Modva

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Modva,

Exactly, just another corporate cash grab. From here it will go to “you buy base game only”, but if you want this city or that quest or planet then it’s paid. You want that npc? Money. The final boss? Credit card pls. Fast travel? That’s platinum club only.

And all in the name of “why should you pay for quests you don’t like” or some other thinly veiled greed.

But they gotta keep that profit line climbing infinitely you know, somehow.

Modva,

It’s not the job of EA execs to keep offices open or people employed. It’s their job to drive profit above anything else, no sacrifice is too great.

Modva,

Oh wow, this brings back memories for the original, definitely gonna try this out

Modva,

I enjoyed the others in the series for some reason, but cautious about this one.

It’s only Bioware in name. It’s actually a normal corporate just wearing their skin.

Modva,

I’m worried for them to be honest, the expectations and hype are going to be off the charts, impossible to meet most likely.

I mean, I’ll buy whatever game they make next but I don’t think anyone can hit BG3 levels twice.

Modva,

Playing this now, it’s really good. I last played just after EA launch, a lot has been added and refined.

Modva, (edited )

Riccitiello is actually not gone it seems, he’s the chair of the board.

So that influence is still there, not that it matters, we’ve moved on to other platforms where there’s still some trust (for now).

Edit: I misread the sentence in the article, it seems the chair went to someone else

Modva,

"… accelerate the Company’s revenue growth and profitability.”

Yeah, that’s the problem.

Modva,

Everyone would lose, but sometimes that has to happen to stop dictators from running over the world.

Modva,

Peoples jobs will always be sacrificed to make that quarterly earnings call sound sweet to investors.

Profits above all.

Modva,

Agreed, the first steps toward fixing this are much deeper.

Modva,

The thing is that this guy is not the head of a public company where shareholders demand massive and continually growing profits. So he acts in the interests of the consumer, the customer, the gamer. But if this was a public company, shareholders would buy shares and then demand he do something to grow that share price, so they can sell the shares later for profit.

When that happens we see that CEOs do everything they can to maximize profits, like promising release dates in earnings calls.

The difference between private and public companies is the single biggest threat to us all because as soon as the company acts in the exclusive interest of profit, everything else gets fucked. And most do.

That means employees, customers, everyone. Only the 1% benefit from the gutting of everyone else.

Modva,

Those top level folks are sometimes “incentived” by bottom line targets and other end targets. So sure, you do get greedy people inside private companies.

I don’t think shareholders driving for infinite profit is easily disregarded.

Modva,

There are many different reasons than to pursue continually escalating profits.

Is it weird that I (M27) am pretty good online friends with an M41?

We met like four years ago and have gotten to know each other since then. We talk about our lives, work, struggles, relationships, video games, music, et cetera. Sometimes, though, I feel like this friendship shouldn’t exist because people may find it strange that I am friends with someone 14 years older than me. What do you...

Modva,

I didn’t even realize this was a thing. We can’t be friends with older people now?

I mean if it’s not sexual and you’re just buddies I’m not where the problem is.

John Riccitiello is stepping down as CEO and president of Unity (investors.unity.com)

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately....

Modva,

Don’t care, still looking at other engines. Public companies are poison.

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