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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And even if it was a technical error such as extra code/functionality they decided to scrap but left in there at some point it was discussed and planned enough to be in there which is just as bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah I don't understand why they don't just own it. You're a company trying to maximize profits, and tried money grubbing your way to more. Then you got caught and your customers didn't like it. Admit it, move on to your next appallingly bad idea. Weak lies are the worst

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not defending Ubi here, they absolutely should have ripped this code out. They had to know the outrage that it would generate.

But it might not have been a management decision. It could have been a "20% time" project where a developer designed and implemented a system that they thought management would like, and then it never got ripped back out after it was rejected. Those projects are usually barebones and use existing assets as much as possible, so it wouldn't even mean that they had to stand up other systems to support it... They could just link to an existing ad from something else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That would imply they give a shit. Which they don't. If there's a chance they can squeeze 1€ extra out of their customers they will go for it, even if it enrages everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

A side project like that shouldn't be merged into the production code base.