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Horrible look for Respawn and shockingly this is dominating the subreddit right now.
Apex Legends developers spark outrage after calling gamers “dicks”, “ass-hats”and “freeloaders”
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https://medium.com/@BenjaminWareing/apex-legends-developers-spark-outrage-c110034fe236
Horrible look for Respawn and shockingly this is dominating the subreddit right now.
He's right, gamers are trash and entitled, there's nothing wrong with that.
The gaming community says worse things to developers, i stand with the Apex dev in this case.
The gaming community says worse things to developers, i stand with the Apex dev in this case.
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They deserve a fair bit of criticism for a $200 skin event. Let's not defend them on this.
Saw that on Reddit and it's disgusting. I would understand if the community were cussing them but they were criticising something that's worth pointing out
Won't say Respawn are pathetic because of individuals behaviour
Won't say Respawn are pathetic because of individuals behaviour
classic case of "where's the lie" but also it's not smart to establish this kind of tone with your audience.
Gamers are by and large entitled scum and I take no issue with developers calling out their shitty, vitriolic and abusive behaviour.
Very unprofessional, but honesely can you blame them? We are a toxic community and I can only imagine what insult they have to read every day.
Insult a dev ---- dev insults you back ---- pikachu face
Insult a dev ---- dev insults you back ---- pikachu face
Well people who play F2P games and don't spend money are technically freeloaders as they benefit from the few whales who do
I fully expect the Respawn rep to be reprimanded if not fired...
...but I absolutely agree with him.
...but I absolutely agree with him.
I get the "he ain't wrong" replies to the OP, but also...his comment doesn't accomplish anything so why even comment.
Sure, I think, just like fortnite, their monetization method definitely warrants scrutinization. 12 dollars a skin and 170 dollars for a full set is...too high, let's put it that way, it's just too high.
At the same time, outside of that one area, they're totally right. People acting like they're entitled to every piece of an event release without doing anything or paying anything is just embarrassing. They were a little raw about it, but people are raw about things on this very website every day, myself included.
Freeloader part is a really bad look, even if it was in jest. Apex pricing is awful and why I'll never put money in. The, I think, £16 Valentine's day banner pretty much immediately turned me of supporting Apex directly. I wanted to, but nothing was even close to worthwhile, so I went and bought TF2 for £6 instead and not long after dropped Apex.
Is the outrage because those terms are still genuinely too mild? Cause imo they could go in harder on some of these fuccbois and still come off as too tame.
I mean, I don't think anyone was arguing for free skins, but okay
There are hundreds of ways of running discounts, sales and the like. Also going past the fact that the skins have long-since been criticised as being lacklustre. If you lower the price on the product and the needle doesn't move perhaps look at the wider value proposition (like people feeling invested in the overall aesthetic and quality of cosmetics). The irony was they actually stepped up the skin game to where I'd care to continue investing - but then pulled the pricing nonsense with the event that they did.
This event was them overextending and they've admitted as much. You can't complain at the backlash and declare this is all a necessity when you've out and out said you stepped past the line.
OP, you are reaching with this one and your title is the sort of clickbait material many chastise journalists for. Yes, the devs could have been more appropriate with their wording and kept their emotions in check but the context, which you have completely glossed over, is important.
As the post above me noted, the devs are not factually wrong. In other words, the delivery could have been more appropriate in a public setting, but the content is mostly spot on.
As the post above me noted, the devs are not factually wrong. In other words, the delivery could have been more appropriate in a public setting, but the content is mostly spot on.
Sorry, I'm on the dev's side, unprofessional or not. The poster in those screen caps is a goddamn embarrassment. But maybe that's just the whiskey talking.
