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Post by smilesja on Mar 20, 2024 17:02:16 GMT
People are so desperate to restart Gamergate, It's actually pathetic. They say it takes two to tango. This Gamergate 2 crap would not have been possible without there being a foundation for grievances and a spark to set it off. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Sweet Baby wanted Gamergate to happen as well. Look at how Gamergate elevated Anita's profile lol.
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Post by General Mahad on Mar 20, 2024 22:45:18 GMT
They say it takes two to tango. This Gamergate 2 crap would not have been possible without there being a foundation for grievances and a spark to set it off. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Sweet Baby wanted Gamergate to happen as well. Look at how Gamergate elevated Anita's profile lol. I'm not surprised either. There's a lot of demand for feeling oppressed/victimized but the supply is incredibly low. However, I think SBI made a flaw by going after the Curator and trying to get the creator banned; this was doubly a mistake in the emotional aftermath of Suicide Squad's massive failure. Now more people know about SBI's practices and are more inclined to vote with their wallets.
I foresee more SBIs popping up all over the place; however, the AAA industry is not sustainable especially when they suffer failures like Forspoken, Saints Row and Suicide Squad. As companies struggle with staying afloat, consultant agencies like this will be fat trimmed.
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Post by Sanunes on Mar 21, 2024 1:26:03 GMT
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Sweet Baby wanted Gamergate to happen as well. Look at how Gamergate elevated Anita's profile lol. I'm not surprised either. There's a lot of demand for feeling oppressed/victimized but the supply is incredibly low. However, I think SBI made a flaw by going after the Curator and trying to get the creator banned; this was doubly a mistake in the emotional aftermath of Suicide Squad's massive failure. Now more people know about SBI's practices and are more inclined to vote with their wallets.
I foresee more SBIs popping up all over the place; however, the AAA industry is not sustainable especially when they suffer failures like Forspoken, Saints Row and Suicide Squad. As companies struggle with staying afloat, consultant agencies like this will be fat trimmed. I see it the other way around. Companies might need help to grow the size and scope of audience to cover the ballooning cost of development. Which would mean having companies help reach new groups of people will be in demand since game development studios might not have the people on staff to reach out. If they can control development costs then maybe it won't happen, but if the course continues this way with budgets that are not sustainable with the current market size I could very well see it continuing just more incognito.
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Post by river82 on Mar 21, 2024 1:53:57 GMT
They say it takes two to tango. This Gamergate 2 crap would not have been possible without there being a foundation for grievances and a spark to set it off. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Sweet Baby wanted Gamergate to happen as well. Look at how Gamergate elevated Anita's profile lol. Nah this was a gigantic misstep. Unknown 9, a game with SBI actively involved is affectively DOA. Horizon Forbidden West is going to have a very disappointing PC release. Companies are telling SBI to hide their involvement. This was a gigantic fuck up. How? Remember when this mess started? It was Chris Kindred trying to cancel some dude with 5000 people in their steam group. And now you have Elon Musk entering the fray. Where's that clapping meme... EDIT: I used to think PR departments were unnecessary but maybe some people are just so incredibly stupid that they need their hand held on what they should and shouldn't do in public.
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Post by General Mahad on Mar 21, 2024 4:16:00 GMT
I'm not surprised either. There's a lot of demand for feeling oppressed/victimized but the supply is incredibly low. However, I think SBI made a flaw by going after the Curator and trying to get the creator banned; this was doubly a mistake in the emotional aftermath of Suicide Squad's massive failure. Now more people know about SBI's practices and are more inclined to vote with their wallets.
I foresee more SBIs popping up all over the place; however, the AAA industry is not sustainable especially when they suffer failures like Forspoken, Saints Row and Suicide Squad. As companies struggle with staying afloat, consultant agencies like this will be fat trimmed. I see it the other way around. Companies might need help to grow the size and scope of audience to cover the ballooning cost of development. Which would mean having companies help reach new groups of people will be in demand since game development studios might not have the people on staff to reach out. If they can control development costs then maybe it won't happen, but if the course continues this way with budgets that are not sustainable with the current market size I could very well see it continuing just more incognito. In that case, they'll have more reason to reach out to more professional consultation groups and not toxic activists because the blowback from customers would be even more severe.
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Post by blah23 on Mar 21, 2024 7:11:40 GMT
I see it the other way around. Companies might need help to grow the size and scope of audience to cover the ballooning cost of development. Which would mean having companies help reach new groups of people will be in demand since game development studios might not have the people on staff to reach out. If they can control development costs then maybe it won't happen, but if the course continues this way with budgets that are not sustainable with the current market size I could very well see it continuing just more incognito. In that case, they'll have more reason to reach out to more professional consultation groups and not toxic activists because the blowback from customers would be even more severe.
The so called consultation groups are filled with activists under the influence of ESG. Game development is suffering from brainrot for a decade due to DEI-based hiring practices. Game developers should terminate all of their diversity hires and start hiring people based on merit again.
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Post by General Mahad on Mar 21, 2024 16:18:51 GMT
In that case, they'll have more reason to reach out to more professional consultation groups and not toxic activists because the blowback from customers would be even more severe.
The so called consultation groups are filled with activists under the influence of ESG. Game development is suffering from brainrot for a decade due to DEI-based hiring practices. Game developers should terminate all of their diversity hires and start hiring people based on merit again. Which might happen sooner than believed with investors pulling tens of billions from ESG funds last year alone and what's surprising is these investors are under the age of 40. If the younger generation is getting tired of these practices, there's a possibility we will return to the days of merit-based hiring. That being said, I fear what might happen in this scenario is instead of giving up; ESG becomes state-funded/mandated and then free market tactics like voting with your wallet or portfolio won't work.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
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Post by Spectr61 on Mar 21, 2024 16:51:35 GMT
"the cream rises to the top" no longer applies, and is considered, well, bad?
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Post by river82 on Mar 21, 2024 21:21:42 GMT
Kotaku editor-in-chief Jen Glennon has exited her role reportedly due to a new editorial direction from G/O media, according to Aftermath.
Per Glennon's letter of resignation, the parent company, G/O Media, mandated that the game's publication focus on game guides and deprioritize news.
"I firmly believe that the decision to 'invert' Kotaku's editorial strategy to deprioritize news in favor of guides is fundamentally misguided given the current infrastructure of the site," Glennon said in the letter.
"[This decision is] directly contradicted by months of traffic data, and shows an astonishing disregard for the livelihoods of the remaining writers and editors who work here."
According to a source familiar with the matter, Kotaku staffers are expected to create 50 guides in total a week.www.gamesindustry.biz/kotaku-editor-in-chief-exits-due-to-parent-companys-new-guide-directiveKotaku deprioritizing news? And nothing of value was lost. Guys nobody reads gaming news from sites anymore because y'all suck at your jobs.
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Post by blah23 on Mar 21, 2024 21:28:20 GMT
WTF
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Post by General Mahad on Mar 21, 2024 22:13:58 GMT
Cavemen banging on sticks and rocks have more dignity than this.
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Post by skekSil on Mar 21, 2024 23:41:19 GMT
Sounds like it lacks some context.
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Post by river82 on Mar 22, 2024 0:03:03 GMT
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Post by shaqfu on Mar 22, 2024 1:29:20 GMT
That totally makes dev teams look professional lol. At this point im convinced the majority at these studios just troll the net and chat all day and then complain about how hard work is.
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Post by river82 on Mar 22, 2024 3:02:29 GMT
I actually think it is greed. You look at how many great AA games are being released atm, from Helldivers 2 to Palworld, and from independent gaming studios like BG3, and then you look at what's being offered by the big companies beholden to shareholders. BG3 is actually a very progressive game and really beloved. But it spent 3 years in early access painstakingly improving the game. A publisher would have rushed the game out and fixed it after ... semi fixed it after. Dragons Dogma 2 is mostly negative on steam due to performanance issues and microtransactions
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Post by Jeremiah12LGeek on Mar 22, 2024 18:22:53 GMT
staffers are expected to create 50 guides in total a week. Prediction: This will be achieved using copy/pasting and AI reduxes of reddit threads (and will result in a lot of shitty guides.) Not that I've read much Kotaku stuff, so I don't know what will change, but I don't usually assume journalists are going to know how to write gaming guides.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 22, 2024 19:46:26 GMT
I actually think it is greed. You look at how many great AA games are being released atm, from Helldivers 2 to Palworld, and from independent gaming studios like BG3, and then you look at what's being offered by the big companies beholden to shareholders. BG3 is actually a very progressive game and really beloved. But it spent 3 years in early access painstakingly improving the game. A publisher would have rushed the game out and fixed it after ... semi fixed it after. Dragons Dogma 2 is mostly negative on steam due to performanance issues and microtransactions BG3 might be an exception to the rule and they'll probably fall to the same greed like the others.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 22, 2024 21:35:53 GMT
All those major changes, shutting down OW1 for nothing.
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Post by General Mahad on Mar 22, 2024 21:44:50 GMT
All those major changes, shutting down OW1 for nothing. Bets on which character is going to come out as LGBT? That seems to be the only response from Blizzard whenever they get in hot water.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 22, 2024 23:20:11 GMT
All those major changes, shutting down OW1 for nothing. Bets on which character is going to come out as LGBT? That seems to be the only response from Blizzard whenever they get in hot water. I mean the next hero is confirmed to be non-binary.
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Post by river82 on Mar 22, 2024 23:35:45 GMT
staffers are expected to create 50 guides in total a week. Prediction: This will be achieved using copy/pasting and AI reduxes of reddit threads (and will result in a lot of shitty guides.) Not that I've read much Kotaku stuff, so I don't know what will change, but I don't usually assume journalists are going to know how to write gaming guides. Because gaming journalists often aren't gamers xD
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Post by Sanunes on Mar 23, 2024 5:03:56 GMT
I actually think it is greed. You look at how many great AA games are being released atm, from Helldivers 2 to Palworld, and from independent gaming studios like BG3, and then you look at what's being offered by the big companies beholden to shareholders. BG3 is actually a very progressive game and really beloved. But it spent 3 years in early access painstakingly improving the game. A publisher would have rushed the game out and fixed it after ... semi fixed it after. Dragons Dogma 2 is mostly negative on steam due to performanance issues and microtransactions BG3 might be an exception to the rule and they'll probably fall to the same greed like the others. I think that depends on how you see greed. I have seen every angle on the BG3 announcement this week about no DLC/Expansion/Sequel. I saw a couple of people being upset at Larion and calling them greedy because they weren't going to make something using the D&D IP. Their logic was since they have to pay to use the IP, not paying for the IP means they are greedy.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 23, 2024 5:40:41 GMT
BG3 might be an exception to the rule and they'll probably fall to the same greed like the others. I think that depends on how you see greed. I have seen every angle on the BG3 announcement this week about no DLC/Expansion/Sequel. I saw a couple of people being upset at Larion and calling them greedy because they weren't going to make something using the D&D IP. Their logic was since they have to pay to use the IP, not paying for the IP means they are greedy. I think people wanted BG4 already lol.
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Post by river82 on Mar 23, 2024 8:35:20 GMT
BG3 might be an exception to the rule and they'll probably fall to the same greed like the others. I think that depends on how you see greed. I have seen every angle on the BG3 announcement this week about no DLC/Expansion/Sequel. I saw a couple of people being upset at Larion and calling them greedy because they weren't going to make something using the D&D IP. Their logic was since they have to pay to use the IP, not paying for the IP means they are greedy. I wonder if this was a licensing disagreement. We know that almost everyone at WoTC who greenlighted the deal for Larian has gone, caught up in the huge layoffs, and I feel like Hasbro was caught unawares at how successful BG3 was/is. I wonder if they're regretting not negotiating for a bigger slice of the pie. And I wonder if the no BG4 announcement is a result of Hasbro being way too greedy with what they want.
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