Starfields is one of the biggest games of 2023 – but it’s joined other recent games like Baldurs Gate 3 in being boycotted by conservatives because of the way it interacts with gender.

  • orphiebaby@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Starfield and BG3 aren’t being boycotted. Those are just empty threats. Remember all the other times people said they were going to boycott their favorite games, and actually did it? Neither do I.

    • stopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      I remember back in 2016 conservatives screaming they were going to boycott Hamilton because of the cast making an appeal to Pence at final curtain, and people laughing hysterically at them because back then, there was no way any of them claiming they were going to boycott would have been able to get tickets in the first place.

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      1 year ago

      No, they try to boycott, but since they only represent a small fraction of the world, it doesn’t pan out as such.

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        1 year ago

        Where is that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 boycott-failure screenshot when you need it?

        And that is the result every time.