Thursday, March 28

Ukraine asks Sony and Microsoft to block Russian players, FIFA 22 game removes all teams


“Technology is the best answer against tanks and missiles,” says Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister. And he is right…

how can? respond to aggression by a nuclear power? Using the weapons against her can trigger the Apocalypse, and that’s not an exaggeration. But there are other alternatives, like technological and economic disconnection.

Apple, Intel and AMD have stopped selling their products to RussiaFacebook and Twitter block fake news coming from Russia, Elon Musk is pointing his satellites at Ukraine to ensure it doesn’t run out of internet, and Google has disabled Google Maps to protect civilians. Other technology companies have also contributed their grain of sand.

And now it is the turn of the video game companies, which are surprisingly quiet. On Steam we have seen some developers offer their earnings for the week to Ukraine but, What do giants like Microsoft, Sony, Valve or Nintendo have to say? Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asks for your help:

In a letter addressed to the Xbox and PlayStation Twitter accounts, which you can see in the above tweet, the Deputy Prime Minister says the following:

You are certainly aware of what is happening in Ukraine at the moment. Russia declares war not only on Ukraine, but on the entire civilized world. If you support human values, you must leave the Russian market!“.

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Mykhailo Fedorov asks Sony and Microsoft: “temporarily block all accounts from Russia and Belarus (a country that supports Russia militarily), the participation of Russian and Belarusian teams in eSports tournaments, and the cancellation of events on the territory of Russia and Belarus“.

The aforementioned companies, for the time being, have not responded to this request. Only EA Sports has reacted removing all Russian teams from their sports games, including FIFA 22.

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As EA has done, which has banned Russian teams but not players from its Origin or EA Play platforms, it is most likely that Sony and Microsoft in principle limit themselves to vetoing Russian content, but not the players themselves. Although if the war and the massacre continues, perhaps additional measures are proposed.

As the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister himself explains, “Technology is the best answer against tanks and missiles“Technological shutdowns of an entire country may be unfair to the Russians themselves who do not support the war, but it is an effective way of encourage Russian citizens to put pressure on their government, and stop the madness we are experiencing.

Compared to other technological markets, the video game community has not yet taken the step to pronounce itself. There are many economic interests at stake. We’ll see how far they can go….



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