Innocuous post on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart page sparks squabble between PlayStation and Xbox fans

“These bots won’t even understand what hit them,” is such a harmless message with a screenshot of an action-platformer Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart left by the developers from the studio Insomniac Games on his Twitter page, but that was enough for a “holy war” to break out in the comment thread between the owners of consoles from Microsoft and Sony

The fact is that some netizens saw a deeper meaning in the word “bots”, since it is with the addition of “X“(Xbot) often used by Western fans Playstationto “pin up” consoles lovers Xbox

Probably, some of the users did not know that various robots are long-standing opponents in the games about Ratchet and Clank, which is why this message caused such a violent reaction. With an explanation to the holivar participants appealed even senior community manager of Insomniac Games Aaron Jason… He recalled that the term “bots” has been used in the context of Ratchet & Clank for many years, so the developers’ message pointed specifically to the virtual enemies of Ratchet and Clank.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart comes out already June 11th exclusively on Playstation 5

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