Fortnite's operator is demonstrating it's fully prepared to weaponize its young audience of millions for its own monetary gain.
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Square Enix been multiplatform for decades, a few exclusively-deals doesn't make them any less multiplatform.
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If you need to earn additional XP in Fortnite to complete the current Battle Pass, Epic Games has a fantastic surprise!
Naw Epic just rolls how China rolls. Calling it corporate propaganda is like identifying meth as rock candy.
One might say Apple's 1984 video back in 1984 was an "irresponsible piece of corporate propaganda". Apple painted IBM as being some technological tyrant just because they were IBM.
" weaponize its young audience of millions for its own monetary gain." isn't this what all toy commercials do, lol
Everyone is so damn dramatic these days.
I've read through this write up more than once and right now I can't see anything but the writer defending Apple. The remarks about Gamer Gate and the political implications behind supporting I guess Democrats (for larger government control) and Republicans (for less government control) are actually pretty humorous to me. Which is it? Are Epic proselytizing to an audience incapable of making meaningful change? Or are gamers who play Fortnite (btw totally not just young children) powerful and capable of making change such that there is concern over those old enough to influence the coming presidential election?
Of course two giant corporations fighting each other means whatever they say is propaganda and also water is wet. But I do think it's important to note, one of these giant corporations is seeking a change that also benefits the little guys as an ancillary benefit. Also Apple ironically has become today's version of IBM. I don't care if this particular writer believes only kids play Fortnite, that's frankly an out of touch assertion on her part. I think turning their own award winning ad campaign against them is obviously premeditated but also brilliant.
You see the whole unsaid part of all this is some Apps get to circumvent Apple's rules such as Netflix while others like Fortnite does not. Why? Because Apple is pushing Apple Arcade. So Epic is saying "oh you want to capture the hearts and minds of gamers Apple? OK well let's make you the bad guy. I love it.
Epic is practicing what they are preaching here as well since games that are on Epic Games Store don't force a particular payment system. “We do not force developers using our store to use our payment ecosystem,” -Tim Sweeny says.
TLDR; The writer is an obvious SJW worried about political implications of pointing out that Apple is giant anti competitive corporation. I find it hilarious at the amount of hand wringing going on here when a company like Epic politicizes gaming but threatens the writer's views so now it's propaganda. However when everyone else logs into COD we need to read BLM statements. Or we have to be concerned with how Transgendered people are portrayed in games like Cyberpunk or (going way back), we have to worry about Resident Evil 4 being racist. Oh and you're obviously anti-gay if you thought Last of Us 2 was written like absolute trash.