Gearbox CEO On Gamer Criticism: "Some People Are Sadists"

[Arcane Azmadi]

Yes, some people ARE sadists- but not to you, you smug, gloating, fraudulent ****.

I wouldn't hate Randy Pitchford so much if he wasn't blatantly gloating about "we made a worthless shitty game which took a steaming big dump all over a once-revered franchise because we didn't give a shit about it and we conned all you losers out of your money with fake, doctored trailers that totally misrepresented the finished product to scam you into preordering it, and now we get away with it, we keep the money, and I'm going to sit here telling you that it was a great game and you're all whiners who are picking on me, ha ha ha".

The guy has managed to reach the level of possibly the biggest douche in the AAA games industry in record time just by how unapologetic he is about blatantly ripping people off. Make a bad game and we'll get over it. Keep rubbing it in and we will fucking pillory you forever.

 

[sumanoskae]

"There's a dark part of us all that likes the idea of crushing a sandcastle, but most of us will respect it and let it be."

Speak for yourself, Mr. Pitchford; a proclivity for pettiness would neatly explain your behavior. The "Vocal response" you took note of was a result of your dishonesty, and your work's lack of resonance.

These people who bother to criticize your work are making a positive contribution; telling an artist that their work is perfect when it clearly is not is the far from decency, and it is a classical immaturity to mistake it so.

I would like to momentarily direct your attention to Peter Molyneux, a similarly dishonest game creator. Why is it that, despite his habit of promising the world and failing to deliver, Molyneux is still fondly thought of?

Discounting the fact that some of his games are actually worth a damn, it's because he is earnest. Peter is irresponsible, but never let it be said that he is not a true artist. Yeah, he fucks up, but when he fucks up, he digs in his heels and tries again; he doesn't retreat into a narcissistic head cannon that casts his detractors as shallow sadists.

If you want to avoid criticism, Mr. Pitchford, I would first tell you that no honorable artist would wish such a thing, and I would tell you second that the reason they never would is because their passion for their work dwarfs your passion for craven excuses.