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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/nintendo-switch-2-sales-price-gaming-tech-consumer-5202606

The internet gives consumers a voice they once didn’t have. But separating signal from noise is a challenge, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.

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For executives, it’s the latest example of an increasingly pertinent lesson: While the internet has given consumers a voice, you must not confuse it for reality.

Separating the signal of genuine consumer sentiment from the noise of the most terminally online is a challenge.

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It’s also increasingly hard to isolate genuine fan engagement from click-chasing rage-bait. Online revenue-sharing creates incentive for insincere actors to generate controversy that often matters little to the wider public.

There was much ink spilled and calls for boycotts ahead of the launch of Warner Bros’ Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy, owing to author JK Rowling’s views on gender and trans issues. None of that stopped it becoming one of the best-selling of all time.