"It's meaningless": HasanAbi elaborates on why the Hogwarts Legacy boycott is not working to the benefit of the trans community
During his recent stream, while hosting a fundraiser for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, HasanAbi discussed his perspective on the effectiveness of the boycott on Hogwarts Legacy. Despite calls for a boycott of the game from parts of the trans community, HasanAbi pointed out that it has still been attracting high viewership numbers on Twitch, and the number of concurrent players on Steam continues to grow.
The socio-political commentator voiced his opinion on why the boycott has not resonated with the masses, with his main argument being that not playing Hogwarts Legacy as an act of protest was "meaningless in the grand scheme of things" and would not help the trans community in a meaningful way.
Just before the clip started, Piker was discussing Rowling and her controversial opinions about the transgender community. The streamer outright dismissed the notion that most Harry Potter fans even knew details about her political beliefs or the fact that she had written other books.
HasanAbi then went on to explain that the amount of money, or royalty, that Rowling gets from products such as Hogwarts Legacy was marginal:
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Speaking about the trans community and those who felt offended or marginalized when Hogwarts Legacy was being talked about in the media, HasanAbi opined that the call to boycott a video game would have minimal impact on social perceptions of the trans community:
HasanAbi further clarified the point, saying:
Redditors on r/LivestreamFail had many reactions to HasanAbi's clip about Hogwarts Legacy. Here are some of them giving their own opinions on the points he made on stream:
One Reddit user suggested that people should have used the game to raise money for trans charities, something that
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