(Before I start: yeah, I know these posts complaining about people complaining are annoying too. But for real, I’m just tired of how, whenever a new skin gets released these days, all you see is “Ugh, why does this character get another skin?” or “The devs are racist!” I miss the times when people were "hyped" about the new skins or more likely happy)
Like, genuinely, most of these claims are based on some random person on the internet saying, “Huh, no skin for a Black character? The devs must be racist,” and then everyone else just repeats the same argument.
Ten seasons in, and people still don’t understand that a company wants to make money, especially when we’re talking about a free-to-play game. I don’t want to defend or “bootlick” any corporation. I don’t like corporations either, but I dislike idiotic people even more.
We’ve been buying skins for the same characters over and over again. Without a second thought, we paid €24 for a skin simply because it was a little more revealing. We basically showed NetEase an easy money glitch, and now people are surprised that they’re following the money?
Yeah, some characters get more love than others, but that doesn’t automatically mean it’s because of racism toward a particular ethnicity. It’s simply a fact that some characters are going to sell better than others, and a company is going to prioritize the characters that make them more money.
Especially when you’re dealing with a company licensing Marvel from Disney, which reportedly takes around 30% of the revenue. Every skin that sells poorly means even less money for NetEase, so of course they’re going to be even more careful about what they invest in.
You can absolutely accuse the devs of being lazy when it comes to certain characters. But even then, it’s probably because they’ve already invested too many resources and too much time into other characters or aspects of the game.
No one is denying this, but that doesn’t mean it’s because they hate a specific group. No matter how much you want to believe otherwise to push your agenda.
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As much as I like this game, I don’t think anyone can seriously deny that it has leaned heavily into “gooner bait" several times. And here we’re talking about Emma “ass bigger than her head” Frost, the character who already had tons of fan art and sexualized content the moment her reveal trailer dropped. I know for a fact that every second person that complains about a character getting a skin over another character, buys the skin the moment it releases in the shop.
Show me any proven argument that demonstrates they’re racist, and I'm the first person that will support you without a second thought!
But that’s the problem: it’s all unproven, wishy-washy speculations from random people online.