Good news prior to holiday sales. Makes it easier to avoid the entire publisher
Rockstar Just Fired Over 30 Employees From UK and Canada in an Attempt of Union-Busting
Submitted 1 year ago by Damarus@feddit.org to games@lemmy.world
https://bsky.app/profile/gameworkers.co.uk/post/3m4jbekuhrc2m
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kaiyo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shirasho@lemmings.world 1 year ago
I’ve been avoiding them for years. They are incredibly hostile to their players.
hash@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
More reasons I’ll be pirating GTA6
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 year ago
The most effective boycott is to not play it and not talk about it.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 year ago
It’s not like the official multiplayer servers are any good anyways.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or functional on Linux… Which makes me wonder… Is there a way to play GTA online on Linux through unofficial means?
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 year ago
hell yea !
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 year ago
lol, this is exactly what creates unions
julysfire@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The same notoriously shitty company, Rockstar? Color me surprised. Don’t support them with anything.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can I still pirate and share all their games? Lol
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Of all segments of the software industry, games seem to be the most exploitative. So sad, for what should be fun. Business execs taking advantage of those who cannot resist working on their passion. Unions need to get in that industry so very badly.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Turnover is so fucking high in that industry, anyone working in there now would have their CVs ready in case they’re marked for retrenchment or layoff. Given the suits constant desire for pure profit, anyone wishing to apply for the big leagues should be thinking twice about this.
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Right. This isn’t new in that industry.
blomvik@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Never played RDR 2 because of their abuse of workers, and wasn’t planning on playing GTA. Please support smaller teams instead.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 year ago
The same company that declared a war against singleplayer and modding community because they wanted to make more money from online inapp sales? How shocking.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I could understand if it was the US, but doesn’t the UK and/or Canada have anti-union-busting laws?
mohab@piefed.social 1 year ago
Right, and for there next trick they’re gonna break the all-time sales record with GTA6 because no one gives a fuck and evil is just OK now.
theparadox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s extremely profitable. If you have a problem with that, I’ll fucking ruin your life. If you look like you might be able to make ruining your life difficult and it’ll cost me a lot to ruin your life, I’ll just save myself the trouble and spend it to give you enough to make you forget what you were upset about. It’s a cost benefit analysis, really. Yay capitalism!
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s 2025, $ > humanity.
UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The more people they fire, the more fragile they make themselves. They can replace devs, sure but they are losing tribal knowledge they will never get back. There comes a point where it starts to show in the end product.