If the last two weeks were any evidence, Wokeness may be coming to an end. Two woke activities have absolutely collapsed upon launch, while a new forcefully anti-woke activity is doing gangbusters.  ,
Let’s begin with the bad. ” Concord”, the fresh sniper from Sony Entertainment, looks primed to be one of the biggest duds in entertainment history. Anemic 697 parallel players were present on the day of its great launch, and that number has since dropped to substantially more than 100 online players on average.  ,
While we do n’t have an exact budget for” Concord”, estimates of similar games put it anywhere from$ 50-$ 200 million. ” Concord” has n’t made anywhere near that much in its pallid sales numbers.  ,
To set the level of this calamity in perspective, consider another new woke dud, Rocksteady’s” Suicide Squad: Eliminate the Justice League”. Despite having a relatively large 13, 000 player debut, the workshop lost$ 200 million.
Due to its plainly woke components, including a lesbian race-swapped edition of Batman’s rival Mister Ice, which were provided by leftist consulting firm Sweet Baby Inc.,” Suicide Squad” was widely criticized at the time. But” Suicide Squad” was child’s play compared to the PC juggernaut that was” Concord”.
A large number of vile La characters are featured in the game, and their pronouns are proudly displayed in the corner. This game was designed more specifically for radical leftists than the average person, according to a simple glance at the protagonist design.
Following closely behind” Concord” on the woke train to failure is” Dustborn” . ,
The match almost feels like a movie of wokeness, according to Forbes as “among the most unapologetically democratic and left-leaning game out it.” However, conversations with the show’s creator and developers reveal that this is an honest attempt to make a woke large album.  ,
The group explained in an appointment to entertainment outlet PSU that” a number of social events that greatly affected us all, beginning in the summer of 2016, and continuing up until… well, today,” the idea behind Dustborn’s setting and characters.
That political communication is clear from the opening moments of” Dustborn’s” game, big chunks of which have received serious contempt on social media. The game begins with a musical number where our heroic protagonists, all of which have some form of DEI cred, sing about how native citizens “wo n’t last” and will “be replaced” by refugees.  ,
Another woke nuggets include the ability to withdraw and drunk opponents, get triggered, and contact people racists.  ,
Like” Concord”,” Dustborn” had completely dismal debut figures, with an all-time top of only 83 people, while existing player numbers hover around the mid-20s.  ,
In mild of these woke problems, directly non-woke activities are having a renaissance.  ,
The Chinese-developed” Black Myth: Wukong” has seen huge victory, selling a jaw-dropping 10 million files in just three weeks. A slew of personalities and mythical items play as foes, companions, or accessories in the game, which is based on the traditional Chinese epic Journey to the West.  ,
Notable excluded are the required diversity and politics that many Western video games have recently adopted, much to the dismay of gaming journalists. According to Forbes, creators who requested a review copy of the game were asked not to include “politics” or “feminist advertising” in their insurance, while the communist store ScreenRant criticized the sport for “lacking in equality and diversity.”
God forbid a reviewer to discuss the game itself and not their anti-Secular sneers, right?  ,
But as the gaming media gnash their teeth, the numbers speak for themselves. ” Concord” may end up going into the history books as one of the biggest video game failures of all time while” Black Myth: Wukong” could shatter sales records.  ,
The failures of” Concord” and” Dustborn” offer game developers a stark lesson: Nobody wants to buy these over-the-top woke disasters. Instead, developers should focus on courting gamers with the actual content they want, bereft of leftist politics.  ,
As the old adage goes: Go woke, go broke.  ,
Douglas Blair is a producer and special correspondent for” O’Connor Tonight” on the Salem News Channel.
