This is my reaction to hearing the news:
It's fair to say that I did not like what he had to say T_T
It's fair to say that I did not like what he had to say T_T
Gearbox President: "I Have Always Profited From Criticism"
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I remember watching some developer diaries for BIA: Hell's Highway narrated by Randy and a military consultant/historian. I kept thinking of how much of a clueless d-bag Randy was being and how this straight-laced military type could possibly stand being in the same room as him for more than a few minutes.
These recent events and Randy's personal responses confirm my suspicions; the man is clearly a talentless vapid yuppie. If he had any class he would address the issue at hand somewhat frankly, instead we get a vague self-reflection that sounds like a sound bite from an after-school special. Oh, as well as some passive-aggressive and rather personal shot at Jim Sterling, nice.
I'll definitely be buying products from Gearbox in the future! What a model business!
These recent events and Randy's personal responses confirm my suspicions; the man is clearly a talentless vapid yuppie. If he had any class he would address the issue at hand somewhat frankly, instead we get a vague self-reflection that sounds like a sound bite from an after-school special. Oh, as well as some passive-aggressive and rather personal shot at Jim Sterling, nice.
I'll definitely be buying products from Gearbox in the future! What a model business!
For the record, I have never played this game, and probably never will.....But.....Ronin Toshiro said:
Who gives a shit about the multiplayer! The multiplayer doesn't have a plot tied to one of the most well known Sci-fi Horror franchises known to mankind. Multiplayer has become the developers way of covering their ass when they know their Singleplayer sucks (COD I'm looking at you). Multiplayer needs to go back to being that sticky note on the last page of a games story bible and it should read "Oh, and there is multiplayer too."
You expected a game you paid CASH for to be GOOD?????!?!?!?Ronin Toshiro said:
You entitled whiners, we should allow our glorious game dev overlords to piss down our throats with their glory!!!
And yes, they DID state SEVERAL times that the SP would be good, research before you speak.
"You entitled pricks, you shouldn't be annoyed that the game they showcased had entire sections removed before they sold it without telling any of you. I mean, its not like you paid a large amount of money for it or anything, why are you so annoyed?".Ronin Toshiro said:
Do you realise how backwards that argument is? Damn its hard to hold back the insults sometimes.
He's never in short supply of criticism because Gearbox is always releasing crappy game! HAR HAR HAR.
I'll show myself out.
I'll show myself out.
Oh dear, Randy, you'd think you would've learned after Duke Forever collapsed the way it did, even though you have to concede Gearbox probably had very little to do with that. At least he's magnanimous enough to admit he learns something from criticism, most company bosses don't even go That far. Same time, a trouble 6-year development cycle? Not that I'm making excuses on behalf of a dev team when they've just farted out a game that's been This badly received, but maybe that's suffered from similar pitfalls? Maybe more than just the start of the dev period came from 2006, is all I'm saying...
CAPTCHA: chin boy... Now that just makes zero sense, C'mon now.
CAPTCHA: chin boy... Now that just makes zero sense, C'mon now.
I think this basically translates to: "HA! You activated my trap card!" And then he runs away with everyone's money.
It's a damn shame. I really like Randy and Gearbox before this... but they are handling it so poorly. Just admit you made a bad game and say you are going to do your best to fix. Don't sit there and say criticism is cool as long as it's positive (basically his entire Twitter feed since this began). Don't act all like, "oh, I think it's awesome". Just say the truth and move on from it. Commit your studio to fixing your fuckup instead of making excuses. Or say you aren't going to fix it and let everyone move on.
That's a term not to be taken literally, it's a phrase that essentially means if your berate your customer as being wrong... they won't be your customer, they they won't give you either their time or their money. Or make them wish they hadn't.Karoshi said:
Yeah... that's his job.Randy Pitchford said:
Randy, are you doing YOUR job of quality assurance? Or is your job deceptive marketing?
That makes it pretty unequivocal. Aliens Vs Predator was not a great game, but from 3 years ago being so much better... platitudes like "glass half full" approach ain't going to answer for this.Shadow-Phoenix said:
This is honestly weird. Borderlands 2 shows all the signs of a good, polished title that was treated with interest, care and respect. I remember Randy Pitchford handling PR for Borderlands 2 fairly well.
Then we get this?
So, what? Is Gearbox bipolar? Does it have alters or go through transitions à la "United States of Tara"?
Then we get this?
So, what? Is Gearbox bipolar? Does it have alters or go through transitions à la "United States of Tara"?
To be fair he is accusing Sterling of showboating.Raiyan 1.0 said:
I love Jim and his show but I do have to say that Pritchford isn't wrong in that regard.
To me he sounds more frustrated that Sterling didn't contact him first with questions about why it turned out the way it did and just went on to create his video on Aliens: CM. Don't get me wrong Jims A-lie-ns video was perfectly justified and I agree with almost everything in the video but I do understand the tone that Pritchford is taking.
Unlike a lot of people in this thread, Im not surprised Aliens is bad. Its been in development for 10 years, changed dev teams multiple times and ton of other stuff.IamLEAM1983 said:
What other game did that..oh thats right..DNF. On top of that its completely likely that Gearbox did just the MP and handed the SP off to a third party or something.
Who gives a shit if Jim was showboating? It doesn't invalidate his argument and it doesn't change the fact that Gearbox lied to their customers. By attacking Jim's person, rather than his argument, Pitchford shows just how wrong he knows he is. Randy should take a lesson a lesson from the WarZ fiasco - falsely advertise your game, and people are going to get pissed.
"I only want positive feelings with my personal twitter account" Pfft. Welcome to being in the public eye, asshole. Get comfy. I can't wait for the next Jimquisition.
"I only want positive feelings with my personal twitter account" Pfft. Welcome to being in the public eye, asshole. Get comfy. I can't wait for the next Jimquisition.
He should change his last naem to Pichfork, he acts like it.
Also at least he saw Jims rage
Also he wants Jim Sterling not to showboat? Jim Sterling? He is the definition of showboating.
You may profit from criticism, after all, this is free publicity, but you do not learn from it, as proven many times.
Also at least he saw Jims rage
Also he wants Jim Sterling not to showboat? Jim Sterling? He is the definition of showboating.
You may profit from criticism, after all, this is free publicity, but you do not learn from it, as proven many times.
"I profit from criticism."
Oh, so that's why you made a game for which only criticism can be offered. Now I see.
Oh, so that's why you made a game for which only criticism can be offered. Now I see.