@PurpCat@clubcyberia.co @Hoss@shitpost.cloud @coolboymew@shitposter.world > Ubisoft stated that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed a million players on its release date,[80] and had three million players within a week.[81][82] Steam showed a concurrent player count peak of 41,412 on launch day,[80] growing to 64,825 during the first weekend after launch.[82][83] The feat established the game as the highest Assassin's Creed game by concurrent players on Steam to date.[82] Shadows was the best-selling game of March 2025 according to analysis by market research firm Circana,[84][85] and the second-best selling game of the year after Monster Hunter Wilds.[86] Am I missing something? Looks like the game was a strong commercial success despite the "woke" stuff? I haven't played it or looked into it much, so I have no opinion on whether the success was deserved or not. I only know that the main characters are a black guy (based on a real person from history) and a woman if I remember correctly, which in and on itself isn't a bad thing; just a question of how well the idea is executed. For example, if the black protagonist talks like a 21st century US American civil rights activist despite being a 17th century East African dude who ended up in Japan, then that would be quite cringe-worthy and eyeroll-inducing. Likewise, if the female protag started talking like she's a liberal feminist from tumblr while being an 18th century Japanese assassin or something, I couldn't stomach that. But if the game was such a success then it must have not been that bad... No wait, I just checked the sales of DA:Veilguard and it was also a big commercial success, so never mind, I guess people really buy anything. :blobcat-thonking: Also, I just literally laughed out loudly when I saw that the only award it won was from GLAAD. :blobcat-extremejoy: In any case, it seems like the higher-ups are likely to ignore the social media complaints / sarcastic memes / etc. about the games, since the money is flowing. They will only react if people actually refuse to buy the game, like it was the case with Concord for example, which was down to a lot more than just "woke stuff" though. As much as I'm critical of some "woke" things, I think it's often just a cope when people say "go woke go broke." There are some instances where it happens (Bud Light??) but it's not universal, especially not in gaming and other media consumed by youngsters.

@coolboymew@shitposter.world @Tsuki@amami.paradigm-x.tokyo @BowsacNoodle@poa.st @SuperSnekFriend@poa.st @lykanthrocide@shitposter.world @noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.world @sun@shitposter.world > First, she's in college Irrelevant. Shinobu is a little child no matter how loud you scream "nooo she's a 9000 year old vampire!" IIRC the character you're talking about is also intentionally drawn to look like a child. > > Besides, you don't know how many people may have AVOIDED the blood donation booth > Second, considering it's Japan, and you don't have to accept the gift either, this line of reasoning is a total cope You really believe that nobody in Japan is bothered by lolicon stuff? Boy, I have a bridge to sell you. How is a gift optionally given to people afterwards relevant at all? Did they try to attract people with placards of the character or did they not? (If they did, my point stands; if they didn't, it means people were donating blood anyway and didn't need the gift.) > The reality is that worthless feminist complaining, which is always crazy and based in lala fantasy land "Oh my god the character is attractive" as usual, had real life consequences in shutting down a blood drive with merch that would have heavily attracted people that probably wouldn't have normally given blood... And you defended it at all cost "BLAH BLAH BLAH it's literally impossible to have a blood donation booth without a sexualised character looking like a little girl! BLAH BLAH BLAH" Cope. If it was shut down because people were that offended, that PROVES that it was probably driving people away anyway. Or was it an evil white feminist who suddenly descended from the skies and had it cancelled when all the Japanese people actually liked it? I bet you believe this.