I know this article was posted somewhere but I didn't click on it because it's Kotaku (lol). It's actually a very good article. I hope it's making the rounds.
Xbox Is Not Your Friend
After laying off almost 2,000 people, Xbox finds itself in a position at odds with the community-first image it has cultivated for itself.www.kotaku.com.au
The journalist describes GAF/Era/Twitter/Reddit perfectly here:
Blue Check accounts obfuscated concerns over such an aggressive consolidation of workers and IP by espousing recycled Xbox talking points and stitched-together notions of community, as understood by its relationship to explicit and unwavering support for Xbox. “But Xbox needs a way to regain a share of the console market!” “This will actually lead to more job security and creative freedom!” “IMAGINE THE HEXEN REBOOT!”. A world was created in which the very idea of being opposed to the deal was to be effectively opposed to fun, too economically left-leaning, or just a hater. It’s the kind of hearts and minds campaign that would deserve to be dissected for its effectiveness if it weren’t so existentially terrifying.
Yup and that’s what that poster who got banned on era was talking about and one of the biggest issues with conversations surrounding this deal. If you were against it you were console warring, or you didn’t want reboots of old IP but the worst, and absolute worst was that if you didn’t want the deal to go through you didn’t care about the well-being of the workers or you didn’t care about poor people because think of Gamepass value.
Anyway, it’s been depressing not only seeing how many people were laid off but the manner in which they were laid off too. Sucks. Hope they all land on their feet
