Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[Laperouge]

I do want same sex marriage...
Always wanna be a Miqo'te male who will be married with Roegadyn male! Or Elezen male...
P.S. Lalafel is asom too ^^

[Laperouge]

That's all about era when they have all those samurai wars and so on.
Because in that time homosexuality was not a crime but "a way of warrior". Something like women never can trully understand a warrior...
Something like that if i recall correctly.

[Fylion]

i took a look at that post....
So in other words, magical AIDS? Targeted specifically against homosexual attraction? There no way in hell the PR team could spin that one that wouldn't be seen as intolerant and blind.

Hmm... I didn't even see the relation until you said it. Goes to show that whatever you can think of, nature has probably already thought of it first. >.<

[Arkine]

I think the subject of same sex marriage is touchy, maybe too touchy for SE at the time since for one they originate from japan where its not allowed, and they have to think of it from a business perspective, nobody has an issue with straight marriage but there is a big number of people who aren't for same sex marriage.

I believe asking for it at the time is on the same magnitude of asking for polygamous marriage, which is ok in some places and not so accepted in others.

[Raza]

I voted yes and I'm glad that the yes votes outnumber the no votes 4 to 1.

Thinking back to how EA handled this... it's really easy to handle homosexual content and get away with it. There really isn't much risk at all unless you completely mess up a blog post advertising upcoming support for it. The best way to go about it, is to do what Skyrim did and just say "yeah we support it" and just be done with it. Most of the gaming community seems to be for it or just doesn't care either way, so supporting it will no doubt be in their favor. So, if it was added, I think that it would go like this:

1. People who feel strongly for it will probably have more of an interest in the game and SE.

2. People who support, but not very strongly will still be happy and it will probably have a positive impact on sales due to the increased publicity it brings.

3. People who don't care either way will still be hearing more about SE and FF14 due to news articles reporting on it. This will create more publicity and most likely sales.

4. People who are against it, but not strongly against it will still receive more information about the game and it will most likely not impact sales.

5. People who are strongly against it will hear about it, and whether or not they are players, it may impact whether they keep playing or not. But, there will always be those who will keep playing despite being against it.

I think that this little spectrum here is pretty accurate and that no matter what they do, it will work in their favor. Especially with how much publicity the topic of same-sex relationships is getting these days.

Just pump something out, and let the media know. Kotaku and other sites will post up articles talking about it and how they are thankful for it, etc. I guarantee it will work in their favor, much like it did for EA, despite their bad rep as a company altogether.

http://kotaku.com/5888909/why-a-vide...o-be-a-gay-man
http://kotaku.com/5899246/homophobes...me+sex-romance
http://kotaku.com/5802122/you-wont-k...-mass-effect-3
http://www.webpronews.com/swtor-the-...verage-2012-02
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57...tar-wars-game/
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/25/sk...sex-marriages/

And for the not so Western part of the world...
http://kotaku.com/5868301/skyrim-japan-likes-you
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-chart-debut/
http://kotaku.com/5272178/japanese-g...u-might-expect

These are just some example articles, out of the many hundreds out there on this topic that I'm posting just to show that gamers just don't care enough to not buy games because of this. I know these games are mostly popular in the Western world, but the Western world usually counts for an enormous proportion of sales. If you read through the comments on these articles, or even topics about this on their own forums, you will see that people who speak out for it, are for the most part in favor of it. And either way, publicity is publicity.

[Ralliare]

I can;t help but dream they add this AND it becomes a big press thing. The idea of less prejudice bigots in the game, such a lovely picture =.=

[RoxyLalonde]

Damn you know how to let a propsal down - hanging on the edge of my chair for the last few hours and then BOOM right in the face!

I thought we really knew each other.. we had something special...


Lol - and I liked the idea that Galka had none as well. Kind of sad it was a mistranslate - made the "Resurrection speculation done by the npc" less likely.

@ Androgynous races:




@ someone who knows japanese culture - are they sex specific in anti-homosexuality? Or is it dont ask dont tell. I have no idea what they think - I'd have thought they where more into it with what their pop stars look like and all lol.

sometimes you say things that make me wonder if I didn't play with you often and just not know it.

[ZakarnRosewood]

There has already been several of these threads that were closed by moderators, why are we opening another one? nothing new is being discussed.

[Callence]

I believe that the idea of same - sex marriage is a good idea based on not only a marketing standpoint for the Western market but it also makes good PR for SE in the US to where same sex marriage is starting to become more accepted as a mainstream.

The folks at Trion implemented same-sex marriage as a way to get players to not only play the game but to come together more as a community, and I personally think that if SE implemented this idea that more players would come and play the game. It worked for Trion, I think that SE should try it as well.

I do recognize that in Japan same-sex marriage is frowned upon as their laws dictate that same-sex marriage is not legal domestically. Japan does however recognize same-sex marriage from foreign partners in countries where same-sex marriages are legal. And in 2012 the Tokyo Disney Resort allows same-sex marriage ceremonies in its hotel.

So SE in reality could push the envelope here and keep it civil at the same time, they could really have a true hit MMO that caters to all, no matter the gender, race, sexual orientation, or religion. Se has been known to break through barriers before with their games (graphically and story wise) they can do it again.

Just my thoughts on this.

[Kallera]

There has already been several of these threads that were closed by moderators, why are we opening another one? nothing new is being discussed.

The same reason there isn't just one thread of everything. This is a message board, people use it for opinions and polls and debates too.

Marriage services were brought up in the live letter. It is potentially brought up content planned for the future. People have opinions on what that content should include.