With Bobby Kotick no longer at Activision, some developers who worked on Call of Duty and more have begun speaking out about his actions.

Former Call of Duty and Blizzard Devs Speak Out Against Bobby Kotick; States He Made Games Worse::With Bobby Kotick no longer at Activision, some developers who worked on Call of Duty and more have begun speaking out about his actions.

  • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1434·
    11 months ago

    Wouldn’t the time to speak out have been a long time ago? What good do these people think they are doing now? Fuck em, too scared to say anything when it mattered but want to give themselves a big pat on the back for saying what a lot of other people were already saying for a long time.

    • Tiger Jerusalem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      11 months ago

      Now that’s a condescending shit talk. They may like their job, they could be working behind the scenes to try and contain the damage. They could be doing the best they could do with the little power they had. You try to speak against your boss alone and trash the industry you’re in, see how well it goes for you.

      • cyberpunk007@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        11 months ago

        Also they probably value having a job and it isn’t always so easy to just get a new one. When you weigh all that against some people on the Internet not happy with their video game they don’t need to play, it’s a pretty ridiculous comment lol

    • wagoner@infosec.pubEnglish
      201·
      11 months ago

      The first quoted person in the article says they said they spoke up at a company meeting in front of him to say he should be fired.

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        222·
        11 months ago

        But not the media?

        A story like this would have exploded had they gone to media outlets, I find it hard to believe someone would call him out in person but not be willing to turn media when that failed.

        It really does feel like “oh no I was saying stuff back then, promise” to only speak up now

        • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          13·
          11 months ago

          Have you read Bobby’s Wikipedia page? The media knows he’s a big piece of shit who literally told the board his intent was to make the devs hate making games.

          Its not some secret.

        • wagoner@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I mean, sure, but that guy did more than almost anyone would be prepared to do (or did). So I give them respect for that, and don’t also demand they should have taken another step that I would have liked them to.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      161·
      11 months ago

      If you want us to take you seriously, shit talk your boss for us by name, and tell us your real name.

      • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        11 months ago

        I don’t work for pieces of shit so i don’t need to…

        But if that were to happen again then i would certainly call it out. Some of my coworkers in the past tried to bully me because i have values and don’t believe in deceiving someone just to get a sale.

        • EnderMB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          I’m sure that everyone speaking out now probably said the exact same things back then…

    • mriormro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Hey man, you don’t have to be a complete piece of shit just because you didn’t like how they made your particular flavor of call of duty.

      That’s a real person, your games are fake.

      • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        Lol. Ok. I don’t even think i play anything he was a part of. I’m not into that kind of stuff, but my kids are… So yeah, i have an opinion. Sorry it didn’t align with yours and i guess that makes me a piece of shit.