"My word choice was crude": Unity CEO apologizes after calling certain mobile game developers "f**king idiots"

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The Unity gaming engine has been one of the most reliable names in the gaming industry over the years, with tens of thousands of products that run on it. It's available on PC, consoles, and mobile devices. Unfortunately, although mobile gaming is developing at a breakneck speed, it's often accused of poor practices like predatory microtransactions and pay-to-win mechanics. Unity CEO John Riccitiello has now apologized publicly after his comments about mobile gaming drew the ire of the gaming community.

Riccitiello previously commented on how mobile gaming was a great way for game developers to make money. He claimed that mobile game developers should always focus on monetization and aim to earn as much revenue as possible. According to him, the people who chose to do otherwise and prioritized gameplay instead were "some of the biggest f**king idiots." Riccitiello has been heavily criticized for the comment, and this is what likely led to the detailed apology from the Unity CEO.

The original comments were made in an interview with Pocketgamer.biz. Riccitiello insisted that those against focusing on the monetization part of mobile games represented a small section of developers. He claimed that this group was creatively brilliant but also stupid at the same time.

Since then, he has been heavily criticized by many, but Riccitiello claims that his words were misinterpreted.

After the backlash, the Unity CEO took to his own Twitter profile to publicly apologize for his controversial comments. He began by stating that his choice of words was poor and that he could have expressed himself better:

Riccitiello then went on to clarify that he believed his statement was being misinterpreted. He began by crediting all developers,