I work for a company that manufactures gardening equipment. Like many other companies, we experienced a surge in demand during the pandemic, as people stayed home and invested in these products. Later, however, demand declined.
"Even Marx said capitalism is good for growth." Yes but then the other shoe drops and he talks about how growth for its own sake, capital for its own sake, is bad for both people and planet. Thank you for pointing this out with nuance.
I feel like gaming companies are more focused on pleasing investors than making profit. Clearly the route they're on is unprofitable, yet they double down again and again. The lack of course correction is baffling. It's so obvious what they're doing wrong, and it just keeps happening.
Democracies and consumerism have something in common, the pursuit of the lowest common denominator is what leads to success. The larger the masses the dumber it gets, inversely perhaps to it's individual participants.
Don't worry about the other few comments on this video. Most of these people probably didn't even watch your video more than a few seconds in, and are only commenting after seeing the thumbnail. I'm only 10 minutes in so far, so I can't speak on anything past that point yet, but your video seems like a good analysis so far. I'll leave another comment after I finish the video.
"We should vote with our wallets but..." That's literally a meme created to get us to forget that some of our wallets have negative votes. Capitalism is the opposite of democracy.
Its baffling to me how people still fail to Connect capitalism to the majority of our global problems. Its always great to have low stake examples like Video Games to show the predatory mechanisms a more or less unregulated market runs on.
Explain how the state of the Games industry is entirely a Free Market enterprise without control or interference from a government body when tax payers in the US, Canada, France, Germany, and many others are paying for government consultancy groups that developers are being extorted into hiring.
@@LilMonsterInc Yes, several of those governments deny distribution of games which don't adhere to their cultural standards, IE the proof of DEI consultation. And a Free Market is very easily defined, as it is a market operating under free competition which is not controlled OR REGULATED by a government. And really, telling developers their funding will be cut and their games will be bombarded with slanderous bad reviews(the whole Black Myth Wukong accusations anyone?) if they don't comply isn't extortion? Because last I checked, that's very literally the dictionary definition of extortion.
I don't really think it will have as much of an impact as some may think. Fallout 76 was before the Microsoft acquisition, and I think many would accept that as the beginning of the end for Bethesda. FO4 has similarly mixed reviews, but 76 really cemented what they were doing, and this results in Starfield.
I must also point out the politically driven biases that many game developers have included in their games now as opposed to nuance and better quality stories/gameplay; at times when under criticism for quality, some devs have thrown out accusations, etc towards their own player-base (ie you're misogynists; racist; etc). - I do not understand the purpose behind alienating your consumers if you are creating a product where they make up the large majority of said consumer base. As someone who is pretty much in the middle, it's frustrating to see the political agendas pushed and pushed, while quality goes down and down - I am all for a third game category to be developed; 'politically driven games' perhaps?
Consider this, what has communism done for gaming beyond spam mobile slop? The gaming companies like electronic arts & tencent have been buying up smaller companies for decades, other megacorporations that already had several franchises such as microsoft & sony have been expressing complete control over entire franchises, then there's nintendo being a legalistic bully to prevent independents from becoming profitable while destroying preservation as a whole. Sure there's third party distributors like epic & valve, but they're still contributing by enabling whatever the larger publisher demands. I wouldn't say it's capitalism, but rather oppressive monopolization.
Because Blackrock and ESG goals. They are prepared to force change their agenda whether people like it or not. Everything that's happening, points back to Blackrock. DEI was not ever meant to be a tool to dissolve culture and destroy games. The intention was to make the corporate workplace inclusive of other cultures and people in a global world. This has been poorly executed - hence we see what's happening now. Be intelligent- be smart: what's happening now wasn't their intention at all. It's a side effect. And the products coming out of those studios will continue to be of poor quality and miss the mark continuously unless there is a fundamental change to how games are made. It's complex.
When literal governments are involved, such as the US, France, Canada, and Germany, in financing the direction the Games' Industry Market through coercive consultancy groups, it definitely IS NOT Capitalism.
I work for a company that manufactures gardening equipment. Like many other companies, we experienced a surge in demand during the pandemic, as people stayed home and invested in these products. Later, however, demand declined.
Accurate, please continue
Glad to hear :)
"Even Marx said capitalism is good for growth."
Yes but then the other shoe drops and he talks about how growth for its own sake, capital for its own sake, is bad for both people and planet. Thank you for pointing this out with nuance.
Absolutely. That bit in Marx is just surprising given his understanding of the system, but doesn't cancel the actual critique.
I feel like gaming companies are more focused on pleasing investors than making profit. Clearly the route they're on is unprofitable, yet they double down again and again. The lack of course correction is baffling. It's so obvious what they're doing wrong, and it just keeps happening.
this mirrors what's going on in the film industry as well
Thank you for your thoughts!
My pleasure!
Well thought out and articulated video! I will be subscribing!
I'm surprised how much I like this channel. I've been burned by the algos in the past.
Happy to hear!
Democracies and consumerism have something in common, the pursuit of the lowest common denominator is what leads to success. The larger the masses the dumber it gets, inversely perhaps to it's individual participants.
Don't worry about the other few comments on this video. Most of these people probably didn't even watch your video more than a few seconds in, and are only commenting after seeing the thumbnail.
I'm only 10 minutes in so far, so I can't speak on anything past that point yet, but your video seems like a good analysis so far. I'll leave another comment after I finish the video.
Capitalism is the answer to way too many modern problems
*the cause
For sure!
Disco Elysium
"We should vote with our wallets but..."
That's literally a meme created to get us to forget that some of our wallets have negative votes. Capitalism is the opposite of democracy.
Interesting thoughts, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Its baffling to me how people still fail to Connect capitalism to the majority of our global problems.
Its always great to have low stake examples like Video Games to show the predatory mechanisms a more or less unregulated market runs on.
Explain how the state of the Games industry is entirely a Free Market enterprise without control or interference from a government body when tax payers in the US, Canada, France, Germany, and many others are paying for government consultancy groups that developers are being extorted into hiring.
@@LilMonsterInc Yes, several of those governments deny distribution of games which don't adhere to their cultural standards, IE the proof of DEI consultation.
And a Free Market is very easily defined, as it is a market operating under free competition which is not controlled OR REGULATED by a government.
And really, telling developers their funding will be cut and their games will be bombarded with slanderous bad reviews(the whole Black Myth Wukong accusations anyone?) if they don't comply isn't extortion? Because last I checked, that's very literally the dictionary definition of extortion.
Sad Microsoft took over Bethesda. Not excited to see what they do to the Elder Scrolls 6. Capitalism can suck.
I don't really think it will have as much of an impact as some may think. Fallout 76 was before the Microsoft acquisition, and I think many would accept that as the beginning of the end for Bethesda. FO4 has similarly mixed reviews, but 76 really cemented what they were doing, and this results in Starfield.
I must also point out the politically driven biases that many game developers have included in their games now as opposed to nuance and better quality stories/gameplay; at times when under criticism for quality, some devs have thrown out accusations, etc towards their own player-base (ie you're misogynists; racist; etc). - I do not understand the purpose behind alienating your consumers if you are creating a product where they make up the large majority of said consumer base.
As someone who is pretty much in the middle, it's frustrating to see the political agendas pushed and pushed, while quality goes down and down - I am all for a third game category to be developed; 'politically driven games' perhaps?
Consider this, what has communism done for gaming beyond spam mobile slop? The gaming companies like electronic arts & tencent have been buying up smaller companies for decades, other megacorporations that already had several franchises such as microsoft & sony have been expressing complete control over entire franchises, then there's nintendo being a legalistic bully to prevent independents from becoming profitable while destroying preservation as a whole. Sure there's third party distributors like epic & valve, but they're still contributing by enabling whatever the larger publisher demands. I wouldn't say it's capitalism, but rather oppressive monopolization.
Because Blackrock and ESG goals. They are prepared to force change their agenda whether people like it or not. Everything that's happening, points back to Blackrock.
DEI was not ever meant to be a tool to dissolve culture and destroy games. The intention was to make the corporate workplace inclusive of other cultures and people in a global world. This has been poorly executed - hence we see what's happening now.
Be intelligent- be smart: what's happening now wasn't their intention at all. It's a side effect.
And the products coming out of those studios will continue to be of poor quality and miss the mark continuously unless there is a fundamental change to how games are made. It's complex.
"Dislikes Disable By Owner"
Yeah, figured from someone blaming capitalism about everything.
it's enabled dude! you can dislike as much as you want
Nothing capitalistic about ESG/DEI, dig deeper..
lmfao. you can just smell the insecurity on this comment
When literal governments are involved, such as the US, France, Canada, and Germany, in financing the direction the Games' Industry Market through coercive consultancy groups, it definitely IS NOT Capitalism.
yeah, no
jews.