• JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    602·
    1 year ago

    Good. Defy unjust laws brazenly whenever possible, otherwise change will never happen

  • BirdieNumNum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    1 year ago

    Surprised Mario Kart hasn’t been labeled “woke” by conservatives yet over Rainbow Road!

  • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    This isn’t Nintendo “defying” anything, they’re just going with the times.

    Clarification: There is no law specifically banning gay marriage in Japan(it’s just not included yet), courts support giving gay people constitutional protection, they legally reckognize gay marriage if married in another country, around 70% of people openly support it, etc.

    There are also dozens of large cities and wards that have a “civil union” style system that helps with the strict apartment renting system in Japan and similar things like having a right to see your loved one in a hospital, some add provisons so gay couple can adopt as well.

    • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      66·
      1 year ago

      I mean, legality aside, lots of companies have suffered financially for doing anything perceived as supporting anything LGBTQ lately. Target, Starbucks, Bud, etc. They’re definitely defying the urge to stay silent and neutral when it seems best to for business.

      • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
        31·
        1 year ago

        I not sure if there’s that cause and effect. It’s probably more something in the lines of:

        “How can we turn around this failing business? I know! Let’s openly support LGBTQ! That will make people return to buy our product. Oh no! People didn’t care.”

        • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          33·
          1 year ago

          Those businesses weren’t failing. The decline in sales is perfectly timed with right wing outrage. 30-40% of this country is now triggered by rainbows.

            • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              Sorry. Sales wasn’t the right term.

              Their stocks have dropped by an average of 20% when others have done the reverse.

              Corporations like to see their stocks go up not down. FYI.

    • pizza_rolls@kbin.social
      21·
      1 year ago

      In this case, sure. But they are also doing a lot of big shitty corporation things, like going after emulators despite not offering any alternatives to be able to play older games.

      • pale_tony@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        111·
        1 year ago

        PR or not, they’re doing something fairly radical as a Japanese company. It means a lot coming from them and in defiance of government/public discrimination.

        I agree with your sentiment about their actions towards emulators but I think the issues can reasonably be separated out.