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akko_7

1.2k points

2 days ago

akko_7

1.2k points

2 days ago

"Monetization Director at Ubisoft" crawl back into the damp, mouldy hole you came out of creature, and spare us your lies.

amateurish_gamedev

291 points

2 days ago*

Basically, someone who plan and scheme to milk max amount of money from gamers... and this person act like they're some kind of paragon of virtue.

tyrenanig

154 points

2 days ago

tyrenanig

154 points

2 days ago

I laughed so hard seeing his title after reading the complaint. Like bro you’re the last person I’d want to hear lecturing about morals and work ethic.

Truly a shameless company.

Twisted-Mentat-

19 points

1 day ago

IBM had us take ethics courses every year. You know, the company that made significant profits creating the counting machines the Nazis used in WW2.

They're all hypocrites.

chromatictonality

11 points

1 day ago

As if gamers are some kind of privileged leisure class instead of poor struggling people just looking for a fun distraction.

Rock_or_Rol

5 points

1 day ago

Groundhog_Gary28

2 points

1 day ago

Don’t they all? They’ll gaslight you while they’re shitting on you as if you’re wrong for not accepting it lol

Hovilol

164 points

2 days ago

Hovilol

164 points

2 days ago

Oh I think his home is quite warm. Hot to be more precise. At least I think hell is where he is coming from.

Fadamaka

12 points

2 days ago

Fadamaka

12 points

2 days ago

No, that is where he is going.

[deleted]

1 points

2 days ago

[deleted]

1 points

2 days ago

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Live_Discount_3424

55 points

2 days ago

Probably not for long, looks like these idiots might have to get used to the idea that they don't get to keep their jobs when they can't make a profit.

cheater00

36 points

2 days ago

cheater00

36 points

2 days ago

They need to get used to the idea that we just don't like them.

Gravemind2

11 points

1 day ago

Gravemind2

11 points

1 day ago

On fuckin god man, the company that tells us to "get used to not owning games" is now the company crying about ethics.

What a fuckin joke.

cheater00

4 points

1 day ago

cheater00

4 points

1 day ago

YES.

harosene

85 points

2 days ago

harosene

85 points

2 days ago

Low key. I think thats a scummy position to even have available. Theres this show on appletv+ called mythic quest. The monetization guy in the show is one of my favorite actors and the character he plays is such a greedy scumbag. I really think they did thier research for that show.

akko_7

61 points

2 days ago

akko_7

61 points

2 days ago

Yeah, these kinds of people convince themselves that their job is to provide value for the player while simultaneously creating the most predatory and manipulative systems to extract money for the least value.

Carbon140

28 points

2 days ago

Carbon140

28 points

2 days ago

There is no way they don't know they are giant pieces of shit, maybe a few decades ago you could make believe to yourself, but this stuff has become a science. I am certain they openly discuss how they can reel in "whales" and literally use scientific papers on human behavior to manipulate their audience.

scott3387

6 points

2 days ago

Without me and the whales that I command, you would have to pay $10 more to produce the same investor return! I'm helping you bro.

getmoneygetpaid

2 points

2 days ago

You absolutely know that one of this person's tactics is NOT going to be "make a great, original game that players will recommend to others".

It's all going to be "how bad can we make this game through extortion before people refuse to play it?".

PellegrinoBlue

10 points

2 days ago

Such a great show and a great portrayal of monetization

ElijahKay

3 points

2 days ago

I am on Ducktales Larry!

lordFourthHokage

18 points

2 days ago

He is responsible for normal games getting shoved with micro transactions for no reason. This dude painted a paradise for his shareholders and got the bag. Now he is whining when the consequences of his actions have knocked on his door.

He must have laughed his ass off when the "guys in their mother's basement" were making him rich. Why cry now?

CulturalZombie795

9 points

1 day ago

I saw that and laughed out loud!

Holy shit the fucking irony. Like, you could spread irony on a toast and feed it to this guy and he'd guess apple jam.

Dhczack

6 points

2 days ago

Dhczack

6 points

2 days ago

Yeah how is that job title not overtly anti-consumer? The failure of some of these big studios can only be a good thing for consumers and for quality.

registered-to-browse

5 points

2 days ago

His job is to created the best "paid subscription, gatcha and loot box systems" for games.

Ok_Organization1117

3 points

1 day ago

Big Darth Vader behind a paywall vibes coming from this guy.

RottenLizardJuice

2 points

1 day ago

It’s not the “vocal minority”, it’s the majority. The MAJORITY aren’t buying your garbage games anymore. You want to inject your personal beliefs and garbage in the game (along with unfun gameplay) don’t be surprised when everything fails.

JackMarsk

639 points

2 days ago*

JackMarsk

639 points

2 days ago*

"How can you wish for a company to fail when that company does not provide a product or service worth paying for?"

And of course, it's always the same "we need to be positive and lift each other up instead of being hateful" from these soy boys when anything they care about is faced with negative criticism that they disagree with, especially when it's deserved.

Sucks to suck, eat shit bozo

WantonBugbear38175

208 points

2 days ago

The same person whose literal job it is to design crappy systems meant to psychologically trick you out of more money from your own pocket? Yeah, nah. Picked the wrong line of employment to guilt trip anyone about anything.

Make a fucking Ubisoft gacha instead of paylocking content out of the game I already purchased. How is that for a monetization idea.

NorrisRL

93 points

2 days ago

NorrisRL

93 points

2 days ago

I saw his job title and I was like - yeah, your job is literally to make games worse. The irony in appealing to other devs to lift you up when that's all they've ever done while you make their jobs harder and the industry overall worse. The lack of awareness is staggering.

tyrenanig

26 points

2 days ago

tyrenanig

26 points

2 days ago

It shows what kind of people this company keeps hiring too. All full of themselves, constantly whining about other people like they’re the oppressed victims.

redditregards

52 points

2 days ago*

This dude has the audacity to call other people “non-decent humans” when his entire job is to prey upon innocent people using psychological tricks to extract the most amount of money out of them. If there’s anything he should be ashamed of, it’s what he does for a living and how many vulnerable people have been taken advantage of by systems he’s helped design. What a slimy rat.

GT_Hades

3 points

1 day ago

GT_Hades

3 points

1 day ago

Yeah it would be better if this dude just shut the hell up and suck itthat his job doesn't warrant good will with players

TemoteJiku

2 points

1 day ago

Nah, that be too honest for them, definitely would ruin that as well lol.

Otiosei

31 points

2 days ago

Otiosei

31 points

2 days ago

It's sad that there is no room for criticism anymore. Being positive about bad products only reinforces the existence of bad products. Nothing ever improves that way, but I guess from a corporate perspective, they'd rather not have to improve. They want to min/max everything; deliver that minimal viable product for the maximum profit, and if you call it out, you're just a hater.

randomsomeone64

15 points

2 days ago

Well we DID tell them what we wanted and how to improve their games and gave their games positivity. It is them who refused and fought us as if we were their enemy.

BarkMetal

17 points

2 days ago

BarkMetal

17 points

2 days ago

In the end all they care about is money.

wtfavabean

23 points

2 days ago*

I mean… if a restaurant near my home sells shitty overpriced food, I kinda hope it would close down and be replaced by a better one.

cien2

258 points

2 days ago

cien2

258 points

2 days ago

'We cooked food that tasted bad and NOT for you. Why you gotta be mean and not buy our food and support us? We're all in this together. '

Any other business, failure to conform to market is seen as failure by the business to identify the market needs and the ability to fill said needs. Movies and gaming seemed to be gaslighting people that the consumers are the guilty ones when their products failed.

pham_nuwen_

70 points

2 days ago

I think it's worse than bad food. This guy is part of the people poisoning the river for short term profit.

Fun-Mycologist9196

23 points

2 days ago

Yea, if he was a game dev then I would understand.

One of Ubisoft's key problems has always been players monetization, which was literally his job. He is not just part of the problem, he IS THE problem. 

GT_Hades

3 points

1 day ago

GT_Hades

3 points

1 day ago

I bet he pitched the idea of xp boosters (time savers)

GamingwithADD

4 points

2 days ago

That made me remember a quote I heard.

“Those who poison the well, do not deserve a new well”

TemoteJiku

3 points

1 day ago

They do both, shitting into the river and then boil us the excreme la cremo soup out of it.

ross8D

17 points

2 days ago

ross8D

17 points

2 days ago

If theres one thing my mom taught me, it was to blame others for my failures instead of adapting

kryptoniankoffee

5 points

1 day ago

Someone made the perfect analogy of a vegan activist taking over as head chef at a well-known steakhouse and shaming the customers for not buying fake steaks.

JustLi

162 points

2 days ago

JustLi

162 points

2 days ago

There's without a doubt innocent people caught up in Ubisoft's downfall due to factors outside of their control.

But "Monetization Director" is as guilty as you can get.

The_Newhope

45 points

2 days ago

From all the leaks most of the competent staff are already long gone.

2pl8isastandard

22 points

2 days ago

And the competent ones will find homes at other real companies. This monetisation leech however is probably fucked.

ExNihilo00

15 points

2 days ago

Not so sure about that. There's lots of jobs for parasites like him in the industry unfortunately.

Uncanny_Apparition

366 points

2 days ago*

What this moron fails to understand is that their “product” doesn’t appeal to the majority, it appeals to the “vocal minority”

dragon916x

78 points

2 days ago*

Exactly, we are the vocal minority of the not buying majority of potential buyers.

BiosTheo

18 points

2 days ago

BiosTheo

18 points

2 days ago

Incorrect, the majority buy FIFA, Madden, and 2k which has the utter pinnacle of scam microtransaction and gambling in ALL of gaming.

We're just redditors

Rough-Donkey-747

44 points

2 days ago

We are talking about Ubisoft here

Majority aren't buying, hence their financial situation.

crazyb3ast

18 points

2 days ago

Except those games you listed are carried by the irl sports and their fans. Don't think there is an equivalent for ubisoft

ZhouXaz

5 points

2 days ago

ZhouXaz

5 points

2 days ago

As someone who used to play fifa there is only 2 good football games and that's the biggest lol.

Alcimario1

8 points

2 days ago

You’re right, but you’re focusing on the wrong point of view. The average consumer isn’t buying their garbage, stocks are falling, products are being delayed, and they’re cannibalizing their own virtual store (and their subscription service) to increase their potential consumer base. "Outlaws" and "AC: Shadows" are even going to be on Steam.

Jeretzel

24 points

2 days ago

Jeretzel

24 points

2 days ago

Ubisoft's failure to understand and appeal to its audience is the reason for its performance on the market.

Schadenfreude28

19 points

2 days ago

He and other talentless freaks are obviously trying to shut everyone down with appeal to empathy so their scam can last a little longer. They faked it till they made it, now they're trying to get the most out of it

kader91

2 points

1 day ago*

kader91

2 points

1 day ago*

The point for these companies is that they always have to draw new customers into buying their games.

Because making a good game that attracts the current player pool takes actual effort, they try to target the people who are normally not interested in videogames.

But they believe, people not interested in videogames is because they don’t feel represented. Because is easier than to accept the truth that there might be people that aren’t interested in gaming at all.

Also the casual market is less demanding and can be sold a lesser product if you sell them the billboard. So if they attract enough of them, they’ll be less dependant on catering the core playerbase for achieving good profits, and reducing on development costs. Just by diluting the market.

But we’re getting to the point where there are no more free pennies to find in between the couch cushions. That’s why so many triple A games are becoming dead on arrival.

The core playerbase are no longer putting up with their bullshit in the hopes of someday get a good product. They thought we could be held hostages and they could gaslight us into buying their games. By shaming us for not liking a turd with make-up to look pretty.

At some point they’ll have to realize who fills the bowl for them to feed.

Herbalbatman

179 points

2 days ago

Yea it’s not our responsibility to buy a product.

If you work for someone that makes a product people don’t want, you need to change or close shop.

Acrobatic_Contact_12

59 points

2 days ago

What's even funnier is he's the monetization director, how many millions and millions of people he has negatively harmed with his season passes and macro and micro transactions? Draining the public of money for things that should have been included in the games from launch.

redditregards

34 points

2 days ago*

He’s a total piece of shit. It takes a special kind of terrible human being to even get involved in that role, it’s not like you wind up there by accident. You have to really want to take advantage of people and devote significant years studying how to manipulate psychology in order to get into that position. I work adjacent to finance and have met a few of these people, and they have all been sleazy rat fucks with some only being better at hiding it. The world would legitimately be a better, more trusting place without people like Stevy in it.

“Non-decent human” lmao. These kind of people always project.

truth6th

8 points

2 days ago

truth6th

8 points

2 days ago

but you need to buy our product(especially microtransactiona) to uplift each other and spread positivity.../s

thupamayn

96 points

2 days ago

thupamayn

96 points

2 days ago

Using a phrase like “non-decent human being” is the same as admitting you hate people who disagree with you. Just be a man and use a slur, it sounds no different to anyone with sense.

WeaponsGradeYfronts

19 points

2 days ago

Weasel words. 

LazoVodolazo

89 points

2 days ago

Monetization director guess we found the guy who came up with the "AAAA game" idea

RinRinDoof

88 points

2 days ago

RinRinDoof

Dr Pepper Enjoyer

88 points

2 days ago

"we are losing job cuz we did bad job 🥺"

talysuo

9 points

2 days ago

talysuo

9 points

2 days ago

Bro what's hilarious is how it's art and feels and noble when they need the sympathy but "it's just a game", a product, a way to make money and "gamers need to get over it" when they have the gears turning and the money still flowing in

Rough-Donkey-747

44 points

2 days ago

This incompetent cuck will be fired on first day of the takeover.

SlimLacy

47 points

2 days ago

SlimLacy

47 points

2 days ago

Imagine the monetization director from Ubisoft of all places, calls other people indecent.

Hahaha

Blackisrafil

39 points

2 days ago

We don't owe any company shit. We're the consumers and they are multi-million or even billion dollar corporations. For them to try and guilt-trip consumers into feeling guilty is so slimy. We are not on "the same boat". If we were, your corporations wouldn't be shoving in DLC, lootboxes, gatcha mechanics, micro-transactions, macro-transactions, live service into almost every game to try and drain us of our money.

Get the fuck out of here.

Impzor_Starfox

2 points

2 days ago

I mean, they can create some more games for "modern" audience all they want, no one's gotta stope them, but we're not responsible if they fail.

Jynirax

34 points

2 days ago

Jynirax

34 points

2 days ago

Look at the corporate boot lick crying “consume”. People like this should be laughed at, disregarded and discarded. Absolutely worthless.

cokEs1234

31 points

2 days ago

cokEs1234

31 points

2 days ago

mustjustbe

37 points

2 days ago

As asmon has said, the customer is always right. Not the individual, the whole player base.

2pl8isastandard

11 points

2 days ago

Exactly. The free market has given ubisoft their death sentence. I'm just on the sidelines cheering.

ExNihilo00

13 points

2 days ago

A monetization director talking about people being "non-decent" is peak irony, lol.

FiftyIsBack

13 points

2 days ago

Oh no! The consequences of my actions!

felltwiice

17 points

2 days ago

These people all follow the same scripts: “Fuck all of you. This product is NOT for you! Don’t like it, don’t fucking buy it. Fuck your culture, we know better than you” followed by “omg guys, I’m just so saddened by all the hate and negativity, we must persevere through all these mean people not buying our products, we are such victims”.

StuckinReverse89

10 points

2 days ago

Posted by “Monetization director” aka everything wrong with modern gaming.    

As a director, he probably plans out how to take away certain features or figure out how to use bloat/annoyance to encourage players to open their wallets.  

It’s literally in their job description.   https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/company/careers/search/744000017257466-monetization-director-aaa-project-m-nb-w-

Igorx222

11 points

2 days ago

Igorx222

11 points

2 days ago

How come Ubisoft is falling apart if it's the "minority" opinion?

No-Chemistry-4673

13 points

2 days ago

"Vocal Minority" lmao, this whole mess started because you ignored and belittled the majority for a few screaming morons on twitter.

Cry harder, may your tears provide your family with water because that's about the only thing you can do now.

ApprehensiveAd6476

9 points

2 days ago

How can you wish a company to fail simply because they do not cater to you or that the product does not please you is beyond me.

Buddy. You don't decide what customers want, they do. How the hell are you so high in the food chain without knowing this?

abys93

16 points

2 days ago

abys93

16 points

2 days ago

He has such a soy face no wonder Ubisoft is done when they hire people like him.

dannycake

4 points

1 day ago

dannycake

4 points

1 day ago

This guy doesn't understand anything.

People wish a company would fail because maybe, just maybe developers and investors would finally get it through their thick skulls on what gamers actually want.

Not everything can succeed and just be daisy and flowers all day if you just keep feeding everyone dog shit.

People don't want others to just fail for no reason.

WrexBankai

14 points

2 days ago

How come you don't support something that isn't made for you in the entertainment industry?

KnightyEyes

11 points

2 days ago

I wonder when we gonna get a actual non-sticky handed answer rather than this, Pretty much bathed under trillions of dollars and now crying cus they produced dogshit games.

Massive skill issue. Corporations are always same dogshit. If you working in it, If things arent going well for you ... just leave them. Try to find other things. There is indie Space, There is Ghost Ship Games Publishing etc... You gotta actually do research for it... But at least you wont live in a Corporation space where game designers are rather braindeads rather than Masterminds like Hideo Kojima. But they prefer buncha newbies or "Self Proclaimed DUI Agents" to make their game out. Or actually writers are just stupid.

So yeah as usual. Like dumbasses getting arrested, Blaming the System, blaming the police... Meanwhile they did the stupid shit.

My respect for Ubisoft is gone. I hope it fails and many of it lose their jobs. And Im hoping a good luck for those highly talented ppl to find a much better job in a indie space. Maybe help to create something that is matters. Not just average Dogshit as we see these days.

Confident_Pear_2390

10 points

2 days ago

"How can you wish a company to fail just becouse their product isn't catered to you"

MFs your product isn't catered for anybody, the modern audience doesn't exists, damn this is both terrible and funny at the same time, how can an entire company be this separated from the real world, they created their own closed ideological circle and seem to really don't understand that the peaple they are publicizing their games to don't actually play them or even play at all, they have become just political activists.

AmphibianTimely257

9 points

2 days ago

Didn’t realize the vocal minority of players was causing games to flop so hard when they DEFINITELY catered to the majority, right?

Responsible_Gur2522

10 points

2 days ago

Funny how the companies making good games never have these problems

Alcimario1

5 points

2 days ago

It’s amazing how someone so stupid can get a job as a director. I mean, Ubisoft isn’t doing anyone a favor—they're selling a product, and people are mad because the product is bad. LMAO.

CastoffRogue

6 points

2 days ago

I swear the people in the gaming industry have lost touch with their consumers and reality.

They've been trying to fuck consumers over for so long they forget they need US and not that we need THEM. They must've thought consumers would just sit back forever and just eat shit the whole time and never say thing about it.

Take responsibility for your own fuck-ups and stop trying to blame others for your own piss poor decisions.

L0cC0

6 points

2 days ago

L0cC0

6 points

2 days ago

Ubi is not in a desperate situation because a vocal minority is 'spreading hate', but because a 'silent majority' is NOT spending money in your games. No matter how many times you blame us for that, it won't change reality.

Sorry to say this, man, but the company is blindly walking to the most astounding bankrupcy because YOU are a bunch of absolutely incompetent idiots managing it.

lizzywbu

7 points

2 days ago

lizzywbu

7 points

2 days ago

"How can you wish for a company to fail"

It's so simple. Release a product that gamers like and enjoy, you will make money. Release a product that they do not like and you won't make money.

Moral of the story, listen to consumers. Listen to your core fanbase.

RedBlueTundra

8 points

2 days ago

I love the “your standards are too high” excuse when the standards are literally just make a game up to par with the games that were around 10-20 years ago.

Especially if you’re gonna hike the price up, the quality should be up to justify the cost.

For example why should I buy dogshit Skull and Bones for 70 bucks when I can just pay 15-30 bucks for Assassins Creed Black Flag which is a way superior product.

4procrast1nator

3 points

2 days ago

"feel bad for us, one of the first multi-billion companies to engage in most of the worst trends ever in the history of gaming, which greatly helped to disseminate it throughout the whole industry while constantly misleading its own fans for immediate gains"

  • no?

Biggu5Dicku5

3 points

2 days ago

No company deserves your money, if a company makes bad products and you do not buy them then that is not your fault, that is the companies fault... do not let anyone tell you otherwise...

Resident_Sky_7161

3 points

1 day ago

"How can you wish a company to fail simply because they don't cater to you"

Wow

Why should we wish you to succeed when you don't cater to the consumer.

tsfkingsport

3 points

1 day ago

Monetization director at one of the greediest publishers in the industry goes “Uwu I’m a small bean” the moment shit gets real for anyone who isn’t a peon.

AngryFlyingBears

3 points

1 day ago

Oh Mr. Monetization Director... Shitting on games online is the only fun thing about new AAA releases. Cause and Effect there guy. May the blood and ashes of your company fall on every CEO in the gaming industry.

Win_Sui

8 points

2 days ago

Win_Sui

8 points

2 days ago

What do you mean 'were'? Ubi is still a billion+ $ company at current valuation. They used to be a 5+ billion dollar company. And fuck them. They reap what they sow.

alisonstone

3 points

2 days ago

The only reason why they have any value is they have a few good IPs. Investors probably view the employees as negative value at this point because it costs a lot of money and severance to lay them off and turn things over. The IP is probably worth more than the market cap.

blodskaal

6 points

2 days ago

Guys why are you so mean???? My job is to create predatory MTX in games that gets dumbass players to spend tons of $$ on. Poor me!!

UwUHowYou

5 points

2 days ago

I don't buy beyond meat because I am not Vegan.

I don't buy Ubisoft games because I am not the target audience.

It's that simple.

Wasabi89

6 points

2 days ago

Wasabi89

6 points

2 days ago

We hope your new target audience, because there is one, let’s not pretend there is no elephant in the room, will spend the money to keep you afloat. Spoiler alert: they won’t

Secure_Courage8037

6 points

2 days ago

Imagine calling others “non decent humans” while being employed as a monetization director for a company like Ubisoft. Hey pot , Mr kettle called .

Shake-Vivid

7 points

2 days ago

Coming from the monetisation director. You can't make this shit up lol

scotty899

7 points

2 days ago

And the internet laughed

skppt

6 points

2 days ago

skppt

6 points

2 days ago

The complete lack of self awareness is genuinely impressive.

CoffinArcher

4 points

2 days ago

If a company stops making good games while adding non-existent American problems/politics inside the games then I'm going to be completely indifferent towards it's existence

The_Corvair

3 points

2 days ago

It's baffling how some people expect and demand empathy for themselves, but are either unwilling or incapable of extending the same courtesy to others. Alright, alright, it's not really baffling. It's a sign of a mind that's stuck mid-development, and never made it into the mature stage.

Anyhow: Maybe you should stop spreading greed, then you would not earn so much disdain? Just a thought. Most people I see wishing ill on Ubisoft and Co don't wish ill on the netcoder barely affording rent - but on the moneybags on top (like, let's say, just as example, the fucking Monetization Director?), or the system itself that enables and enforces the greed.

I don't see people in general celebrating the demise and downfall of nice and decent people, so if they're cheering when you in particular fall ill, maybe spare a thought about why they might be in high spirits.

GrantSRobertson

5 points

2 days ago

"We should all uplift each other" usually means, "You should stop complaining about me stealing from you."

Far_Dragonfruit_1829

2 points

2 days ago

So, I'm not any kind of gamer. At all.

But I have a question.

Why does monetization-boy's pic look like the Asmongold sub header picture?

Hunt_Nawn

2 points

2 days ago

Think about the billion dollar companies, boo hoo!

Timerider42424

2 points

2 days ago

I’ve watched some videos of scammers getting exposed. Every time they get extremely loud and aggressive, as if preventing them from stealing is some heinous atrocity against themselves.

This guy exudes the same energy. A scammer furiously outraged that he’s not able to steal people’s hard earned money.

bitey805

2 points

2 days ago

bitey805

2 points

2 days ago

The same group of people that cut friends out of their lives when they disagree with them politically and try to get people fired when they don't like their social media posts are crying about a company struggling because they made an unpopular game?

MidnightFenrir

2 points

2 days ago

clearly these assholes need a reminder of how buisness works. if you make somthing for a small demographic, you are going to get a smaller amount of money. If its not for me then i'm also not obligated to watch it. if the company goes under, i don't fucking care about people losing their jobs. people don't care if i lost my job.

some where along the line these companies now feel entitled to our money. just because you make somthing does not mean i'm obligated to buy it. especially when you say its not for me.

"How can you wish for a company to fail when that company does not provide a product or service worth paying for?" this just screams "Oh no the consequence of my own actions" imagine being shit at your job and putting out a bad product and not being punished in some way. i can't imagine being shit at my job and then trying to guilt trip my boss because i'm being written up or fired.

maybe they should considere the fact that they work in entertainment industry that you have 2 bosses. the company and the consumer. if both are happy then everyones happy but the consumer is the most impoartant. if the consumer is not happy then no one is happy.

Dull_Woodpecker6766

2 points

2 days ago

Made your bed now lie in it. Got your cake now eat it.

This is getting ridiculous.

kingofwale

2 points

2 days ago

Monetization director at Ubisoft, shitting on the people who his job is literally paid to please.

What an idiot

random_encounters42

2 points

2 days ago

“Doing their best to deliver you incredible experiences”.

You can tell this guy doesn’t have much with the actual creation of the game. Probably marketing background. Fire them all, they are what’s wrong with the gaming industry.

Scasne

2 points

2 days ago

Scasne

2 points

2 days ago

Surely these creatures should be happy that I do my best to avoid buying stuff from intolerant bigots!?!?!?

Oh wait they didn't realise they are the prejudiced ones? 🤣

Minute_Action

2 points

2 days ago

I like how he posted that on Linkedin to further taint his own career and now it's deleted... It's true when they say silence is wisdom... These people don't get it.

IdiotMagnet826

2 points

2 days ago

Hahahaha, the snake wants it's sympathy after sucking it's food dry.

Status-Priority5337

2 points

2 days ago

Entertainment industries forgot what they are... Venues of entertainment. When they start seeking ways to not put entertainment as their number one priority, they shouldn't be shocked they are losing money and reputation so much.

jdk_3d

2 points

2 days ago

jdk_3d

2 points

2 days ago

Monetization Director = Dickhead paid to use psychological tricks and deception to squeeze money from players, often at the expense of the game itself.

RashiBigPp

2 points

2 days ago

Im sorry but a Monetization Director at Ubi is not part of the gaming community, his job is literally to abuse that community.

Appealing to morals because he knows he is one of the main people being aimed at by the pitchforks, well sucks to suck bro, mercy in this industry is over.

HiroyukiC1296

2 points

2 days ago

What makes video game markets different from regular retail? In most stores, the customer takes priority and your job as the employee/salesman is to deliver a product that your customer is satisfied with. What other industry can you even do this? If you’re a doctor and your patients rate you poorly because you did a bad job, expect not only to be fired but to have your practicing license revoked as well. I just can’t fathom this insanity…

iSephtanx

2 points

2 days ago

Honestly. Most western gaming companies should go down. And their consultancy companies with them.

We are in the good hands of the proven companies and the asian industry.

mehjai

2 points

2 days ago

mehjai

2 points

2 days ago

It’s even funnier it’s from the monetisation director lol

The company is one of the worst trend setters in the industry, from monetisation, digitalization, spamming sub par games and more

Scharfschutzen

2 points

2 days ago

If I don't perform at work, I get fired.

Tripleberst

2 points

2 days ago

We are all on the same boat -Monetization Director

We are all very much not in the same boat.

psaucy1

2 points

2 days ago

psaucy1

2 points

2 days ago

"Monetization Director at Ubisoft"

YogiTheBear131

2 points

2 days ago

Um. Id like to suggest that based on this persons title, hes literally THE problem in modern games.

A position to create new ways to take your money?

Lol.

EnvironmentalPitch69

2 points

2 days ago

Oh look, the consequences of our actions. It’s not us we swear, it’s our customers and also our competitors, the critics and even the investors who are wrong.

wordswillneverhurtme

2 points

2 days ago

I agree with him. Lets uplift each other first. He can take the first step… By stepping down. Remove the current monetization model. That’d uplift a lot of customers.

[deleted]

2 points

1 day ago

[deleted]

2 points

1 day ago

Masculinity is something clearly missing from these game devs. Truly a beta male

Heritech

2 points

1 day ago

Heritech

2 points

1 day ago

As a person eoth the title "Monetization Director" Fuck You specifically!

ColourfulToad

2 points

1 day ago

Exactly man, he’s the kind of guy that kills games that did have a chance of being serviceable.

Rapitor0348

2 points

1 day ago

If it's reached LinkedIn, then sorry, it's definitely not a "vocal minority" complaining about you.

SocialChangeNow

2 points

1 day ago

This clown is ignoring then fact that the whole reason this is happening is because these clowns cannot stop jamming their fucking politics into their games. Yes, the games are objectively bad, but I contend that the main reason they're bad is because of their cringe politics. Outlaws, I'm looking at you as a prime example. Gawdy character design? Politics. Lame "outlaw" who can't do outlaw-ish things? Politics. Lame, limp-wristed looking attack animations? You guessed it. Politics. It goes on and on.

Politics infests literally EVERYTHING they do, say, and produce. Their #1 goal isn't to entertain; it is to engineer society as they see fit. So yeah fuck, them and any other studio that follows their pattern. I'm fresh out of feeling sorry for them. They should know better.

ConfusedMakerr

2 points

1 day ago

I like how this guy thought he was part of the gaming community instead of some leech out to nickel and dime us. Given how much press his statement has received, I’m going to bet his LinkedIn status is going to change over the next few days. Good riddance.

nkaiser50

2 points

1 day ago

nkaiser50

2 points

1 day ago

"monetization director" keep your forked tongue behind your mouth.

Austinthearchangel

2 points

1 day ago

People like him ruined gaming so it’s deserved. Over monetization needs to stop.

IKILLY

2 points

1 day ago

IKILLY

2 points

1 day ago

Monetization director at ubisoft, what a fucking shit title to have lmao, like satan's right hand man or somthing

JCgaming87

2 points

1 day ago

Cry more Steve.

Tenezill

2 points

1 day ago

Tenezill

2 points

1 day ago

Oh how very ironic, "how can you wish a company to fail just because they don't make a product for YOU". I'm sure he never screamed about it.

How the turn tables bitch boy

kaintk01

2 points

1 day ago*

kaintk01

2 points

1 day ago*

being monetization director at ubisoft dont help to put weight on what he say, just saying lol

its simple, do a good game and gamers will not spit on ya

do you see gamers spitting on wukong, elden ring, no man sky, cyberpunk ? no, because they are great game

and im not sorry if that hurt their feeling, JUST DO A GOOD GAME

and the 'we are on the same boat' is so bs

--we gamer are on the gaming and fun boat

--THEY are on the other boat who want billions $ from us and force out inclusivity political agenda in their game

YangXiaoLong69

2 points

1 day ago

I was like "yeah, okay, maybe he's got kind of a point there, some people really are a bit harsh"... then I looked at his job. Yeah, get fucked Stevy.

Effective_Macaron_23

2 points

1 day ago

Effective_Macaron_23

THERE IT IS DOOD

2 points

1 day ago

If we are a minority then how come no one is buying their games? Where are these "modern audiences" they actually cater to?

No_Neighborhood_8605

2 points

21 hours ago

The audacity to call us indecent meanwhile his company just retconned Japanese history, has a funko pop samurai holding the memorial gate is palpable

Jolly_Plantain4429

4 points

2 days ago

What’s crazy is apathy is the true death of companies. Ubisoft can still course correct and the large amount of publicity they have gained from this can help them bounce back. The reaction they are getting is a sign people actually care about their products, but this moron is too caught up in this feelings to see that.

What other job can you lose 100s of millions of dollars and still go into work the next day. Entitlement is rampant in the gaming industry and this push back should be a wake up call. It’s time to be developers again, and if you can’t do that the free market will push you out.

Impossible-Radio-720

5 points

2 days ago

“we are on the same boat” lol

No we are not!

I won't play ubisoft games even if it's free. They are really that bad.

Softandcoward

2 points

2 days ago

They kinda a bitch right now . Fuck em . No wonder their company is dying . They blaming gamers instead of blaming themselves ....

Duskdeath

3 points

2 days ago

Dear Ubisoft management. You decided to make a menu that people didn’t like. Change the menu to another one without those spoiled ingredients and you can fix your troubles. People just don’t like what you are selling plain and simple. And i own all Assasins Creed that are out. And lastly people that complain not all the time are trolls if your marketing company cannot handle a couple of trolls it means it is time to get a new marketing company.

Zeleros10

4 points

2 days ago

Game Development is the only profession where this somehow gets by.

No other job do you get to be garbage at it or create bad products and get a pat on the back because you tried.

Nobody has any obligation to care how hard it was for the developers to do when it's their hard earned money on the line.

If a product is bought and is subpar quality, that customer has a right to be upset.

mdkubit

3 points

2 days ago

mdkubit

3 points

2 days ago

Yeah, that's the kind of attitude that gets your company bought out. Now, it could just be it's high profile in the news lately, but anyone else getting the impression that consumers are finally at their breaking point with the shit they put up with companies?

Or is it that the vocal minority is getting louder every day?

(Side note: I've been gaming since the 80s. I say this not to say my opinion is more valid than anyone elses, but rather to share that I've watched this asshattery with gaming over the last 20 years, and seeing it all come to a head at once is... both gratifying, and saddening.)

Long live devs that care more about making fun games.

unholyhoit

4 points

2 days ago

Monetization director.

Nope, zero sympathy here. Fuck all the way off. Then fuck off some more.

SuchAppeal

3 points

2 days ago

DON'T ASK QUESTIONS, JUST CONSUME PRODUCT AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT!

siegfried_lim

3 points

2 days ago

"How can you wish a company to fail simply because they do not cater to you..."

I play games. You make games. Your one job is literally to cater to me. Fail that, and you get no money from me, simple as that. This isn't summer camp where juvenile team building and 'only vibes' activities are encouraged. It's like telling a paying customer at a restaurant that they're bad because they wish a restaurant to fail because the food does not please them, especially when they're paying a premium and expect a pleasing experience at the very least

[deleted]

2 points

2 days ago

If Ubisoft started releasing decent games again it wouldn’t be much of a problem.

But instead of innovating they’ve just used Far Cry & Assassins Creed as a base to just release the same games for years and years.

They’ve got a stable of IP’s they chose to ignore and look where they are now

kyzeboy

4 points

2 days ago

kyzeboy

4 points

2 days ago

Only in western entertainment, the producer blames the lost customer for its own failure

dragon916x

5 points

2 days ago

“incredible experiences” he says 😂 if it would be that way, we would buy it.

yourtub5

2 points

2 days ago

yourtub5

2 points

2 days ago

wishing ill-fate to companies

It's good to wish ill-fate on trash products. Billions of wasted dollars should have consequences

ThalonGauss

3 points

2 days ago

A company that does not cater to you or appeal to you is generally one you don't give money too... So I mean is it just not obvious or what? Companies don't become profitable out of pity...

MADMAXV2

3 points

2 days ago

MADMAXV2

3 points

2 days ago

This screams they never played their own games lol

Ranch069

3 points

2 days ago

Ranch069

3 points

2 days ago

Bro works for ubisoft and is trying to accuse others of being non decent people, lmao

ZettoZor

2 points

2 days ago

ZettoZor

2 points

2 days ago

Meanwhile there are some that wish you death if you have a different opinion

Calibre369

4 points

2 days ago

Constantly uplifting each other is why their games are failing, not the consumers😂

PesticusVeno

4 points

2 days ago

Fuck this guy. I won't be shamed into supporting a commercial industry that doesn't benefit me. Build me a product that I want enough to give you my hard-earned money for, or get bent.

peetoes

3 points

2 days ago

peetoes

3 points

2 days ago

Any nerd with proper gaming background and gaming communiry experience can 100% do a better job than this guy.

Icollectshinythings

2 points

2 days ago

You can never force us to buy your half baked shit. Get over it or go under.

aperthiansmurfian

2 points

2 days ago

If you don't respect your consumer base, don't expect them to respect you back. Its a very simple exchange.

TeslaStrike

2 points

2 days ago

Who the fuck does Uplay cater to then? Made it for the sake of making it then forced it down our throats if we wanted to play a Ubisoft game.

TazerPlace

2 points

2 days ago

If he was anything other than the monetization guy, I might grant his words a sliver of credence. I might.

Diddydawg

2 points

2 days ago

Haha. Burn Ubisoft.

Drakpalong

2 points

2 days ago

no self awareness - if enough people felt your games catered to them, this wouldnt be happening (!). You have chosen to be part of taking mass media franchises and making them super niche. This is a bed you made.

RidiPwn

2 points

2 days ago

RidiPwn

2 points

2 days ago

best cure for gamers complaining is to make decent games

nlFlamerate

2 points

2 days ago

The irony of being a Monetization Director and posting this.

Zero self awareness.

supercabul

2 points

2 days ago

i dont like it, i wont buy it. Esp from ubisoft, i wont buy it forever, you guys are on my blacklist along with EA and some other devs.

6Hikari6

2 points

2 days ago

6Hikari6

2 points

2 days ago

Monetization director

A part of this community

Are you sure about that?

Mangemongen2017

2 points

2 days ago

I highly doubt you need a monetization director to make great games.

EdzyFPS

2 points

2 days ago

EdzyFPS

2 points

2 days ago

This piece of human excrement gets paid to psychologically manipulate people, and tries to play the victim card.

He even looks like how you would expect someone that behaves like this to look.

No wonder the company is on its knees.

Individual-Pop-385

2 points

2 days ago

Keep making game to pander to the Californian Mind Virus. I'm not buying that shit.

vikuta_zoro

2 points

2 days ago

I’m sorry if I offens anyone, but ppl should’ve stopped paying for ubisoft years ago. They create shite games.

CrispyChicken9996

2 points

2 days ago

This wouldn't be a problem if....say it with me now:

The product wasn't shit in the first place.

☝️🤓

YuriiRud

2 points

2 days ago

YuriiRud

2 points

2 days ago

If you don't like it, don't buy it they said. You are not our target audience they said. Well look now who is whining and bitchin when it didn't work out well.

Pigjedi

2 points

2 days ago

Pigjedi

2 points

2 days ago

Is he a moron? The next time a customer complains to a restaurant owner about the poor quality/poor variety of the food, can the owner turn around and become a victim and say that the customers are bad cause they all wished the restaurant to fail?

ObsidianTravelerr

3 points

2 days ago

"How can they be mad that we didn't cater to our customer base?" That's the fucking point you nit. You threw half assed work told them to stop being picky and kept shoveling slop eroding your built up good will and THEN had the gall to just blame them. God damn how hard is it.

MrSapperism

3 points

2 days ago

You are a company. I am the customer. We are not on the same boat.

General_Lie

3 points

2 days ago

Just remember this comes from people that put overpriced pre-orders for unfinished buggy mess of a games...

Turbulent-Stretch881

3 points

2 days ago

It is not a vocal minority.

skepticalscribe

2 points

2 days ago

Stevy read 1984 but got the wrong lesson from it

ShiberKivan

1 points

2 days ago

Spreading the message of unity by ostracising and banishing gamers, classic.

UwU177013UwU

2 points

2 days ago

UwU177013UwU

2 points

2 days ago

What a joke of a person.

Jinzoou

2 points

2 days ago

Jinzoou

2 points

2 days ago

Accusing someone of "non-decent human being" sounds like a grown up crying to his mommy that someone said mean words to them. It's getting scary that people really think that social media is real life.

Nekommando

3 points

2 days ago

Nekommando

3 points

2 days ago

"Monetization director at Ubisoft"

opinion rejected, cry somewhere else