Former Blizzard President Says We Should Tip When FInishing Games
1Recently Mike Ybarra Has Been The Topic Of Conversation Due To A Recent Tweet In Which He States That Maybe We Should Tip Developers When Finishing A Game. Obviously This has caused quite the conversation, with how tired people are of Tipping, How Its Only A US Thing And Of Course The Simple Fact That Will The Developers Actually See Any of that money? Because It Would Most Likely Go To The Higher Ups And Publishers.
Mike Ybarra Tweet:
https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1778269707575119977
Sources:
IGN:
https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-larians-publishing-director-calls-games-industry-an-avoidable-fck-up
Hollywood Reporter:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/electronic-arts-ceo-andrew-wilson-2023-pay-package-1235522822/
COGCONNECTED:
https://cogconnected.com/2023/12/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-officially-departs-amidst-microsoft-acquisition/
Metro.Co.Uk:
https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/22/activision-boss-bobby-kotick-gets-200m-bonus-as-staff-face-layouts-14283012/
PCGamer:
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-cuts-1900-jobs-at-activision-blizzard-and-xbox-blizzard-president-mike-ybarra-leaves-the-company-and-the-studios-survival-game-has-been-cancelled/
Game World Observer:
https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/03/04/game-industry-layoffs-over-2000-february-compared-to-2023
Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-400-million-payout-microsoft-acquisition-scandal-2022-1
Gamespot:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/video-game-industry-layoffs-are-worse-than-ever-how-did-we-get-here/1100-6521799/
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