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[Gonzito]

And this stupid fucking clown, comes and ruins everything by cancelling it and on top of that, firing you

He needs to be kicked out from this company, effective immediately

Enough is enough

 

[ElFenomeno]

Too much sangria papito?

 

[Kacho]

Remember to take your medicine

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[ecosse_011172]

And he announces your firing from the deck of his GIANT YACHT!!!!

 

[adamsapple]

Remember to take your medicine

I think papito over-took it.

 

[Gonzito]

Remember to take your medicine

I think papito over-took it.

 

[Plies]

And this stupid fucking clown, comes and ruins everything by cancelling it and on top of that, firing you

He needs to be kicked out from this company, effective immediately

Enough is enough

 

[Punished Miku]

I can't wait for them to announce they found another publisher for Contraband, and no one here giving a damn or buying it lol.

You guys better get the damn deluxe edition.

 

[Kacho]

Phil taketh and Phil giveth. Always a generous man.

 

[Poppinfresh]

This sort of thing happens in the corporate world all the time. It's not a big deal.

The lesson to be learned here is that developers/publishers shouldn't announce games until they are ready to be released. These days, development cycles are far too long, leaving room for any number of things to go wrong and lead to the cancellation of the game.

 

[Fbh]

But remember that a week before firing you he comes into the office, plays your game, tells you it's the greatest thing he has ever played, goes around giving hugs and high fives to everyone as he congratulates them for their awesome work, takes another look at the game, cums, then leaves.

Then a week later you get an email "Whopsie, the game is shut down and you are all fired"

 

[Rush2112]

Imagine working everyday so you can make money so you can buy these games that end up leaving you disappointed and broke. Then suddenly, you care less about the random joe shmoe who got fired.

 

[willothedog]

But remember that a week before firing you he comes into the office, plays your game, tells you it's the greatest thing he has ever played, goes around giving hugs and high fives to everyone as he congratulates them for their awesome work, takes another look at the game, cums, then leaves.

Then a week later you get an email "Whopsie, the game is shut down and you are all fired"

 

[Muffdraul]

You tell 'em, Steve Dave! I mean, Gonzito.

 

[Sebastian1295]

Worst gaming CEO in history and he's destroyed alot of people's livelihoods.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

And this stupid fucking clown, comes and ruins everything by cancelling it and on top of that, firing you

He needs to be kicked out from this company, effective immediately

Enough is enough

Maybe release a game after 5-6 years? More games should be cancelled.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Yeah but didn't they get a dope pizza party afterwards?

 

[adamsapple]

Phil taketh and Phil giveth. Always a generous man.

He gave us signs.

 

[Punished Miku]

He gave us signs.

Remastered Phil needs to come back out with a medium Hexen shirt instead of the XL.

 

[BossLackey]

The lesson to be learned here is that developers/publishers shouldn't announce games until they are ready to be released. These days, development cycles are far too long, leaving room for any number of things to go wrong and lead to the cancellation of the game.

Yeah, agreed. Games are getting announced way too early.

I think 6 months maximum is perfect. All but guarantees the game will release, keeps the hype momentum going but not too long as to fatigue, and I imagine marketing spend would be reduced/concentrated where it needs to be.

I legitimately don't see the downsides yet here we are

 

[PropellerEar]

The lesson to be learned here is that

Anything Phil touches turns to shit.

 

[Sebastian1295]

Maybe release a game after 5-6 years? More games should be cancelled.

He's the boss. If the employees and developers under him are struggling to release games on time or release games at all then it falls on him. He's a clown and he sucks at his job.

 

[deeptech]

Phils wrong... Who knows what the hell is going on there, it's corporate hell for sure. Too much money isn't that good for this work, I mean look at what small teams or even single devs can do with small budgets, some stuff is extraordinary. They have to change their philosophy, or this is just gonna keep happening, among other shit.

 

[Sintoid]

If after years of work I have nothing that deserves to be shown I start making some questions to myself and wonder how long can this last

 

[Judge Magister]

Imagine working on a videogame for years and having nothing to show.

 

[Connificent]

 

[Shubh_C63]

It's not the cancellation, game might have been bad.
But Its the 4 years of indecisiveness and then cancelling the game. So much money, talent and time wasted.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

He's the boss. If the employees and developers under him are struggling to release games on time or release games at all then it falls on him. He's a clown and he sucks at his job.

Sounds like they suck too. LOL

 

[Hypereides]

Papi, this thing happens often in this sphere of development, unfortunately - be it games or other commercial software. Its gut wrenching for devs to get informed something they've poured sweat and tears into is getting canned. Some take it better than others, while others sometimes leave these industries all together and just become lecturers or seek other educational employment instead.

You should be less stressed about it and don't get too overhyped about announcements.

 

[Rivdoric]

Imagine reading an epic fantasy books serie for years

And this stupid fucking clown, comes and ruins everything by cancelling it and on top of that, giving a big middle finger to all of us.

Enough is enough

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I wish I had a job where I can just dick around for 7 years and have nothing to show for it.

 

[ReBurn]

Maybe instead of working on it for so many years they should have just finished it and released it.

 

[poppabk]

Imagine working on a game for 5 years and not having enough to show for it to be worth finishing.
I mean all these cancelations and firings suck, but some of these games have dragged on with seemingly nothing to show.
It'll be interesting to see if any of the third parties that had games cancelled can retool them and release something quickly or if they really had nothing.

 

[SmurfMustard]

Anything Phil touches turns to shit.

 

[Scrawnton]

Fable is next.

 

[Hudo]

I mean, the people at Avalanche got paid. It's really only Microsoft who have to take the L.

 

[GHG]

And he announces your firing from the deck of his GIANT YACHT!!!!

Hear that Punished Miku ?

 

[Crayon]

That's kinda the one thing that gets me. Thinking about spending a few years on something that gets canned with the snap of a finger.

 

[Poppinfresh]

He's the boss. If the employees and developers under him are struggling to release games on time or release games at all then it falls on him. He's a clown and he sucks at his job.

I know Phil is a convenient punching bag, but if studios and developers can't get a good game out the door in a timely manner, that's on them.

Maybe Phil saw that the game was turning out to be crap and decided to cut the dead weight instead of throwing more money at a project that would never recoup its investment

 

[jm89]

His the best thing to happen to Xbox since don matrick.

Don started it his gonna finish it

If you know what I mean

 

[Buggy Loop]

Or…

Imagine leeching a publisher for years with « work at home » because you think they have infinite cash and after 6 years you're still making bullshit trailers and its not even the idea of the final version because god knows if you, the work at home champ diving in a pool all day while your watch makes the mouse « tick » to appear online and your purple hair manager is hiring peoples like her in the team to bloat even more this fucking turtle pace studio?

 

[Signalis]

This is funny. I can't stop laughing