Outraged Gamers Protest Persona 5's Anti-Spoiler Policies By Spoiling The Game Using Twitter Bots

Game Revolution: "As bad as that was, Persona 5 is a severe case. Spoiler content has been reported in numerous comment sections of related articles around the web, and social media has been flooded with spoilers regarding the game, including tweets and Facebook posts. These go well beyond what the industry is used to seeing, with dozens if not hundreds of bots automatically sending replies and quoted retweets with sensitive material to anything tagged with #Persona5 and affiliated hashtags."

[Kaneki-Ken]

Immature people

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed

I don't understand?

So the fans of the game protest by spoiling it for other fans? They're not hurting the company , they're technically hurting its fans. These are some stupid stupid people.

[SaveFerris]

Why do people want to spoil the game for others?

[Eonjay]

Why would someone be 'outraged' about a request not to spoil the game for others? Because there is no such thing as outrage. Its all just an excuse to be an ass.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Absolutely agreed

there was several times where I wanted to take a screenshot because of how amazing the game looks and I was unable to but I never resorted to outrage I just actually forgot about it and continued playing the game.

It is a nice feature don't get me wrong but for god sakes people it cannot technically be the entire game for you guys to be getting so upset as if you don't have cameras on your phone lol

[zuul9018]

Why do people want to play a game? For entertainment.
Why spoil a game and create arguments with people? For entertainment.
Why go to xbox articles and post about how xbox sucks? For entertainment.
Everyone here pointing the finger is really god damn ironic. We all do stupid petty shit for enjoyment. Thats what these people are doing.
You have 2 really easy options. 1. Stop using social media til you beat the game (or preferably forever)
2. Dont let it bother you

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

sorry to say mate - but you sound like a douche

[Silly gameAr]

So, are you an xbox fanboy pretending to be an "outraged gamer" or an xbox fanboy trying to make some kind of twisted point? You sound like a baby either way. Probably would have been best to keep your opinion to yourself, because I think you just gave yourself away.

[zuul9018]

@oldboy yea im douche
@silly gamear im not pretending to be anything sir, im a baby i guess. I own an xbox though and a pc and a wii. Wasnt making a stance sir. I couldve substituted "why do patrioys fans go on seahawks articles and say pats rules" but i didnt think many here would know that to be true. Why should i have kept my opinion to myself though? And what did i give away? Youre reading way to into simple statements sir.

The irony gets strong here though haha. Everyone calling people immature or "asses" and the responses i get are "youre a baby" and "youre a douche" its gold stuff here boys haha. I hope somebody out there gets a laugh from this

[Silly gameAr]

Well, I was just asking, sir. Otherwise, why bring up xbox articles, and people screaming xbox sucks, when that happens to every console on N4G including PC? I just thought it was kind of weird.

[zuul9018]

Because i think you would have to be naive to act as though its not massively tilted.
Chill sir i wasnt doin a console thing, i think ps4s the best right now alright or switch or pc whatever you have(whatever hole that fills for people hats off). I was using that as a point to the rest of my argument. I also used other examples (3) so not sure why you thought that was what i was going for. As i said it seemed more applicable than the patriots seahawks one (which also happens, coming from a saints fan).

[il-JumperMT]

I want to take screenshots for myself but I cannot.
FFXV also had this, the ending had some beautiful screenshots I wanted to take but were blocked,.

[TheGamez100]

Ooh boy, I know the sharing thing sucks but to spoil people that bad? Ima need to finish the game soon and avoid anything persona related on the internet

[Dark_Knightmare2]

This right here is why gaming isnt as respected as other forms of entertainment. It's filled with basement dwelling in parents house no life trolls who use the anonymity of the internet and gaming services to act like children and get off on ruining games for people or personally attacking people because of their own inadequaticies it's truly pitiful

[zuul9018]

Okay, thats not just gamers though, people hate on everything and like to do shit that may not make sense. A lot of these people get their entertainment from stuff like this, maybe just dont let it bother you? 1st ammendment protects everyone.
Sometimes people just dont like being told not to do something they have a right to do. People hate movies that arent out, have no trailers, just let it be. Everyone reacting to it is what makes it enjoyable. I say let em do em. Maybe this is all they have, their lifes shitty or what have you. Let em have their fun. Somebody can reply "fuck you" to me i dont care man. Let people be people.

[InTheZoneAC]

wtf

whoever is using these bots needs to be purged from this world. We must start somewhere because stupid people are overwhelming this world.

[Bathyj]

Gamers can be real dicks

[mastiffchild]

Indeed. As can movie fans, theatregoers, sportsfans, politicians, astronauts, dog owners,cat owners and soup manufacturers. Pretty much every clique, group or clan around has its mouth breathing low brow element. I agree that gamers have maybe more than our fair share right now but, and its a sign of our cultural importance as a currently vast section of society, theres just a lot of us.

Im sure that theres a massive, but nearly silent, majority of us that wouldnt dream of behaving like over entitled dicks but, as ever, empty vessels make most noise. All we can do is sigh, point out that most of us abhor idiocy like this and try to show those outside gaming that the term "gamer" is something you can still be proud of and is not typified by this asinine crap. Im sure you agree and its just that theres so many people covered by the epithet that gamers have a sizeable minority giving us a bad name on nearly every issue. Just keep our nearly sane flag flying and hope people realise most of us are okay!

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Pretty lame way to protest. I'm not sure why Atlus is even doing this anyways since people having been streaming the Japanese version for a while now.

[lellkay]

The point is, the share button is blocked. People want to take screen shots, take videos and stream to their friends. But because Atlus are paranoid about spoilers they have BLOCKED EVERYONE from using a standard part of the PS4 functionality.... I personally, as someone who loves to take screen shots think its an awful decision..

Streamers sell games, people who might not know if they want to shell out full price on a Persona game, may want to watch a stream and communicate with the streamer to help them make a decisions and answer questions.

You take away functionality that all games on PS4 has, people will kick off.

[its_JEFF]

Awful is a mighty strong word... is it so egregious that it warrants spoiling the game for others? Others who may now not purchase this game... a game that in all honesty is a niche title and needs all the sales it can get to stay alive. I think ppl are so quick to get offended and act out these days, they never look at the possible ramifications of their actions. In case anyone has forgotten, the parent company of Atlus went bankrupt, Atlus had to be sold. Sold to... Capcom, a company that isn't doing so well financially.

[zekk]

Sega owns them not capcom

[its_JEFF]

@Zekk thanks for the clarification, I just remember it being a Japanese company that wasn't doing so well... Actually that fact it's Sega makes things worse!

[Mr-Dude]

"Streamers sell games"

I don't give a shit about them, a lot of them are entitled whiners who cry on social media when they don't recieve a game etc.

[zuul9018]

You and me could be best friends sir. I probably get to invested emotionally (a bit too much hate) every time i see a name mentioned thats a streamer. I now know 3 of em (not gonna say em dont wanna promote that crap) because people post about how they "agree with (person x)"......
People supporting people that contribute nothing by using other peoples creativity. Its really disheartening. But what can we do? People in the world have voiced their opinion, and they like to see ADHD awkward people scream say awful puns/jokes and play games, instead of playing a game themself.

5 years i bet its people watching people watch tv, or people watching people watch other people.
If you need a streamer to tell you to buy a game..... i really dont know what to say. Video review, real friends, written review, metacritic user reviews, look at the similar games see if you liked those. But no, ask some fake person on the internet if you (who the fake person doesnt give a damn about) should buy a game.
This was off topic sorry.

[Mr-Dude]

@zuul
Haha, that could very well be true.

I really don't give a shit about some whiny streamer who cries on some shitty social network site, or now is crying because Atlus and Sega are blocking there income. It's cool they make money playing games, but don't act like a f*cking child when a publisher denies it. Or maybe you could spoil it for me on youtube or anywhere else. I never have watched a streamer and never will. What others do, is there life. And if they donate money to them, they are even dumber. But hey, like I said Atlus don't give in!

[Cobra951]

"Atlus has employed strict anti-spoiler policies for Persona 5 that have outright disabled Share functionality on the PS4, going as far as issuing content ID claims, channel strikes, and account suspensions against gamers who steam the game on sites like Twitch and Ustream."

OK, now it makes sense. Yep. They asked for it. Try to prevent spoilers now. Think more carefully about taking away players' freedoms next time around. This time, it's too late.

[mastiffchild]

Its fair enough to be upset at Atlus. Its not okay to go out of your way to screw over fellow gamers, though. Ways and means. Ive never understood the selfish way some of us choose to protest because it just makes those protesting seem much worse than those theyre protesting against with no concern, here, for fellow gamers.

[MetalProxy]

Apparently people don't like to be told no and can't control themselves

[lellkay]

People don't like stuff being taken away from them. Just like when xbox one tried to change how we trade and own games. People kicked off. Atlus are blocking all gamers from using a standard part of the PS4 functionality... because of fears of spoilers...when people can post text spoilers, or memes... or images...

[aco]

I will leave this here..

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[TheColbertinator]

Lame

[bluefox755]

God, people have become such entitled !$@#s.

[Perjoss]

What kind of a persona would do this? :(

[ziggurcat]

i see what you did there.

[joab777]

The problem is the culture we live in. It is OUR responsibility to avoid content if we don't want things spoiled. Yes, there is the occasional a$$hole who just posts a general status on FB to ruin it for everyone, but most spoilers come by way of our own scouring articles etc. Today, we must realize that for content that's important, BLACKOUT!

That said, it's immature for people to react in this way because while it definitely hurts Altus, it also hurts other gamers. Atlas should dump their strict policies and allow us to police our own lives, i.e. Don't watch a stream of a game you don't want spoiled. And gamers should find other ways to protest absurd policies.

[Rebel_Scum]

I'll bet a million bucks the same people doing this were also the same kind of idiot that thought Gamergate was a worthy cause.

[LAWSON72]

I am annoyed I cannot take pictures in this game. Like seriously is it that hard for Ps to have private/nonshareable photos. Xbox has had that since like launch, heck Switch does it aswell (I think). Xbox is way more cloud optimized/focused platform and still manages to offer the feature. There is so much beatifully done art that I want as a theme.

Tales of Berseria had the same problem.

[Mr-Dude]

Don't give in Atlus, f*ck those entitled brats

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Morons! Hope they get what they deserve!

[CrimsonWing69]

Wow welcome to this generation of gamer, pretty shameful and embarrassing.

[KickSpinFilter]

Fucken babies,

[Kokyu]

For everyone who obviously hasnt been following the story Atlus threatened to copy right strike, take down or have accounts on twitch and youtube suspended if people streamed passed a certain date in game. It wasnt a request it was a flat out threat. So people have taken to doing the exact opposite.

[bluefox755]

This reminds me of Antifa protesting fascism by being fascists.

[MadMax]

Don't understand the hype for persona. Seems boring

[zuul9018]

Haha thats a funny one sir. Everyone here calls these people immature, and you go to an article where its likely there will be fans of a specific game and insult said game.
Youre funny man.
Kinda help my point above though.

[MadMax]

You're paranoid. Simply stating an observation and my opinion. Reduce your meds.

[zuul9018]

Video games are played for entertainment. The opposite of entertain is bore. So yea saying a game is boring is criticizing it sir. Theres no paranoia there.
Up your meds sir, thats what imma do. Gotta reach that next level sir.

[bluefox755]

For someone who is not into Jrpgs, it probably would be boring. If you're into RPGs though, it's fantastic.

[uth11]

People forget that content creators hold the copyrights to their content and have every right to prevent it from being broadcast.. as they should because they put the sweat and money into creating it.

Instead of being outraged at the companies with strict content policies, gamers should be grateful for the companies that let them stream their games free of charge. They don't have to do it. Content creators in other industries are much more stingy with their content

[JackTheLiz]

I find it ironic that these sites report on these bots spreading spoilers, yet is perfectly fine allowing "How to get X" spoiler articles Day 1 of a release.

[Silly gameAr]

I'm sure it's "outraged gamers" . More like petty children.

[KillBill]

Spoiler: Darth Vader is Luke's father. Too early?

[DivineAssault]

Just play the damn game if your interested and stop whining about everything

[feraldrgn]

Bunch of children.

[MilkMan]

I think what they are protesting is the heavy handedness of the Publisher/Developers towards enforcing the "no spoiler" policy. If you try and broadcast, it blanks out entire areas and segment of gameplay. This was met with scorn and therefore you get responses like this. I don't mind it. At least we have a pulse and won't take things lying down. Now if we were as vocal about other matters, things would be great in this industry.