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   “Reputational harm” is a very real thing with gamers right now. When a game is discovered to be using GenAI, it’s roasted online and players deem it “slop” and sometimes will even say they’ll boycott a game because of it.

I cannot think of a group less likely to stick to a boycott than gamers.

Edit: I hate to describe myself as such, but I am a gamer. Have chuckled many times at the vocal outcry of gaming communities only to watch them crumble the second a new hat is offered.

Ekaros•4h ago

On other hand. Lot of reasonably big name titles have simply not been adopted in recent years. Think of Concord, Avowed. Or if they have been controversial not sold as much as publishers wished like Assassin's Creed Shadows-

0cf8612b2e1e•9m ago

I just see that as the intense market competition. There are only so many hours in a day, and it takes an unknown quantity of luck for a game to become a hit.

nothercastle•4h ago

Ai art has little to no value. So ai art is really just filler. Might be useful for posters on a wall or low budget titles but nobody wants to play in an ai generated game.

kjkjadksj•3h ago

Don’t worry they will still buy the next FIFA game

Kuraj•1h ago

You have a point, but being review bombed still hurts short to medium term