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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford on gamer criticism: 'some people are sadists'
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Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I thought this quote was great. I can't discuss it though, because mob hatred and all being displayed.
Pops Maellard
Member
I'm assuming you've never had the misfortune of playing a Gearbox title before?
It really is fascinating to see how self-righteous he acts about everything.
Dissuades me from buying another Gearbox game.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Just piss off, Randy.
You sing the same song and do the same dances, you made shit games. You lied. Be a man and own up to your shit.
Oh, PS, we don't want another Duke Nukem. Especially not from you and your merry team of fuckwits.
You sing the same song and do the same dances, you made shit games. You lied. Be a man and own up to your shit.
Oh, PS, we don't want another Duke Nukem. Especially not from you and your merry team of fuckwits.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Of course I have. I don't even like the borderlands games, which is supposed to be on the higher end scale of his titles. That is not why I think the quote is great.
You help prove my point. This thread is just going to be about bashing Pitchford (whether he deserves it or not, I frankly do not care). So I'll quietly step out now.
Seems unfair to shit on the entire Gearbox team because their boss is a prick.
Why would you not care if he deserves it or not? It invalidates the 'innocuous' observation you made in the first place.
There are a fair few posts in this thread along the lines of "he sure is trying to get attention" or something like that. If you think this is a PR game, you have a much more positive perspective on the guy than I do. Trolling or vying for attention requires a degree of self-awareness that I just don't believe he has.
I think he's just a whiny manchild trying everything he can to get out of responsibility. And considering how he intentionally ripped off the artists from Codehunters, intentionally deceived his audience through his marketing, and allegedly funneled money from Sega into his own projects, I suspect that his sense of morality is still in a toddler's phase as well. "It's not wrong if I don't get caught."
I mean, look at the Dyack comparison. If Dyack had any self-awareness at all, he wouldn't have sued Epic and lost his company. Because he knew they have plagiarized code from Unreal, and if he had that self-awareness, he would have known that it was wrong and that he would not win that legal battle.
I think he's just a whiny manchild trying everything he can to get out of responsibility. And considering how he intentionally ripped off the artists from Codehunters, intentionally deceived his audience through his marketing, and allegedly funneled money from Sega into his own projects, I suspect that his sense of morality is still in a toddler's phase as well. "It's not wrong if I don't get caught."
I mean, look at the Dyack comparison. If Dyack had any self-awareness at all, he wouldn't have sued Epic and lost his company. Because he knew they have plagiarized code from Unreal, and if he had that self-awareness, he would have known that it was wrong and that he would not win that legal battle.
Then why did you even post at all?
HellofaMouse
Member
im sure his "opinions" would be drastically different if some of his games came out post steam-refund era.
edit:just saw the latest jimquisition after posting this, he pretty much says the same thing
edit:just saw the latest jimquisition after posting this, he pretty much says the same thing
Randy reminds me of a Psychopath.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10737827/Psychopaths-how-can-you-spot-one.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10737827/Psychopaths-how-can-you-spot-one.html
You don't care yet post passive aggressive holier then thou posts. While not caring about the context of the complaints about Pitchford, yet seeing fit to paint all the complaints as unwarranted.
So much for not caring or having a real point at all.
Peace out, Randy.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
My point was clear from the beginning. I'd rather discuss what was said rather than focusing only on who said it. There is nothing holier then thou about that and it is not pointless. But it is not a fruitful endeavor because it is clear the only thing everyone else wants to discuss is how much they hate Randy Pitchford. The thing I don't care about is flinging hateful words against a person from a video game message board. That doesn't mean I don't care or have no real point at all.
Case and point:
Wow, it's the type of drivel that's not even worth responding to. I mean, when someone is so far gone they think this is reasonable, sheesh.
What gets me is there was a dev team that did truly love Alien and wanted to make the best, true-to-the-universe lovingly-crafted Alien game possible--and they absolutely did it! But Alien Isolation must have lost a significant amount of potential sales because this lying sack of shit had recently so thoroughly trashed Aliens as a game. The world is wrong while Colonial Marines has sold more than Alien Isolation. It's just wrong.
What gets me is there was a dev team that did truly love Alien and wanted to make the best, true-to-the-universe lovingly-crafted Alien game possible--and they absolutely did it! But Alien Isolation must have lost a significant amount of potential sales because this lying sack of shit had recently so thoroughly trashed Aliens as a game. The world is wrong while Colonial Marines has sold more than Alien Isolation. It's just wrong.
The only brick wall to a discussion here is your own ego.
You want to bitch about the behavior of a thread from the safety of a bubble? Open a Twitter account. If you post in here, you're gonna be part of the discussion.
I don't think he's thought things out that far.
This is still one of the most insane descriptions for a game I've seen. All for a coop first person shooter.
DoktorEvil
Banned
That can't be true...
Colonial Marines didn't sell through better than Isolation. Please tell me that isn't so.
Isolation broke 2 million sales in May of this year.
I think Colonial Marines is somewhere between 1-1.5 million.
EDIT: Colonial Marines was at 1.31 million by the end of 2013, according to Sega. So... who knows. It's safe to say that Alien Isolation sold better than Colonial Marines in a comparable retail window, though. That's fair.
Ah, I hadn't heard that AI broke 2 million; I was remembering the 1 million announcement from January. I'm very happy to be wrong!
Probably aimed at Jim Sterling.
I'm confused. Does he actually think Colonial Marines is a quality game? I would have assumed he was joking, but Nightfire is actually a great game. Maybe he mentions it because Gearbox only made the PC port?
Surely he doesn't think Colonial Marines was a great game that people didn't like because they just enjoy hating on things. Because then he would need to explain how games that people actually do enjoy exist. Like Alien: Isolation.
Dunno about consoles but on PC Colonial Marines counts 355,715 ± 13,782 owners http://steamspy.com/app/49540
While Isolation counts 526,351 ± 16,759 owners.
http://steamspy.com/app/214490
When you make something, or in this case lie about making something you do tend to be biased about it.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/07...-nukem/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Yeah, no thanks Randy. I'm good.
Yeah, no thanks Randy. I'm good.
PedroPanache
Member
That's a mighty fine sandcastle of toxic, fung infected shit you've got going on over there, Randy. But, I shall respect it and leave it be. Despite it's shitty, eye melting aroma.
Wickerbasket
Member
Well... I finished Aliens: Colonial Marines, so I'd say that's an accurate description of me.
Seriously though, the balls on this guy. He releases such piles of shit and he thinks the negative reactions are a good thing? I don't believe it for a second.
There's some differences between the Eurocom and Gearbox version so I assume he's taking credit for the little work they did on Nightfire. Complete bullshit on Colonial Marines, that was not good.
Randy please, just stop.
Edit: You think they would just use Borderlands as examples of quality games.
DoktorEvil
Banned
He could've been snarky?
I'd have to hear the actual keynote to see the context of how he said that line.
That is called being a masochist, I too beat Colonial Marines.
Oh my god it was a sarcastic joke, aimed at the audience in the room.
l2ounD
Member
Shhhh, its more fun when its taken literally, out of context
If BL3 ever hits we are supporting the creators of the game, not the loudmouth CEO.
This whole thread is people taking what was a very innocuous talk out of context.
TheSadRanger
Banned
lol with their track record what studio would want to work with them on a collaboration project? Pretty much every studio they've ever worked with has either shut down or sued them immediately after working with them lol.
So he's allowed to disparage his own game and then mock other people who paid for it who were upset by it?
OK, sure.
Auto-Reply
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lol at the sandcastle drivel.
The more I read from that guy the more I regret having bought the Homeworld remake.
The more I read from that guy the more I regret having bought the Homeworld remake.