simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square177linkfedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down156
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minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agoIts nothing to do with cheerful, its to do with not knowing how effective a boycott was. No one in their right mind would expect it to sell zero copies. Tell me, how do you tell if a boycott was successful?
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoI’d expect it to meaningfully affect the sales and the maker/seller/whoever behind it. Being the most sold game of the year and presumably making a fat profit, I don’t think it really did either. So again, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Its nothing to do with cheerful, its to do with not knowing how effective a boycott was.
No one in their right mind would expect it to sell zero copies.
Tell me, how do you tell if a boycott was successful?
I’d expect it to meaningfully affect the sales and the maker/seller/whoever behind it. Being the most sold game of the year and presumably making a fat profit, I don’t think it really did either.
So again, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯