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Yes indeed, it's time to move from Unity to something else because I don't want to pay for that kind of people's salary: > Devs not baking monetisation into th

by aikah 4y ago

Yes indeed, it's time to move from Unity to something else because I don't want to pay for that kind of people's salary: > Devs not baking monetisation into the creative process are “fucking idiots”, says Unity’s John Riccitiello https://mobilegamer.biz/devs-not-baking-monetisation-into-the-creative-process-are-fucking-idiots-says-unitys-john-riccitiello/ https://mobilegamer.biz/devs-not-baking-monetisation-into-th... If he talks in public like that, imagine how this guy talks to his employees behind closed doors...

hertzrat 4y ago
> I’ve seen great games fail because they tuned their compulsion loop to two minutes when it should have been an hour. Nobody tries to hide anymore that a lot of game companies just create skinner boxes
BoorishBears 4y ago
He didn't say that. "mobilegamer.biz" is betting on you not reading before getting outraged, and it looks like that paid off.
- jibe 4y ago
  Full quote for context: Riccitiello: Ferrari and some of the other high-end car manufacturers still use clay and carving knives. It’s a very small portion of the gaming industry that works that way, and some of these people are my favourite people in the world to fight with – they’re the most beautiful and pure, brilliant people. They’re also some of the biggest fucking idiots.
  - amatecha 4y ago
    Full interview is at https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/79190/unity-ironsource-john-riccitiello-marc-whitten-merger/ https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/79190/unity-ironsource...
  - dmitriid 4y ago
    Full quote doesn't make it better in the least
    - nnq 4y ago
      At least appreciate his honesty - it's way better for everyone to be so blunt about it.
- dwallin 4y ago
  To be fair, the full comment is even more belittling than the sound bite. It’s almost dripping with contempt for those who have a different set of values than him.
  - BoorishBears 4y ago
    It's ironic you say that because as someone who arguably fits in the category he's talking about (see: my bleeding heart comments about Unity's for-profit asset store from yesterday) it feels somewhere between belittling and insulting for people to act like grown adults would really miss what his point was. There seems to be this "rainman-esque" infantilization of people who put craft before profit that I truly deeply hate. He spoke like he was having a frank, open, conversation. That relies on everyone involved being somewhat mature and not jumping to the worst possible interpretation of everything. But I don't know, maybe people are right to treat "the creatives" with the kiddie gloves based on the reaction I've seen.
Kiro 4y ago
The HN thread about the quote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32097752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32097752
edmcnulty101 4y ago
yomkippur 4y ago
Or calling developers "code monkey" like in Vancouver
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potemkin_buster 4y ago
It's not suprising, he's the same guy who tanked EA's quality

by aikah 4y ago

hertzrat 4y ago

> I’ve seen great games fail because they tuned their compulsion loop to two minutes when it should have been an hour. Nobody tries to hide anymore that a lot of game companies just create skinner boxes

BoorishBears 4y ago

He didn't say that. "mobilegamer.biz" is betting on you not reading before getting outraged, and it looks like that paid off.

jibe 4y ago
Full quote for context: Riccitiello: Ferrari and some of the other high-end car manufacturers still use clay and carving knives. It’s a very small portion of the gaming industry that works that way, and some of these people are my favourite people in the world to fight with – they’re the most beautiful and pure, brilliant people. They’re also some of the biggest fucking idiots.
- amatecha 4y ago
  Full interview is at https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/79190/unity-ironsource-john-riccitiello-marc-whitten-merger/ https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/79190/unity-ironsource...
- dmitriid 4y ago
  Full quote doesn't make it better in the least
  - nnq 4y ago
    At least appreciate his honesty - it's way better for everyone to be so blunt about it.
dwallin 4y ago
To be fair, the full comment is even more belittling than the sound bite. It’s almost dripping with contempt for those who have a different set of values than him.
- BoorishBears 4y ago
  It's ironic you say that because as someone who arguably fits in the category he's talking about (see: my bleeding heart comments about Unity's for-profit asset store from yesterday) it feels somewhere between belittling and insulting for people to act like grown adults would really miss what his point was. There seems to be this "rainman-esque" infantilization of people who put craft before profit that I truly deeply hate. He spoke like he was having a frank, open, conversation. That relies on everyone involved being somewhat mature and not jumping to the worst possible interpretation of everything. But I don't know, maybe people are right to treat "the creatives" with the kiddie gloves based on the reaction I've seen.

Kiro 4y ago

The HN thread about the quote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32097752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32097752

edmcnulty101 4y ago

yomkippur 4y ago

Or calling developers "code monkey" like in Vancouver

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potemkin_buster 4y ago

It's not suprising, he's the same guy who tanked EA's quality