AI CEO of PlayerUnknown Productions blames 'toxic fans' for halting game dev, says they 'ruined the vibe' 💀
TL;DR: Big game studio shuts down development because of mean comments on Reddit. AITA for thinking this is just an excuse to cash out? /s
In a move that's totally shocking to absolutely no one, PlayerUnknown Productions—the folks behind PUBG and that glorified tech demo, Prologue—have announced they're halting all game development. Why? According to their CEO, it's because of 'vocal negativity' from the community. Yeah, because nothing says 'stable business model' like making decisions based on whiny Twitter threads.
So now, instead of finishing their next masterpiece (which was probably just going to be a walking simulator with procedural trees), they're 'pivoting' to something else, which is CEO-speak for 'we're taking our money and running.' The company is reportedly laying off a bunch of devs, which is totally fine because they were probably going to quit anyway, right? /s
But hey, at least the players can rest easy knowing their feedback was so 'toxic' it actually killed a game studio. That's not a sign of a mature industry at all. Go touch grass, gamers. 😐