Kane99 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 2021 was a year full of controversies, from Ubisoft knowing about sexual assault allegations, Activision and Blizzard doing the same, and allowing their CEO to stay on after he knew as well. The release of GTA trilogy, Gamestop stock fiasco and more. This year has been a mess, and that's not just because of covid. Gaming companies are being awful to their developers, their employees, and to the gamers out there. Gaming companies seem to only care about themselves and their bottom dollar. They will let a CEO like Bobby Kotick stay in power, all the while people under him have been hurt. I hope 2022 is a change of pace and a change to the way studios are running things. Because if we don't do anything, 2022 will just be another year of blunders that big time studios continue to make. Read more about this here - https://gamerant.com/biggest-video-game-controversies-2021/?utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=GR-FB-P&utm_campaign=GR-FB-P Head_Hunter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I think the EA and the other game companies having the employee issue was big too. Covid was ignored after like 5 months or so people and didn't took things seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I cross my hands hoping that 2022 delivers the best wishes just as we've hoped for around video game too. I don't want to see more disastrous circumstances like the one witnessed this year 2021 around video game companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I was going to say Cyberpunk until I realised that the game came out at the end of 2020. The time really has flown by because it honestly felt like just yesterday that everybody was complaining about it. The sexual harassment stuff was definitely the worst thing for 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2022 is already a more better year in terms of video games development when compared to all the shit that took place in 2021. I think it's only the cancelation of E3 2022 that's been off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Cancellation of E3 is a controversial one no doubt, the abused lashed out by Activision blizzard to their employees, is considered as controversial. Then the most annoying is the ongoing hardware scarcity with PS5 and Xbox series X. Which has seen demand much more greater than the supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/3/2022 at 9:42 AM, Justin11 said: Cancellation of E3 is a controversial one no doubt, the abused lashed out by Activision blizzard to their employees, is considered as controversial. Then the most annoying is the ongoing hardware scarcity with PS5 and Xbox series X. Which has seen demand much more greater than the supply. Scarcity happens with every product once in a while, I would consider the ongoing hardware scarcity with PS5 a controversial one when by the end of the year it's not steadily available in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 10:56 AM, Heatman said: Scarcity happens with every product once in a while, I would consider the ongoing hardware scarcity with PS5 a controversial one when by the end of the year it's not steadily available in the market. It is devastating already, majority are having the funds but aren't seeing a PS5 to buy. When you see one though, the price set by scalpers will just discourage you from buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 12/20/2021 at 7:55 PM, Kane99 said: 2021 was a year full of controversies, from Ubisoft knowing about sexual assault allegations, Activision and Blizzard doing the same, and allowing their CEO to stay on after he knew as well. The release of GTA trilogy, Gamestop stock fiasco and more. This year has been a mess, and that's not just because of covid. Gaming companies are being awful to their developers, their employees, and to the gamers out there. Gaming companies seem to only care about themselves and their bottom dollar. They will let a CEO like Bobby Kotick stay in power, all the while people under him have been hurt. I hope 2022 is a change of pace and a change to the way studios are running things. Because if we don't do anything, 2022 will just be another year of blunders that big time studios continue to make. Read more about this here - https://gamerant.com/biggest-video-game-controversies-2021/?utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=GR-FB-P&utm_campaign=GR-FB-P Even with Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it didn't put an end to their lawsuit. The company was just looking for any way to take a shortcut out of the case but that's not happening. They have sacked so many workers since the lawsuits with how everything has been going, they are going to pay heavily for their crimes. Do you think Microsoft might decide to pull out of the €70 million acquisition deal of the company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 FH4 was the first horizon game I played, and I was really hyped for FH5. Once I booted it, I got immediately upset by the lack of innovation over the last 3 years. Same awful cutscenes, worse music, beautiful but lifeless world, no story, no progression, not mentioning all the technical issues. It just feels soulless (to me), it just lacks character. It's fun to play, but 7/10 at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 8 hours ago, Heatman said: Even with Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it didn't put an end to their lawsuit. The company was just looking for any way to take a shortcut out of the case but that's not happening. They have sacked so many workers since the lawsuits with how everything has been going, they are going to pay heavily for their crimes. Do you think Microsoft might decide to pull out of the €70 million acquisition deal of the company? I doubt it. What might eventually happen is that the CEO will be removed from power, and any other culprits as well. I think they announced recently that the leader of these companies isn't leaving, but I think once the deal is officially done, if it hasn't already been, then they will get that guy and any other people who broke the law out of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kane99 said: I doubt it. What might eventually happen is that the CEO will be removed from power, and any other culprits as well. I think they announced recently that the leader of these companies isn't leaving, but I think once the deal is officially done, if it hasn't already been, then they will get that guy and any other people who broke the law out of there. There's even an article Here that I read about what's going to happen if Microsoft fires Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. It was stated that he's going to receive $15 million in compensation should that happen. If that's true, would Microsoft be willing to pay him that because a good way forward the way I see it would be to cut ties with him in the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 2021 sagas has passed, I think we need to talk about 2022 ongoing video game controversies. I don't know if this thread will be appropriate for that, or create another one for that, that's a suggestion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withywarlock Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 It's pretty depressing that - seven months later - we're still seeing a lot of these things going on. Of the fifteen things on that list, a third of them are people being treated awfully by fellow staffers or those they make their games for. It's appalling and we still continue to pull back the curtain and reveal more worrying things about this industry, rather than seeing an end to the problems exposed before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 With the controversy surrounding Playstation trying to shutdown PS3, PSP, and PS Vita Stores, it didn't end there. I came across chatters Here that they are even trying to stop making new games for PlayStation 4 consoles by 2025. They are practically trying to kill of the console in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
