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[adamsapple]

Tbf Halo always came across a bit homo-erotic to me, so this seems like a good hire.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

They’re about to release Halo on PS5, makes sense to hire someone familiar with the Freegunners.

 

[Thief1987]

Are we becoming yellow press with thread titles like this?

 

[[Sigma]]

Director of Marketing and Operations

Should be bait banishment!

 

[Kacho]

 

[j0hnnix]

Damn Xbox you just always find a way..

 

[Barakov]

https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/former-concord-director-of-marketing


I thought anyone from concord was considered too toxic to touch... unless you're intentionally trying to kill all of Xbox. I do believe that, I see all the dummies being sent to work at xbox. Plus all of Azure got new offices, and xbox people got sent to the shithole. All this on top of the Ghostbusters actress being the Chief of Staff over there. Really seems like Microsoft is poisoning the entirety of Xbox and justifying its kill off. Oh well, sucks to be an xbox fan

Former Concord director

of marketing

Kind of a nothing burger but at the same time pretty bad news. If I was MS, I wouldn't want anyone associated with Concord anywhere near Halo.

 

[Muddy]

Marketing role. What could go wrong?

 

[Kacho]

Yep

People act like studios are one monolithic entity.

The same people that made Concord made Destiny and other GaaS titles. They're clearly not all bad.

Let's be real though. Sony likely snatched up all the worthwhile talent before nuking the studio.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Let's be real though. Sony likely snatched up all the worthwhile talent before nuking the studio.

Good point. Bet a lot of them moved back to Bungie or that new Jason Blundell game

The professor is still looking for a job, maybe she should start looking at california universities as a teacher of underwater transgendered women's basket weaving studies

 

[hemo memo]

Interview

Halo Team: So, Pamela, Tell me about yourself?
Pamela: I use they/them pronouns.
Halo Team: You're hired.

 

[Kacho]

The professor is still looking for a job, maybe she should start looking at california universities as a teacher of underwater transgendered women's basket weaving studies

I’m sure Wizards of the Coast has spot ready for zer.

 

[onQ123]

How would anyone with Concord on their CV even find a job in this industry, let alone at a competitor?

The truth is people are aware of the witch hunts & dog whistling going on online so the weight of these targeted games & studios flopping isn't falling directly on the people involved.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Let's be real though. Sony likely snatched up all the worthwhile talent before nuking the studio.

One would assume so.

Their animators were god-tier.

 

[onQ123]

Interview

Bungie: So, Pamela, Tell me about yourself?
Pamela: I use they/them pronouns.
Bungie: You're hired.

Bungie? Halo?

What year is this?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Marketing and operations director. That's uh... probably fine, guys.

 

[hemo memo]

Bungie? Halo?

What year is this?

Damn it, now I have to fix the joke.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Halo, at least the Holy Trilogy, is amongst my most favourite series of games. Since 343i began their tenure, with every release, I always think to myself: "well, we've finally arrived at the bottom - there's no way the next game can be any worse than this". And I take some kind of comfort in that, strange as it may be. And yet, every time a new game is in the works, they seem to invent new, previously unfathomable digging techniques, and continue ever downward. With Infinite, I was impressed - blowing half a billion dollars on an empty campaign and the worst live service game ever released is no easy feat. It cost them their company and what was left of their reputation. Standing amongst the ashes of the franchise, I really did think: "we've finally arrived at the bottom - there's no way the next game can be any worse than this". Once again, I was wrong - they've hired people with new, terrifying digging techniques, and they're ready to get to work. Time to buckle up - looks like we're going down.

Yep, can we just get Halo FPS back to the dude bros making it for the dude bros. Honestly, read the fucking room of who wants to buy and play the game. 343 went room to room to backroom to rooftops and never really knew who talk to and have a good time.

Fuck your design by committee shite. Give me like 3-5 great people with a single vision in full control of the whole enchilada.

 

[Gilgalaad]

To hire the director of a game which only stay 2 weeks in the market ?
The director marketing of the biggest video game flop ever ?

 

[digital_ghost]

halo is dead regardless. since bungie left.

Halo is Back

 

[Sharius]

I wonder what will be master chief pronoun

 

[Blank Space Invader]

Halo, at least the Holy Trilogy, is amongst my most favourite series of games. Since 343i began their tenure, with every release, I always think to myself: "well, we've finally arrived at the bottom - there's no way the next game can be any worse than this". And I take some kind of comfort in that, strange as it may be. And yet, every time a new game is in the works, they seem to invent new, previously unfathomable digging techniques, and continue ever downward. With Infinite, I was impressed - blowing half a billion dollars on an empty campaign and the worst live service game ever released is no easy feat. It cost them their company and what was left of their reputation. Standing amongst the ashes of the franchise, I really did think: "we've finally arrived at the bottom - there's no way the next game can be any worse than this". Once again, I was wrong - they've hired people with new, terrifying digging techniques, and they're ready to get to work. Time to buckle up - looks like we're going down.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This isn't that professor thing is it?

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

This isn't that professor thing is it?

No, it seems even Xbox aren't down to clown with the prof

 

[SimTourist]

Master Chief was trans all along

 

[Bernardougf]

Well if she was the one responsible for marketing this game for Sony to buy not only the game but the whole studio ... She's a fucking genius.

 

[ProtoByte]

panda-zebra see what I mean about Microsoft being bereft on quality?

 

[ahtlas7]

I wonder what raised this person above the others who applied for the job.

 

[Alan Wake]

That's... an interesting choice.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Great pick, Concord wasted a ton of money on marketing and still no one wanted to play it.

 

[Sintoid]

This is even funnier than Concord Flop!

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

This is even funnier than Concord Flop!

Well they haven’t paid her 400m yet as far as we know

 

[Sintoid]

Well they haven’t paid her 400m yet as far as we know

Yet they're ready to take the risk, this is even funnier

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Yet they're ready to take the risk, this is even funnier

Risk of what exactly?

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

Is this the onion?

 

[mrmeh]

There's something really disturbing about these threads.. Some weirdo's on here are much too quick to assume someone's competency without knowing anything about them bar their last job where they were one of hundreds of people on a project.

Concord would have been a huge project with so many people on board with budgets dictated at the highest level. Games take so long to make with them pivoting in different directions as the market shifts, pretty sure most people in game development have worked on at least one failure and it probably was not their fault.

 

[Thief1987]

Some weirdo's on here are much too quick to assume someone's competency without knowing anything about them bar their last job where they were one of hundreds of people on a project.

At the same time pretending that they are much better than these loonies from reeee somehow.

 

[mrmeh]

At the same time pretending that they are much better that these loonies from reeee somehow.

Exactly.. Different side of the same coin.

 

[BlackTron]

Speechless at this point

 

[Jigsaah]

Imma smack the shit outta somebody

 

[MayauMiao]

I wonder what will be master chief pronoun

The name Master Chief is problematic.

Expect name change to Primary Leader to meet DEI standard.

 

[GymWolf]

At this rate i'm never gonna stop playing videogames...

 

[Scrawnton]

People need to realize the entire US AAA developer scene is one giant circle jerk.

 

[Hookshot]

Concord had marketing?

 

[Ozriel]

I wonder what raised this person above the others who applied for the job.

Possibly the 8 years working at Activision on marketing COD and Destiny?

People need to realize the entire US AAA developer scene is one giant circle jerk.

Probably after you realize a marketing lead isn’t a developer.

panda-zebra see what I mean about Microsoft being bereft on quality?

…because they hired a marketing professional with significant experience in marketing FPS games, including some of the industry’s most successful FPS?

 

[Breakfast_At_Noon]

"Concord failed because literally all it's developers were untalented" is such a boring, unsophisticated view of how things work. Very childlike.

While this is true, you gotta admit Concords marketing was terrible and this guy was "head of marketing" so..

 

[GymWolf]

Spoiler

 

[Scrawnton]

Possibly the 8 years working at Activision on marketing COD and Destiny?



Probably after you realize a marketing lead isn’t a developer.



…because they hired a marketing professional with significant experience in marketing FPS games, including some of the industry’s most successful FPS?

Sorry let me rephrase is; people need to realize the entire US AAA machine is one giant circle jerk. Does that pass your sniff test? Not gonna get into the semantics of developers vs marketers in regards to the success of a AAA game.

 

[kyubajin]

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

There's something really disturbing about these threads.. Some weirdo's on here are much too quick to assume someone's competency without knowing anything about them bar their last job where they were one of hundreds of people on a project.

Concord would have been a huge project with so many people on board with budgets dictated at the highest level. Games take so long to make with them pivoting in different directions as the market shifts, pretty sure most people in game development have worked on at least one failure and it probably was not their fault.

Facts speak louder than words and resumes. We don't know about her competency?? are you fucking kidding me?? Concord is the biggest flop in gaming history and we don't know about the competency of their MARKETING MANAGER?? A game that didn't catch any attention from the first reveal??? Who do you think is responsible for that??

The number one responsibility of a marketing manager is to present a compelling product, and get people interested.

Yeah, she did a great job.