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> Tagline: [Murray and] Hello Games coded a near-infinite universe and survived a harassment ordeal Murray did survive a harassment ordeal and was a victim. He
by zamalek 8y ago
> Tagline: [Murray and] Hello Games coded a near-infinite universe and survived a harassment ordeal
Murray did survive a harassment ordeal and was a victim. Hello Games was held accountable and was not a victim - gamers who were lied to were victims.
This whole fiasco was at the pinnacle of the industry lying to consumers. Hello Games concentrated this practice and exploited it to deceive gamers into pre-ordering. The resulting fallout corrected this and it is absolutely justified that the worst offender bore the brunt of the consequences.
The game is still full AAA price but plays like an indie title. Their promotional content is not in-game and is deceptive. Hello Games hasn't learned anything at all and really doesn't deserve a pity piece such as this one.
- IshKebab 8y agoYeah also "coded a near-infinite universe" is exactly the kind of misleading nonsense that got them into this trouble in the first place.
- watwut 8y ago"was held accountable" here is euphemism for harassment, which is not fine nor "holding accountable" and make them victim. Demanding money back, writing articles about game being bad, suing them, reporting them to authorities (lying in ads can lead to fines) are holding accountable steps. Harassment is not "consequences", it is just another attempt to euphemism it away. A lot of harassment is not from paying people or wronged customers anyway, it is from people who like to do harassment and do it for fun. This excuse making is quite typical for gaming culture, but just leads to more harassment by next confident emotionally unstable assholes.
- zamalek 8y agoYou cannot harass a legal entity. It has no emotions. That is precisely why I drew a clear line between Murray and Hello Games.
- watwut 8y agoYou can harass employees of legal entity which is what happened. Besides, emotions are not necessary for harassment.
- oxide 8y agoDemanding money back is not harrassment, especially after being conned.
- watwut 8y agoThat is what I meant. It is true holding accountable. It is very legitimate action. So is reporting false advertisement etc. Or lobbying for bigger window when you can return game or whatever regulations would make it easier to get money back next time.