• amio@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Hard to forget how soulless Ubi is, but this is still really sweet.

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      1 year ago

      Ubi execs are soulless. The devs and artists (who are the ones to do something like this) aren’t

      • amio@kbin.social
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        Doubt a place like Ubi has a lot of room for that sort of autonomy - maybe under the table (at which point it wouldn’t be much use for PR) but otherwise I’m fairly sure some manager would want to know how this is profitable.

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          No manager will ever find out who added an additional cat texture to the game. It’s not like they vet every single pull request for profitability.

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          I dont think the execs stand there and watch over their shoulders during crunch time. They probably aren’t ever in the office, I imagine. Maybe itsz not so hard to make a kitty cat, especially if they’re needing a kitty for something anyway

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      1 year ago

      Executives are soulless. Middle managers are soulless, producers are soulless. Developers typically are not, they are simply controlled by the soulless.

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      1 year ago

      I guessing there’s a gaming company called Ubi, and you don’t mean universal basic income.

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        Definitely not.

        Easy texture replacement for internet brownie points.

        Don’t be so gullible.

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          Well then what should they do instead, enlighten us? This has nothing to do with being gullible, it being a free marketing gimmick is in no way opposed to it being wholesome and a nice thing for the cats owner.