Speaking for the first time about the subject since Gearbox was dropped from the Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit to Games Industry.biz, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has said that the lawsuit against Gearbox for the false advertisement of Aliens: Colonial Marines was ” a huge waste of time” and that their standing up against the lawsuit was “all it took“:
“That whole thing was a huge waste of time. The market proved it was doing its job perfectly. The market is dispassionate – rewarding what it likes and punishing what it doesn’t. There is an objectivity and fairness in the open market’s harsh, firm justice.
For every place the market succeeded, the legal system failed as it was being manipulated by what appeared to me to be essentially mafia style extortion tactics. Sadly, the manipulation would have actually worked, as it had in other cases with those same guys and to the detriment of the industry and gamers and actual, you know, justice. But those guys made a mistake in naming us as defendants because we stood up to them That’s all it took – someone to stand up yo them. And so they lost since they didn’t have a legitimate case.”
What do you guys and girls think of Randy Pitchford’s comments? Is he right? Thanks to Destructoid for the news.
Also, I agree with the cocaine assessment.
"Sega's a publisher -- they never'a could've disrespected the fans. But I didn't know until this day that it was -- Gearbox all along... "
Because the lawsuit just ended so he doesn't have lawyers saying "shut the f$&@ up!"
And to reiterate what I said earlier, COKE COKE COKE COKE COKE!
Not sure I even wanna bother reading what he has to say...
That said, I skimmed the intro and got a good giggle out of the suggestion they received love letters regarding ACM.
Pretty lengthy interview with Pitch about A:CM.
Oh Hell, yes.
If you do good by this Community, you get remembered for your deeds and the praise comes for years. Just ask Scott and Cameron.
...but if you screw this Community over, then it's very unkind for no less amount of time.
This is true no matter who you are Pro or amateur. There are fan artists, amateur film makers, game modders and all manner of people who receive praise for their efforts and such praise lasts for years.
If a Professional like Pitchford comes along to bless us with big promises during the course of a 6 year development cycle and then delivers rubbish, it's up to him to accept that he's sunk to the lowest level and to accept that the many, many members of this Community are legitimately pissed at his continued deflective attitude.
You deserve this sh!t, Pitchford. Lap it up. ...or just shut up.
You're an embarrassment to us all. You're continued bullsh!t won't be forgotten for a very, very long time. Especially if you continue to fail to acknowledge your failings and blame the people who are dissatisfied customers.
-Windebieste.
Silly thing, this game industry. While the little man (indie devs) try to keep their paying customers happy with weekly updates of their small games, the big company's go for the quick buck and seem to care less about the dedicated fanbase. Not saying it doesn't happen the other way around, just far less. Also a shame you have people vocally defending this mess on the gearbox forums. I don't know what to think of those people. Either disgust or pity that they don't use that grey matter in their skulls.
This should have been the game this fanbase was waiting for after all these years since AVP2. Damn shame...
They won't correct it... Randy made comments about "dropping expensive customers," and I think we'd all fall into that category for gearbox (which is their fault). My opinion is, don't release defective products that require expensive corrections in the first place! I don't think gearbox has the foresight to realize that it's probably more expensive NOT to correct things either...
Funny that they thought we would forget by now. Sorry GBX, what you did is unforgivable unless you correct it. And thats the funny part... they can actually correct their mistake but are simply unwilling or to stupid to realise that it is the first step to prevent these public humiliations. Media...learn to use it.
We as the community know how full of it Randy and the rest of GearBox. I'll never buy another Gearbox game, nor recommend one. This is the only thing I can do. If Steam had their refund at the time. I think things would have went very differently.
this is what I would have #AskRandy - "can I call you 85? I'd enjoy alien 3 a lot more then..."
Oh man, there's some funny stuff in there. I wish I'd known about that Q&A. My question would have been:
"How does it feel knowing that the announcement of Alien Isolation was delayed because they didn't want any of the A:CM stink getting on it?"
Neither do the gamers that are nailing him to the cross atm. The people have spoken:
https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=askrandy
Might not win a trial, but we can sure as hell take you down some way or another.
Maybe as one of the few outlets to give Isolation a bad review he thinks they'll be his friend.
Holy christ.
First he accuses the game's detractors of just trying to get site hits and ad revenue (what about the vast majority of us that don't have game sites, Randy?), and then he likens them to 911 Truthers.
Also, the 'B-side' analogy is pretty weak. DLC is a 'B-side'. The game itself is the A-side... it's what we dropped $70 for.
You know what I think? I think he's up shit creek. If everything was fine in Randy World, he wouldn't have to run to the press to defend himself. This is damage control.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/17/randy-pitchford-address-alien-colonial-marines-claims
....... and some people are narcissistic A**holes who needs to grow up and except theire part of the responsibility in this hullubulu.......
Pitchford probably doesn't believe the bullshit coming out of his mouth. He KNOWS what he did, he just hates that everyone knows it too! It's not some conspiracy theory, a lot of it's based on facts given by SEGA and former Gearbox employees how this went down. But Pitchford can't let the customer win. His ego will not allow it.
How about defending it's initial backlash by claiming you let other studio's work on it (and not the best ones either...) and you got it in hand about two months before release? Man, does this man comprehend reality?
http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2014/09/gamergate-some-people-cost-us-more-than-they-gain-us-says-gearbox-president/
If he's not going to fess up and offer a sincere apology (an explanation would be nice, too), it'd be better for him to just be quiet. He's only heaping coal on the fire when he does this.
But as one user said which I agree, it would have been better to shut his mouth and just keep walking. If I was him I'd pretend that this whole mess never happened, no comment, and just move on.
What a prat. How does he explain that when compared to the total lack of vehement hatred being thrown at Isolation?