• mrbubblesort@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Maybe I’m just a cynic, but this seems very much part of the PR script for any controversy of the past 20 years or so.

    1. Cause controversy

    2. Get backlash

    3. Say there were death threats in basklash

    4. Paint opposition in bad light, claim to be the real victim and bask in all the feel good comments from people saying “it was controversial, but come on, death threats are not cool”

    5. Conversation derailed, continue as planned

    Seriously, go look at one of the comment threads on that other site. It’s now all about how “deranged indie devs” are hurting honest hard working Unity employees. Maybe it was a real threat, maybe it wasn’t, but they’re sure as fuck going to milk it for all they can now.

    • Seraphin 🐬@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      Makes sense.

      But is it just me that’s unaffected by such a script? I’m just like “Death threats? shrugs Fair enough.” Unity threatened a lot of dev’s livelihoods. What did they expect, for them all to just roll over and take it?

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        No idea if it’s real or not to be honest. It seems pretty believable to me on its face but that doesn’t mean it’s legit.

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          I’d say it’s suspiciously-timed. My guess is Unity were tired of the shit PR, then tried to flip things around and use this to cast themselves as the victim. So I’m taking this one with about a planet’s worth of salt.

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        1 year ago

        Given current events, it seems very plausible to me they got at least one - but let’s not pretend it means the backlash is all wrong and we should start giving up all indie revenue to the great lord engine provider.

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    1 year ago

    While I have no sympathy for the upper management behind this stupidity, I would like to remind people to ensure their fire is focused away from developers and other non-management staff. They generally have no say in these calls.

    If you have the connections to pull their staff away into jobs at other companies, please do that instead. It may not feel like it, but it will do more long-term damage if you can extract their senior talent.

    • dan@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Omg they’re going to get n-bombed by a 12 year old to death!

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    1 year ago

    I haven’t considered myself a video gamer since “gamergate” , how is the community so awful?