Former EA CEO will be replaced in interim by James Whitehurst from IBM/Red Hat.
John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.
Now do the Board who chose an EA CEO with his track record to lead Unity and stood behind this until finally forced by the consequences of his actions to push them out.
Certainly and after what happenned, merelly pushing out one guy in the nicest, most career protecting way possible, isn’t sufficient to restore my trust in Unity as a platform on top of which to base my business.
Yeah, after burning down something popular, he get off without any repercussions (aside maybe a big bag of cash) and is likely to go find the next successful thing to burn it down, to get another big bag of cash.
Can we purge these people out once they failed everywhere?
He didn’t fail. He did what the board asked of him which proved to be more unpopular than they all had expected. So they gave him an obscenely generous severance package and sent him on his merry way.
He’s been rewarded and they’re just trying to position it so it looks like the company leadership gives a shit and won’t try the exact same thing at a later date.
We’ll see what happens with Dyson Sphere Program. They’re too far into development to switch engines, and are still in early access with a technically “complete” game already.
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I’m excited to know where that money hungry pos is going next 🤔
Good riddance, but idk if this is a case of too little too late
They treated a game engine company like a Silicon Valley startup. It’s a limited customer base. It was never going to scale. Dummies.
Crazy idea. Come up with a new products in your portfolio instead of milking 1 dry.
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It’s a start.
Now do the Board who chose an EA CEO with his track record to lead Unity and stood behind this until finally forced by the consequences of his actions to push them out.
Certainly and after what happenned, merelly pushing out one guy in the nicest, most career protecting way possible, isn’t sufficient to restore my trust in Unity as a platform on top of which to base my business.
lol
death to Unity long live Godot
Are we all just Waiting for Godot?
Yeah, after burning down something popular, he get off without any repercussions (aside maybe a big bag of cash) and is likely to go find the next successful thing to burn it down, to get another big bag of cash.
Can we purge these people out once they failed everywhere?
He didn’t fail. He did what the board asked of him which proved to be more unpopular than they all had expected. So they gave him an obscenely generous severance package and sent him on his merry way.
He’s been rewarded and they’re just trying to position it so it looks like the company leadership gives a shit and won’t try the exact same thing at a later date.
Presumably with a generous severance package and pension.
The guy looks soulless!!! Good riddance!!!
inb4 he gets a job at fucking blackstone inc or something lmao
Wow he only had to tank the company before his 50m worth of EA ownership became a problem…
Too late, I wouldn’t trust Unity from this point on. Spend tons of time and effort only to have it all yanked away. Screw that!
We’ll see what happens with Dyson Sphere Program. They’re too far into development to switch engines, and are still in early access with a technically “complete” game already.
Push clause.