Dealspwn writes: This week we chat about the departure of John Riccitiello from EA along with the SimCity "redemption portal"; we look at Quantic Dream and DONTNOD holding firm against marketing interference; we discuss the "new" Durango report and the controversy surrounding always-connected services; and we give our impressions of the recent Transistor and Saints Row IV reveals.
As Richard Garriott might say, no other podcast comes close to the awesomeness of this podcast.
James M. Whitehurst named interim CEO as the board begins its search for a permanent replacement.
Saw it coming. Only way they can begin to regain trust is by having this guy step down. Well at least that'll help their image, corporate greed is gonna bring everything down eventually.
damn, the backash was so big that he, presumably, had to retire.
i mean, it was a scummy move
Remember this year's Saints Row(opens in new tab)? Volition would probably prefer that you didn't, which might go some way to explaining why the studio recently decided to upgrade everyone's copy of Saints Row 4(opens in new tab) to its full-fat Re-elected Edition, containing all the game's story and cosmetic DLC and even introducing cross-play between Steam, Epic, and GOG versions of the game.
Unfortunately, that upgrade seems to have backfired, and players now report a myriad of bugs with their new version of SR4. Both the Saints Row Steam forums(opens in new tab) and subreddit(opens in new tab) are filled with players complaining of broken saves, crashes, and mods failing to function. It's also received a few hundred negative Steam reviews(opens in new tab) since the update. If it's succeeded in washing the taste of Saints Row (2022) out of players' mouths, it's only because it tastes even worse.
I wonder if Volition's getting reorged under Gearbox impacted the quality of their release.
From MobileGamer: "Unity CEO John Riccitiello has said that if you’re not thinking about monetisation during your creative process, you’re a “F***ing idiot.”
The comments came in an interview with our friends at pocketgamer.biz just after it was confirmed that Unity and IronSource are to merge.
When Riccitiello was asked about some of the heat Unity and IronSource has received around the idea of including monetisation ideas earlier in the development process, Riccitiello responded:
“Ferrari and some of the other high-end car manufacturers still use clay and carving knives. It’s a very small portion of the gaming industry that works that way, and some of these people are my favourite people in the world to fight with – they’re the most beautiful and pure, brilliant people. They’re also some of the biggest fucking idiots.”"
(Posted this on a duplicate, but re-posting here as well.)
Whew, must be rough living your life solely around money. I feel sorry for the guy, he's clearly not right in the head. Money is a powerful influencer though. Once you find yourself ensnared by its grasp, it changes you completely. The worship of money, also known as Mammon rules these people's lives. Anyone recall the Mammon machine in Chrono Trigger? Had to reference that. You know, the game that had no microtransactions and is regarded as one of the best games of all time.
Sure be sleazy make your money. But it is not a less than intelligent endeavor to not be sleazy. It called not wanting to be a scumbag. Scumbags can be idiots and intelligent.
Being an idiot has nothing to do with it. It is actually common sense not to try to get over on everyone you see, but in his sh$% world, common sense is to be a vampire, not the cool kind either.
This guy is using manipulative language to get his way. He hopes that people fear being an idiot more than they fear being a scumbag. This stuff is elementary. Once gain a CEO guy rushing to get everyone on the exploitation train. People are actually idiots for listening to guys like this.