I’ve made no secret of my distaste for Ubisoft and doing my part to highlight industry abuse, like a cishet babyfaced Jim Sterling at the best of times. Good thing my great big bushy beard is starting to grow in, really need to distinguish my brand.
Following a 6-month sabbatical, news of David Polfeldt’s (Professional DP-Initial-Haver and ex head of Ubisoft Massive) resignation came via VGC interview after finishing his notice period of work.
“I think my philosophy and my skills work well for a certain kind of group of a certain kind of size, I don’t think I’m the right manager for what the studio has become. I’m perfectly at peace with it” – David Polfeldt.
Reasons for leaving the company could well vary between having too many OR too few people to work on the project! Let me explain.
‘Polfeldt suggested that the studio’s significant growth – it now numbers over 750 people – was one of the motivations behind his decision not to return’. That’s according to GamesIndustry.Biz and VCG, so based on that, you’d think any reasons for leaving are purely creative and organisational, but none too controversial… So you’d think.
‘A range of reasons have been cited for departures, including low pay, competitive opportunities elsewhere, frustration at the company’s creative direction, and unease at its handling of workplace misconduct’. That’s according to the folks at Eurogamer, so what’s going on here then?
I may fancy myself something of a skeptic, but I’ll refrain putting my conspiracy theory hat for now, let’s see if how this 750-figure stacks up to the mass leave of other folks at Ubisoft…
Okay, upon further research, it turns out ‘The Great Exodus‘ was moreso a matter of quality than quantity of workers lost (as far as I am aware). Yes, ‘resignations include five of the top 25 developers credited on Far Cry 6’ and ‘Twelve of the top 50 who worked on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla have also left’, among other employee walkouts, but the company already hired over 2,500 in April last year!
Ain’t that a kick in the head between your legs? You go in there expecting to raw-dog a shady company, find a couple differences in opinions, think you found evidence of some questionable journalistic integrity and BOOM, turns out it was just mild misinterpretations of the info on my end. This must be how flat-earthers feel, right? Well, don’t be afraid to admit when you’re wrong folks, you’ll be better off for it!
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