AC Shadows was set to release Nov 2024, delayed to Feb 2025, and now delayed again by a month.
heh
New Games Suck... Or Is It Just Me?
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New games suck... or is it just me?
Quote: Square Enix warns that it will be taking action against any behavior determined to be harmful or exceed what is socially acceptable. This means that in response to harassment or unreasonable demands, the company will cease to provide its products and services to offenders. In addition, if a user’s behavior is deemed to be excessive or of malicious intent, Square Enix will take legal action, including criminal proceedings. The company provides the following examples of customer harassment and socially unacceptable behavior: Harassment: Act of violence, violent behavior Abusive language, intimidation, coercion, duress, excessive pursuit or reprimand Defamation/slander, denial of a person’s dignity, personal attacks (including email, contact in contact form, comment or post on the internet), advance notice of wrongdoing, advance notice of obstruction of business Persistent inquiries, repeated visits Trespassing by visiting or staying in an office or related facility without permission Unlawful restraint, including via telephone calls and online inquiries Discriminatory speech and conduct regarding race, ethnicity, religion, family origin, occupation, etc. Infringement of privacy by taking pictures or making video recordings without consent Sexual harassment, stalking, repeated stalking behavior Undue demand: Unreasonable demands for changes or exchange of product, or unreasonable requests for monetary compensation Unreasonable demands for responses or apologies (including face-to-face responses or requests for an apology from an employee in a specific job position) Excessive requests for the provision of products and services exceeding socially accepted norms Unreasonable and excessive demands for punishment of our employees This is how you know Square Enix are alienating their fanbase, the only reason this would be happening is because they are mad at you in the first place. Fromsoft don't need to do this. This kind of feels like it's being aimed at FF14 players to me, maybe I'm wrong though. https://automaton-media.com/en/news/square-enix-shares-new-policy-against-harassment-of-their-employees-and-executives/ Welcome to the real world, RA, where every company has a ToS. Pretty much every online game requires you to agree before playing.
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Tekken 8, 40% reduced and still want 60 bucks.
Mixed feelings on that; youtubers love to sensationalize things and deep down I expect this policy is not going to actually result in companies suing customers over criticism.
But, if it did, it'd be some dystopian and totally ****ed ***, so probably best to sensationalize it.
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Fujito combing through FFXIAH posts to find whos calling him an idiot to have their XI accounts banned.
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Shiva.Thorny said: » But, if it did, it'd be some dystopian and totally ****ed ***, RadialArcana said: » Harassment: Act of violence, violent behavior Abusive language, intimidation, coercion, duress, excessive pursuit or reprimand Defamation/slander, denial of a person’s dignity, personal attacks (including email, contact in contact form, comment or post on the internet), advance notice of wrongdoing, advance notice of obstruction of business Persistent inquiries, repeated visits Trespassing by visiting or staying in an office or related facility without permission Unlawful restraint, including via telephone calls and online inquiries Discriminatory speech and conduct regarding race, ethnicity, religion, family origin, occupation, etc. Infringement of privacy by taking pictures or making video recordings without consent Sexual harassment, stalking, repeated stalking behavior I can probably agree that from PR perspective it doesn't seem to have a benefit to post this announcement, but from legal perspective it doesn't matter much? Reading this "policy", pretty much every point are illegal in many countries to begin with. So this policy adds nothing, it's more like an public announcement to me. Well, except the "Discriminatory speech and conduct regarding race, ethnicity, religion, family origin, occupation" part. I don't know if there are any country law that says discrimination is illegal. So even if someone discriminate against people you probably can't take legal actions I think? For everything else like violence, sexual harassment or defamation, any entity are entitled to take legal actions for breaking the law. It doesn't matter if your role is an individual, a mega corp or a customer. You break the law, you face legal actions. Being a customer shouldn't shield them from legal actions for committing crimes. There are definitely discrimination laws in any first world country (they dont apply if the victim is white, but thats another story)
Shiva.Thorny said: » Mixed feelings on that; youtubers love to sensationalize things and deep down I expect this policy is not going to actually result in companies suing customers over criticism. But, if it did, it'd be some dystopian and totally ****ed ***, so probably best to sensationalize it. Besides the entire war being waged right now about DEI....?
If you're a rational, reasonable person, you may not realize just how intense the topic is. XIV players are extremely upset about the current state of their game, and Yoshida has gone out of his way to create a very unhealthy parasocial relationship with his players.
When they were happy this wasn't a problem. Now they are upset, a small minority of them think they can bother the team and him in any way they can find to do so and don't know when to stop. There was also a huge amount of drama over a voice actor they picked. Square are sloppy, and made a general statement that everyone took as being aimed at them when it was actually aimed at a specific group (xiv players). https://www.vice.com/en/article/square-enix-threatens-legal-action-against-harassment-because-final-fantasy-xiv-players-cant-be-normal/ Asura.Eiryl said: » Besides the entire war being waged right now about DEI....? If you're a rational, reasonable person, you may not realize just how intense the topic is. I realized how intense this topic is, and how it negatively impacted the industry as a whole. The criticism goes to both sides who are responsible for starting this war. When SH2 was out I tried to search for reviews or discussion about the game, except 90% of the SH2 topics that I clicked on are people shitting on DEI and face model. If someone tried to say they like the game they are quickly being harassed and labeled as filthy "DEI supporters" that's responsible for the growth of DEI influence. Which effectively silenced actual positive relevant reviews. Those kind of irrelevant DEI discussion took away all our limited attention and traffic on legit game discussions. Now it takes longer to receive or search for legit game related discussion in the gaming community because of politics. Nevermind the fact that people who worked on games got harassed and witched hunted if they post left wing content on their social media. It's already bad enough to get harassed for making a game that people dislike, it's worse to be harassed for having a political opinion in private space. So I really don't mind SE getting tough to protect their employees after seeing all the ***going on. Idk IF that'll lead to SE rejecting legit game design related critism like that YouTube video said though. Only time will tell. Edit: Also, SE has been slow at receiving customer feedback for years, way before this announcement was made. So if SE sucks at receiving critism, it's probably not one announcement's fault. Guys, can someone please write out the abriviation DEI? I'm still sore from trying to cure my tisms with CBT.
Of course brotha, i got you. It stands for:
Didnt Earn It
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Afania said: » So I really don't mind SE getting tough to protect their employees after seeing all the ***going on.
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Shichishito said: » Guys, can someone please write out the abriviation DEI? I'm still sore from trying to cure my tisms with CBT. Can you eauip store TP in a car?
But thats... thats... thats too broken!
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Don't WS behind the SW!
Not a bad idea, SE. White knights can just rest.
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