My gender is my concern, but you may use any pronoun to refer to me
Interesting choice of words; “jailbreaking” is something the user does to advantageously overcome limitations placed on a device by its manufacturer. What does jailbreaking my CPU allow me to do? Turn it into a brick if I’m not careful. Potentially turn it into a different CPU? (Shades of Crusoe.) Change its identification numbers?
Not even considering current politics. Most of the games they are promoting may well have been developed in Canada, but by foreign corporations.
Quebec also has a pretty big gaming presence
Yes, but it’s not like it’s something that any sizeable portion of consumers seek out. The non-indie games have no recognizable Quebec culture, they could have been made anywhere on the planet.
It’s not an accident that Quebec has an outsized presence in gaming. The Quebec government went out and made that happen through policy, taxes, subsidies, etc. They have a budget to promote the industry, and I strongly suspect that some money changed hands for Valve to present this angle to consumers when it is all but meaningless to the consumer experience. It’s really hard to come up with another explanation and I’m not sure you’re trying to offer an alternative or just add colour.
You don’t necessarily start losing people. Every commercial medium is like this. Seeking commercial success comes with an avalanche of self-censorship and cargo cultism. You’re casting the widest possible net and the product that you produce is only evaluated in terms of revenue. Unfortunately, certain kinds of really bad art sell very well.
This is the first I’ve heard of it outside the steam store, but it’s already on my wishlist.