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There were hundreds of people who worked on the game, and the game itself went out of it's way to feature trans characters. I doubt there's a single AAA game or mass produced product out there that isn't partially owned by some individual who you don't want to support, so I think singling out hogwarts legacy in particular to boycott is kind of meaningless.
You could argue that by boycotting it you're sending a message, and just singling it out as an example, but the game already sold incredibly well and is a huge success. I don't think there's any reason at this point that someone who grew up enjoying harry potter and wants to play the game should feel bad about it. Seems silly to deny yourself something you might enjoy over some small change going to a billionaire you don't like.
don't support things that support nazis
jkr is very very rich, and very very actively a transphobe
she VERY actively uses her money to degrade society
"you're just one person and don't matter" is not good logic even if it were the logic here, which it's not, because she's so rich and powerful.
Honestly, take your head out of your anus and see that you're justifying doing a shitty thing. She's got garbage cancer and needs to gtfo. Let the ip die, she ruined it.
You wouldn't say the same shit if the main proprietor were an ACTIVE Nazi. Or maybe you would also apologize on her behalf? Or does it just take some other level of mental gymnastics to justify your own ambivalence to massive injustices that aren't at your own expense?
Sounds like terf apologia to me.
The last AAA game you played is almost guaranteed to have been worked on by at least one racist, trans phobic, radical extremist of some kind. Just something to consider.
Do those one-off bigots that perhaps lended some labor to said games get royalties for the IP? If not, then this comparison is not even close to valid with a billionaire bigot raking in more wealth based on an IP they poisoned.
Perhaps it wasn't the best example, but the point I'm trying to get across is that almost any game you've played recently is likely profiting a bigot in some way or another.
Shareholders will always exist. Funding sources. Executives. Just because they didn't write the code doesn't mean they weren't involved with the development. And they certainly make money off the success.
Sure, but that way of thinking seems to treat trying to avoid supporting bigots as some sort of "purity cult" game, and it's not. Just because there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, that doesn't excuse people to make highly unethical purchases.
Of course you can't perfectly avoid any bigoted shitheads from having worked on something you buy, but you wouldn't buy a game where the majority of the royalties go to David Duke, would you?
Some people are just doing the best they can to not support bigoted assholes, and when it comes to gaming, a market that exists purely for entertainment, and one that has millions of other options, that's rather easy and practical to do.
I think the truth of the matter is just that a lot of people don't care. And if they know that JKR does what she does and contribute to her rampage, it entirely does make them antagonists to the cause of good.
And then there's the matter of willful ignorance. That's something I can never forgive but is all too common.
None of them bought the UK supreme court though.
Make no mistake, it is currently impossible to engage with the harry potter franchise, at all, without contributing to the dismantling of equality.
I'm not saying don't play the game if that's what you enjoy. I'm just saying; you should probably keep it in the bedroom and don't do it in front of children.
Of course always vote with your wallet. Just saying it's a complex topic and it's one thing to boycott it because Rowling profits off it, but you're also excluding the hundreds of hard working game developers who put years of their life towards a legitimately good game.
Unfortunately, because of the existence of shareholders, pretty much anything non indie is going to be profiting off exploitative rich people with generally loads of prejudice against marginalised groups. Even indie games you're kinda stuck, look at factorio for example. Or you're supporting the storefront. There may be ways to consume games ethically maybe but there's always a catch somewhere. Informing consumers of these choices is important, but judging them for it is reductive considering the only winning move is not to play.
I'm not convinced by arguments towards "support the developers". They've already been paid for their work and won't be getting royalties, and so buying and playing the game supports them neither financially or morally.
As to your final point; judging people for decisions they make is the ONLY thing that's okay to judge people for. This isn't a war game, and by not judging them you, personally, are helping to bolster the biggest terf in England. So I'll continue judging the people who engage with HP, and I'm also judging people who decide to defend them.
Basically, when it comes to the harry potter franchise, the only winning move is to not play.