https://www.bdsmovement.net/news/boycot ... softs-xbox
So it looks like MS have been supplying Azure and AI tech to the Israeli MoD which is assisting in genocide activities.
So what are views on this? The link above is calling for people to stop using Xbox and associated services. I personally have let my GamePass sub lapse. It has anyway. This is coincidental. Still have Xbox consoles and games I've already bought so I'll keep playing those.
Going forward though not sure. It's a different division of MS doing this and feel for the creatives that may perhaps be affected long term for something they really have no control over.
Should gaming and politics mix?
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Re: Games and Politics
Should there be politics in video games? Yes. That's like asking if there should be politics in books or politics in films.
But the question here is about whether manufacturers of video game equipment and platform holders should do politics. That's probably inevitable when they get beyond a certain size. It would be unrealistic to expect giving money to a corporation not to have any undesirable side-effects.
The trickiest bit is the extent to which one expects market gatekeepers to be politically neutral. Should MS publish a game that has a pro-Palestine theme, or an anti-Trump theme, or a pro-ISIS theme? What about Stream? At some point all of this will bump into the basic anti-incitement-to-hated and blasphemy laws.
But the question here is about whether manufacturers of video game equipment and platform holders should do politics. That's probably inevitable when they get beyond a certain size. It would be unrealistic to expect giving money to a corporation not to have any undesirable side-effects.
The trickiest bit is the extent to which one expects market gatekeepers to be politically neutral. Should MS publish a game that has a pro-Palestine theme, or an anti-Trump theme, or a pro-ISIS theme? What about Stream? At some point all of this will bump into the basic anti-incitement-to-hated and blasphemy laws.