Although my company has nothing to do with gaming I am having my media people and other exec’s study everything about this. This is a fascinating dumpster fire. Bungies’ publisher acts with impunity. Bungies employees either sue them or take their check for an inferior product. Bungies’ media handlers are either underpowered or uninformed. They don’t comment on their own forum. Sometimes…Many Times… They don’t even spin media on their weekly update. They release canned media through 3rd party web sites and dismissible sources. For the record, that is not guerilla marketing. That is ducking the pressure of 500 million dollars.
That whole throw money at the screen thing would get most people fired unless you’re working for a company that has major labor assets publicly attacking the company already. Bungie already lost writers and musical talent. Imagine if they lost major game programming talent to go along with that???
I am looking forward to TTK. It’s either another dumpster fire I can learn from or it will be super awesome and I can learn from that. Either way, it’s a new meta game for me :)
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Edited by Malacite: 9/5/2015 9:07:13 PMAs someone who's starting Game Development in college on Wednesday, it's been a rather tragic if at least enlightening rollercoaster with this franchise. The gamer and the artist in me laments everything that's happened, especially what could have been. But if nothing else, it's serving as a cautionary tale for future reference. EDIT: At this point it wouldn't surprise me if Staten had a similar dispute with Activision, only far less public i.e. Activision did their damnest to bury the details so we'd never know.
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My advice. Think like a professional athlete. Life is great until it isn't. Blow an ACL and see how much they love you. Be financially prepared to defend that contract in court. Mr. O'Donnell was ready and he won. I don't work for him. I am a CEO myself and I get it. I work for a company just like he did. I lay golden eggs just like he did. Work hard and be honest. Do your job. Be ready for other people to burn you.
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Oh I've seen it time again from family and friends, there's always someone waiting to take you down a peg for their own gain. Sad but true.