The first quoted person in the article says they said they spoke up at a company meeting in front of him and asked him to resign.
Comment on Former Call of Duty and Blizzard Devs Speak Out Against Bobby Kotick; States He Made Games Worse
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 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.
wagoner@infosec.pub 10 months ago
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 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.zone 10 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.pub 10 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.com 10 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.world 10 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.world 10 months ago
I’m sure that everyone speaking out now probably said the exact same things back then…
mriormro@lemmy.world 10 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.world 10 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.
tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 10 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.world 10 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
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They could, they may,… Just make up whatever you want i guess.
tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, just like you.