You would think all those AAA devs would know by now that voicing that kind of stuff publicly is shit PR. Strangely enough sometime the indies appear to be the professional one.
That being said, I read the 5 Tweets, which I doubt many here did, and it is really not that bad. It is probably in response to some reviewers calling the game thrash with made-up fanfiction how game development goes. I think it is the later he has an issue with. Not that some players dislike the game.
Calling out your customers is always a losing bet. But he’s absolutely right in its rant. Anyone who worked professionally in a game studio understand that the very vast majority of gamers are clueless, and especially those who speak with authority on YouTube and big platforms. Listening to such bs takes and misinformation over time certainly has its toll. “Gamers” in general, or should I say vocal gamers, are a very annoying and whiny bunch to please. You can hate playing a game all you want, but some gamers take it too far by attacking the devs directly and making it personal on top of making up bullshit about the nature of the job. “Gamedev is hard” is a terrible response to tell your userbase, but if more people understood how fucking true it is maybe they’d have a bit more empathy and would realize how petty some of the complaints.are in the bigger scheme of things.
It must feel bad to put your heart and soul into something people genuinely dislike. It’s evident that Game Dev is hard. Their failures are the example that proves the rule.
In the end though, if the quality of the product is objectively sub par then the criticism is well deserved and the sales numbers should reflect that. There is a narrative of poor quality and disappointment that’s been talked about amongst their fanbase for a while and I think it’s just been compounding ever since fallout76. Nakey Jakey just did an interesting video on it and I think this level of disappointment is what Bethesda’s strongest supporters are feeling right now.
You would think all those AAA devs would know by now that voicing that kind of stuff publicly is shit PR. Strangely enough sometime the indies appear to be the professional one.
That being said, I read the 5 Tweets, which I doubt many here did, and it is really not that bad. It is probably in response to some reviewers calling the game thrash with made-up fanfiction how game development goes. I think it is the later he has an issue with. Not that some players dislike the game.
Calling out your customers is always a losing bet. But he’s absolutely right in its rant. Anyone who worked professionally in a game studio understand that the very vast majority of gamers are clueless, and especially those who speak with authority on YouTube and big platforms. Listening to such bs takes and misinformation over time certainly has its toll. “Gamers” in general, or should I say vocal gamers, are a very annoying and whiny bunch to please. You can hate playing a game all you want, but some gamers take it too far by attacking the devs directly and making it personal on top of making up bullshit about the nature of the job. “Gamedev is hard” is a terrible response to tell your userbase, but if more people understood how fucking true it is maybe they’d have a bit more empathy and would realize how petty some of the complaints.are in the bigger scheme of things.
Agreed.
It must feel bad to put your heart and soul into something people genuinely dislike. It’s evident that Game Dev is hard. Their failures are the example that proves the rule.
In the end though, if the quality of the product is objectively sub par then the criticism is well deserved and the sales numbers should reflect that. There is a narrative of poor quality and disappointment that’s been talked about amongst their fanbase for a while and I think it’s just been compounding ever since fallout76. Nakey Jakey just did an interesting video on it and I think this level of disappointment is what Bethesda’s strongest supporters are feeling right now.
Link to video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2emKDlGmE