https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/former-blizzard-president-suggests-you-should-be-able-to-leave-a-dollar10-or-dollar20-tip-for-the-devs-because-some-games-are-that-special/

  • roux [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    I will gladly pirate any shitty game this fucker has had his grubby hands on in developing. Fuck this ghoul.

    Or I would if Blizzard's catalog didn't suck ass.

    And if this is a thinly veiled attempt at suggesting actual devs, the people who make your shovelware games, should get paid more, here's a novel idea: just pay them more!

    Edit: This motherfucking ghoul is begging for tips. I can't find his net worth but here is the guy he replaced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Kotick (sorry for the ciapedia link). This last guy was making a cool fucking 30 million a year when he stepped down. We can mostly just fucking assume that Ybarra was making around the same. This motherfucker make approx 180 million in the time he worked at Bliz and is saying we should pay their god damn employees? Again fuck this guy.

    Edit 2: Actual developers should get paid. Actual decent human developers. I double dipped Hollow Knight and also gifted copies to 3-4 friends because I think the game is a masterclass in design and more people should play it. Team Cherry deserves all the money they get from sales. I will also tell anyone and everyone to pick up Dyson Sphere Program. It's costs $20 and is a game made by just 5 comrades in China. It's such a passion project to them but also it's another game I wold call a masterclass in it's respective genre. The games feels finished but they are still actively working on it. I could go on about it and have so I won't bloviate more on it. If you like factory style games and space stuff and are on the fence about it, just pick it up. It's so damn good.