Talk:Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Defacing on metadata

When looking for the game on Google you can find it's description as "Intergalactic: The WOKE Prophet". I don't know how to edit Metadata here on Wiki, can someone fix this? Rafaelmonteirocdj (talk) 17:48, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

I think Google just reflects what's on the page, so it will catch up eventually. Popcornfud (talk) 17:52, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Backlash edit

This article details the backlash received from a sizeable chunk of the games intended audience, due to a controversy brought out by the lead actresses remarks on social media.

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-naughty-dog-ps5-playstation-reaction/ 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 03:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

I drafted a similar sentence about the trailer's comments being disabled a few weeks ago, but the only sources who have actually covered it are unreliable or situational (with one exception). It's ultimately a small portion of the audience anyway. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 04:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

the "unreliable" source rule on this website needs to be amended.

It's being abused to stifle the spread of information. 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 22:04, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

It's not a small portion of the audience that have had a bad reaction. It's the overwhelming majority.

The only website that has any positive interest is a few pages on reddit, and even then it seems lukewarm.

Without bias, I've just gotta say, the backlash to this project is huge and it doesn't even have solid information released yet.

😬 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 22:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

I can't think of any guideline that should be amended less. Reliable sources allow us to see which information and viewpoints warrant inclusion; not all information can be included, even if that means some personally disagree. Fast forward to the game's release, and this "backlash" from a vocal minority will likely be a blip on the radar; if not, there will almost certainly be more reliable coverage written, with which we can justify inclusion. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 08:13, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

WP:NOTFORUM ☔

It's not vocal minority. Why are people saying this? That's a new Internet cope I've seen written a lot recently. It's actually a substantial majority. Over 80 percent of console game players are men, and they are the ones that have been provoked by the marketing. 80 percent is not a vocal minority. As much as you'd like to believe the backlash will be a "blip", this game is going to statistically end up like concord, star wars outlaws, dustborn, flintlock, veil guard, unknown 9 etc. It's more than likely going to flop. 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 22:55, 2 January 2025 (UTC) People need to stop using the term "vocal minority" when it's actually the vocal majority. Gaslighting people into thinking they are a minority, doesn't work when they outnumber you by the millions. 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 22:58, 2 January 2025 (UTC) And we'll be sure to write about it extensively if that "flop" does happen. Until then, this is purely hypothetical. And, in any case, the "majority" is certainly not 80% (nor is the that the percentage of male console players, as far as I can tell, but that's a different discussion). – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:17, 2 January 2025 (UTC) A cursory google search will show that 80 percent of console players are made up of men. This game is a console game, and so far the lead actress has made it very clear the game isn't made to appeal to men. They are marketing a game to an audience that doesn't exist. But that is a different discussion. I just know the numbers don't lie, and statistically speaking Intergalactic will most likely follow the same fate as most other games similar to it, which is failure. 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 00:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC) Your reply is so full of logical fallacies I can't imagine where to begin. Even if the split between male female players was 80/20, you claim the 20% is an audience that "doesn't exist". Prima facia nonsense. And what on earth leads you to believe this game is hostile to men or rejects them as a player base? Nothing, other than that of coordinated attacks on public facing individuals You and your irony-poisoned ilk got a rise out of the actress and now you want to parade that around as a badge of honor like the people who harassed Kelly Marie Tran off of social media years ago. 2603:7080:EF41:8B00:AC16:C12C:8330:AA0 (talk) 00:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC) (edit conflict) A cursory search shows that it's much closer to 50%, but that's not really relevant anyway—it's not like every male player is hostile to the game. In any case, this discussion has nothing to do with Wikipedia and is entirely predictions about the game's sales and discussions about the gender gap, so I've hatted it per WP:NOTFORUM. Comments should be about the article itself, not the game and its players. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC) It's not really a debate. Console players are made up of 80 percent men. I think it might be 78% but that's beside the point. Hopefully the studio decides to shift their game into the right direction, as of now it seems incredibly bleak for naughty dogs future. 2600:100A:B034:9981:E870:2DFF:FE9D:BEB2 (talk) 08:42, 3 January 2025 (UTC) 15 years ago, maybe. You're right though: this is not a debate—nor is it a place for us to give our opinions on Naughty Dog's future. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 08:48, 3 January 2025 (UTC)