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   ???? (praxisofevil@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:08 JST ????

   Concord's failure sent shockwaves through the industry but I don't know if this is going to actually mitigate the GRC infiltration into creative industries. Fat, ugly, brown, queer people will be shoehorned into media for the forseeable future because it's been mandated by powerful people and they can lose as much money as they want because someone else will just buy the company on the cheap and keep cranking it out.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:03 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     It could just be that the development cost is too high for modern games.
     
     Mario 64 was only $1.5 million to develop and it sold 10 million copies, and the market wasn't as saturated back then.
     
     When development budgets get into hundreds of millions of dollars, and in a saturated market, the idea of earning a return becomes an astronomical and unlikely gamble. Thus, this failure was so foreseeable that it should be assumed intentional. But cui bono?
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     WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:04 JST WhiteExodite

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     @rlier23 @rlier23 @PraxisOfEvil >eventually the normies Will lose interest
     again, this feels like wishful thinking. normies watch what is on, they don't really lose interest. they have their TV and their channels and that's all they need. at most they'll complain or switch the channel, but they're going to stay hooked to the box.
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     salty_apollyon (rlier23@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:05 JST salty_apollyon

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     @PraxisOfEvil @rlier23 @bleedingphoenix i think Big ips Will continue to make some profits but those profits Will go in a downward trend
     
     New IPS tho, they Will all just tank
     
     I see people like us that were the original fans as a sort of firestarters, the ones that keep fanning the flames that every normie ends up looking at, with us gone yeah the fire Will keep going for a while but no one Will brother to keep adding fuel to the hyper and Eventually the normies Will lose interest
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     WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:06 JST WhiteExodite

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     @PraxisOfEvil @rlier23 I think people underestimate normies, though. the new Marvel movie made bank in theaters, and I know people who are vying for that PS5 Pro pre-order. people are going to eat this because it's new and more accessible than any alternative.
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     ???? (praxisofevil@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:06 JST ????

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     @bleedingphoenix @rlier23 Some of it will turn normies off, but it seems some of the studios and producers can strike a balance where the IP is still pozzed but more relatable to a certain consumer and they can still make money on it and even if they don't it's not like they're going to run out of money to make the stuff.

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     ???? (praxisofevil@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:07 JST ????

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     @rlier23 The movie, music, and videogame industries are all in serious trouble. No one goes to theaters anymore, Triple AAA stuff is released unplayable, and some serious big name music producers were tied into Diddy. Everything mainstream sucks and they made it that way and whatever happens in the future they can only keep their foot on the gas.

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     salty_apollyon (rlier23@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:30:08 JST salty_apollyon

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     @PraxisOfEvil i really, really hope they double down.
     
     i don't want restoration or conciliation i want it all to burn
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:50:39 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     I'm just suspect anytime anything fails due to "wokeness." It's all too common, and to the extent that I can only surmise that there's a group of investors that is pushing an agenda via corporate control, and whether or not it's profitable. I think they believe that they can win the ideological war if they can just maintain the messaging in the long term, no matter the cost.
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 15:50:40 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @Humpleupagus @rlier23 @PraxisOfEvil @rlier23 @bleedingphoenix it could be so high that not even larry fink's money printer can make it profitable if it doesn't sell tens of millions of copies at full retail price.
     they could have done well if they were capable of a little self control instead of NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, THIS *NEEDS* TO BE THE GAYEST BROWNEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE.
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 16:36:32 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @Humpleupagus @rlier23 @PraxisOfEvil @rlier23 @bleedingphoenix that seems to be the plan, they want to create the "modern audience", not make stuff for one that exists now.
     if the generation after the zoomers knows nothing but DEI slop, why would they oppose it?
     
     i don't think it'll work as well as they think it will. if it effects all of gaming, people will just think video games are boring shit for old people. asking an aoomer if they want to play call of duty black ops 57 would be like some out of touch boomer trying to explain the virtues of stamp collecting.
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     salty_apollyon (rlier23@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 16:36:41 JST salty_apollyon

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     @skylar @rlier23 @Humpleupagus @PraxisOfEvil @bleedingphoenix i do see one fatal flaw in their plan and i honestly don't know how they can deal with it
     
     
     This "modern audience" they are cultivating are some of the biggest lovers Ive ever seen in My life we're talking people who can't Even function no matter how Many pills they take, the kinda that begs for money on the internet because they keep spending all their money on shit like Uber eats or the aftermentioned pills
     
     
     Maybe the strat works for most industries because they make shit that is necessary on a very basic level for life but videogames? Music? Movies? Those are far from essential.
     
     These people don't Buy videogames, they don't Buy merch they don't Buy anything.
     They are incapable of
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 16:47:45 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @rlier23 @rlier23 @Humpleupagus @PraxisOfEvil @bleedingphoenix yeah they're trying to sell an entertainment product. people don't have to put any conscious effort into passing on entertainment that sucks.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 16:52:11 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     It's just so strange when companies are like.... I know we should market to the largest population we can to turn a profit, so what we're gonna do is market to the smallest, poorest market possible — trannies and queers who are broke af.