Square Enix blames gamers for forgetting PRIDE month is in June

[@TheDezembro]

I keep forgetting to f*cking plug my social media in the video for like the 5th time now. 😂 Follow me over here for updates. www.x.com/TheDezembro I don't post much for now but I might get into it more in the future. I also have a ko-fi if anyone wants to get me a cawffee! ko-fi.com/thedezembro This one got hit with demonetization a couple times until I figured out what it was. It was a picture of a weird teacher. Funny how it's demonetizable on KZbin but he's allowed to have a job at a school with minors. 💀

[@o0TraceuR0o]

the E in DEI stands for equity not equality, trust me i wish it stood for equality.

[@luckerooni1153]

Exactly, and that equity means, "add more black people and women into everything, no exceptions, no excuses."

[@stevekramerf242]

It's equity. Typical for collectivists.

[@YeOldeMachina]

I refuse to believe these companies are ignorant enough to believe that making content specifically for 1% of the population is the way to be successful. I honestly think they dont care if these things are profitable. There's definetly a lot going on behind the scenes that i can't comprehend.

[@kagekun1198]

There is the theory that finance giant firms like Blackrock are trying to alter society by creating these ESG scores that push DEI agendas

[@MennydorgesERArchive]

That’s correct, Blackrock for example helps these companies, and they pickpocket money out of pensions in several Countries. It’s beyond the reach of the invisible hand of the free market.

[@ericrobertbradley6591]

It's just that the reasonable majority support the 1%

[@azminek7154]

They, the political activists infecting these companies, absolutely don't care. They happily lose investor money and run the company into the ground as long as they can push their politics. If there is no drama, then they intentionally manufacture some and I'm also confident they don't expect games to necessarily be profitable.

[@yannickluecker3983]

Like, the worst and most annoying part of this is that Little Goody Two Shoes is a really good game with insane amounts of passion poured into it, and now it's getting dragged into this sh!t. Frankly, at this point, I am beyond caring. F*ck the culture war, American politics ruins everything and should be abolished.

[@Volava]

It is funny. This doesn't sell games. Tired of politics in entertainment.

[@GodOfOrphans]

The part I just cannot get over is that the game is already very spooky and we're in October, making it a Samhain themed stream would've been marketing gold but they seemed to almost intentionally sabotage themselves

[@aliceyagami8260]

I'm so tired of all this. People talk like we're 30 years in the past. I'll tell you the truth, being a trans person in a third world country, things are pretty okay and calm for me. I don't want more rights or representation, things are fine are ok. I don't know why I would be proud to be trans. I was born with it. It's the same as being proud to be born with brown hair. I'm tired of crazy people and companies using LGBT+ as a shield or marketing and trying to force it more and more. It just makes things worse. I just wanted to let you know that there's no need for any of this. I don't want it No one I know wants it. I don't know who these people are trying to please. I who should be the target audience, don't want it. cultural war sucks

[@HandOn-c40009]

because they want to cover up the abbhorent thing they actually do, like how disney filmed near and payed the leader of muslim concentration camp ground to save money while advertising miss marvel muslim heritage as selling point.

[@rexcyjones9416]

If only your individual voice can be heard by these people. Other than that in their eyes you become a heretic 😅

[@lucasp-max343]

@@aliceyagami8260 These are people who want to feel special, but don't want to suffer any consequences, basically victim syndrome, which is why they say they are LGBT... and tell how they are oppressed. I'm glad that people like you exist to call them out on their bs.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

What angers me is how they use people’s indeity, preference, gndr, and sexual attraction as a mascot to promote games. Like go ahead add them, no one cares. Hogwarts had it did anyone complain? Final Fantasy 16 had it did anyone complain? It’s only when you promote the game based on that alone. It’s only when you’re disingenuous about it. It’s only when you hire people based on their identity. You know how many people I’ve seen promoted to senior positions in these studios that have no experience? This is how you get such terrible games. It’s like you said they think we’re living 30 years ago. They have gone so overboard with their inclusion that now people immediately write something off when they see diversity. They actually hurt the community more than they help. These companies have done nothing but hurt the community.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

30 years? People talk like we're 50 years in the past!!

[@fierce8943]

Great video as always. I like your point about, actual equality means you’re treated like every other group - not with kid gloves as a protected class.

[@SlimyKrabbys]

Men in DiSgUiSe: LOVE ME, respect my PrOnOuNs, gEnDeR, and DiVeRsItY. Nah, keep your GeNdEr fLuIdS.

[@keungwan5901]

Why did Agatha All along promote itself as the gayest Marvel ever? Probably because the show was bad, and they found they had nothing else to say. Like - this show is so boring it's a cure for insomnia. Would that sell? Why was that? Probably because they put activists in charge of the production, as usual.

[@stevekramerf242]

It fits, because "ghey" was a phrase people used to label something as bad or crap not long ago.

[@Majo_Ellen]

THANK YOU! That's what I've been saying, the "US VS THEM" mentality is ruining everything. Little Goody Two Shoes comes from fans of the "horror RPG Maker" games trend that existed earlier on youtube (like Ib and Witch's House. It is a prequel to an RPG Maker game called POCKET MIRROR to boot), it took 7 years in development and the small studio was pretty much on its own. Every bit of the UI has passion, all Square did was give them a platform to sell the product on and fund them, but they mostly had nothing to do with the work the devs had. Their small team worked hard making musical numbers accompanied by cute videos in various art styles. (The chibis, the 80s, the real life dolls). I can say at least that it's not a "slop" somebody put together... and I hate to see it being dragged in the mud like this. In the early years of development, Astralshift never even mentioned the flags or pride, it was something that happened later on. They were just a little indie dev that liked stuff like Madoka. In old times a dev even said "Little Goodie Two Shoes is for *everyone*," and went on to how we all have a witch inside of us that we hide from the public. I can testify the game itself is good even if the vision has been long lost by everyone else.

[@TheDezembro]

@@Majo_Ellen Yeah it's noticeable through the art style that it's a labor of love. It's too bad to see so many studios falling into this attitude. I hope it doesn't become a trend with indie studios as well. It turns people off.

[@Majo_Ellen]

​@@TheDezembro Yeah, that's the worst part! The game is the one that pays for it! D: Now I can only recommend it to people who don't know anything about the debacle because this is just stinky. Even if you might not play the game; I would probably recommend looking up the "Wild and Wandering Thistle song" with the video. This is in my opinion, one of the best ways to showcase the love the game had. Especially when you realize just how few people were on the team to animate that...

[@astrea555]

I was literally about to buy Goody Two Shoes because it's a yuri game I love that (when it's anime, not political or woke) now that I know the devs have an agenda there's no way I'm spending a cent on it.

[@TheRibbonRed]

AstralShift's response make it look like they approached Squeenix to promote it as Alphabetic, rather than Squeenix needing to meet their DEI quota. Little Goody Two Shoes came out November 7th 2023. That's right, last year. And Squeenix did nothing to promote it. All marketing material were done by AstralShift themselves. This situation really is them ending it themselves.

[@TheDezembro]

If that's the case that makes this situation even more laughable, as AstralShift is far too small to just be that stupidly abrasive in their marketing. Still, hard to believe they'd have as much power as to be able to push SE into hosting a Pride event in October 😂

[@TheRibbonRed]

@@TheDezembro I wouldn't say they "have power". More like Squeenix is looking for something DEI to promote, and AstralShift offered themselves on a silver platter. Hence the quick defensive response from them. If AstralShift were logical or didn't do any of this, I doubt they'd defend the Squeenix post.

[@fukaze2021]

They are trying to shift our focus from DQ3 controversies by using this game as scapegoat so people will start talking about this game and forget everything that happened to DQ3

[@fifteens6337]

Continuing hitting the nail on the head! GG!

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Man square enix really is going out of their way to flush themselves down the toilet.

[@JMelt173]

I am so tired of d e i and this inclusivity nonsense when it comes to my video games I mean my favorite game of all time is final fantasy 14 and sweet baby was all over their newest expansion among other things and it was just I've never seen the player count so low

[@thegoonies1999]

The music you are playing in the background add even more weight to your hard hitting message. I love it. Keep up the good work brother.

[@LimC.A]

What are they going to do if they dont pander to majority of gamers = bankruptcy lol.

[@SkereKelel]

20:29 glad to see my language being shout out with that "mmgvo" moment

[@FoggyFogzmeister]

I can't even articulate the amount of wisdom, truth and insight that is present in this video. You're an absolute legend. Just recently discovered you and I'm subscribing. Life gets a bit easier to bear when I'm reminded that there is awesome people out there. It's easy to forget, especially when using social media or browsing news. Take care and I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts in the future!

[@TheDezembro]

Oh wow, thanks so much for the positive comment! I appreciate it a lot and it helps me keep going! Welcome aboard 🙏

[@YoukoZuki]

Square-Enix doing pandering is nothing news. What disheartening is that the dev decides it is a good idea to attack regular audience with buzzwords. Goodies Two Shoes is a nice game and is already released for over a year so it sales figure is more than less settled. Also, it is an offline and multi-platform game, so it doesn't need high concurrent players so steam chart is meaningless. So even if the dev decides to mask off now, it doesn't really affect the game. However, this behavior may not pose well to their future games cuz their name has been tainted.

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

19:49 YESSS!! Thank you, FFXVI is a perfect example of this. Spoilers ahead: Dion is the best way to handle a gay (or Bi, doesn’t matter) character in a compelling way. His Sexuality does not define him, but his sense of duty, honor, and nobility. And while we do see his relationship with Terence in a Handful of scenes, those scenes work because not only do they play into his story, but it’s not unnecessarily explicit to get the point across about their relationship. And Dion and Terence’s relationship is wonderful and tragic, because you can feel that they genuinely love each other, but have to separate; rather than it being Superficial and obnoxious. And that last point is key, because honestly, you could replace Terence with a female character and make Dion Straight, and you would still get the same compelling story for Dion; albeit less interesting in this instance. I don’t mind it either way, because it still gave us Dion’s compelling character arc in the game.

[@TheDezembro]

@@simplebutnotsolongname6642 Perfectly put 👌 good detailed and compelling characters are always necessary, but especially so when trying to do these kinds of representations. I'll never understand how some of these people think that making obnoxious annoying as f*ck preachy characters is supposed to make their piece media good, and more than that, help represented and "normalize" minorities lol

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

@@TheDezembro And the Funniest thing about is that representation was never really a problem until these people try to overtly and obnoxiously highlight them just to prop themselves up and feel special; inadvertently segregating and causing friction and bias between people instead of the opposite. Funny how Eastern, especially Japanese writers know better than the West on this aspect.

[@EminCan-br5lr]

Have been watching your videos while eating dinner since I saw your video about Veilguard. Good arguments with a soothing voice really nice videos brotha 👍

[@TheDezembro]

Wow, thanks! I appreciate it! 🙏

[@lucasp-max343]

life is strange 1 is not woke, but the release of the manga that continued the story by another author was woke

[@slyaspie4934]

You are working overtime pushing these well thought out videos out daily, keep up the good work it feels like the tide finally turning but it might just be everyone is atomising more and falling into echo chambers

[@TheDezembro]

Thanks! Using pretty much all my spare time lately 😂 I think the only time we'll be able to really notice the difference is when companies stop pandering to this sh*t and keeping DEI at the forefront of their projects. But it is very very nice to see more and more people feeling comfortable with voicing this. There has definitely been a significant loss of "power over the narrative" that the other side has had for so long. And a significant loss of power when it comes to cancelling people who say things they don't like it.

[@brigandboy1425]

As a personal example, I have yet to buy Space Marine 2. Why? Because Games Workshop is full of cancer. Female custodes. Female space marines. The "you will not be missed" letter, and so on. Despite the insanely good reviews (and recommendations from friends) I am wary of pulling the trigger on a game that is from a company that ultimately hates me, hates what I like, hates itself, hates its own lore and the things it has created, and wants bad things to sweep it all away. While getting paid for the whole job lot. That's how much catering and pandering to things and people that insult your customers and hate your creations can affect someone. It took me almost two years to go back to Cyberpunk and play the expansion. These people who do this to their own brands and their own companies are in need of serious mental help.

[@TheDezembro]

The game itself doesn't have any of that nonsense but I understand where you're coming from and you're well within your right to buy whatever you want to buy. Personally, I think that it's fine because this way you can show their investors and higher ups what it is that people actually want. If the show is caked with DEI and Intersectional feminism, and it fails -- but the game is NOT, and it succeeds, it may send the right message. But as usual, these people will twist and mangle any words and concepts that they need to bullsh*t themselves and anyone listening to them... So, if they want to simply claim that the show/movie failed and the game succeeded because of it being a game-related franchise, and that it has nothing to do with the ideological bullsh*t, then they will. So yeah like I said, I understand your point.

[@gamerboy6787]

Recent sub here. Thank you for all yer hard work on this channel. Thank you for cutting straight through the bull, and getting to the heart of the matter. Currently working through FF 16, and I'm glad you didn't spoil anything. haha Keep up the great work, dude. Thank you.

[@TheDezembro]

Thanks, I appreciate that a lot! 🙏 And enjoy the game! 😄

[@Astrotripper2000]

Spot on. Write good characters that are LGBT and put them in a great story and you'll get happy customers paying you money for your games AND you'll do some good for acceptance of those kind of minority groups. But that takes effort, so... Case in point, just a few short introductory scenes of Nao from Skip and Loafer anime probably did more for trans acceptance than any of those consultancy clowns will achieve in their entire lives. Few short scenes were enough to show the strength of her character, as well as some of the struggles she faces as a trans woman. She's a wholesome character and if we ever get a second season of that show, I'd love to see more of her. That's good character writing. Makes people want to see that character more. That how you do representation. More of that please. And about this latest kerfuffle, I can't even... So unnecessary. All it did was made me question if I made a mistake buying that game and making me wary of any of their future games. I haven't finished Goody Two Shoes yet, but I enjoyed it so far. It's a cutesy horror adventure where you can romance with some other girls. It's fun. Definitely not one of those lazy slops chasing brownie points (unless there's something later in the game that I don't know about yet). At least they didn't completely fly off the handle, seemed like your regular "playing the victim" shtick. Maybe in the past that worked as a marketing strategy, but I can't see it doing anything good nowadays. Lame.

[@Sad-Lesbian]

As someone who is lgbt, I will take any chance I get to clown on Square Enix.

[@munchmunchpanda3331]

I have yet to hear someone say these things like you have and i respect it so freaking much. I have been one of those gay guys that have been able to change peoples minds about gay people just by talking with them day today, and not making it the entire point of my existance. Hell most dont even know im gay and are shocked when they find out. Once they do they appreciate how i go about things, and i change how they view gay people as most just assume they are the woke gays..because of all these political things im forced into a bubble by everyone as soon as they here the word gay. And im just not that. I want to be left alone i want to be treated normal, idk why the community lost that plot. That was the whole point and reason why it began...to be seen as normal...we are going backwards and its ruining it for gay people that just want to be left alone and be seen as just human. Long rant over i just wish more people said what you have said in this video more often, because its what needs to be said.. i just wish the comunity saw it that way. For my sanity and everyone else. This is tiring and this forceful tactic is not working for anyone. It shouldnt matter who i like, if im a good/bad person i should be seen as such, not if im gay or straight.

[@TheDezembro]

Hey thanks for watching, I appreciate the comment! I've known & befriended a lot of "LGBT" people over the years due to being very involved in the Life is Strange community back when it was new. The vast majority of people I met were perfectly normal and it always made me upset when they were mistreated based off of wrong assumptions. Now, with the rise of this recent madness, those assumptions are becoming even worse and spreading to actual radical/extremist ideals because of what certain activists, politicias, etc, attach the "LGBT" to - as a sword and shield - without a single ounce of concern for the damage they're doing. And without asking permission lol It's f*cked up, there's no other word for it and I genuinely feel for you & others because I imagine that for years, "LGBT" was this thing some people like yourself freely associated with because of it being about acceptance and support - a haven, perhaps - and then suddenly things start to get crazy. Progress made for normality and acceptance starts to be backtracked because of unhinged ideals being attached to the group, and even if you want to DETACH yourself from the group, you can't because it's literally in the name. 😐 ugh so much damage. I talk about ^ this a little bit in the video I'm hopefully finishing editing and uploading tomorrow about de-feminization of characters in Gaming. I appreciate the comment. My videos can attract people who aren't very friendly at all to LGBT people but if I can at least try and make SOME of them think twice about the fact that soooo many gay/bi/lesbian/trans people are just normal MFs who don't even agree with any of this nonsense and just want to live normal quiet lives like everyone else, then I'll be content.

[@MakotoIchinose]

I was going to buy the game at some point, even if it's known to have yuri/lesbian stuff, I've seen worse (Citrus, and yup, Life Is Strange). I'd bought it for the aesthetics. Also FF16's gay scenes are skippable and I don't miss any major points by skipping it. But then they pulled that kind of shit, and I don't want to buy it anymore.

[@whinegummi6329]

new content !!!! YEAHHHHH

[@trippymartian8847]

Welp, time to delete half my game library to download Survivor again..

[@TheDezembro]

😂😂 yeah that's how I feel every time I feel like going back to some Jedi action.

[@tanotano1176]

If you ever have the time, would you help me with some questions for clarificaton: 1. are you against all pandering? Do you believe straight people are being pandered? If not against, what do you believe the best way to pander to LGBT as a group of interest would be? 2. How do you believe equality was handled before, in what would you base this perception? 3. What political content is in your opinion ok in a medium like video games and which one is not? Do you believe there is such a thing an apolitical game? 4. You talk about normalizarion, what do you think a good way for LGBT normalization would look like? Thank you!!

[@adamshalashaska5698]

Great video

[@inkulawolfe]

Speaking as someone who is deeply involved with LGBTQ-communities, I fully agree that I too would like nothing more than for us to be normalized. By which I mean diverse characters should just be allowed to be in media without it having to be noteworthy at all. I am pretty sick of our identities being used as selling points or even worse, shields against criticism. I love me a good queer story or character, but "good" is the important part of that sentence. Bad representation or forced inclusion isn't doing anyone any favors. It just leads to bad stories that neither side of the "conflict" are going to enjoy. I do want diverse and colourful stories, but I want that diversity to come from a genuine sense of acceptance and normalcy and the desire to write an interesting story rather than obligation or marketing reasons. On the other end of the spectrum, I don't want to let the small but vocal minority of people who decry any kind of inclusivity as "destroying our society" of the hook either though. The kind of people who believe that things like "female protagonist" or "choice of pronouns" are automatically a death sentence for a game. Sometimes these things are done for virtue signalling, which is a pretty bad reason to include them that I don't agree with either. Sometimes there's a good reason for why a writer made that choice. Sometimes they're there because it simply didn't matter much either way. I feel like the small amount of people throwing hossy fits over ultimately really harmless things like that are potentially just as damaging to our wider media landscape. Ultimately, I really wish none of this had to be such a ploiticised issue. Sometimes writers just want to do their own thing without being forced to walk on eggshells because someone seemingly always feels the need to be offended...

[@fiaschampion3379]

Little Goody Two Shoes is an incredible game and one of the best of 2023, if not of the decade so far. They chose the cheap and easy way to promote such a creative title just because the main character is LGBT. The game has a demo at least on PC, I encourage everyone to give it a chance for what it is.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

< _ < I'm not lgbt so I'm not the target audience...

[@minakatahizuru]

FFXVI is shit woke game

[@velyund1546]

I'll play Little Goody Two Shoes because it's a good game. Period.

[@holographicwing]

Genuine question, I keep watching these "gay people existing means woke" videos and its pretty obvious Sephiroth is gay for Cloud. Are there going to be 50 million of these videos made if they outright say it in part 3 or will no one care?

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

*sigh* no, he's not.... =_= stop projecting... don't be gross.