Not casting aspersions or trying to cancel Skyrim Grandma, but the BDS movement is calling for a Microsoft (and by extension Bethesda) boycott. If you’re thinking about buying Oblivion Remastered, maybe don’t.
What does BDS stand for?
Boycott, divest, sanction, regarding Israel.
MSFT owns Bethesda, and MSFT is actively partnering with, providing software services for, right now, the Israeli government and military.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/05/15/statement-technology-israel-gaza/
Can’t even say ‘Palestine’ internally, right now:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-blocking-employees-sending-emails-155356956.html?guccounter=1
… after they fired a whole bunch of people who were working at MSFT and basicslly both leaked that MSFT was working with the IMOD, and also demanded they cease doing so.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/microsoft-azure-israel-top-customer-ai-cloud
https://www.thewrap.com/microsoft-fires-engineers-protesting-israeli-military-gaza/
These are two different pairs of two who’ve been fired for speaking up, out of the 1st and 3rd of this chunk of links.
I used to contract for MSFT, a decade ago.
I would have said I cannot imagine how their internal culture of self censorship and sycophancy could get any worse, but apparently this is how.
I am very confident more than just these 4 people have been fired, or at the very least, had their careers/employment functionally slotted into an early grave.
If you have an ethics dilemma don’t buy any video games. None of the studios are doing what they should or paying their people well. None of these corporations are your friends, end the billionaire bosses aren’t good people, not even Gabe.
It’s Microsoft today, Nintendo yesterday, Sony the day before, steam tomorrow, cycle back, etc.
Again you may as well quit gaming if you’re worried about corporate greed
This isn’t an ethics dilemma. The BDS movement is specifically calling for this boycott. I’m trying to stand in solidarity with them in my own small way.
