Gaming @lemmy.ml ylai @lemmy.ml 11mo ago

Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat

www.bloomberg.com Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat

Management announced a controversial pricing decision two days ago

Without pay-wall: https://archive.ph/QnQtX

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Maybe I'm just a cynic, but this seems very much part of the PR script for any controversy of the past 20 years or so.

Cause controversy

Get backlash

Say there were death threats in basklash

Paint opposition in bad light, claim to be the real victim and bask in all the feel good comments from people saying "it was controversial, but come on, death threats are not cool"

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Seriously, go look at one of the comment threads on that other site. It's now all about how "deranged indie devs" are hurting honest hard working Unity employees. Maybe it was a real threat, maybe it wasn't, but they're sure as fuck going to milk it for all they can now.
- Makes sense.
  
  But is it just me that's unaffected by such a script? I'm just like "Death threats? shrugs Fair enough." Unity threatened a lot of dev's livelihoods. What did they expect, for them all to just roll over and take it?
- Plot twist: the death threat was the pricing change.
- The "threat" apparently came from an employee anyways, so they even messed up that part of the script.
They can stay closed.
- im super on the fuck unity train right now but like, real normal people work there that need employ and have families to support. I hope unity changes course due to public sentiment but i don't really think that death threats forcing an office closed are going to be the way to invite that change
- Yup. Honestly, no sympathy from me here. Fuck those shitbags.
Death threats are not ok. Maybe just switch to Godot instead.
- Do you really believe they received a death threat? I'm calling bullshit on this one.
  
  No idea if it's real or not to be honest. It seems pretty believable to me on its face but that doesn't mean it's legit.
  
  Given current events, it seems very plausible to me they got at least one - but let’s not pretend it means the backlash is all wrong and we should start giving up all indie revenue to the great lord engine provider.
While I have no sympathy for the upper management behind this stupidity, I would like to remind people to ensure their fire is focused away from developers and other non-management staff. They generally have no say in these calls.

If you have the connections to pull their staff away into jobs at other companies, please do that instead. It may not feel like it, but it will do more long-term damage if you can extract their senior talent.
Man that website is annoying. Say, where's that summary bot?
- See https://archive.ph/QnQtX
I haven't considered myself a video gamer since "gamergate" , how is the community so awful?
- It's fake. It's always fake.
  
  Lying about death threats is the standard behavior for getting called out for scammy bullshit.
- Because out of the billion or so gamers, some are shit people. Happens anytime a group gets large enough.
- It's not. The threats were made by a Unity employee. Check the update. https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat-offices-closed-pricing-change
Sure.
They came after gamers

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