#The ‘Make FPS Nice Once more’ Splitgate 2 man put out a 3-minute video apologizing for his hat – Destructoid

The Splitgate 2 developer who wore a “Make FPS Nice Once more” hat on stage at Summer time Sport Fest is again with one other video, this time apologizing for sporting it.

Within the three-minute-long video posted on Twitter/X, 1047 Video games CEO and co-founder Ian Proulx stated it’s “actually freakin’ exhausting as an impartial studio to interrupt by way of the noise,” which is completely comprehensible. Splitgate 2 debuted a trailer at The Sport Awards and it “didn’t actually have an effect,” so the studio wanted to make a splash, he stated. And so it did.

However not fairly in the way in which that he may need hoped. Proulx was lambasted on social media for the hat, which is clearly a play on the “Make America Nice Once more” hat notoriously worn by U.S. president Donald Trump and his followers.

“We didn’t intend for this to be taken in any political means in any respect,” he stated. “And I’m not an fool, clearly I knew there could be some stage of controversy, however we actually noticed this as a meme that was type of stating our fact, which is we do need to enhance this style. We’re dissatisfied with the state of the style, and so we took it as a meme that we thought wouldn’t be practically as obtained the way in which it was.”

It is a scenario the place intention ended up being pretty irrelevant; whenever you imitate one thing inherently political, whether or not it’s a meme or not, it is usually going to be political in its nature. And so, as a substitute of any discuss Splitgate 2 being about its new battle royale mode, everybody might solely speak concerning the hat.

“And so I need to apologize,” he stated. “You don’t need to consider me, however the fact is, I’m sorry. And the rationale I’m sorry is due to what this has achieved to the group. Crucial factor to me proper now could be I need to have an incredible group, that’s the reason I constructed 1047, it’s the rationale I like my job.”

As a substitute of splitting gates, the hat has cut up the group, he stated, and that’s what he regrets essentially the most. He reiterated that he stood by his “intent” behind the hat that the developer needs to enhance the FPS style that’s “in a nasty state,” acquiescing that he understands that it’s not nearly intent, however about “influence.”

And apparently 1047 Video games had sufficient of the influence of the controversy, as a result of the assertion was put out at present and I even obtained a PR electronic mail pointing me in direction of it. However now, the replies to the video are full of individuals roasting him for apologizing, and so it appears as if there’s no actual successful on this scenario aside from hoping the controversy fades and the sport’s adequate to face by itself.

As for Splitgate 2, the sport is fairly cool, I assume, which is what the point of interest needs to be, however every part modified when Proulx wore that hat. The sport’s not likely for me, personally, however the BR mode has introduced some gamers into the sport on PC and primarily on console. The Splitgate account posted in replies that the sport’s participant base “has greater than tripled since beta.”

Splitgate 2 presently has a “Combined” overview ranking on Steam.