Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[Zyph]

I see it from a business perspective. People who are opposed to same sex marriage generally are more volatile when they don't have their way.

Keeping marriage opposite-sex only: Very little loss in subscribers.

Adding same-sex marriage: Potentially thousands of subscribers lost.


Most people who are pro same-sex marriage would not react to opposite-sex only marriage in the same way people who are a anti same-sex marriage would react if same-sex marriage were to be added. Especially since same-sex marriage hasn't been entirely ruled out, giving proponents hope.

tl;dr the reaction by opponents of same-sex marriage is much more emotionally charged than the other way around.

[Arcell]

I see it from a business perspective. People who are opposed to same sex marriage generally are more volatile when they don't have their way.

Keeping marriage opposite-sex only: Very little loss in subscribers.

Adding same-sex marriage: Potentially thousands of subscribers lost.


Most people who are pro same-sex marriage would not react to opposite-sex only marriage in the same way people who are a anti same-sex marriage would react if same-sex marriage were to be added. Especially since same-sex marriage hasn't been entirely ruled out, giving proponents hope.

tl;dr the reaction by opponents of same-sex marriage is much more emotionally charged than the other way around.

The people who react so negatively and vocally are often non-gamers. If we just look at this thread, as it is a collection of people who actually play games, and more specifically this game, you see that adding same sex marriage will not have a reaction as adverse as you imagine.

How many gaming sites/blogs would you see outright condemning SE for adding same sex marriage? How many people would vow to quit or never play the game because of it? I'm going to bet on the side of "not many".

[Fylion]

Adding same-sex marriage: Potentially thousands of subscribers lost.


Most people who are pro same-sex marriage would not react to opposite-sex only marriage in the same way people who are a anti same-sex marriage would react if same-sex marriage were to be added. Especially since same-sex marriage hasn't been entirely ruled out, giving proponents hope.

tl;dr the reaction by opponents of same-sex marriage is much more emotionally charged than the other way around.

For some other games, possibly. However, I'm a veteran MMO player (and not just the FF franchise) and I have NEVER played with so many LBGT players, ever.

For the second part, the idea of changing the term of what the "marriage" actually is seems to be getting some strong support, and that would probably let the whole thing fly a little more under the radar.

Additionally, it's just an avatar! If SE really wanted they could say that in-game gender doesn't reflect RL gender; OR they could say that they are choosing to allocate their developmental resources elsewhere and enforcing/adding a gender restriction would consume too many resources.

[Reika]

I see it from a business perspective. People who are opposed to same sex marriage generally are more volatile when they don't have their way.

Keeping marriage opposite-sex only: Very little loss in subscribers.

Adding same-sex marriage: Potentially thousands of subscribers lost.


Most people who are pro same-sex marriage would not react to opposite-sex only marriage in the same way people who are a anti same-sex marriage would react if same-sex marriage were to be added. Especially since same-sex marriage hasn't been entirely ruled out, giving proponents hope.

tl;dr the reaction by opponents of same-sex marriage is much more emotionally charged than the other way around.

I think it would be the other way around.