Bullet Club
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Nintendo is reportedly ‘double-matching’ employee donations to anti-racism causes | VGC
UPDATE: Company releases statement ‘standing with the Black community’…
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Nintendo of America release a George Floyd/BLM statement
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carlosrox
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And the usual suspects continue to go about comparing and dick measuring PR statements amongst billion dollar companies.
They "spoke up" now. Quit crying and shut the fuck up about it. Move onto the next faux outrage.
"That's not a black background"
"Where's the BLM hashtag"
"It's alright"
And double matching donations wasn't already enough for them.
Piss off, grow up.
They "spoke up" now. Quit crying and shut the fuck up about it. Move onto the next faux outrage.
"That's not a black background"
"Where's the BLM hashtag"
"It's alright"
And double matching donations wasn't already enough for them.
Piss off, grow up.
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Astral Dog
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Finally, Nintendo doubling their usual donations, Square Enix giving 250k and Sony responses are HUGE support
shame these companies have been targeted to be racists anyways by a minority but the support is there
shame these companies have been targeted to be racists anyways by a minority but the support is there
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Jigsaah
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Who are you talking to exactly?
Tripolygon
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Nice!!
Monkeygourmet
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Shadow Mario is Racist
daveonezero
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gross.
kretos
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Jigsaah
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Ah I see, I thought he was speaking to the ether or something...as he was the first comment.Probably talking about comments like this from era
REE Machine
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Speaking of someone who needs to grow up.....
TheContact
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Hey at least they kept to their color scheme. I have zero problem with companies coming out to support anti-racist movements as long as they're actually doing something about it (in the form of a fund, etc...) and not just virtue signaling.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
May have been the best response from the gaming community, everyone is critizing SONY right now and delay their products but it's proven consoles have released in tough situations before.
leo-j
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What products did they delay?
Coloress_Kafka
Member
Great statement, I like that they included “shared humanity” because it’s important to realize we are all human and deserve equal treatment. Right now the focus is on black lives but hopefully everyone walks away from this with an understanding that we all need to treat each other with more compassion and dignity.
sevoro
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I think he means the PS5 reveal, I'm not too sure about any product delays.
MiguelItUp
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Wooo, big surprise! I wondered if they waited a day later to "be different", lol.
Is Square/Enix the only developer/publisher that donated money or did something other than "insert name here"?
Is Square/Enix the only developer/publisher that donated money or did something other than "insert name here"?
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iconmaster
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The perfect balance of promoting their brand while staving off the Twitter mob. Look at that on-brand red. But they didn't fall into Konami's trap of pushing any specific product.
Thugnificient
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Yet they refuse to lower their game prices.
Caffeine
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ye its the one aspect I hate the worst is years later when a game actually goes over the msrp by 30 bucks because now its a collectable.
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Paracelsus
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Argument ad populum results in brainwashing of the masses.
This isn't even political, look at Sony and the nonsense about the SSD, or the Pokemon SWSH scam.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
"Just days ago, we would casually yell the n-word out of our office windows at dangerous minorities. The death of the avenging angel, St. Georgeous Floyd, has taught us the error of our white devil ways. Please buy Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, brothas and sistas."
carlosrox
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I don't think it's unfortunate, they can do whatever they want. Whether or not they released their statement due to pressure or their own volition, we can't know, but I hate this entire "make a statement or else" and defaulting to racism angle people love to lean against.
carlosrox
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I'm not the one crying about PR statements that billion dollar corporations make or don't make.
And then after one is made people continue to compare different corporations' PR statements like they're fucking baseball cards.
I'm not saying Nintendo shouldn't make a statement, and I'm not saying they should.
"They NEED to say something" is bullshit.
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REE Machine
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Nah they need to say something because not only are they a company that we look to for entertainment but they also have millions of employees that may be dealing with issues like this and for some it may hit home to them. Knowing a corporation no matter how big or small supports their employees as well as the people they put products out for goes a long way than staying silent and not doing anything. If my boss didnt have my back but we shared a mutual respect for one another...well that respect can be broken quite quickly
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carlosrox
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It just reeks of some kind of insecurity to me. Like I can't comfortably get gas at Chevron, buy a meal at Subway, or play Nintendo games unless I know they put out some obvious PR statement denouncing racism? And if they don't put one out I default them as racists? Doesn't make any logical sense. So what, everybody assumed Nintendo was anti-black til today??
To 99% of people aside from outright racist assholes, this shit is obvious and should be the default. I don't go around assuming people around me are racist, and I don't go around assuming companies who don't make PR statements about the latest issue are against them.
Nintendo isn't a person, even this statement ultimately means nothing. You think there aren't some closet racists somewhere in all these companies putting out statements? This statement in the end changes nothing. If an employee there was outed as a racist before this I'm pretty sure they'd get fired, just like most businesses. Guess what would happen to a racist after this statement? The exact same thing.
Nothing changed, they just stated the obvious.
Everyone in the world should just carry a "I'm not a racist" ID card. Even racists. That'll solve all the problems.
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HotPocket69
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REE Machine
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I think the only one insecure is you, your thinking of yourself but not the millions of people this may affect and a statement like this can help bring a sense of hope for them and their employees. If they dont release one it doesnt mean they are racist, but it hurts no one that they release one. Just triggers some people for some reason...im not sure who but it does.....
ExpandKong
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Oh shit I guess racism is over now
gj nintendo
gj nintendo
Naibel
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They wanted validation of their worldview from Nintendo, of all companies ? For stating the obvious like they said ?
Are these people grown adults
?> Companies releasing .jpeg on Twitter
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carlosrox
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How?
I can't wait for Quizno's to put out a statement, it will really empower me.
What exactly am I insecure about? I'm pretty damn secure. I don't look for things that aren't there and whine about capitalism 364 days out of the year only to do a 180 and suddenly look to mega corps 1 day out of the year to complete me.
Do people realize how stupid they look? They're completely contradicting their usual song and dance.
People hate capitalism and billion dollar conglomerates until the time comes for them to make obvious PR statements that support them.
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HotPocket69
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Man I miss Quiznos
NeoIkaruGAF
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Era didn't even realize white ON black text is inherently racist. It's basically a dogwhistle, and not even a subtle one. I'm appalled they didn't pick this up on the spot.Probably talking about comments like this from era
Good for Nintendo for keeping to their brand colors, and for making possibly the best statement of the bunch.
carlosrox
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Both sides are as idiotic as the other, really.
I don't care they put out a statement, and I would care just as little if they didn't.
It's their choice.
kiphalfton
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Not like they're obligated to say or do anything. But people expect it of them... well "expect" is putting it lightly as they are otherwise condemned if they don't say anything. These companies can't win. Good thing it's about money, and not principles.
Psykodad
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The cops are the problem.
sublimit
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Quick Tenka Musou make another thread about the hypocrisy of Nintendo!!