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[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 42 points 2 months ago

But seeing how "gamers" react on social medias, wishing ill-fate to companies and people alike is sad.

It’s the fans!

What is even more revolting, is coming on LinkedIn and seeing the same comments from people within the industry.

And the industry! Not us, it can’t be us!

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago

It sounds to me like they're spending too much time on social media instead of focusing on working on the game.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not defending the multibillion dollar corporation, but remember when there were death threats sent to CDPR when they delayed Cyberpunk 2077?

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

I think you meant delayed?

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I did. I was using the swipe text.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 months ago

I think it's about Gamergate 2.0, "fans" attacking the new Assassin's Creed for featuring a black samurai.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can't explain how stupid this is.

He posted this on LinkedIn, openly attacking customers.

Businesses hate when you attack the hand that feeds them.

This dude is cooked.

Edit: looks like he deleted it. Good. Jesus Christ people, stop venting on LinkedIn. You're not taking a stand, you're looking like a moron.

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 27 points 2 months ago

Of course these millionaire executives are so disconnected from reality that they blame the customer for their failures.

That's a healthy take from upper management, if I've ever seen one. /s

[-] PDFuego@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

The tweet linked in the article is from a dude who bitches about the "uglification of women" in games and Ubisoft being too focused on DEI. The post the article is about is clearly talking about people like him. The fact that there's only one other comment here calling this out tells me either nobody actually looked into this at all because you're all too excited to dogpile Ubisoft and don't even care why, or you agree. Both are worrying.

[-] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

People can be correct about something for the wrong reasons.

This guy is a bellend, there's plenty of reasons to cheer on the demise of Ubisoft without having to be a "DEI is in the room with us" obsessive like Grummz, and ignoring that because it's easier to call the people who don't like you chuds shows a similar level of detachment from reality.

Ubisoft's fuckups are too numerous to list, and the latest one was indeed too fall for a swindler who convinced them to try and sell one of the least marketable ideas in history, but the volume of sales lost is not in the same order of magnitude as the politically obsessed lunatics online on either side of this conversation, blaming them is like blaming sharks for all animal related deaths.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago

"It's the gamers fault that we destroy games!" Uh-huh...

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Assassin's Creed Shadows, which quickly gained controversy for numerous allegations that Ubisoft was mispresenting Japanese heritage through unpopular artistic design choices

I love how they danced around G"mers being racist sacks of shit, because otherwise you might feel sympathetic.

[-] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

It's time big studios start firing these soulless assholes instead of the developers and crew that put their effort and love in their work.

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

If people would stop buying these shits, the problem would fix itself.

[-] Awesomo85@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ubisoft went to the Disney School of Free Marketing.

1)Make a subpar product featuring IP that people care about.

2)Fabricate controversy about a character on social media.

3)Call customers bigots.

4)Tell people "it's not for you!"

5)Blame flop on bigot fans.

6)Repeat

7)Profit I guess?

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Haha fuck the customers, right?

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

Sounds exactly what Brad in Monetization would say

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

A good show

[-] SigHunter@lemmy.kde.social 10 points 2 months ago

Stupid clickbait article that twists the words to try and make a scandal

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Lol these clowns. They'll have to come up with a whole new song & dance routine if they ever expect another red cent from me.

Eh. Maybe in a -90% sale.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I won't even bother with that since they require their app to launch the game.

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I don't see where gamers are referred to as non decent humans. But I have reading comprehension so maybe the article isn't aimed at me.

[-] radix@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I have twitter links blocked, so it was hard to get to the original source for me too, but this is it:

It makes somewhat more sense in context. He's not calling all gamers scum, he saying "gamers" (in scare quotes) that root for the downfall of companies and harass people on social media are not decent people.

There's still some room to disagree with him, but it's not as bad as the top headline makes it out to be.

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

I'm sure we can all agree this guy's position wouldn't even have existed if Ubisoft wasn't so damn greedy for every extra cent they can take from their customers.

[-] Jikiya@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It's literally word for word in the tweet by the dude?

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sorry, I was throwing shade at how they twisted their words. The person is talking about people who go on LinkedIn and boast about Ubisoft failing "directly" to the employees. Not really a 'gamers are the problem and that's why we failed' but a 'hey everybody, stop talking about our failures and look over there at these terrible people'

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

The irony is strong with this one.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Interestingly I am from the US where Ubisoft itself is legally considered a "non-decent human"... which makes this a classic case of "the pot calling the kettle black" except it is more like "the pot handle calling the kettle black" since Ubisoft is the person and the finance director is just an organ of that person (which organ I leave up to the readers imagination).

[-] shani66@ani.social 4 points 2 months ago

They get away with these excuses because idiots keep crying 'woke1!!!q!ii" whenever they see a black person. If they would stop mudding the waters then people could see the actual problems with the work.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

"well, I never!"

-people who aren't a never, and in fact are an always.

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

We are all in the same boat Ubi, please please please stop publishing live service feces.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Coming from anybody else that might be a point.

[-] SandmanXC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Guys Ubisoft's mom came to school and asked us to stop picking on them.

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