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Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from company weeks after pricing controversy
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this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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I strongly suspect this is just damage control and that there's no meaningful change whatsoever.
Companies using a scapegoat to deflect criticism is a tale as old as capitalism.
My only argument against your opinion, is that he actually has a trackable history of poor performance as a CEO and a trackable record of very bad monetization schemes. He's the reason EA is the way it is.
This isn't the first company he's ruined the reputation of.
Granted, the board that elected him is still there. That's an issue that will persist for a while.
To that I would say, his track record is what makes him the perfect scapegoat. That might very well have been a consideration when bringing him on in the first place.
He joined Unity in 2014. I don't believe for a second that a board of investors agreed on anything for that long.