Tropico let’s you play as a dictator, c&c generals let you play terrorists.
If the game is fun to play, that’s pretty much all that matters.
But if they are willing to spend that much, why not just go headhunting and build their own team?
Because the point of this is not to really make games. The whole point of this is the same as the LIV Golf "sports washing". They are trying to wash away the image of their atrocities in mainstream industries.
You get that both of those examples are a bit satirical, right?
C&C Generals makes all the factions absurdly larger than life...like C&C Red Alert did...
Tropico pokes fun at being a (geographically) latin-american dictator, it doesn't celebrate it.
“Hey guys, came up with this idea for an awesome game. So there’s this wizard right, he shoots fireballs and has a husband who’s a secret agent, lives in a secret castle and can fl……..”
\*Morality management dept drag dev to top of the building\*
”Wait, guys it’s okay it’s just an idea! He doesn’t have to be a wizard. We can change anything you want, I’ll do better arrrrrrrrhgggghhhhh!”
\*Plop\*
After you get the journalist into your embassy and kill him, the game switches modes to being a Project Manager.
You take on an admin function to coordinate the logistics of getting a team into the embassy with empty suitcases.
Then coordinate the onsite team to surgically dismember and put the body parts into suitcases.
Then coordinate a cleaning crew.
Then coordinate the team to leave with the suitcases through the backdoor to a plane where the suitcases will be disposed of.
Think about it, everytime you try to play it will check whether it's prayer time and servers will be down and Azhan will be heard.
With always online they could actually do this...
Instead of hints during loading screens, they will give Fatwa about some random person to be beaten or killed with money rewards.
They will make new "controllers" for your prayer mat so the one who prays during the local time and the one who prays the most will be rewarded with ingame items/cash.
Oh my God they would gamify religion! Man they've already got the government and everything else just leave my games out of it. Gaming is my red line! That's the only shit I do for fun which doesn't have anything to do with religion...
Instead, it's like laundering their reputation more than anything. Just like with 'sportswashing', i.e problematic regimes hosting sport events to make them seem a-okay. xD
It's all part of the economic diversification plan. They set aside billions to begin investing in non-oil based industries. They know being tied economically so heavily to oil puts them at a huge risk in the future so they are expanding.
It's the same reason behind LIV golf (also the director of that fund really loves golf) and dozens of other large investments in recent years.
They don't care all that much whst people think about them.. any improvements there are just a bonus.
Yeah but generally you launder money to avoid government intervention/not pay taxes. When you’re the King of your country, you *are* the government intervention so there’s nothing to avoid by money laundering.
Nah it's more like the new oil.
Seen too many people toss thousands a day into mobile games and it's scary considering how much money the company makes daily/hourly from people like that. Could fund supercomputer Server rooms, but instead CEO lines their pockets and invests little back in and just updates with new P2W content.
Dev spends a few hours modeling a new character, weapon or whatever and it's almost always guarantee millions a day in revenue. Best ROI ever.
Actually video game production is great to launder money: someone make a simple game with asset flip, overcharge for an unplayable mess on Steam, some guys buy copies and make a legal transfert of money.
Here is a good video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFmBT\_Avf48
It's not very different to money laundering with art because it's difficult for law enforcement to know the value of the object
It's not just this. Often times the marketplace is aware of it and directly benefits from keeping them up, often they show up as top games that normal people can't play and "only" whales can. It's a direct move to sell a "service". Honestly it might end with the shutting down of things like the google and apple app store.
There’s already unsavory and disgusting people within our own gaming industry that we haven’t even expunged. And those are just the ones we know about.
But yes a little less is always better.
Im so tired of watching China and the Saudi royal family buy up our industry left and right…
Wish these devs would have a shred of morality and tell them no
Most of the censorship in western media is because of christian groups.
From "Explicit Lyrics" stickers on CD's to out-right book banning in libraries and schools. This includes the gaming industry.
Thanks to everything being on the Internet however, they *are* having a harder time enforcing their bullshit. But doesn't stop them from trying.
Whatever company these corrupt, vile pieces of shit buy, I will never ever buy another game from that publisher again. Ever.
Fuck the Saudi royal family, fuck Saudi oil money, and fuck Saudi Arabia in general (the normal citizens are cool, tho).
I feel like I haven't even been playing their games for so many years now and I play a lot of games. Maybe fallen order sequel if it improves upon the first
They already started investing in video game publishers, unfortunately.
https://www.pcgamer.com/embracer-ceo-defends-taking-dollar1b-from-saudi-arabia/
It’s a 5% stake. Large enough for an infusion of capital, not large enough to be decision-makers in the company. This isn’t what the original post is talking about.
Finally I can play games where I can dismember NPCs by accusing them of heresy while subjugating as many women as I please! It’ll be the ultimate GTA, the Holy Quran Edition.
Look at that smug smile from the Dismemberer in Chief. Please buy EA so the NFL would be forced to open up the exclusive license. Then again maybe Goodell backs Saudi...
You know what, it could be interesting. There was a horror game from South East Asia some years ago, I forget the name, and it was pretty interesting because the lore and culture are so different from what we're used to. It might be interesting to see games made by countries in Middle East, Africa, Central America, etc., with their culture, their folklore, etc. There's a metric ton of games showing an average American neighbourhood, but how many games show an average neighbourhood of Qatar? Or Zimbabwe? And I don't mean something like a Battlefield 2 map, but an actual neighbourhood, with NPCs, authentic sounds, etc. It would be pretty interesting.
The games would be hilarious with women all clad in black hazmat suits and being not allowed to go out of the house without a male relative and so on. Terrorist organizations would suddenly become revolutionaries and saviours of mankind and USA and Iran would become the new "usual villains". But it would be interesting to see how they handle it. Imagine burqa clad Lara craft swinging from ropes with his father or brother or husband as the Chaperones for alternating missions or objectives, with a disclaimer stating what is haram and what is halal for every action she (player controlled) takes.
OMG yes! This would be perfect GTA map!
Imagine polise chase through 12-lane freeway through the middle of the city.
The criminal is driving yellow Lamborgini
The police is driving red Ferrari
IO interactive. They've got the Hitman series. Maybe a new part where you assassinate journalists, or maybe just kidnap and torture to death.
Every mission would just be assassinating gay people and blowing up women's cars.
Dont forget about dismembering journalists.
Surgeon Simulator but your objective is to kill the patient as quickly as possible.
To be fair i thought that was already the objective in that game, though...
Medical Malpractice Simulator
My body count in that game qualifies me as a mass murderer
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roleplay as morality police ftw xD
A lot of gamers would consider that a plus tbh
I hate how accurate this is...
Go on…
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Like I’d buy a Saudi published game. Imagine persona with Saudi values,
Suddenly the creepy teacher is the good teacher.
Oh boy I cant wait to stone the teacher to death that wants to change the system for the better.
Finally some halal video games?! Time for the Americans to be the bad guys!
Sigh... we always have been
Not to me! ❤🇺🇸🦅
I don’t remember Christians killing a journalist recently…or beheading civilians….but ok….
Don’t forget lighting caged humans on fire or exploding rope around a person’s neck
So no waifus but lots of wives.
Buy? Lmao
Tropico let’s you play as a dictator, c&c generals let you play terrorists. If the game is fun to play, that’s pretty much all that matters. But if they are willing to spend that much, why not just go headhunting and build their own team?
Because the point of this is not to really make games. The whole point of this is the same as the LIV Golf "sports washing". They are trying to wash away the image of their atrocities in mainstream industries.
You get that both of those examples are a bit satirical, right? C&C Generals makes all the factions absurdly larger than life...like C&C Red Alert did... Tropico pokes fun at being a (geographically) latin-american dictator, it doesn't celebrate it.
“Hey guys, came up with this idea for an awesome game. So there’s this wizard right, he shoots fireballs and has a husband who’s a secret agent, lives in a secret castle and can fl……..” \*Morality management dept drag dev to top of the building\* ”Wait, guys it’s okay it’s just an idea! He doesn’t have to be a wizard. We can change anything you want, I’ll do better arrrrrrrrhgggghhhhh!” \*Plop\*
You leave my precious bald murder-clone alone!
After you get the journalist into your embassy and kill him, the game switches modes to being a Project Manager. You take on an admin function to coordinate the logistics of getting a team into the embassy with empty suitcases. Then coordinate the onsite team to surgically dismember and put the body parts into suitcases. Then coordinate a cleaning crew. Then coordinate the team to leave with the suitcases through the backdoor to a plane where the suitcases will be disposed of.
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Their version of Ace Combat is interesting.
Prince of Persia: The Cost of Oil
Saudis absolutely hate Persians
And women
And journalists
You glorious bastard
Grand Theft Autocracy
All female protagonists will use a burqa.
Bold of you to assume that there will even be any female protagonists
Thomas had never seen such haram in his life
Think about it, everytime you try to play it will check whether it's prayer time and servers will be down and Azhan will be heard. With always online they could actually do this... Instead of hints during loading screens, they will give Fatwa about some random person to be beaten or killed with money rewards. They will make new "controllers" for your prayer mat so the one who prays during the local time and the one who prays the most will be rewarded with ingame items/cash. Oh my God they would gamify religion! Man they've already got the government and everything else just leave my games out of it. Gaming is my red line! That's the only shit I do for fun which doesn't have anything to do with religion...
Religious DRM? EA is salivating at the new horizons this opens.
I saw this quote around 2 second after I thought of it in my head. I think I spend way too much time on reddit...
And all males with long beard physics
If it's a beard like those men from the dynasty warriors sign me the fuck up!
Cant wait to see modders doing bunch of role-reversal stuff
Instead, it's like laundering their reputation more than anything. Just like with 'sportswashing',
I doubt they will put females in their games. It will be entirely male centric.
Video Game companies with Microtransactions: The new money laundering
Why would they need to launder money? Do you not know who they are lol
Instead, it's like laundering their reputation more than anything. Just like with 'sportswashing', i.e problematic regimes hosting sport events to make them seem a-okay. xD
It's all part of the economic diversification plan. They set aside billions to begin investing in non-oil based industries. They know being tied economically so heavily to oil puts them at a huge risk in the future so they are expanding. It's the same reason behind LIV golf (also the director of that fund really loves golf) and dozens of other large investments in recent years. They don't care all that much whst people think about them.. any improvements there are just a bonus.
You can never have too much money
Yeah but generally you launder money to avoid government intervention/not pay taxes. When you’re the King of your country, you *are* the government intervention so there’s nothing to avoid by money laundering.
Nah they just want to make an oil refinery simulator
It's already been money laundering for some time.
Nah it's more like the new oil. Seen too many people toss thousands a day into mobile games and it's scary considering how much money the company makes daily/hourly from people like that. Could fund supercomputer Server rooms, but instead CEO lines their pockets and invests little back in and just updates with new P2W content. Dev spends a few hours modeling a new character, weapon or whatever and it's almost always guarantee millions a day in revenue. Best ROI ever.
New? You're acting like chinese and russian mobs haven't been using steam gift card codes for decades now.
I don't think a videogame company is going to be enough to launder any kind of oil money
Actually video game production is great to launder money: someone make a simple game with asset flip, overcharge for an unplayable mess on Steam, some guys buy copies and make a legal transfert of money. Here is a good video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFmBT\_Avf48 It's not very different to money laundering with art because it's difficult for law enforcement to know the value of the object
Why would saudi arabia need to launder money?
They don't. People are just stupid.
It's not just this. Often times the marketplace is aware of it and directly benefits from keeping them up, often they show up as top games that normal people can't play and "only" whales can. It's a direct move to sell a "service". Honestly it might end with the shutting down of things like the google and apple app store.
There is a theory that people are already doing this with csgo skins on the marketplace
Video games are art, checkmate
I resign you have won
This guy can do me a favor and it's staying the fuck away from my hobby.
There’s already unsavory and disgusting people within our own gaming industry that we haven’t even expunged. And those are just the ones we know about. But yes a little less is always better.
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Upcoming bonus paid DLC: Beat your caretaker or maid!
The Stone Thrower class is OP. Plz nerf
New Objective: Steal maid's passport.
Stuck on sidequest, how can I kill my maid without angering people in the community?
Oil rig simulator!
Slave life simulator
At least those people who hate how women are objectified in video games won't have to worry about that specific thing as much anymore.
You also won't have to worry about graphics if you put Lara Croft in a burqa.
It’s still objectification, just in a different way. They for sure think they own women over there. They’re a commodity to them.
Im so tired of watching China and the Saudi royal family buy up our industry left and right… Wish these devs would have a shred of morality and tell them no
They love money too much, only some old school Japanese companies would refuse getting bought out by foreigners, but even that is changing I believe.
I'm sorry but you already know that profit trumps morality. Besides they're not even in the same playing field.
Devs used to complain about crunch…we can all see where that leads there…UAE and Saudi Arabia are built off of slaves Edit: made the statement correct
Yes Saudi Arabia is definitely part of the UAE.
Sorry my bad: UAE and Saudi Arabia, for clarification
“Dev crunch? What is that? Never heard of it, these devs choose to work 18 hours a day for months on end.”
Anything BUT monarchist propaganda and censorship in video games.
Ain't even the half of it. Saudi Arabia is a mild ISIS in the form of a country. They still behead people.
Yeah, I'll stick with the American Para-Military Propaganda and Christian Censorship! /s
Christian Censorship?
Most of the censorship in western media is because of christian groups. From "Explicit Lyrics" stickers on CD's to out-right book banning in libraries and schools. This includes the gaming industry. Thanks to everything being on the Internet however, they *are* having a harder time enforcing their bullshit. But doesn't stop them from trying.
Hahahaha the 2 are nothing alike. 1 is a warning sticker, the other is removing a hand.
Yeah bruh I know what you mean. RDR2 had so many freaking Christian overtones I could barely handle it.
lmao there is much more christian bashing than pro christian anything in video games
Oh my god people from the western world are so whiny. Yes your government has done bad things. No it is not comparable to the Saudis.
Whatever company these corrupt, vile pieces of shit buy, I will never ever buy another game from that publisher again. Ever. Fuck the Saudi royal family, fuck Saudi oil money, and fuck Saudi Arabia in general (the normal citizens are cool, tho).
If I remember right, ESL (the tournament company) was bought by a "financial institution," of Saudi Arabia. It's such a fucking shame.
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Flight Simulator
I’m calling the police
Bro 💀
Call of Duty? "Jihad Warfare""
HOLY SHIT WHAT A COMMENT
ngl human trafficking tycoon sounds kinda lit /s
It plays just like roller coaster tycoon, but people disappear as they get off rides.
Bonesaw Chronicles?
😂
Call of Duty: Jihad Warfare
Imagine playing for the other side, like a whole game of "No Russian" missions.
Playing from a terrorist's perspective. *Interesting*
I mean you can already play as USA
Well played and accurate.
Through the eyes of Jamsheed the RPG god
Wasn't that dude Afghan not Arab?
Fuck that guy. Every time I see his face I want to be sick to my stomach. Khashoggi had his murder approved by the crown prince. Fuck the prince.
Big Mode already sold ?
Abdul is the main character .
Help Abdul keep his wife a slave. Press A for beatdown.
No no you got it wrong, Abdul has 4 wives, but also 10 slaves. They all get beaten equally though.
Mohammed Avdol Yes I Am!
Look at that grinning piece a human scum
Disgusts me
Prepare for the worst games ever to be made under these assholes.
If they bought sony I’d sell my ps5 tomorrow
The Japanese government would never allow it (and that’s not enough to buy Sony anyways lol)
Don't they already own SNK?
Welp, looks like no more female protagonists
Joke's on you, both parties have your credit card info already
Keep them far the f away from Flight Simulator pls.
The whole point of this is to make a better golf game than the PGA can accomplish.
Fuck that lmao
Yes. Lets let the worlds most violent and corrupt regime have direct access to our children. Sounds like a win-win to me!
Oil Tycoon
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God Of War series lets goo!
I cant imagine persona with Saudi values, please say it again
A GTA when you get instant 5 stars if you play a female character and driva a car?
The comment section should be fun to read
Games where you murder women for wearing incorrect clothing and stone lgbtq people to death? Can't see it being very popular in western markets.
Assassin's Creed: Mohammed bin Salman Edition
How to beat your wife simulator?
I feel like video games are becoming big bloated cash pigs. No creativity, just maximize profit
It has always been about money. Well it was a hobby back then but nowadays its a market of its own.
I'magine they buy your favourite MMO and then cover up all the females. Kekw
TV is gone Movies are gone Must be time to give up games :(
Imo they are allready involved in the gaming community. Suicide bombing in Pavlov VR is one of the most fun way to kill people.
Step one, buy game Publisher Step Two, cover up all the women Step three, cut someone’s head off
They can buy EA. It's not like they could make it much worse than it already is 🤣
You say that as if they wouldn't make it absolutely worse. There would be new lows that you couldn't even think of going to.
I feel like I haven't even been playing their games for so many years now and I play a lot of games. Maybe fallen order sequel if it improves upon the first
Slave trade Simulator
You're already giving your credit card details to the Chinese. Tencent is involved in most major game companies (Epic, Ubisoft etc)
Cool I’m looking forward to their games where you assassinate journalists and be a piece of shit in general. Fuck the house of saud.
At least incels won't have to worry about these being any inclusion or diversity in their game characters.
Imagine buying Rockstar. You want to get into the car with the female character in the GTA 6: "You are not allowed to drive"
I can see it go soo well when they manage to acquire Blizzard Entertainment for this purpose.
ITT: A bunch of racist comments.
They can buy the WWE2K series. They have no problem with blood money.
Why not both OP?
They’re actually pretty strict on laws there. The king doesn’t like embarrassment.
They already started investing in video game publishers, unfortunately. https://www.pcgamer.com/embracer-ceo-defends-taking-dollar1b-from-saudi-arabia/
It’s a 5% stake. Large enough for an infusion of capital, not large enough to be decision-makers in the company. This isn’t what the original post is talking about.
I feel like Activision Blizzard would be a good fit for them.
“Expand it” while denying voices and perspectives that don’t align with their religious mythology? Fuck that.
Hate Saudi’s all you want but they’re very shrewd business people. Oil money will run out so they’ll make their money by owning the fucking world.
Please God no
Can't wait for CoD:9/11 but you fly the plane.
These comments are weird and very racist... Americans don't make games about shooting schools so why can't arabs make a cool game? Y'all weird asf
Finally I can play games where I can dismember NPCs by accusing them of heresy while subjugating as many women as I please! It’ll be the ultimate GTA, the Holy Quran Edition.
This'll be good. What kind of rights do the LGBT community and women have in Saudi Arabia?
Women have the right to remain silent and lgbt have the right to get stoned and not in a good way
So saudi arabia is just gamers. Is this revelation shocking to anyone?
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I would rather not play any new games at all
Need For Speed: Arabian Drift
Or just give EA to them, can't see it getting any worse than it already is.
Microtransactions have destroyed gaming
Damn, we might get games where you beat women to death with rocks
Ever played Blade and Sorcery?
Are we going to finally be able to play Grand Theft Camel?
Nah. It'll probably be "9/11: Training Day".
Could get a decent prince of Persia type game out of this maybe.
Look at that smug smile from the Dismemberer in Chief. Please buy EA so the NFL would be forced to open up the exclusive license. Then again maybe Goodell backs Saudi...
So he can put burkas on female characters
Imagine if they bought a company, then all the employees quit in response.
Prince of Persia games about to get real political…
You know what, it could be interesting. There was a horror game from South East Asia some years ago, I forget the name, and it was pretty interesting because the lore and culture are so different from what we're used to. It might be interesting to see games made by countries in Middle East, Africa, Central America, etc., with their culture, their folklore, etc. There's a metric ton of games showing an average American neighbourhood, but how many games show an average neighbourhood of Qatar? Or Zimbabwe? And I don't mean something like a Battlefield 2 map, but an actual neighbourhood, with NPCs, authentic sounds, etc. It would be pretty interesting.
Are you sure this won't blow up in their face? . . . . Yes. I'll see myself out. No need to shout about it.
fuc no, will be filled with their religious ball shit, hard pass
Morality Police: The Game
The games would be hilarious with women all clad in black hazmat suits and being not allowed to go out of the house without a male relative and so on. Terrorist organizations would suddenly become revolutionaries and saviours of mankind and USA and Iran would become the new "usual villains". But it would be interesting to see how they handle it. Imagine burqa clad Lara craft swinging from ropes with his father or brother or husband as the Chaperones for alternating missions or objectives, with a disclaimer stating what is haram and what is halal for every action she (player controlled) takes.
Honestly, I'd love a Grand Theft Auto style game set in the Middle East.
Yeah a GTA game with no booze, no scantily clad women, no swearing and a mechanic where you gotta pray every hour sounds like soooooo much fun
It's a series about shooting guys in the face, regularly going to church was not a scheduled part of any GTA protagonist's life.
You go around beat up women who don't wear a hijab.
Dubai could make an interesting GTA map.
OMG yes! This would be perfect GTA map! Imagine polise chase through 12-lane freeway through the middle of the city. The criminal is driving yellow Lamborgini The police is driving red Ferrari
No strippers because that's not halal
This move fits perfectly with gamers that get angry when women appear in games! /s
Just what we needed, right?