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2018 will go down as the Year of the Bad Employer

Telltale is just the latest in a parade of game dev horror stories likely leading to unionization.

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CarlDechance2036d ago

lol....more like the year of Bad Journalism for several years in a row. Wouldn't it be something if "journalists" spent as much time digging through their own trash as they do others?

coolbeans2036d ago (Edited 2036d ago )

I'm kinda lost here. What has "gamez journalizm" done this year that's even comparable to TellTale's handling of its employees from a moral perspective? You're talking about hundreds of personal stories detailing some gross stuff done by an employer, which now suggests they broke California law in the process.

-A person sacrificing to move across states for this dream opportunity only to be fired ~a week later.
-Multiple accounts of ex-employees saying they only had a half-hour window to pack all of their personal belongings before exiting the premises. Just think about that feeling for a moment: due to no fault of your own the rug is pulled out from under you in a moment's notice and you no longer have a job, regardless of the extra effort you put in.
-Multiple accounts of unpaid overtime hours during crunch time all b/c it wasn't in contract (perhaps verbally promises yet never followed through).

There's a time to discuss bad journalism, but I think that ought to be set aside here. EDIT: It's like you're trying to make a parallel to that Jesus parable. Game journalism reporting on TT's Games management isn't a case of taking the mote out of another's eye before the beam in their own.

CarlDechance2036d ago

Well, that is part of the problem. Bad journalism is never really discussed. It is always "set aside" for some other issue. Tell tale's handling of its employees does not define the entire year. And some of the other instances of "bad employers" in the article are debatable. So the author's "year of" is bad employers. I have my own "year of". Fine if you disagree.

coolbeans2036d ago

-"Bad journalism is never really discussed. It is always "set aside" for some other issue."

In what context are you talking about? There are YouTubers who make a pretty penny castigating gaming news sites. Certain submissions on here touch on this stuff quite often. Not to mention opportunity is right at your fingertips either via user blogs or the forums--here and elsewhere. I'm not buying this premise as though critique of bad gamez jurnalism gets buried.

-"Tell tale's handling of its employees does not define the entire year. And some of the other instances of "bad employers" in the article are debatable."

Perhaps, but I think TT is more of another section of a big snowball hurtling down a mountain atm. I can agree with that; they're not all airtight as one would suggest compared to TT headlining it.

-"So the author's "year of" is bad employers. I have my own "year of". Fine if you disagree."

In the end, that's how it's going to go down: agreeing or not. But I'm still not following the logical through-line of how you reached that conclusion. Doesn't mean I think 'gamez journos' is fine and dandy this year (or in past years), just doesn't surpass some of the more troubling developments from certain gaming employers.

CarlDechance2036d ago (Edited 2036d ago )

"gamez journalizm"
"bad gamez jurnalism"
"gamez journos"

I don't see much point in responding.

coolbeans2036d ago

You're under no obligation to...but you're basing it off that? It's just intentional mistyping poking fun at the culture today.

FlameWater2036d ago

Hi what do you do for a living? Oh I make story board choose a different section of novel game play, my career is basically guaranteed for the next 20 years right?

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto18h ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger8812h ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

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Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition Reneges on Promised Content Behind $250 Price Tag

The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.

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Christopher11h ago

$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?

SimpleDad3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.

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darthv7215h ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

solideagle2h ago

you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)

Sonic18813m ago

I thought darthv72 and Obscure_Observer already work for Microsoft 🤔

Cacabunga2h ago

I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..

If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.

shinoff21831h ago

But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.

Cacabunga23m ago

Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.

If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.

Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you

purple1015h ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos4h ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

XBManiac3h ago

Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.

SimpleDad3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."

That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.

purple1013h ago

Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"

Microsoft: "why's that"

Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'

Profchaos2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk

It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD

Kornholic1h ago

So basically PS and PC gamers' money is keeping Xbox on life support.

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