Russian game companies are not our enemy. The leadership of the country may be, but so what? You going to try and influence that by choosing non-russian games? That’s ridiculous… :)
This is not about the politics of the company or whether or not the people support the government. Influence is not the point. This is about material support to the Russian government. Money spent on the game goes to the Russian government in the form of taxes. This blurb says it in plain text:
To put it crudely, an average gamer, who buys Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 for $59.99, helps the company to fund the Russian army with almost $12
Ok? And buying literally any game by EA, Activision, Microsoft, Sony, 2K, Devolver, Epic and countless other companies helps fund the war on Gaza and America’s neo-colonialism and imperialism. Notice I didn’t even mention European companies, because that’s another whole can of worms.
It could be seen as funding the Ukrainians in their war against Russia though. Or literally anything else paid for by taxes which is…a fucking lot of things. It’s not like that money is sequestered for the war against Ukraine in Russia.
Whataboutism isn’t a good look, but it’s consistently the only defense that people who defend autocratic hellholes like Russia and China come up with. You know it’s not even remotely the same.
Well yea, it’s another motivator for people to actively go against the Russian government in one way or another. The more discontent people are with the situation that’s been ongoing for 2+ years, the more likely something’s to happen, I’d wager
wow what a thoughtful reply thank you, you really read that article and brought a lot of good points to the table for us to discuss
Ok I read the article… Answer is still nope.
Russian game companies are not our enemy. The leadership of the country may be, but so what? You going to try and influence that by choosing non-russian games? That’s ridiculous… :)
This is not about the politics of the company or whether or not the people support the government. Influence is not the point. This is about material support to the Russian government. Money spent on the game goes to the Russian government in the form of taxes. This blurb says it in plain text:
Ok? And buying literally any game by EA, Activision, Microsoft, Sony, 2K, Devolver, Epic and countless other companies helps fund the war on Gaza and America’s neo-colonialism and imperialism. Notice I didn’t even mention European companies, because that’s another whole can of worms.
I already don’t LOL but you’re still right.
It could be seen as funding the Ukrainians in their war against Russia though. Or literally anything else paid for by taxes which is…a fucking lot of things. It’s not like that money is sequestered for the war against Ukraine in Russia.
Whataboutism isn’t a good look, but it’s consistently the only defense that people who defend autocratic hellholes like Russia and China come up with. You know it’s not even remotely the same.
I have excellent news: you can also not buy games from those companies too.
Well yea, it’s another motivator for people to actively go against the Russian government in one way or another. The more discontent people are with the situation that’s been ongoing for 2+ years, the more likely something’s to happen, I’d wager
I think it’s silly. You can’t fight dictators with gaming choices. That stuff is real life.
Thank you for engaging 💜
To be fair, the OP did not ask them to read the article, they asked a yes or no question.