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Posted December 18, 2020
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/cyberpunk-game-maker-faces-hostile-staff-after-failed-launch

Neverending shitstorm.
Posted December 18, 2020
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Good on them to take on the management like that. 5 years of goodwill burned up in one week, not to mention the professional damage done with their business partners. I feel bad for the hundreds of developers who worked on the game and are now getting dragged by the media and consumers, not to mention the bottom-level, front-line support and media staff at CDPR and GOG who have to deal with tens of thousands of angry messages and who all may take these things personally. I also noticed that GOG is wiping out their Following list on Twitter, it was 2250+ yesterday, now it's under 1000 and still dropping.
Post edited December 18, 2020 by SCPM
Posted December 18, 2020
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SCPM: I feel bad for the hundreds of developers who worked on the game and are now getting dragged by the media and consumers, not to mention the bottom-level, front-line support and media staff at CDPR and GOG who have to deal with tens of thousands of angry messages and who all may take these things personally.
Same here. If anyone should handle the fallout and bear the full brunt of feedback from angry fans and gamers, it should be the board of directors + upper management, or whoever's responsible for setting deadlines at CDPR. But ultimately that's not how companies work.
Posted December 18, 2020
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SCPM: I also noticed that GOG is wiping out their Following list on Twitter, it was 2250+ yesterday, now it's under 1000 and still dropping.
Maybe it is going both ways, people stop listening to them (unfollow them) and they hit back with unfollow of their own. Have their follower numbers also dropped? I stopped following them on Twitter and Twitch yesterday.
Posted December 18, 2020
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SCPM: Good on them to take on the management like that. 5 years of goodwill burned up in one week, not to mention the professional damage done with their business partners. I feel bad for the hundreds of developers who worked on the game and are now getting dragged by the media and consumers, not to mention the bottom-level, front-line support and media staff at CDPR and GOG who have to deal with tens of thousands of angry messages and who all may take these things personally. I also noticed that GOG is wiping out their Following list on Twitter, it was 2250+ yesterday, now it's under 1000 and still dropping.
It's levelled off at 955 following.
we could be looking at the end of GOG here people.
Posted December 18, 2020
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Publishers will never learn the lesson of Gothic 3.
Posted December 18, 2020
It's capitalism. Regardless of the results, the boards always win, and screw the people who do the *real* work.
Posted December 18, 2020
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SCPM: I also noticed that GOG is wiping out their Following list on Twitter, it was 2250+ yesterday, now it's under 1000 and still dropping.
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Leevi: Maybe it is going both ways, people stop listening to them (unfollow them) and they hit back with unfollow of their own. Have their follower numbers also dropped? I stopped following them on Twitter and Twitch yesterday.
No, their numbers are still going up, more than usual.
Posted December 18, 2020
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"It was a fitting atmosphere for a company whose slogan, plastered on posters all around its Warsaw office, is “We are rebels.""

Well that explains why they are siding with the rebellious Chinese communist leaders against the one true China, Taiwan.
Posted December 18, 2020
Makes me wonder if the entire Devotion scandal was an effort by staff to expose CD projekt for spineless corporate pricks that they are. Fuck this company. Silverhand wouldn't stand for this shit. How ironic is that.
Post edited December 18, 2020 by FallenHeroX1
Posted December 18, 2020
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SCPM: Good on them to take on the management like that. 5 years of goodwill burned up in one week, not to mention the professional damage done with their business partners. I feel bad for the hundreds of developers who worked on the game and are now getting dragged by the media and consumers, not to mention the bottom-level, front-line support and media staff at CDPR and GOG who have to deal with tens of thousands of angry messages and who all may take these things personally. I also noticed that GOG is wiping out their Following list on Twitter, it was 2250+ yesterday, now it's under 1000 and still dropping.
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Lord_Kane: It's levelled off at 955 following.
we could be looking at the end of GOG here people.
a huge drawback that's for sure, imagine how hard to get the newest games here will be, as it wasn't easy before this event
Post edited December 18, 2020 by Orkhepaj
Posted December 18, 2020
Here is an alternative link to the article that doesn't require subscribing:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cyberpunk-game-maker-faces-hostile-162505619.html
Posted December 18, 2020
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vsr: Publishers will never learn the lesson of Gothic 3.
What happened then, if I may ask?
Posted December 18, 2020
Just read in a British newspaper that Cyberpunk took ten (10) years to develop. Ouch.

WIth a cost of literally millions, plus the investment in publicity... Tough decisions for management in any case: hoping for small flaws that can be quickly patched or going safe yet losing the holidays season. Decisions, decisions...
Post edited December 18, 2020 by Carradice
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Carradice: Just read in a British newspaper that Cyberpunk took ten (10) years to develop. Ouch.
10 years? So CyberPunkForever, basically? ;)

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Carradice: With a cost of literally millions, plus the investment in publicity... Tough decisions for management in any case: hoping for small flaws that can be quickly patched or going safe yet losing the holidays season. Decisions, decisions...
If it were me in charge of such decisions i'd have held off to avoid the bad PR from all the bugs. I mean CDPR makes some good games sometimes, but it's fanbase isn't as loyal as say Bethesda's(with all the fans despite their bug loaded games).
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