I Am Alive Producer Dismisses "Bitching" PC Gamers

[JohnnyDelRay]

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Look, I've always been of the opinion that the people at the top of these big gaming companies are all dicks. If you want to play a game, on the PC at least, you might need to jump through some hoops. It's always been like that and it's worth it for a good game. But you have to draw the line somewhere and this is too much. I'm not going to stand on my soapbox and preach about a boycott. But you and I, Ubisoft. We're done.

Take care. xx

What a painfully honest and to the point testament. If I was an Ubisoft executive, that would make me think twice about how we did stuff. Unfortunately, that's not how they think.

Instead, I'll present my own story, directed at Ubisoft: I too, loved Ubisoft...hell, I still proudly state R6: Vegas2 as my favorite game of all time. But then came the worst DRM possibly imaginable to date, which caused a lot of media mayhem, but you still got away with it and implement it, because you *could*. EA soon followed suit. I guess you always thought this would help your sales, but I can't help believe that it doesn't stop pirates in the least, and at the same time alienates some of the modding crowd. Now with this "comment" about PC ports, well it just seems too obvious that you don't give a damn about the fan base. Even if you didn't think about it in a profit sense, but for a sense of health for the industry, good PR, whatever. First the lousy ports, now no ports at all.

Andy's right, instead of having to worry about boycott, PC gamers are saved from having to worry about this one at all.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

And then they blame piracy... You know, just outright showing the middle finger to a whole demographic ensures that you won't be getting their support in the future. For instance, after seeing this, I would avoid buying the game if I owned a console, because I wouldn't want to give my money to a developer that has no idea how to behave properly. Losing a customer is a bad thing for a company and you don't have to be a business expert to know that.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Well then, no more buying Ubisoft games I guess. The funny thing is, a lot of PC gamers also own consoles so by making these remarks Ubisoft essentially alienated a lot of console gamers as well.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I think its pretty funny. We see comments from execs and producers and the like all the time which you can tell have been carefully crafted to be nice and politic about this sort of thing. Most of us would still talk shit anyway because we all know deep down inside no matter how sweet and apologetic their words are the majority of the time they could give a toss about actual gamers. This guy comes right out and says what he thinks about the issue and you're going to give him shit for being honest? Personally I find corporate PR sweet talk to be more offensive.

 

[evilneko]

'cus there's no piracy on consoles amirite? amirite?

 

[])rStrangelove]

Errrrr ...

complaining about 90% less PC sales is one thing. And showing pc gamers the finger is NOT making things any better.

Ubisoft really doesnt want to understand.

 

[D64nz]

Or.... Pc users will make a pirate port of the game and PC gamers get it for free anyways...

 

[Deadyawn]

Well fuck you too ubisoft. Asshole.

But seriously though, I'm not quite sure I understand the resoning behind this but whatever. Screw them.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

I wonder what they will ***** about when they realise that pirates are not just PC exclusive. I might pick it up next time I go to the strip mall in Bali.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

And as we all know, nobody EVER mods the consoles to play games for free -_-

 

[DracoSuave]

Lol, piracy.

A lot less people would pirate games if publishers would knock off the tedious DRM.

Faith-based argument is based on faith, and not reason.

 

[Monsterfurby]

That's the problem with gaming industry executives: many of them are unprofessional, childish dicks who "rose from the ranks" and have no idea how to behave professionally. You wouldn't get this kind of immature behaviour - and I am just talking about the way it's phrased here - in any other industry.

 

[])rStrangelove]

That's the problem with gaming industry executives: many of them are unprofessional

Oh, i'm sure they are very professional at what they're usually supposed to be good at - earning money. But i agree with you that Ubisoft should have professional public relations ppl talking to the gaming scene press and not a greedy manager. Those ppl just can't seem to find the right tone when it comes to talking with potential customers.

 

[Smeggs]

OH U-bisoft!

You and your shenanigans, pretending like anything you've made in the past few years other than the Assassin's Creed series is any good.

U SO FUNNI!

 

[DementedSheep]

He couldn?t have just said there will be no PC version? No, he had to be a **** about it too. *shrug* well fuck you too Ubisoft. I was interested in this game and yes to buy, I don't pirate but there are other games I want so it will not be missed.

If you?re going to release a buggy, shitty PC port with draconian DRM after the console version has been released so the hype has died down (and there are reviews so you can't get away with it being shit) and people who game on both consoles and PC would have got it for the console even if they prefer the PC don?t expect it to sell well and don't blame you lack of success on pirates.

Although I am getting pissed off at vocal minority who scream ?boycott? and ?well I just pirate it to spite you? every time a developer dose something they don?t like or think if a game didn?t blow their mind at every turn they shouldn?t have to pay for it. Pirates fuck things over for everyone else. That said I would think it would be offset by the fact there isn?t all that much of second hand market for PC games? There are plenty of games that have been successful on the PC and you can pirate on a console too.

 

[Vykrel]

seeing as this is going to be a $15 downloadable game, i think it would be worth releasing on the PC. the game sounds fantastic, and i think plenty of people would download it on Steam.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Really, my only thought about this was "How the fuck did the guy in the picture get all the way up there and why the fuck did he think that was a good idea"

... Oh, and yeah, sorry PC people. Sucks that you guys are getting screwed out of another exclusive.

Though with all the shit that gets made exclusively for PC nowadays, I find it hard to shed a tear.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

And as we all know, nobody EVER mods the consoles to play games for free -_-

Well... not really.

Yeah, I'm well aware there are modded 360's and PS3's out there, but it's not exactly a common thing that can destroy sales of a game.

All it takes to pirate a game for PC is going to Google and asking it politely.