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I think it's a few things.Sure, I can buy that the first half dozen of times, but studios big enough to draw attention from that quality syphon have market research and should know full well their games will go to shit and their companies too if they let that sickness in.
- One is just how cozy the CEOs of SBI-and-adjacent are to each other and to the (dying) mainstream gaming media.
- Two is how much thought influence these Walmart Karens have on other women who work for the gaming companies...women who then go and whisper sweet threats in the ears of their marketing departments, etc.
- But the biggest cause is companies like BlackRock who offer millions in investment loans to gaming publishers (I once did some math and found that before their layoffs earlier this year Insomniac was spending over $47,000,000/year on employee pay alone). BlackRock-and-adjacent companies are BIG into DEI, and I would be shocked if they too weren't mandating content (not just in gaming but all companies they invest in) and a certain "DEI-score" to get more money. Money they get from nearly everyone's 401k's which they manage.
Also, King Conan-Rogue, stolen from Google because I've only had 7900 hours yet not-enough Jack Daniels to work on my MSPaint masterpiece: