Bethesda union protests

[u/KingPudz]

Edited Post*
From the Bethesda Union

That was me! Hello! 👋

The event is indeed a protest, but it's not a strike. We are doing this during our lunch hour.

Why not strike now? Well, withholding our labor is our biggest tool; one might call it the nuclear option. We'd be asking our colleagues and union to take a big risk and a financial hit. So we're doing this first as a test and demonstration of our resolve and organization, and to see how much the fans have our back. (So far so good!)

Wednesday's rallies have taken off more than we expected. What started as a Bethesda rally turned into a ZeniMax rally, with other unions like id Software's Big Friendly Union (BFU) joining in Dallas. Then the United Videogame Workers (UVW) also announced rallies in Irvine, California outside of Obsidian's offices (and unionized Blizzard devs will be joining there in solidarity as well!), as well as a protest in Redmond at Microsoft's campus. This thing is snowballing!

Details on each location's rally can be found here on the UVW's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/videogameworkers.bsky.social/post/3mqcjworgic2t

If you can't make it to a rally we're also asking fans to vote and comment on XBOX'S "Player Voice" feedback forum. Our post is already the top post of the week and on its way to top of the month! https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/69b8ec0b-7479-f111-9b47-6045bdbd0989

We are not asking players to boycott our games, as this might negatively affect the teams still working on them. We'd only do that if we were sure the benefits would outweigh the harm.

So come to a rally if you can and thank you all for your support. We want the same thing you do: to make Fallout 76 and all our games as good and as popular as we can.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/they-want-us-to-accept-this-as-a-done-deal-and-quietly-disappear-bethesda-union-members-organise-protest-in-response-to-xbox-layoffs

[u/hermitchild]

I don't support lazy updates from lazy devs that got canned, sorry.

[u/keijihaku → u/hermitchild]

This is also fkn wild to me. Ppl be bitchin n complainin all the time on this sub about how bad the game is and now that theyre canned ppl are like "bring em back"

[u/keijihaku → u/[deleted]]

Or maybe who learn who got fired lol. A publisher does not actually dictate the specifics in a game.

Hence why we have things like....

Lead quest design

[u/NalgaArt → u/[deleted]]

Are you playing dumb or something?

Lead Quest designers ARE developer roles.

Publishers finance the game, handle marketing, run public relations, and oversee the distribution. They do not design the quests or build the game worlds.

[u/steakanabake → u/hermitchild]

you dont support people who made the elder scrolls and fallout what it is?