Originally Posted by robertthebard
Originally Posted by Kimuriel
Boycotting BG3 over something WoTC decided, I would advise against this. Why punish Larian for something done by a company they have no control over. You would only hurt Larian, not WOTC.

Because the only way you're going to affect a change is to directly impact Hasbro/WotC's bottom line. Atari released NWN 2 with a DRM scheme that was so aggressive that it was blocking things that weren't even connected to NWN 2. In my case, the DRM blocked me from burning CDs, even though the music I was burning wasn't connected to Atari at all. So I, and a whole lot of other people, quit buying things for NWN 2. Atari wound up patching the DRM out. It wasn't altruistic, it was "well, this is costing us more money than we want to lose", so they fixed it. It had to suck for Obsidian, but it got the message across.

I do believe in boycotting as a way to make one's voice heard against corporations, but I'll admit that I have felt kind of conflicted with them in some cases. Boycotting BG3 means costing Larian for a decision they had no part in. It's ultimately, I think, justified since Larian does have WOTC backing and are in active communication with them, they're directly bound up. But you voiced the idea of boycotting WotR second season pass DLC and that I feel far less certain about. Owlcat are as much victims in this situation as any other small publisher. They didn't even get into bed with WotC at all. They had an agreement with another company that has a relationship with WotC but not even a real busines relationship. They would be getting hurt even without a boycott to contend with. The same would go for Tactical Adventure and Solasta if they go ahead with their hinted next DLC.

All this is to say that I just have a bunch of thoughts on the matter and they're tough ones.