Peter Moore and Other Industry Professionals Slam Kotaku Over Immature Response to John Riccitiello's Resignation

[Shawn Zipay]

Peter Moore, the current COO for Electronic Arts and one of the potential candidates to take over as CEO, has lambasted Kotaku and other outlets that made a joke over John Riccitiello's resignation from earlier today.

Kotaku ran an article entitled "The Best John Riccitiello Jokes Twitter Has to Offer". The article's subject matter did not sit well with Moore.

"Kotaku reveling in what, due to their self-smugness, they don't realize is a sad day for our industry, which is the platform on which they actually make money. John not only helped propel our company and interactive entertainment into new experiences, thus enticing millions of new people to become 'gamers', his work leading the ESA in recent years has helped ensure that we don't experience the fate of the music industry. Sad loss for all of us who had the pleasure of working with him as we emerged from The Burning Platform."

He wasn't alone in voicing his disappointment with the gaming media's response to today's news. Mike Capps, the former boss of Epic Games remarked, "Indeed. I doubt we can shout louder than the misinformed, but it's still worth speaking up!"

Hilary Goldstein, a former editor at IGN said, "I don't often quote the Bible, but I will this time: 'Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.' One of the reasons the games industry struggles to be taken seriously is that it is criticized by amateurs. And yes, I am aware I ran IGN once."

One of the few times in recent memory that Kotaku offers up gaming news and they manage to upset a number of important figures in the industry.

(via GI.biz)

[nemes1s3000]

I want to slap that retarded smirk off of Moore's face.

[jimykx]

[indent]"Kotaku reveling in what, due to their self-smugness, they don't realize is a sad day for our industry, which is the platform on which they actually make money.

It's all a paradox LOL

[CptainCrunch]

I think this article shows the problem with the industry.

You have these large corporations trying to make a product for money. They are trying to do it as quickly and cheaply as possible to as many people as they can. They help bring the people together to make the games and have the funding to get it on the shelves. Without them the gaming industry wouldn't be as huge a market as it is with such stiff competition.

Then you have the gamer. They have limited funds and the demographics show they grew up with their favorite games. They know the stories and the characters by heart and the invest in their favorite platform often. Constant changes, constant upgrades, money money money. They endure the loss of things like patches, servers, mod tools, free DLC, the new idea of micro transactions, etc...

Meanwhile games titles are ran into the ground. Its more of the same. Its more money every way you turn. Your favorite studios get shut down to "save money".

So what do you expect the outcome to be?

I know I am over-simplifying all this, but lets take all the confusion out of it and step back and look at the foundation of it. There becomes a huge disconnect and lack of talking and information makes this gap grow larger. Soon everyone hates everyone, but still love the games and the money.

[cikame]

It's fine to be recognised as being a good businessman, but it's hard for us as fans of the medium to feel sorry for people who are only fans of the money side and finding ways to entice us into giving them more of our money.