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Dumb things pop-culture critics say: Battlefield V & Female Soldiers

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kat:

ratty redemption:
interesting and well said kat.

kat:
The following is not officially verified by EA's own data (will likely have to wait for the next EA financials for that) but according to Eurogamer a UK tracking agency (Chart-Track, who appear to be compiling data on behalf of ukie) are suggesting sales of Battlefield V (physical copies) are down by a significant margin, "fewer than half" in their first release week.

The news obviously begs the question: which aspect of the grievance marketing campaign is responsible for the poor sales numbers for Battlefield V? Calling gamers racists, ableists, misogynists, anti-women bigots? Being told "don't buy the game"? Or just the general disparaging miasma click-hungry, historically revisionist, games press and associates have created over the past few years, eagerly aided and abetted by social media mouth-pieces and cultural critic talking heads bullying anyone in disagreement.

One does have to wonder.

???

ratty redemption:
agreed. considering the way long term fans of the series were treated, and the amount of money and time they invested in previous battlefield games, this one deserves to fail financially. games should be made for gamers, not people who despise gaming culture.

kat:
The coverage for the game is going to be interesting, MCV for example is trying to brush the sales failure under the rug, excusing it through a later release date than BF1.
#BattlefieldV went "unnoticed" by no one but a press now fully complicit in it's dire returns. #GrievanceMarketing and willfully negative bullying coverage doesn't work, @EADICE & other publishers engaging in it only have themselves to blame.— KatsBits (@MrKat) November 27, 2018
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To expand a little on the tweet, at what point can a Corporation hold its employees and/or press coverage responsible for such colossal losses in the first week (basically 40% of Battlefield 1's sales). Whilst it would be difficult to challenge the whole 'free speech' excuses the press might be able to exercise in their defense, the willfully negative and ideologically driven bullying coverage should make publishers of all stripes, not just EA-Dice, extremely gun shy of engaging with outlets that use grievance tactics and click-bait to generate headlines to the detriment of the brands they might be covering.

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