"The games industry in particular is at the intersection of entertainment and tech, and there are a lot of material links-when we're looking at the tech aspect of hardware and software-there are a lot of connections between the games industry and the genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people,"
"A few of us really wanted to organize around that, and organize people within the industry to say 'we don't want these ties' and find a way to move past them."
"Sort of serendipitously, the Palestinian-led BDS movement announced earlier this year that Xbox was going to be one of their new consumer"
No Games For Genocide announced a pledge to boycott Xbox and called on journalists, developers, streamers, and consumers to join a Palestinian-led BDS campaign targeting Microsoft. The group accuses Microsoft of complicity in Israeli war crimes. Microsoft recently cut cloud services to an IDF intelligence unit accused of mass surveillance of Palestinians but continues providing services to other military units. Microsoft's acquisitions have made it a dominant force in gaming, creating practical difficulties for a full boycott amid a severe industry job crisis. Organizers believe coordinated collective actions increase the likelihood of influencing Microsoft.
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