Ion Fury devs criticized for comments on transgender kids and feminism

Ion Fury developers Voidpoint have been criticized for comments made on parents of transgender kids and feminism, with them saying those "trying to decide" if their children are trans at birth have "mental problems."

[dotwithshoes]

They have a point tho, they are mentally ill.

[AK91]

Agreed

[Segata]

Agreed.

[Stanjara]

Agreed

[shuvam09]

Agreed...
People these days have problem with the language used while ignoring the crust of the point being made...
6 years ago this wouldn't have been an issue...

[GrimReaperGamer]

Agreed

[bluefox755]

This used to not be controversial. 10 years ago, if someone said: "Hey, maybe we shouldn't be pumping hormones into our kids when they say their a different gender? Maybe wait til they hit puberty at least?"
This shouldn't be controversial. It's common sense. The world has gone insane.

[Christopher]

Eh. This is disingenuous.

Parents wondering if their kids are trans doesn't equate to them doing anything of the sort to them while they are children. The parents are in fact asking these questions because of medical anomalies most of the time (though there are some idiots, but they're not the norm just as stupid gamers don't represent all gamers).

Doctors in fact agree and refuse to do anything to children well past the age of puberty, typically until the individual is an adult and able to make their own decision. They understand that many of these changes are oftentimes reversed later in life as well and want to prevent people from going through these sort of things unless they're absolutely certain.

This is about parents being more open to the idea and the thoughts of their children and supporting how their children feel rather than the approach from before where parents ignore if children were homosexuals and forced them to be something they weren't.

You can dog whistle this as a mental illness, being trans that is, but then forget that not all mental illnesses are solved by trying to stop them from behaving in that manner as opposed to supporting the issue and adjusting it to exist in the world in which we live. Having a mental illness isn't a thing to look down on nor is the solution to those mental illnesses that allow people with them to exist in society as normally as possible.

[Forn]

Glad there are those out there that still have some sense. And good on the devs for speaking their mind as well. Hopefully one day this absurdity will stop.

[JackBNimble]

And then the kid grows up and asks their parents " why the f*** did you let me do this to myself, you're supposed to protect me ".

[Giblet_Head]

I doubt many will live long enough to ask that question. Many may pull a David Reimer.

[Elda]

Sometimes things are better left unsaid especially when it comes to situations like that.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

Exactly.. unless devs dont care about getting a sales hit

[Inzo]

Their sales expectations will double now.

[sushimama]

More often than not it works out quite the opposite. Their game will get even more attention and it will result in more sales. You're overestimating the power of this vocal minority. The majority of the public agree with the statements that were made by these devs.

[Forn]

Those who whine to devs about this kind of thing won't be buying their game anyway.

[savedsynner]

That's the paradox, most of the country doesn't care. It's only the super left vocal minority that makes it seem like the entire world cares what their child's identity is at 3 years old. At 3y/o, your child doesnt have a concrete identity. Most kids go thru phases of being different than expected. If my parents took seriously every little whim I had, i'd be in trouble.

[AK91]

Ah sh*t here we go again

[SamPao]

cmon get away with these shitty articles that try to create a controversy where there is none.

[Rachel_Alucard]

I agree with their points. I like the part where you guys quote him as saying "mutilating a perfectly healthy body” and purposely left out the part where he says "WHILE you have depression and other mental issues" in the same line which changes the stance you are trying to paint him as. It always fascinates me whenever people have their own opinions on things and then when someone dares to be different from the mob they get shut down by the same people who push for that stance. There's nothing wrong with anything he said and trying to paint him as sexist or transphobic doesn't help anyone on either side. I feel like the people crying on resetera have had no justice in their life and now constantly seek it out as adults. You shouldn't waste your time with it if it doesn't benefit you.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

We live in a time where a person’s feelings are more important than scientific or easily observable facts.

[Rachel_Alucard]

I've always said it was due to a sensitive upbringing by the parents of the generation before this one. You would constantly hear how "special" each person was and there was always a need to include everyone and never cause any conflict whatsoever. This mindset coddled many of the kids who then grew up into the entitled and overly-sensitive "victims" of life. Many other industries have dealt with these types and others like how feminists tried to bring down romance novels in the 70s. The difference is, video games go out of their way to pander for profit since they need to reach as many people as possible like movies, whereas romance novels told them to piss off since they aren't going for everyone. This industry and others caters not out of emotion, but out of business reasons and the people supporting them are just ignorant of that fact and don't want to admit they're being exploited for profit.

[Rachel_Alucard]

@Kernel

That is partly due to taking most of their data off a handful of social media sites like Facebook and twitter. They don't do research in the real world at all, just what they have easy access to, and that has affected the perception of the world to them.

[savedsynner]

My feelings disagree with your facts.

[l33t_haxx0r]

If parents are doing that shit, the kid needs to be taken away by social services

[ravinash]

thing is.. are there that many parents doing this?
Half the time it will be one set of parents make a comment and in some situation that then get held up as some example, and then everyone thinks it's happening everywhere.

[Rapidfirepunches]

Resetera's witch hunt of the day.

[Mr-Dude]

"Retardera" witch hunt of the day.

There I fixed it for you. :-)

[Inzo]

"parents “trying to decide [if] your child is trans at birth” have “mental problems,”"

Truth. Will be buying this game in support and solidarity.

[Servbot41]

Yeah if you are trying to decide if your baby is trans, you are definitely sick in the head.

[sushimama]

My money is now going to these devs. I'll buy the game with a smile on my face.

[Mr-Dude]

Bought it on steam, the game is def worth it. Will double dip if it comes to console, just because.

[KillZallthebeast]

Good for them having to balls to freely speak their minds.

[PCgamer98]

They aren't wrong. You have mental issues if you subject your kids to this. Let kids be kids until they grow up and let them decide whether what they want with their body and sexuality. The devs gets my respect and money.

[Doge]

Not a big loss. Got other games to play.

[theshredded]

good free PR. Smart move. I now know of this game that just recently came out because of this. Like really I don't recall seeing one article of this game on N4G.

[Poopmist]

Wtf I love Ion Fury now

[ShockUltraslash]

Didnt know about this game.
Will buy it now because of this.

[2ndhandcorn]

Makes me want to buy the game , bloody satanic agendas ruining movies , games , tv and comics lol.

[jivah]

My thing is this tho. If you wouldn't at say sub 10years old. Tell your child you will be home late. So that they will have to shower cook do homework and be in bed by 8:30. And read a book but no playing games. And no dessert after dinner. If you cant blindly trust your child with that why would you blindly trust your child with wanting to be the opposite sex. And give hormone blockers to stop things from happening. Why not just wait till they're 18 and they have some understanding of themselves. I mean at 10 i was still crying cause i prayed to the sky daddy to wake up the next day and for pokemon to be real or for me to be able to be a super saiyan. And you going to trust me with saying I'm the opposite sex. Sheesh I dont even trust myself to not grab a snack today.

[Krew_92]

Got this game on release day it's really good. I see people on here saying they're buying it now just because of this, do it. You won't regret it if you enjoy old school FPS Build Engine games!

[lovemetal626]

All you guys and gals in the comments section have renewed my faith in humanity. Thank you all.

[darkside4125]

No such thing as trans just nutty ass people who need to be in a padded room

[CaptainObvious878]

I sent an email to their PR team. Here's what I wrote...

My apologies for the dramatic subject heading, but I figure there's a small chance the body of this email won't be read.

As an avid gamer, that is very, VERY passionate about equality, and therefore a stanch anti-feminist, I was very pleased to hear of Voidpoints recent opinions around child abuse and feminism. I believe I am in the majority.

However, there is a very toxic loud minority that will decry said opinions as sexist and bigoted and demand those individuals be fired. Please, please don't listen to these toxic, hateful people that won't buy your products anyway because they don't care about games. They only care about spreading their sexist idealogy.

If you support voidpoint on this matter, I will buy Ion Fury if it ever comes to PS4 on release day on principle alone, and I will heavily encouraging all my gamer friends, that are also completely sick of feminism infecting every aspect our beloved hobby, to do so as well.

Again, please doesn't listen to the toxic, sjw bigots. Listen to your quite majority customer base. Thank you.

Kind regards

Jase

[Mr-Dude]

To late, the pussies caved in...

https://www.gameinformer.co...

[Mr-Dude]

The devs are pussies, they caved in and self censored. Glad I could refund, what a shame

https://www.gameinformer.co...