Celebrities’ managers always want their clients to shine as The Pioneer in whatever they do nowadays, so the sensationalistic head title is not surprising. Plus, big events like these can’t really be 100% green by definition, since so many will still use a car to reach it.
Unrelated to the topic, but
led by a strictly limited physical collector’s release created with game preservation at its heart
This sentence is so funny. How is a limited edition made for people who want to pay extra and have shiny object on their shelves working towards game preservation in any form? It’s so funny when they try to play “here, have more disposable plastic and pay 50 extra bucks for it! I swear you’re ALSO doing it for a good cause!”
While I agree that @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world’s data isn’t exactly correct in covering the percentage of games that can be played, their sentiment is not so random.
For example:
One could argue that Sony’s going at great lengths to keep services alive; for example, the PS3 still lets you download and update content. One also can, however, easily imagine that there will be a day when such service is not considered profitable enough, since you soon won’t be able to buy games for it anymore. What then? Can we realistically expect Sony to keep servers and checks alive for a console that does not generate any new profit whatsoever? I honestly doubt so.
It’s a fantasy world! We’ve seen much worse, haven’t we?
They were already floating against bad publicity because of famous “anti-woke” streamers constantly giving them shit, this move sadly doesn’t help: I understand they wanted to shift away the focus from COE33 - after all, it got enough publicity as it stands.
But they could’ve taken so many different approaches; like, for example, instituting a different prize and move Clair Obscur to their own category (I don’t know, call it “shine of the year” or something), but CLEARLY state you are doing this in honor of Indie Awards core concept, which is to highlight less known games.
Calling out a very minimal and almost accidental usage of AI that has been patched out for months just to ban it out… meh.
You’re right, I worded myself weirdly. What I was trying to say is that, while I’m very happy to see this kind of effort, I worry since it is easy for the pop world (be it music or something else) to lean into the type of black-or-white virtue signaling that stars (or rather, the way management usually phrases things) are known for, moreoften to appease to a certain “leftie” public that cannot wait to spend the buckaroos as long as the event organizers pinky promise that everything they’re doing will save the planet.
I am a big fan of live music and I wouldn’t want to gatekeep the experience, I just hope its general public won’t lose focus on the fact that they have to keep doing their part even on service that are accessory to the event itself. Apart from that, I am with you with the fact that it is undoubtedly a positive news to report on.