• Evotech@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Guess they can’t keep buying Xbox controllers fpr their drones. So they create a console to get kids to play video games and natively learn the new controller they will eventually use on the battlefield

    • LifeOfChance@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I hate how accurate you are. There’s no other reason it would be government backed ESPECIALLY during war time where they’re pissing money away and losing their soldiers left and right without be able to fill the open spots.

      • kandoh@reddthat.com
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        5 months ago

        Call of Duty is very literally the greatest military recruitment tool the US government has and I’m pretty sure the c-levels at Activision have been full of former state department officials for the last 15 years

        • Sniatch@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          I remember seeing a documentary about Tom Cruise and how the movie Top Gun made lots of young people sign up for the military. Just a fun fact, not arguing against you.

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            5 months ago

            I know that to get the US military to let you use their planes or their boats they need approval on the final film so tobget the really good shots and set pieces you have to let yourself be used as propaganda

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        5 months ago

        From what I hear, the war spending is still pretty low, all things considered. This could just be another autarky subsidy.

      • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 months ago

        Well, the reasons are probably:

        • wanting to develop domestic chips
        • wanting to develop software companies
        • wanting to push russian culture among the young population
        • and others