Square Enix Appears To Have Ended Working Relationship With Sweet Baby Inc.

[Zarkovitch]

Man, politics and videogames do not mix well. I cannot wait to see more Concord flops on videogames. Oh baby, fun ride.

[dwodmots]

It's good news, but I fear the damage is done. Wuk L*mat is already in the game.

[Nestama]

Do people just not know what consultation companies do now, or what?

[Saraide]

Do people just not know what consultation companies do now, or what?

They do, they just want a scapegoat to blame. Every game that's bad must be because of "woke" (whatever that means exactly). These people are simply tourists with an agenda.

[Zeastria]

All i know is that i will unsub and blacklist SE, if there isn't a change in the near future.
( i'm so sick of all this ekstremist leftie/lib (political) propaganda, that gets shoved into every damn new game nowadays)

[Oizen]

They do, they just want a scapegoat to blame. Every game that's bad must be because of "woke" (whatever that means exactly). These people are simply tourists with an agenda.

Me thinking back to that SBI interview about telling employees to basically blackmail their superiors for not using their services.

[CKNovel]

Rejoice!

To be fair I don't think CBU3 was affiliated with Sweet Baby Inc in any way shape or form.
What it's going to mean is that we won't see other Forespoken in the future.

[Nestama]

Me thinking back to that SBI interview about telling employees to basically blackmail their superiors for not using their services.

I think I know what you're talking about, but any time I look for the interview itself, I just find that one clip that ends too early and youtube's algorithm is completely stuffed when it comes to SBI in general (just anti-woke grifters telling people what to be angry at. Remind me to clear my history so I don't get that garbage on my feed).

yeah it's really annoying how it still keeps coming up. All they are used for is consulting; ultimately the studio itself decides on what it wants to do... and yet you get wackos coming out of the woodwork acting like SBI had a gun to devs' heads to do their bidding. If the company itself wants to act on that consulting, that's their business, but that's all the service is. And it doesn't seem to matter how many devs insist all it is is a consulting service because this BS just gets perpetuated among people that just stamp "woke" on any game they don't like.

Myeah, like Saraide said. They're a scapegoat to blame /shrug

[Gaddes]

Do people just not know what consultation companies do now, or what?

yeah it's really annoying how it still keeps coming up. All they are used for is consulting; ultimately the studio itself decides on what it wants to do... and yet you get wackos coming out of the woodwork acting like SBI had a gun to devs' heads to do their bidding. If the company itself wants to act on that consulting, that's their business, but that's all the service is. And it doesn't seem to matter how many devs insist all it is is a consulting service because this BS just gets perpetuated among people that just stamp "woke" on any game they don't like.

[sindriiisgaming]

Details here-ish: https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/...weet-baby-inc/

What does this mean for the future of FF14? This is bound to be a productive conversation

despite the many years they have had a relationship with sweet baby inc, i cannot personally say ive seen a square enix game except forspoken that fits these concerning models. if anything, the relationship with sweet baby inc may have encouraged the removing of gender restrictions from the game. i would recommend doing the research on what influences and changes were made by this company in regard to s.b.i before making any exadurated claims. recall if you will, the ff7 remake, having adult themes, and also nier automata having a character that looks like a doll you can buy and dress up online