I think Jim actually did a great episode on this. They're just pulling a (apparently) huge Public Rep stunt without really at the cost of anything to them. Anyone that would buy GTA has already bought it, and anyone that hates it will think target is the saint about getting rid such an evil, infamous game. If they were actually censoring, I'd imagine a lot more games would. They're currently stocking...Deathfish15 said:I hate that censorship has become a thing where we can excuse just solely on "private company" excuse. They're basically saying that one customer -the 'soccer mom'- is more important than another customer. I guess it's true in a business sense that their most valuable customer is the soccer mom over the avid video gamer, but that doesn't make it any less morally wrong.
The market DID decide. The people who shopped at the store said that they didn't want it.NuclearKangaroo said:why dont we let the market decide if the game is bad or not?
not really, a group of people who may or may have not bought the game, signed a patetition to get it pulled from the store on the false grounds that it was misogynisticerttheking said:The market DID decide. The people who shopped at the store said that they didn't want it.NuclearKangaroo said:why dont we let the market decide if the game is bad or not?
I mean Jesus, I disagree with Target on this matter, but it's kind of their right to not sell a product they don't want to.
What is morally wrong about it?Deathfish15 said:that doesn't make it any less morally wrong.
Ok let's be perfectly honest here. Did the petition lie about GTA? Yes. But let's not pretend for a second that GTA doesn't have an unhealthy portrayal of women. Not for a damn second. GTA V took a few baby steps and actually had a few cool female characters, but overall it still has a long way to goNuclearKangaroo said:not really, a group of people who may or may have not bought the game, signed a patetition to get it pulled from the store on the false grounds that it was misogynisticerttheking said:The market DID decide. The people who shopped at the store said that they didn't want it.NuclearKangaroo said:why dont we let the market decide if the game is bad or not?
I mean Jesus, I disagree with Target on this matter, but it's kind of their right to not sell a product they don't want to.
it the most successful entertainment product every created, its clear the market wants the game
unless target provides some figures showing terrible sales and use that as an argument for pulling the game, it makes no sense