Following on from his recent comments about the lawsuit against Gearbox and proving once again that Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, has absolutely no grasp on the reality of why Aliens: Colonial Marines was so hated by fans and critics alike, Pitchford blamed the terrible response and lawsuit over Aliens: Colonial Marines on the “sadistic” nature of gamers.
Randy Pitchford recently spoke at the Develop conference in Brighton, England, and used the backlash over the complete flop that was Aliens: Colonial Marines to insult the gaming community:
“If you’re making entertainment on a grand scale, if you’re reaching millions, there will be tens of thousands of people who absolutely hate us, and some percentage of those will take it upon themselves to let us known how they feel,” he said.
“I read it in this way: we moved those people, we touched them – even the person who hates [your game] so much, you’ve affected them. That’s why we fight, we’re creating emotion and experience – and some people thrive on that type of feeling, some people are sadists.”
“There is always the person who’s got to stand on the sandcastle, they must crush it,” he said. “That’s their way of relating to that. It’s typically a less sophisticated mind. There’s a dark part of us all that likes the idea of crushing a sandcastle, but most of us will respect it and let it be. That’s why we like playing video games where we can blow stuff up and no one gets hurt.”
Ever since the release and consequent backlash over the quality (lack-of) of Aliens: Colonial Marines and the law-suit that followed for false advertisement, Randy Pitchford has taken every opportunity to attack the fans who disliked the game, failing to acknowledge any of the legitimacy of the criticisms levied against him.
Whilst I’m sure we all know people out there on the Internet who might be as Randy Pitchford has described, choosing the complete failure that is Aliens: Colonial Marines as a springboard for those accusations was a completely wrong move. Thanks to the Guardian 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.