games I just can't give a shit about. Maybe infesting them with globohomo is the reason the end product has become so much worse.

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

Bethesda put out a cope IG post about "Reproductive health"

Lol

 

[Lone MacReady]

Pff, those blanket pre-typed responses are so, lacking in energy. And hearing anything from the Hottentot worshippers makes me physically ill. "Today and every day, we believe that reproductive rights are human rights". You retreat-happy frogs would probably count muslim rapes of White girls as "reproductive rights upheld", if you could get away with it. And Bungie, you guys haven't made a game worth playing since Reach - that's the last time you got any shekels from me. And now Cali-based Soyny owns you? Weak Bungie, very very weak.

 

[DamnWolves!]

Bungie, a studio Sony acquired this year for $3.6 billion, said it would implement a travel-reimbursement program for employees in need of health-care support that isn't available where they live.

Considering it's cheaper to fly to Spain, pay a doctor there to do a procedure, and fly back if you're paying out of pocket, I hope some Chad takes advantage of this "program" to make Bungie pay for their vacation in Barcelona.

 

[Ita Mori]

I'm glad I haven't given Ubisoft a dime since FarCry 3.
And I never gave a dime to Bungie or Blizzard at all. (Diablo II is GOAT but I pirated that shit lol).

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

This is a good reason to pirate.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

“We are undeterred in our commitment to stand up for reproductive choice and liberty,” the studio said.

You're a fucking video game company that makes shooty space man games not a single person is looking to you for your political views

This trend of "EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL" in pop culture is the most cancerous fucking thing I've ever seen. Can I enjoy anything without you having to shove your fucking views down my throat? Fuck off and die

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

All roads eventually leads to Gamergate.

 

[Duke Nukem]

You know, I used to be really into games when I was younger and still enjoy some of those games, but most modern games I just can't give a shit about. Maybe infesting them with globohomo is the reason the end product has become so much worse.

I think the newest game I can truly say I like is Hotline Miami, but yeah I largely agree. I might see something I like once in a while but I haven't made any major buys since Cyberpunk 2077.

And I'm still waiting on that DLC CDPR!

 

[Corette]

This is a good reason to pirate.

Only if they make games worth the HD space.

 

[Retink]

I think the newest game I can truly say I like is Hotline Miami, but yeah I largely agree. I might see something I like once in a while but I haven't made any major buys since Cyberpunk 2077.

And I'm still waiting on that DLC CDPR!

I have no idea what full release game I bought last. I think the closest is probably FFXIV but I haven't bought the newest expansion and while it was fun I did lose interest in it pretty quickly. I think before that I got something like Civ 6?

I remember buying Diablo 1 off of GOG and while it has its issues, the simple gameplay of it is pretty fun and the atmosphere still holds up. I decided to watch a Diablo 3 video which was basically the fully story in game play laid out, and something about it just feels wrong, not only the graphics are bad but the humor really breaks the atmosphere. Not only that but I really just didn't like the return of Leoric and The Butcher. Those dudes died long ago and should stay dead, make new shit, don't just continuously recycle shit. Oh and I fucking hate that new thing they do where whoever the bad guy is keeps showing up to taunt you and then just leaves, like fuck you, just fucking fight me if you're this big bad and you're already here you fucking nigger. I get they think it sets up their bad guy more because it worked with the Lich King, but it worked with the Lich King because people liked that character and if it's one guy who does it, ok, but when it's every bad guy, fuck you. I'd rather learn about them through lore provided by others than have them be some kind of retarded Team Rocket that pops up, blasts off when bested, and eventually you fight them after doing that fifteen times.

 

[Mewtwo_Rain]

You're a fucking video game company that makes shooty space man games not a single person is looking to you for your political views

This trend of "EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL" in pop culture is the most cancerous fucking thing I've ever seen. Can I enjoy anything without you having to shove your fucking views down my throat? Fuck off and die

This is what gamers get for not gate keeping the hobby.

I miss the pre( and during) 1990's when most people were afraid to look uncool playing video games and left those of us who enjoyed the hobby to immerse ourselves in the quality of it.

I think the newest game I can truly say I like is Hotline Miami, but yeah I largely agree. I might see something I like once in a while but I haven't made any major buys since Cyberpunk 2077.

And I'm still waiting on that DLC CDPR!

Personally I still buy new games all the time, but I recommend avoiding some/most AAA games most often or those who are propped up on late shows/etc. I'm more into Indie (yes just like Hotline Miami series) and more niche series, like Ys myself. In today's gaming market you really have to test to find the hidden gems.

 

[Kheapathic]

You know, I used to be really into games when I was younger and still enjoy some of those games, but most modern games I just can't give a shit about. Maybe infesting them with globohomo is the reason the end product has become so much worse.

The only things I'm really into now are JRPGs, Fighters, Kurayzees, some Anime games, or I'll burn time in StarCraft 2 Co-op. Outside of those, I'm spending most of my time in my backlog. Outside of POZ and other shit, I'm finding a lot of game design being lazy, especially as devs try to make things "hard." There's a fine line between hard, unbalanced, and not fucking fair, but almost everything leans on the latter two instead of putting in time to make shit hard but fair. And I don't play on the harder difficulties because I'm some masocist who has something to prove; I'm an autist who wants to collect all the achievements/trophies. And so when I find myself going through game dev bullshit, all their little fuck ups and bad decisions become more noticeable.

 

[DaBigBopper]

The only Western Game I bought at launch in the last 10 years was Doom (2016). I tried playing Eternal and that was such an ADHD mess of a game that I'm glad I tried it at a friends house before I bought it during the pandemic. Western Games try to make the core gameplay loop a fucking mess of bullshit or so lacking in anything resembled updated gameplay that your stuck in a shitty narrative where you can only play the game after half of the 20 hour story is done. The game is one long tutorial with shitty level design or just feels like a shooter with too much bullshit tacked on.

 

[Joe Swanson]

Genuinely, why do they expect that I give a shit what a corporation has to say, if anything the second a corporation opens their mouth about politics I'm less likely to buy something from then

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Personally I still buy new games all the time, but I recommend avoiding some/most AAA games most often or those who are propped up on late shows/etc. I'm more into Indie (yes just like Hotline Miami series) and more niche series, like Ys myself. In today's gaming market you really have to test to find the hidden gems.

One game I have my eye on right now is Stray. I am excited to play as a kitty cat. Oh, and Dragon's Dogma 2.

 

[Red Hood]

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Yes, because the people who work in the video game industry are getting so many abortions. It's mostly males. The people who do work in the industry are mostly upper middle class and higher.

I guess if there are any mentally ill feminists, they could seek out an abortion. But who cares if they abort their kids? They shouldn't be having any kids anyway. We really don't need anymore feminists.

Most of the people getting abortions are feminists, niggers, mudsharks and drug addicts. You know all the decent in people in society that should be having children keeping it supplied with high quality people that will make the countries future better.

No, it's a bunch of fucking human garbage that shouldn't be breeding anyway. But a bunch of soy faggots on the right want to make sure we get extra niggers and human garbage.