20+ CDPR Devs SLAM Youtuber For Witcher 4 Trouble & "DEI Woke" Allegations...

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Sintesi

TLDRVideoen analyserer lanseringen av Cyberpunk 2077 og sammenligner den med No Man's Sky, og diskuterer de mange problemene som plaget spillet ved lansering, inkludert bugs og manglende funksjoner. Den tar for seg utviklingsprosessen, tap av talent, og hvordan CD Projekt Red har håndtert kritikken. Phantom Liberty-utvidelsen har fått positive tilbakemeldinger, men fremtiden for selskapet er usikker, spesielt med Witcher 4 og Cyberpunk 2 i utvikling. Kontroverser rundt mangfold og inkludering i selskapet blir også diskutert, med påstander om at ansettelsesprosessen kan være påvirket av politiske agendaer.

Punti di forza

  • 🎮 Cyberpunk 2077 hadde en katastrofal lansering med mange problemer.
  • 📉 CD Projekt Red har mistet mye talent siden lanseringen av Cyberpunk 2077.
  • 🌟 Phantom Liberty-utvidelsen har fått positive anmeldelser.
  • 🔄 Selskapet har skiftet til Unreal Engine for fremtidige prosjekter.
  • 🤔 Det er bekymringer om selskapets retning og ansettelsespraksis.
  • 🗣️ Kontroverser rundt mangfold og inkludering i CD Projekt Red.
  • 📅 Fremtiden for Witcher 4 er usikker, men forventningene er høye.
  • 💔 Mange utviklere har forlatt CD Projekt Red etter lanseringen av Cyberpunk 2077.
  • 🔍 CD Projekt Red må bevise seg selv med kommende utgivelser.
  • 💬 Kritikk av selskapets håndtering av mangfold og inkludering fortsetter.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Cyberpunk 2077's launch was marred by issues similar to No Man's Sky, leading to a tarnished reputation for CD Projekt Red (CDPR). Despite the initial disaster, the game has seen a resurgence in popularity, especially after the Phantom Liberty expansion and the 2.0 update, which received positive reviews from both critics and players.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The development of Cyberpunk 2077 was plagued by internal chaos, with executives ignoring developer warnings about the game's state before launch. Major revelations from reports highlighted that the E3 2018 demo was misleading, and many key developers from The Witcher 3 had left the company during the game's development due to creative differences.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Despite the tumultuous past, CDPR has made a comeback with Phantom Liberty, which has been well-received. However, the company faces scrutiny regarding its future projects, particularly The Witcher 4, as it attempts to regain the trust of fans who were disappointed by Cyberpunk 2077's launch.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The voice actor for Geralt, Doug Cockle, mentioned that The Witcher 4 will not focus solely on Geralt, which sparked controversy among fans. This decision aligns with previous statements made by CDPR about Geralt's story concluding in Blood and Wine, but some fans are still resistant to this change.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Recent allegations from a YouTuber suggested that CDPR is in chaos and struggling with talent retention, leading to a reliance on outsourcing. The CEO of CDPR responded, asserting that the company has a low turnover rate and hires based on merit, not diversity quotas, which has led to a heated debate online.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:31:56

    The transition to Unreal Engine for future projects has raised concerns about the loss of expertise in CDPR's proprietary engine. While the CEO defended the decision, many industry veterans believe that the switch is due to a lack of skilled engineers at CDPR, further complicating the studio's future as it navigates the challenges of maintaining quality in its upcoming titles.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • Hva var hovedproblemene med Cyberpunk 2077 ved lansering?

    Spillet var buggy, manglet funksjoner, hadde dårlig AI og ble lansert i en uferdig tilstand.

  • Hvordan har Cyberpunk 2077 blitt mottatt etter lanseringen?

    Etter lanseringen har spillet fått positive anmeldelser, spesielt etter Phantom Liberty-utvidelsen.

  • Hva er fremtiden for CD Projekt Red?

    CD Projekt Red jobber med Witcher 4 og Cyberpunk 2, men det er bekymringer om retningen de tar.

  • Hvilke endringer har skjedd i CD Projekt Red etter lanseringen av Cyberpunk 2077?

    Mange nøkkelpersoner har forlatt selskapet, og de har skiftet til Unreal Engine for fremtidige prosjekter.

  • Hva er kontroversene rundt mangfold og inkludering i CD Projekt Red?

    Det er bekymringer om at selskapet ansetter basert på mangfold fremfor kompetanse.

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    cyberpunk 2077 Legacy will always be
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    hurt with how it launched the same way
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    many can and will never forget how Shawn
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    Murray and Hello Games marketed and
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    released no man's Sky both games have
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    experienced comebacks but many will not
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    forget those very ugly Beginnings with
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    cdpr they were developing the most
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    highly anticipated game of all time the
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    followup to the Fantastic Witcher 3 wild
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    Hunt and its game sized expansions the
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    game that really put cdpr on the map and
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    at the top of the industry along with
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    their many pro consumer statements and
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    Promises they seemingly were leading by
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    example and there was so much excitement
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    to see them tackling the dark future
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    with a larger than life RPG experience
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    and all that hype and anticipation years
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    of it fell flat at launch particularly
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    because of cyber Punk's unacceptable
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    state it was buggy broken full of
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    missing features an open world that
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    lacked interactivity barely functional
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    Ai and exec had blatantly lied about
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    certain aspects of it such as the game
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    running surprise ly well on current gen
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    consoles they tried hiding this issue at
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    launch by not giving out console codes
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    and it backfired Big Time Around 2022 I
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    had even reported on this channel that I
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    spoke with a very senior developer that
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    said they remembered Executives sitting
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    down and playing the game on Console
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    they saw the issues devs warned them and
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    they ignored it now in the months to
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    follow cyberpunk 2077 launch disaster we
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    saw a couple of major exposes the first
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    of which came from Bloomberg's Jason
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    schwi titled inside the game's
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    disastrous roll out and some of the
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    notable Revelations was that the E3 2018
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    demo was almost entirely fake developing
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    the engine behind the game slowed
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    production execs to devs will figure it
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    out along the way several top Witcher
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    three devs left due to clashing over the
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    vision with Adam badowski this happened
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    mid development Dev shared memes made
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    bets on the inevitable delays and the
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    size of the game was scaled back and
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    features cancelled we also learned that
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    cdpr was under staff for the project of
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    the scope sudden growth led to teams
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    being unorganized
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    exec dismissed Engineers concerns over
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    launching the game on last gen console
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    hardware and the studio ultimately knew
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    the game was in rough shape weeks before
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    launch and the biggest thing that
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    plagued the game's development was the
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    company focusing on marketing at the
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    expense of development we also saw
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    another major expose coming from polish
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    Outlet spiders web in which they
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    revealed that Outsourcing companies
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    describe the early 2020 build as one of
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    the worst they ever got and spids web
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    from their own cdpr soures reiterated
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    that building the game and engine at the
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    same time plague development as
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    designers had to wait on the engine to
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    test features and ideas cyberpunk 2077
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    was in development for a very long time
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    with these Revelations coming to light
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    the behind thes scenes chaos it really
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    came as no surprise that much of the
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    studio that developed The Witcher 3 was
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    long gone in my investigation that I did
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    in 2022 I found that of the 320 cdpr
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    devs in The Witcher 3 credits almost 2/3
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    of the studio was gone and these were by
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    no means small names John mamas the
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    crack off Studio head left the company
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    in March of 2021 Conrad Tomas kich was
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    the game director of The Witcher 3 he
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    left in May of 2021 and then it goes on
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    and on the list of major departures is
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    extensive now say what you will about
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    this past and all of the talent that
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    cdpr has lost but Phantom Liberty defied
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    expectations they' truly delivered along
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    with the 2.0 update which revamped
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    almost the entire game on open critic
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    the game received widespread Acclaim
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    from critics and even into this day on
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    Steam the user review scores for
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    cyberpunk 2077 have become fantastic
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    almost 700,000 reviews 84% of them are
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    positive and the Phantom Liberty page
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    alone also has pretty much a similar
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    score of 89% based on 15,000 reviews and
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    cyberpunk is still played by a lot of
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    players to this day but now all
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    attention is on the future of the
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    company which at the moment is The
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    Witcher 4 project Polaris and just
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    recently it entered full production or
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    it's about to and it's probably still a
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    couple of years away but there's a lot
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    of question marks about the direction
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    that cdpr is taking the franchise uh we
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    did see some developers acknowledging
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    the fact that they're never going to
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    change some people's minds a squl
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    director said that cdpr may never win
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    some fans back but hopes future games
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    like The Witcher 4 will that's
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    unfortunately the price we have to pay
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    and that is very very true but one thing
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    about The Witcher 4 which was recently
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    controversial was Doug cockle who is the
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    voice actor for geralt arivia he spoke
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    about again that The Witcher for won't
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    be focusing on geralt it isn't about him
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    but he will be in it the problem is that
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    a lot of people took this as cdpr this
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    is them giving into an agenda but this
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    has been known for years and if you
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    actually played The Witcher 3 uh
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    specifically actually it's blood and W
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    expansion there was a major scene which
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    was a goodbye to the character of geralt
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    arivia for a while right towards the end
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    of the expansion but at the time it is
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    worth mentioning in 2015 they told us
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    that this was geralt's Final adventure
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    for the time being and this was a senior
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    writer at cdpr Jacob schalik he told IGN
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    we felt that we owed geralt a proper
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    goodbye and decided to part ways with a
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    boom that was blood and wine that was
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    that all those years ago but obviously
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    it has been 9 years and many individuals
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    did not realize this I suppose now this
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    leads us to allegations that were
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    recently made by IND Dem on YouTube he's
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    a YouTuber talks about a lot of gaming
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    subjects and as he said in the below
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    tweet I talked to a Ubisoft Insider
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    about the current state of the industry
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    as well as another source which tells me
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    place like CD project red and even
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    funcom which is making Dune Awakening
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    are in dire trouble and we saw a CD
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    project red CEO The Joint CEO speaking
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    out against this tweet or his actual
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    video which we're going to talk about
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    some of the major claims that he made in
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    a second Mel novakowski he said in a
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    tweet seems we live in times where
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    anyone can report complete nonsense and
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    make a story out of it cdpr Talent
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    leaving we have the lowest rotation of
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    people in recent years keyword recent
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    years Dei driven recruitment we hire
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    based on Merit and talent alone just as
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    we make games driven by artistic Vision
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    alone why did we choose Unreal Engine
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    because it enables us to work on our
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    games more efficiently and we remain
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    cuttingedge tech-wise The Witcher 3's
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    director left well yeah more than two
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    years ago now can we stop looking for
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    conspiracy theories and go back to
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    making cool stuff and my god did this
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    lead to tons of outrage and we actually
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    even saw more CD project red developers
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    chiming in agreeing with this sentiment
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    by the CEO of the company we saw
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    Sebastian Cuma he is a VP at the company
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    saying I completely agree at cdpr our
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    commitment to Quality and artistic
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    vision is evident in everything we do
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    ultimately it's our passion for creating
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    extraordinary experiences and compelling
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    characters that drives us we're not here
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    to make games for the sake of making
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    games we're here to create emotional
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    experiences that resonate with Gamers
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    the creative director on cyberpunk 2077
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    saying male is Right while the outrage
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    grifter is a liar our only goal also
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    everyday reality is to make the best
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    [ __ ] with the most talented people and
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    the only agenda is to make you cry when
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    the credits roll and a few times prior
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    to that too and to be fair they did they
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    did achieve that with cyber Punk 2077
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    the way they went about characters in
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    that game is honestly I don't think any
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    other developer has touched them their
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    writing is tremendous and I do think
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    people need to realize that Phantom
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    Liberty even post all of these you know
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    Talent leaving it still was a Fant
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    fantastic experience one of my favorite
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    in years now this creative director at
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    cdpr did elaborate further in some
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    comments one individual asking what Dei
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    culture means at cdpr he said for me
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    diversity within a team is a necessary
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    component for creating authentic open
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    worlds Rich Nuance detailed unexpected
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    you need that variety of perspectives
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    later they asked you mentioned from your
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    personal experience you need diversity
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    he said others can build teams and
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    create whatever they like obviously I'm
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    talking about my teams and my approach
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    to create a world like cyberp Punk's
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    dark future of the USA a country of
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    immigrants World Melting Pot one needs
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    artists and designers from all
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    walks of life and then they said could
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    you give an example of someone you
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    consider diverse adding a diverse
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    suggestion that aided in the success of
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    the game and he talks about Judy in her
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    storyline but obviously I think she was
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    referring to actual developers and he
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    says he's not going to do that he's not
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    going to call out specific people but I
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    will say this obviously the bugs and all
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    that aside the story of the characters
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    was fantastically well done the romance
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    of Judy uh PanAm just the best in the
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    industry in my opinion so if this
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    developer is indeed saying how they went
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    about cyber punk in that regard is is
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    only going to continue then that that's
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    great that's music to my ears but only
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    time we'll tell we'll have to wait until
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    we actually see which or four and see if
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    they meet that goal and that skepticism
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    that concern that I know some of you
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    have already probably typed in the
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    comments below that will follow CD
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    project red forever you cannot change
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    the past and this is their
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    responsibility to prove Gamers wrong
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    like Phantom Liberty the awards it
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    received in everything great comeback
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    story but that does not change the
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    launch disaster and all of the lies that
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    CD project red Executives fed for years
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    so yeah Witcher 4 is going to be under a
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    microscope and that really goes for all
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    subsequent releases cyberpunk 2 included
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    but specifically with The Witcher 4 and
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    with this now being the direct followup
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    to The Witcher 3 wild Hunt and the
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    ending of geralt arivia and those
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    fantastic expansions it is their
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    responsibility to exceed expectations if
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    they don't oh boy they are going to hear
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    it one of the leite designers at CD
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    Project Read also saying I 200% agree
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    with male retention in the two years
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    that I've been here maybe two people
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    from my team left compared to what I was
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    used to at other companies with one to
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    three people a month engine we work
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    better with each other this way don't
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    give madeup drama views and go make
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    games an associate game director at CD
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    project ready was also one of the lead
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    developers on the base game of cyberpunk
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    2077 saying thank you muel games of
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    phantom Liberty quality are possible in
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    teams where people are taken care of
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    talent is retained hired only because of
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    Competency and there is no BS agenda of
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    any kind only thing I want is to make a
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    remarkable art that moves you deeply and
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    Beyond these lengthy response coming
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    from some of the notable CD project red
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    developers we saw a bunch more
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    retweeting and also boosting up the
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    initial comment coming from the CEO so
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    in total we had over 20 CD project red
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    developers endorsing these comments
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    coming from the CEO of the company
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    pushing her back against these remarks
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    coming from this YouTuber now
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    specifically what Emon said these are
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    the allegations that he made which got
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    this response from a CD project red
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    executive he specifically alleged that
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    CD project red is in an absolute chaos
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    right now based on who actually is still
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    working there that used to work on the
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    previous game apparently lots of senior
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    Talent has already left CD project red
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    for example the director of The Witcher
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    3 has long left the studio and they've
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    already created their own studio with
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    their own new game as well apparently
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    places like warhorse Studios the makers
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    of Kingdom Come Deliverance they have
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    actually been poaching Talent from CD
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    project red like crazy these past years
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    now it is worth mentioning that Conrad
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    tomasich the game director of The
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    Witcher three he left due to allegations
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    that we that he was hit with back in
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    2021 those were major allegations saying
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    that he was bullying staff during the
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    game's development and after an
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    investigation was made against him I
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    don't think anything was found but he
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    said he needed time off and he left cdpr
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    after like 17 years being with the
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    company so it is worth mentioning that
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    it it wasn't like he just left for the
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    door it was because of things that were
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    said behind the scenes an investigation
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    that eventually came to light and this
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    is what cdpr these are the credits from
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    The Witcher 3 I think it is worth
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    mentioning that almost all of the top
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    names in The Witcher 3 credits are gone
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    majority of them are gone now compared
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    that to the Phantom Liberty credits and
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    it it's a much different story they have
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    been able to retain a lot more staff in
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    recent years that is true so I do think
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    that we are now a couple of years past
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    this Mass Exodus and this is a new CD
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    project red and we got to experience
  • 00:11:51
    that with the Phantom Liberty and that
  • 00:11:53
    quality still was there now with the
  • 00:11:55
    Witcher 4 we'll see what happens I think
  • 00:11:57
    my major concerns are more so with the
  • 00:12:00
    cyberpunk 2 project Orion because it's a
  • 00:12:03
    CD project red production that is not
  • 00:12:05
    being developed by the Polish Studio but
  • 00:12:06
    an American Studio that was recently
  • 00:12:08
    formed and it has a ton of staff that we
  • 00:12:11
    just we don't know what to expect out of
  • 00:12:12
    them but it is true that a lot of the
  • 00:12:14
    talent that was responsible for The
  • 00:12:15
    Witcher 3 and its fantastic expansions
  • 00:12:17
    have formed new Studios Rebel wolves is
  • 00:12:19
    probably the biggest example of that
  • 00:12:21
    they actually was a new game Studio from
  • 00:12:23
    The Witcher 3 game director Conrad Tomas
  • 00:12:25
    kich he formed this back in 2022 and
  • 00:12:28
    they have been creating a Dark Fantasy
  • 00:12:29
    RPG and Unreal Engine 5 again that was
  • 00:12:32
    announced in 2022 we also saw another
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    Studio come about fool's theory that was
  • 00:12:36
    also in 2022 and they are now being the
  • 00:12:39
    studio Behind The Witcher remake so
  • 00:12:41
    bunch of former CD project red
  • 00:12:43
    developers formed a different studio and
  • 00:12:44
    they're still working with cdpr and then
  • 00:12:47
    more recently we had another Studio that
  • 00:12:49
    was formed in 2023 by CD project red
  • 00:12:51
    veterans this studio is called blank
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    unsure what exactly they're working on
  • 00:12:55
    there's at least three Studios formed by
  • 00:12:57
    CD project red veterans pretty much much
  • 00:12:59
    but back to the article that covers
  • 00:13:00
    these allegations made by emion he
  • 00:13:03
    continued saying that I was told that
  • 00:13:05
    the problems that are plaguing Ubisoft
  • 00:13:06
    Like A diversity hires are also starting
  • 00:13:08
    to damage and ruin CD project red as
  • 00:13:11
    well according to that other source CD
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    project has begun to rely heavily on
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    Outsourcing to contractors to help with
  • 00:13:17
    their games because the new Talent they
  • 00:13:19
    have is nowhere near where they need
  • 00:13:21
    them to be right now and specifically it
  • 00:13:24
    is worth mentioning what he's talking
  • 00:13:25
    about the diversity and all this it all
  • 00:13:27
    goes back to well this video
  • 00:13:29
    specifically and it started with cdpr
  • 00:13:32
    having a commitment to ESG and this
  • 00:13:34
    video was as you can see Mass down voted
  • 00:13:37
    at the time 11,000 dislikes to 300 and a
  • 00:13:40
    lot of people have been accusing cdpr
  • 00:13:42
    for a while saying that they have an
  • 00:13:43
    agenda now at their games but I will
  • 00:13:45
    show off part of this video so you get
  • 00:13:47
    an understanding of what they mean by
  • 00:13:49
    their diversity and inclusivity
  • 00:13:50
    commitment because I think it is a
  • 00:13:52
    little different than what you know some
  • 00:13:53
    people think and these remarks are made
  • 00:13:55
    by another cdpr executive for what it's
  • 00:13:57
    worth represented diverse set of
  • 00:14:00
    mindsets social groups and backgrounds
  • 00:14:03
    in The Witcher 3 wild Hunt we tackled
  • 00:14:06
    the issue of domestic violence strained
  • 00:14:09
    family relationships and discrimination
  • 00:14:11
    cyberpunk 2077 on the other hand
  • 00:14:14
    addresses alienation and dehumanization
  • 00:14:17
    of society our products reach millions
  • 00:14:20
    of people around the world so we want to
  • 00:14:22
    focus on what's important and encourage
  • 00:14:25
    Gamers to reflect upon the choices that
  • 00:14:27
    surround them the the second important
  • 00:14:30
    aspect relates to our team we strive to
  • 00:14:33
    ensure that we are a company people love
  • 00:14:36
    working with we give our team members
  • 00:14:39
    the opportunity to engage in ambitious
  • 00:14:41
    projects and pursue unique Career
  • 00:14:43
    Development pass and the thing is the
  • 00:14:46
    the allegation that people have made
  • 00:14:47
    because of this commitment people
  • 00:14:48
    believe that cdpr is hiring based on
  • 00:14:51
    diversity and not based on Merit they
  • 00:14:53
    are trying to fill quotas quotas that
  • 00:14:56
    probably will satisfy investors or
  • 00:14:57
    certain groups to give them points and
  • 00:14:59
    such and uh many have also pointed out
  • 00:15:01
    that cdpr has a diversity and inclusion
  • 00:15:04
    page which goes over a lot and so it
  • 00:15:06
    says their mission for this is our
  • 00:15:08
    purpose is to create revolutionary
  • 00:15:10
    role-playing games with memorable
  • 00:15:11
    stories that Inspire Gamers it is worth
  • 00:15:13
    mentioning so far there is nothing
  • 00:15:14
    specifically about hiring at least yet
  • 00:15:17
    we can only deliver on these goals and
  • 00:15:18
    Promises with an amazing passionate team
  • 00:15:21
    whose talent and professional skills
  • 00:15:22
    reflect the breath of experience in the
  • 00:15:24
    world I think that's part is what people
  • 00:15:25
    believe that means that they're hiring
  • 00:15:27
    not based on talent and Merit a diverse
  • 00:15:29
    and inclusive work environment boosts
  • 00:15:31
    creativity and Innovation which is
  • 00:15:32
    exactly what we need in order to push
  • 00:15:34
    the limits of technology and
  • 00:15:36
    storytelling and then Adam kachinsky the
  • 00:15:38
    CEO I believe he's no longer at the time
  • 00:15:40
    but he said our mission is to create
  • 00:15:41
    revolutionary games for players around
  • 00:15:43
    the world and this is why we need to
  • 00:15:45
    empower the potential of our teams the
  • 00:15:47
    diversity of perspectives unlocks
  • 00:15:49
    creativity and increases Innovation I
  • 00:15:51
    think the argument that cdpr is trying
  • 00:15:53
    to make is that a diversity of
  • 00:15:54
    perspectives doesn't mean that they're
  • 00:15:56
    not trying to find the best talent on
  • 00:15:58
    Earth
  • 00:15:59
    many individuals believe that's just not
  • 00:16:01
    true when you have something like this
  • 00:16:03
    in a page like this now it does continue
  • 00:16:04
    we're achieving it by encouraging
  • 00:16:06
    diverse teams and this is again this
  • 00:16:07
    goes back to the allegations that cdpr
  • 00:16:09
    has been hit with our identity is the
  • 00:16:11
    core of who we are and it's what we
  • 00:16:13
    share with others while working together
  • 00:16:15
    and I do think that when you look at
  • 00:16:16
    some of the woke games like balers Gate
  • 00:16:18
    3 and such I don't think that just
  • 00:16:20
    necessarily means the product's
  • 00:16:21
    automatically going to be terrible and
  • 00:16:23
    so far cdpr has not given any indication
  • 00:16:26
    that the quality is going to be dropping
  • 00:16:28
    and many of the lead writers and
  • 00:16:29
    individuals that were part of cyberpunk
  • 00:16:31
    2077 space game and Phantom Liberty they
  • 00:16:33
    are still very much around and in
  • 00:16:35
    control of the writing so even if they
  • 00:16:37
    have a diverse team I don't think many
  • 00:16:39
    people are you know going to have issues
  • 00:16:41
    with that although I think this is right
  • 00:16:43
    now A revolt against the industry
  • 00:16:45
    because it's become so prevalent the
  • 00:16:47
    progressiveness of this industry and
  • 00:16:49
    many are fighting back against that but
  • 00:16:50
    back to this page it also mentions they
  • 00:16:52
    want inclusive leaders they create
  • 00:16:54
    healthy teams and relationships based on
  • 00:16:56
    trust and understanding our diversity
  • 00:16:58
    fuels is to create an inclusive
  • 00:16:59
    environment where authentic leaders have
  • 00:17:01
    the skills to listen to every person
  • 00:17:03
    overcoming unconscious biases and
  • 00:17:04
    decision-making processes inclusion
  • 00:17:07
    Fosters the growth and resilience of our
  • 00:17:08
    teams who feel empowered by leaders to
  • 00:17:10
    take risks and boldly present different
  • 00:17:13
    points of view and they want Equitable
  • 00:17:14
    processes creating a space where
  • 00:17:16
    everyone feels safe and respected is
  • 00:17:17
    what we stand for Equitable practices
  • 00:17:20
    we're not afraid to stand for what we
  • 00:17:21
    believe in by implementing inclusive
  • 00:17:23
    benefits and creating a space where
  • 00:17:24
    everyone can be themselves we create a
  • 00:17:26
    positive example for other companies and
  • 00:17:28
    help positive social change and I think
  • 00:17:30
    some of this is fine I do think that
  • 00:17:33
    just the fact that they're calling this
  • 00:17:34
    you know diversity and inclusion it just
  • 00:17:36
    it's going to make a lot of people upset
  • 00:17:38
    because of what we've seen at other
  • 00:17:39
    companies and they do have a diversity
  • 00:17:41
    and inclusion director which again a
  • 00:17:43
    position that has been met with a lot of
  • 00:17:45
    controversy at other companies we
  • 00:17:47
    believe that talented and passionate
  • 00:17:48
    people are our biggest strength in
  • 00:17:50
    creating a safe and inclusive workplace
  • 00:17:52
    helps us create more room for them in
  • 00:17:53
    the industry at our company and with all
  • 00:17:55
    the controversy cdpr faced with its
  • 00:17:57
    workplace culture before launch I guess
  • 00:17:59
    I'm not too surprised by this page and
  • 00:18:01
    only exists in recent years and I think
  • 00:18:03
    that is because of games media coming
  • 00:18:04
    after cdpr and I'm obviously I don't
  • 00:18:07
    think cdpr expected this reality but the
  • 00:18:09
    reason why we're getting this response
  • 00:18:11
    from the CEO I think they are nervous
  • 00:18:13
    about what they've seen with Ubisoft and
  • 00:18:14
    how that company is tanked down the
  • 00:18:16
    toilet because of this anti-woke
  • 00:18:18
    movement and people associating Ubisoft
  • 00:18:20
    with that and there something that they
  • 00:18:21
    do not want their next games to be
  • 00:18:23
    associated with but unfortunately I
  • 00:18:25
    think it's going to happen no matter
  • 00:18:26
    what they also say healthy teams are the
  • 00:18:28
    ones where all team members feel good
  • 00:18:29
    valued and safe and these are teams we
  • 00:18:31
    want to empower inside Red by
  • 00:18:33
    introducing various initiatives they
  • 00:18:35
    talk about diversity in games at cdpr we
  • 00:18:37
    are committed to creating rich and
  • 00:18:38
    immersive Virtual Worlds that provide
  • 00:18:39
    Gamers with high quality entertainment
  • 00:18:41
    which is why we strive to create
  • 00:18:42
    realities that are credible and
  • 00:18:43
    internally consistent which I'm not
  • 00:18:45
    really sure how that has an association
  • 00:18:47
    with diversity in games maybe the type
  • 00:18:49
    of story line I'm not really sure where
  • 00:18:51
    they're going with that they also talk
  • 00:18:53
    about girls in the game we created a
  • 00:18:55
    mentoring and scholarship program for
  • 00:18:56
    high school girls to help them take
  • 00:18:58
    their steps in the video game industry
  • 00:19:00
    and this is another thing that was met
  • 00:19:01
    with tons of controversy with some
  • 00:19:03
    individuals using this as an example
  • 00:19:05
    that cdpr is excluding men from hiring
  • 00:19:08
    and we did see a CD project red business
  • 00:19:11
    developer respond to these allegations
  • 00:19:13
    wow the amount of times that the
  • 00:19:14
    grifters that claim to love freedom and
  • 00:19:15
    capitalism bring up the women's
  • 00:19:17
    scholarship program as proof is just
  • 00:19:19
    unbelievable okay let's assume you
  • 00:19:22
    really are concerned about Merit you are
  • 00:19:23
    not as there are more or less the same
  • 00:19:25
    amount of women and men on Earth would
  • 00:19:27
    it make sense to encourage half the
  • 00:19:29
    population and consider gaming as a job
  • 00:19:30
    as we already all are employing all
  • 00:19:33
    capable men so his allegation is that
  • 00:19:35
    they have as many capable men on staff
  • 00:19:37
    already and they're I guess they're
  • 00:19:39
    having trouble finding any more talent
  • 00:19:41
    and they need I guess to reach out to
  • 00:19:43
    women I guess that's his argument games
  • 00:19:45
    are getting more complex and need more
  • 00:19:46
    and more people to make them in Poland
  • 00:19:48
    in particular no good Dev stays
  • 00:19:50
    unemployed for long so for the long-term
  • 00:19:52
    health of the industry you claim to love
  • 00:19:54
    you better pray more women will consider
  • 00:19:56
    pursuing a career in our industry we
  • 00:19:58
    should take any and all opportunities to
  • 00:20:00
    encourage them to make games and it is
  • 00:20:01
    worth mentioning I think cdpr did burn
  • 00:20:03
    some bridges with The Witcher 3 so a lot
  • 00:20:05
    of talent have gone to other polish
  • 00:20:07
    Studios so they truly might be at risk
  • 00:20:10
    of not having enough Talent enough
  • 00:20:11
    polish voices so maybe that that is the
  • 00:20:14
    reasoning but he did continue further he
  • 00:20:16
    saw somebody actually specifically call
  • 00:20:18
    him out the individual said wow the
  • 00:20:20
    amount of times that the Hypocrites that
  • 00:20:21
    claim to hate this and that type of
  • 00:20:22
    discrimination defend the women's
  • 00:20:24
    scholarship is just unbelievable if only
  • 00:20:26
    incompetent men are left as you claim
  • 00:20:28
    why do you need to ban them from the
  • 00:20:29
    scholarship so this directly is a
  • 00:20:31
    response coming from this business
  • 00:20:33
    developer at cdpr he says because the
  • 00:20:35
    program was made to get more women as we
  • 00:20:37
    have all the men already and I'm not
  • 00:20:39
    exaggerating at all there were open
  • 00:20:41
    vacancies for more than a year that
  • 00:20:42
    could not be filled all Specialists were
  • 00:20:44
    already taken so if you cannot get more
  • 00:20:46
    men now a hint for you maybe we should
  • 00:20:48
    try the other half of the human
  • 00:20:50
    population to care enough to consider
  • 00:20:51
    our industry and then this individual
  • 00:20:53
    did response again saying and that's why
  • 00:20:55
    you need to close the program to men and
  • 00:20:58
    this developer responded again saying
  • 00:20:59
    maybe the third time will be the charm
  • 00:21:01
    there are no men left all that wanted to
  • 00:21:03
    get in are already working we need to
  • 00:21:05
    nudge them because there are not enough
  • 00:21:06
    men to make games I'm not talking about
  • 00:21:08
    social justice this is pure pragmatism
  • 00:21:11
    if we want games in the future we need
  • 00:21:13
    women to make them but other than the
  • 00:21:15
    scholarship program there is some other
  • 00:21:16
    stuff they have a menstrual leave
  • 00:21:18
    program and they also I guess took part
  • 00:21:20
    in a campaign cdpr was part of the seide
  • 00:21:23
    diversity Campaign which gives space and
  • 00:21:25
    voice to people who play diverse roles
  • 00:21:26
    in their daily lives don't know what
  • 00:21:28
    that is make of that as you will and
  • 00:21:30
    then they also are part of the diversity
  • 00:21:32
    Charter where among the companies that
  • 00:21:34
    signed this Charter a document
  • 00:21:35
    committing to non-discrimination in the
  • 00:21:37
    workplace as well as the introduction of
  • 00:21:38
    policies that create and promote
  • 00:21:40
    diversity we're also listed as one of
  • 00:21:42
    the top Employers in Poland in terms of
  • 00:21:44
    managing diversity and inclusion and
  • 00:21:46
    cdpr did get awarded a Dei award which a
  • 00:21:49
    lot of people have been using against
  • 00:21:51
    the company and uh it is worth
  • 00:21:53
    mentioning that apparently their
  • 00:21:54
    menstrual leave is specifically why they
  • 00:21:56
    got this award I believe I think that's
  • 00:21:58
    what it mentioned and it allows a
  • 00:21:59
    menstruating employee experiencing
  • 00:22:02
    painful that to take one extra day off
  • 00:22:04
    per month and I guess that's that's what
  • 00:22:06
    they got this award for I believe now as
  • 00:22:08
    this article mentions here are another
  • 00:22:09
    allegations that demon made was I was
  • 00:22:11
    told the reason why the next Witcher is
  • 00:22:13
    using Unreal Engine instead of the red
  • 00:22:15
    engine that previous games did is
  • 00:22:17
    largely because most of the senior
  • 00:22:18
    talent that worked and understood the
  • 00:22:20
    red engine are not at CD project red
  • 00:22:21
    anymore and unreal is more of a one-size
  • 00:22:24
    fits-all engine that many dos are
  • 00:22:26
    familiar with these days and that that's
  • 00:22:27
    actually kind of true I heard this
  • 00:22:29
    myself and I reported it back in 2022
  • 00:22:32
    and I have the video of the example I
  • 00:22:34
    can show you this is what I reported a
  • 00:22:35
    couple of years ago and that this is
  • 00:22:37
    what I heard at the time the
  • 00:22:38
    announcement may have been a surprise to
  • 00:22:40
    the public but within cdpr this was an
  • 00:22:42
    expected move a move that some claim was
  • 00:22:44
    being pushed for for quite some time
  • 00:22:46
    thus why many veteran programmers have
  • 00:22:48
    been leaving and plan to leave the
  • 00:22:50
    company the belief or overall consensus
  • 00:22:52
    the public have is that switching to an
  • 00:22:54
    established engine like Unreal Engine
  • 00:22:56
    should do great wonders for CD PR who
  • 00:22:58
    struggled to build the necessary
  • 00:23:00
    infrastructure for their bold Vision
  • 00:23:02
    with cyberpunk still though some cdpr
  • 00:23:04
    staff are skeptical that Unreal Engine 5
  • 00:23:06
    will solve all of their problems it's
  • 00:23:08
    viewed that red engine while it had its
  • 00:23:10
    issues was something that had made great
  • 00:23:12
    strides before and after cyberp Punk's
  • 00:23:15
    launch a lot of the blame I've heard is
  • 00:23:17
    on the lack of skilled engineers and
  • 00:23:19
    Technical leadership within cdpr
  • 00:23:21
    regardless Unreal Engine 5 is the future
  • 00:23:23
    for cdpr games there are certainly
  • 00:23:25
    questions and concerns over the move
  • 00:23:27
    especially in in regards to the engine's
  • 00:23:29
    open world capabilities and the fact
  • 00:23:31
    that no AAA game has released yet
  • 00:23:33
    featuring this engine and this
  • 00:23:35
    perspective was only enhanced further
  • 00:23:37
    once Daniel V the director of warhorse
  • 00:23:39
    Studios he talked about the cdpr issues
  • 00:23:41
    that they were having with Unreal Engine
  • 00:23:43
    5 and again this aligns with exactly
  • 00:23:45
    what I report at the time I haven't
  • 00:23:46
    talked to any of my sources at the
  • 00:23:48
    company in a couple of years now maybe
  • 00:23:50
    I'll have to reach out after this but
  • 00:23:51
    this is what VRA said and he is another
  • 00:23:53
    I believe warhorse Studios is a Polish
  • 00:23:55
    Studio as
  • 00:23:57
    well and yeah as you can see vro does
  • 00:23:59
    not speak English in this clip so I'll
  • 00:24:01
    read what he says specifically here so
  • 00:24:03
    you get an idea of what he's saying he
  • 00:24:05
    says now cdpr they switched to Unreal
  • 00:24:07
    even though in my opinion they had a
  • 00:24:08
    good proprietary engine red engine was
  • 00:24:10
    fantastic well and I've heard rumors
  • 00:24:12
    that now they're quite like well I
  • 00:24:14
    talked to someone whose name I obviously
  • 00:24:16
    can't say and I said to him so what
  • 00:24:17
    about unreal great we already have
  • 00:24:20
    pieces done like some Landscapes and I
  • 00:24:22
    said well what about the open world not
  • 00:24:24
    yet when did they announce it a year or
  • 00:24:25
    two ago and still it doesn't work as
  • 00:24:27
    good as on their old engine and these
  • 00:24:29
    comments made by vver just a number of
  • 00:24:31
    months ago and what I had reported and
  • 00:24:32
    heard was a couple of years before then
  • 00:24:35
    so I guess vver has continued to hear
  • 00:24:37
    that cdpr is hurting with their Unreal
  • 00:24:39
    Engine although obviously CD project red
  • 00:24:42
    CEO is disputing these claims now but
  • 00:24:44
    I've said this a couple of times over
  • 00:24:46
    the years and it's really not that
  • 00:24:48
    massive Revelation but the reason why
  • 00:24:50
    they switched to Unreal Engine was
  • 00:24:51
    because they just didn't have the talent
  • 00:24:53
    needed to continue the red engine they
  • 00:24:55
    would have to train individuals for that
  • 00:24:57
    and onreal engine you can bring in
  • 00:24:58
    Talent all across the industry that have
  • 00:25:00
    expertise with it it's used widely and
  • 00:25:03
    you don't necessarily have to you know
  • 00:25:05
    train these individuals for that so for
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    recruiting new individuals you know
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    making things work faster that that's
  • 00:25:11
    why they went to Unreal Engine it makes
  • 00:25:13
    sense but at the same time red engine
  • 00:25:14
    did a lot of things a lot better in my
  • 00:25:16
    opinion and Unreal Engine at this point
  • 00:25:18
    I think is unproven especially Unreal
  • 00:25:20
    Engine 5 with open world games now to
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    say the responses to these tweets the
  • 00:25:25
    one from the cdpr CEO and this YouTuber
  • 00:25:27
    have been and controversial and crazy is
  • 00:25:30
    an understatement it is a total war zone
  • 00:25:33
    on social media many cdpr developers
  • 00:25:35
    industry veterans coming to cdpr's
  • 00:25:37
    defense and a lot of those that are
  • 00:25:39
    against wokeness and all of that stuff
  • 00:25:41
    going after CD project red and shaming
  • 00:25:43
    them for while their diversity page and
  • 00:25:45
    a lot of the stuff that I mentioned
  • 00:25:46
    earlier on in this video bringing up
  • 00:25:48
    stuff like that but we did see Daniel
  • 00:25:50
    dwire a notable gaming critic saying the
  • 00:25:53
    worst Trend with these ambulance chasing
  • 00:25:54
    freaks is them cosplaying as journalist
  • 00:25:56
    getting two people to talk off the
  • 00:25:57
    Record is about as difficult as wiping
  • 00:25:59
    your RS and his response to uh all the
  • 00:26:03
    top talent leaving cdpr the last number
  • 00:26:05
    of years was saying I interviewed 60
  • 00:26:08
    plus cdpr developers on the record it
  • 00:26:10
    was embedded in the studio for a few
  • 00:26:12
    months in 2020 pointing at a list of
  • 00:26:13
    people who Chang jobs after reaching
  • 00:26:15
    senior positions as proof that there's
  • 00:26:17
    water toal Exodus is naive at best and
  • 00:26:19
    intentionally me misleading at worst
  • 00:26:21
    which is just an it's a stupid take I
  • 00:26:23
    mean 2third of the studio left that were
  • 00:26:26
    responsible for The Witcher 3 wild Hunt
  • 00:26:28
    there was a story there many other
  • 00:26:29
    journalists even talked about the mass
  • 00:26:31
    Exodus I don't know why OD dwire has
  • 00:26:33
    this perspective with this but like I
  • 00:26:35
    said it is a war zone right now on
  • 00:26:37
    social media surrounding CD project red
  • 00:26:40
    which reminds me to back to a time in
  • 00:26:41
    which this company was a war zone from
  • 00:26:43
    games media they would constantly go
  • 00:26:45
    after them we had polygon with this
  • 00:26:47
    great think piece all those years ago
  • 00:26:48
    talking about The Witcher 3 and saying
  • 00:26:50
    it was racist for I guess it's polish
  • 00:26:52
    identity one of the earliest biggest
  • 00:26:54
    controversies that hit the game was a
  • 00:26:55
    joke sent out on Twitter which many did
  • 00:26:57
    not take as a joke and games media
  • 00:26:59
    absolutely ripped cdpr for for years we
  • 00:27:02
    had Rock Paper Shotgun playing a demo of
  • 00:27:04
    the game saying that the game had
  • 00:27:06
    unimaginative stereotypes we also had a
  • 00:27:09
    games journalist that went after the
  • 00:27:10
    cyberp punk Creator Mike Pon Smith a
  • 00:27:12
    black man calling him racist for his
  • 00:27:14
    betrayal of black characters in his own
  • 00:27:16
    game 2077 Pon Smith rightfully blasted
  • 00:27:19
    the journalist we also had even recently
  • 00:27:22
    uh think pieces coming from the gamer
  • 00:27:24
    which pretty much argues that why are
  • 00:27:25
    there cops in cyberpunk 2077 see CPR
  • 00:27:28
    doesn't understand the genre blah blah
  • 00:27:30
    blah blah blah a CD project red
  • 00:27:31
    developer actually responded to this
  • 00:27:33
    article trashing the gamer for it we
  • 00:27:35
    obviously saw Nidia sarkeesian years ago
  • 00:27:38
    took an outof context uh moment in the
  • 00:27:40
    game and said that it is potentially
  • 00:27:42
    sexist representations so they need to
  • 00:27:44
    hire her for consultancy on the game
  • 00:27:47
    which that that was just insane and
  • 00:27:49
    hilarious when that happened there was
  • 00:27:51
    also the fact that they had some trans
  • 00:27:52
    imagery in the game like a character
  • 00:27:54
    that had a bulge and an advertisement in
  • 00:27:56
    the background games media went berserk
  • 00:27:59
    about that one cdpr had to be coming to
  • 00:28:01
    the defense on that one they also said
  • 00:28:03
    the game wasn't going to have political
  • 00:28:04
    statements and cdpr again was trash for
  • 00:28:07
    that one a revelation that happened
  • 00:28:08
    before the game launched from VG 247
  • 00:28:11
    calling out the fact that cdpr didn't I
  • 00:28:13
    guess have a balanced staff of they
  • 00:28:15
    pretty much said that cdpr having only
  • 00:28:17
    26% of Staff being women and 21% being
  • 00:28:21
    foreigners is a major red flag I I guess
  • 00:28:24
    I I don't know why that is so I guess
  • 00:28:26
    you can maybe kind of understand why
  • 00:28:28
    cdpr may have a page like that up and
  • 00:28:30
    it's because of all of this rhetoric all
  • 00:28:32
    this stuff and I believe that diversity
  • 00:28:33
    page first started about 2018 2019 2020
  • 00:28:37
    so when all of this noise really hit
  • 00:28:39
    them from games media and there here
  • 00:28:41
    they are again getting hit from a
  • 00:28:43
    different angle I suppose then there was
  • 00:28:44
    also the outrage of the crunch culture
  • 00:28:47
    that was a major factor with all the
  • 00:28:48
    departures that happened after the
  • 00:28:49
    Witcher 3 and fortunately though that
  • 00:28:52
    crunch culture is no more uh the working
  • 00:28:54
    culture at the studio has never been
  • 00:28:56
    better and I think the Witcher for
  • 00:28:57
    director even said that they would not
  • 00:28:59
    be having any Crunch at all but we'll
  • 00:29:01
    see what happens with that and say what
  • 00:29:03
    you will but I don't really have too
  • 00:29:04
    much concerns with the Polish studio
  • 00:29:06
    with their new American Studio that's a
  • 00:29:08
    little bit of a different story and we
  • 00:29:10
    did hear some new information over the
  • 00:29:11
    summer about it it was the fact that the
  • 00:29:14
    cyberpunk 2 will be more authentically
  • 00:29:16
    American this was a funny one because
  • 00:29:18
    executive producer Dan herberg said it
  • 00:29:19
    was appropriate to have the sequel be
  • 00:29:21
    developed in North America I think cyber
  • 00:29:23
    Punk is obviously a uniquely American
  • 00:29:24
    story it's got a lot of punk energy and
  • 00:29:26
    it was written by an Americans so it
  • 00:29:27
    just seems right to do in America I
  • 00:29:29
    don't know I don't understand this
  • 00:29:31
    perspective I don't think you have to be
  • 00:29:33
    American to make a authentic American
  • 00:29:35
    game I mean you see Rockstar Games what
  • 00:29:37
    they've done with Grand Theft Auto the
  • 00:29:38
    satirization is perfect to the American
  • 00:29:40
    culture so I just find this perspective
  • 00:29:42
    silly but they also talked about wanting
  • 00:29:44
    to do more social commentary they talked
  • 00:29:46
    about the homeless crisis and also
  • 00:29:48
    manholes so that's their official
  • 00:29:50
    reasoning they're giving for why they
  • 00:29:52
    open an American Studio but let's be
  • 00:29:53
    fair they just don't want to follow the
  • 00:29:55
    Bethesda route in which they have a
  • 00:29:56
    franchise like cyber Punk being being
  • 00:29:58
    dormant for a decade plus they don't
  • 00:30:00
    want to be like Fallout in the Elder
  • 00:30:01
    scrs and I don't blame them I wish
  • 00:30:02
    that's what they had just said here but
  • 00:30:04
    there was also controversy over a hiring
  • 00:30:06
    in which a sweet baby Incorporated
  • 00:30:08
    Defender controversial consultancy firm
  • 00:30:11
    also an employee that was working at
  • 00:30:13
    insomnia games on Wolverine they left
  • 00:30:15
    and joined cdpr and this individual has
  • 00:30:17
    had some heads scratching remarks and
  • 00:30:19
    they joined as a writer at that uh
  • 00:30:21
    project Orion Studio which is working on
  • 00:30:23
    the next cyberpunk game not at the
  • 00:30:24
    Polish Studio worth mentioning that
  • 00:30:26
    point we actually saw another lead
  • 00:30:28
    developer at CD project red defending
  • 00:30:30
    this hiring saying that Mary is one of
  • 00:30:32
    the best of the best so to describe 2024
  • 00:30:35
    in gaming it has been true Madness this
  • 00:30:37
    culture War divisiveness has only
  • 00:30:39
    worsened and really exploded this year
  • 00:30:41
    we now have developers on different
  • 00:30:42
    sides of the coin fighting back against
  • 00:30:44
    narratives that they disagree with we
  • 00:30:46
    had a Concord Dev calling haters
  • 00:30:47
    talentless Freaks and just a video or
  • 00:30:49
    two ago we talked about a Ubisoft
  • 00:30:51
    monetization director I can't believe
  • 00:30:52
    that position exists in this industry
  • 00:30:54
    says a lot really that somehow didn't
  • 00:30:56
    understand the hate for Ubisoft and
  • 00:30:58
    there's many many different reasons why
  • 00:31:00
    really uh myself though I I just want
  • 00:31:02
    good games and so far cdpr has delivered
  • 00:31:05
    that in terms of characters and story
  • 00:31:07
    and most of the individuals responsible
  • 00:31:09
    for that are still there and showed that
  • 00:31:11
    Talent off with Phantom Liberty which
  • 00:31:13
    makes me optimistic for The Witcher 4
  • 00:31:15
    but one thing is clear from this
  • 00:31:16
    situation these accusations the outrage
  • 00:31:19
    are only going to continue and really
  • 00:31:20
    the only way that you fight back against
  • 00:31:22
    this stuff is by creating a fantastic
  • 00:31:24
    product something they hopefully will do
  • 00:31:26
    with the next Witcher installment
  • 00:31:27
    because I really am eager to get back
  • 00:31:29
    into that Universe with a another
  • 00:31:31
    quality media experience anyway what do
  • 00:31:33
    you make of this current situation and
  • 00:31:36
    cdpr fighting back against these
  • 00:31:37
    accusations let me know your thoughts
  • 00:31:39
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