nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Sold 22 Million Copies in 2023: Warner Bros. Discovery Games Boss Talks Year’s Top-Selling Title and What’s Nextvariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down16
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minus-squareZeroxxx@lemmy.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down38·9 months agoSo the boycott does not work, woke people in shambles 😆
minus-squareloobkoob@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 months agoI’m sure a lot of the people who said they were going to boycott it did boycott it. But a boycott was never going to work for this game. The IP alone meant it was going to sell 10M+ copies, even if it was absolutely terrible.
minus-squareIlflish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-29 months agoBoycotts never work with games, regardless of the reason. Remember the Modern Warfare Boycott when women were introduced to the franchise as playable?
minus-squareZeroxxx@lemmy.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoBoycotts do work in any aspect of life, for a proper reason. Woke boycott, is not.
minus-squareZOSTED@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·9 months agoI mean it worked for me - I didn’t buy it or play it, despite it looking pretty cool.
minus-squareIlflish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoJust because you didn’t buy it doesn’t mean the boycott succeeded. It still sold 22 million+ copies
minus-squareZOSTED@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoYeah, 22M+ minus 1, me. I didn’t plan the boycott, I just don’t agree with giving my money to JK. So I didn’t.
So the boycott does not work, woke people in shambles 😆
I’m sure a lot of the people who said they were going to boycott it did boycott it. But a boycott was never going to work for this game. The IP alone meant it was going to sell 10M+ copies, even if it was absolutely terrible.
Fact: it is not terrible.
Boycotts never work with games, regardless of the reason. Remember the Modern Warfare Boycott when women were introduced to the franchise as playable?
Boycotts do work in any aspect of life, for a proper reason.
Woke boycott, is not.
I mean it worked for me - I didn’t buy it or play it, despite it looking pretty cool.
Just because you didn’t buy it doesn’t mean the boycott succeeded. It still sold 22 million+ copies
Yeah, 22M+ minus 1, me. I didn’t plan the boycott, I just don’t agree with giving my money to JK. So I didn’t.