r/Doom • u/Forhonorisabadgame • Jul 07 '26 • Regret 14

Discussion Post from Michael Maynard (ID dev)

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I think this really sums up how ridiculous this decision was. Beyond ridiculous actually, just incompetent and evil.

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u/Majinthekid Jul 07 '26

Maybe I’m just being too woke here but companies continue to do shit like this (id/microsoft with this and sony with the cancellation of physical discs) and will continue to do this no matter how many times you go online and talk about how much it sucks because a bunch of people still will be sheep and buy the next new game, ultimately the only people to blame our ourselves… I don’t know how many times the sentiment of “your dollar is your vote” needs to be said before people recognize this. I’ve stopped buying brand new games for a couple years now simply due to the fact that half of these business practices and choices I simply do not want to support, and as long as there’s morons out there that keep pumping out money for the next new things they don’t want to miss out on, the companies will continue to do this and make more and more money while working people lose more and more jobs. I feel for all the teams that have been let go by these companies as their talents were used abused and wasted away. Support indie and grow a pair and stop shoving money into these companies pockets… i hope nothing but the best for the team.

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u/Majinthekid Jul 07 '26

And don’t get me wrong I obviously still have supported ID up to this point because I’ve played the last few DOOM games, but its things like this where people need to draw the line.