So this is what you get when Intel runs out of products to announce.
Wow.
They probably polled gamers in NYC and San Francisco to come up with that figure. This woke BS is going to ruin gaming.
Nah its going to backfire massively.
Note, I'm all for a much more varied amount of games, protagonists etc. But the woke movement isn't about that. Its about missionary work to rub stuff that doesn't belong in creative products in your face, its always missing the mark and the net result is in fact all these 'diverse' styled games look the exact same and are more often than not super horrible in dialogue, character building and overall quality. You get the whatever-you-are, the lesbian with bald head, the cool asian, the black dude, the white nerd, etc etc.
Its not new. Its already being done since forever, and the more it invades, the less it matters and eventually products with a real soul will stick out as the best. They still get released just as well - but they're rare as they've always been. It requires talent and inspiration - you know, being original instead of watching whatever leads the like buttons.
Real diversity is taking real history into games. Real art. Real achievements we can do or have done. Its about identification - but its no fun identifying with the same shitty dude with a cap every time, who's an empty shell otherwise. Its much more fun getting into characters with all sorts of flaws, life experience, historical conscience or a strictly defined mission. Diversity is being truly your own person. Not ticking a box where you think you belong. Games with anti-heroes almost always work in some way, for example. Think about the character Max Payne - now there's a game with soul. Or consider Lara Croft. Agent 47. Virtually every GTA protagonist. Its not about the characters wanting to look like you, its about you wanting to get into a game character's skin. That's where immersion comes from.
