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[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 88 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Let's see

  • The game itself takes away a lot of pieces of the formula that made 2016 and Eternal so good
  • $80 price tag
  • BDS boycott
  • Denuvo

I'm shocked that it's not selling, absolutely shocked.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And also, for some of us:

  • Boycott due to Mick Gordon's treatment.
[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

TRUE, I knew I was forgetting something else

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago

80€ in Steam Spain.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Was thinking of BL4. Still pretty egregious though

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

BDS boycott? Can you explain this? I’m not sure what BDS is or what the boycott is lol

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://bdsmovement.net/

BDS is a global movement calling for boycotts, divestment and ultimately sanctions of Israel and companies complicit in Israels illegal occupation and other crimes against the Palestinian people.

Microsoft provides AI tools to the Israeli army -IDF- which are used to automatically designate people as targets for bombing. Among other things a particular heinous AI is infamously named "Where's Daddy", where bombings are timed so that the target is killed upon arriving home, so their entire family is also murdered.

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-israel-military-gaza-hamas-artificial-intelligence-20b2adb438b39ee9cb6eb2f52c1ae44a

Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, iD-Software, Zenimax, Mojang (Minecraft) and others are all owned by Microsoft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Gaming_studios

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Microsoft (and by extension id and Bethesda) are a priority target for the BDS boycotts against Israel

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

All set thanks

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Google says BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (against Isreal.)

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ahhh thank you makes sense. I was searching my brain for controversies with Bethesda/Id.

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Since the company boyscotts BDS. I guess it means the company is pro Isreal.