Over 95% of Players Don’t Consider Inclusivity Important In Gaming

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Forced Inclusivity Is An Enemy of Creativity!

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  • A recent poll indicates that over 95% of players don’t care about inclusivity in games. 
  • Forcing inclusivity into video games has been a known culprit, leading them to failure. 
  • DE&I has become an unfortunate trend that has gradually been gaining more pace. 

Inclusivity is an unfortunate trend that has picked up in the industry over the past few years. While having characters of different origins isn’t anything bad, forcing a narrative is. Most fans share the opinion, as 95% of gamers voted they don’t care about inclusivity in gaming in a recent poll. 

Why it matters: Inclusivity has emerged as a proven culprit that ruins an entire game. We have had some clear examples in the last few years, including Concord, Suicide Squad, and more, and the backlash from the fans was quite apparent.

DE&I Poll
Over 95% of gamers vote against inclusivity in a new poll on NeoGAF

A different poll on Twitter showed similar results. With nearly 10,000 votes, a whopping 97% of social media users voted against the importance of inclusivity.

Now, inclusivity isn’t a bad thing at all. In fact, it’s always good to see characters from different origins, genders, and races in a game, but what’s offsetting is the forced inclusivity narrative that pushes political agendas into gaming

For context, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice introduced Mrs. Freeze in its last season. The character has a huge history in comics, movies, and TV shows and has always been Victor Fries or Mr. Freeze. The idea of changing that attracted a lot of criticism.

DE&I Poll On Twitter
Nearly 10,000 Gamers Voted Against Inclusion On Twitter

Forced inclusivity was never a problem a few years ago. Ever since consultation companies like Sweet Baby Inc. emerged, this unfortunate trend has been forced into the industry, ruining many great games. 

Sweet Baby has a bunch of notable names working with it including Santa Monica, Xbox Game Studios, Warner Bros, Ubisoft, and more. The influence is quite visible in their recent titles as well. Square Enix should be appreciated for being pulled out of the list. 

One of Sweet Baby’s employees even admitted that the company’s goal is to ‘burn the industry to the ground,’ indicating a massive threat to the gaming industry. Nonetheless, this trend needs to stop; otherwise, we’ll see a lot more big-budget games fail poorly.

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