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Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt (archive.ph)

submitted 1 year ago by ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

So, classic corporate walk-back. Put something out that's horrible, get backlash, walk it back to what you originally wanted to do which is "less horrible", then make people feel good cause they feel like they won while you're still laughing to the bank.

Fuck unity, let them rot.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Whats the official term for this? Tactical walkbacks? Its been happening a lot lately

[–] pazzeda@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I call it the Highball method of negotiating, the opposite of lowballing

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