"Nobody Wants AAA Video Games Anymore"

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  • @ChiefGore429
    @ChiefGore429 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7868

    I've lived long enough to see all my favorite i.p.'s die.

    • @Lamastache
      @Lamastache 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +502

      I’m praying Ubisoft doesn’t bring back splinters cell just to destroy it

    • @CharlieKellyEsq
      @CharlieKellyEsq 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +400

      ​@@Lamastache stop giving them ideas

    • @dux5525
      @dux5525 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +179

      "This is MY I.P. to sit on and do NOTHING with".

    • @Jett2894
      @Jett2894 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

      Same RIP Diablo RIP FF RIP COD RIP RS RIP CS 😢 L Devs

    • @philosophicallybroke8873
      @philosophicallybroke8873 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +166

      Waiting for mass effect 4 is the same feeling as knowing you girl is about to break up with you, and your just sat there waiting for the text 😂

  • @liahfox5840
    @liahfox5840 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6814

    They're not AAA games. They're interactive HR orientations

    • @GigglingStoners
      @GigglingStoners 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +110

      Indeed.

    • @PantoniStrikesBack
      @PantoniStrikesBack 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +125

      That was a fantastic definition :D

    • @theprogenitor951
      @theprogenitor951 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +72

      What we're seeing before our eyes is the "Boeing Effect."

    • @WackyJacky500
      @WackyJacky500 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They aren't HR orientations....they are youth indoctrination/brainwashing vehicles.

    • @halodragonmaster
      @halodragonmaster 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

      They're barely even interactive! You can at least get the ones at the job wrong!

  • @ka0t1k1
    @ka0t1k1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5377

    Gamers don’t want “The message”

    • @ignskeletons
      @ignskeletons 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +227

      When it comes to the character designs, we need less hating and more gooning

    • @TheGlitterMan
      @TheGlitterMan 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +141

      I guess they have to lose billions of dollars just to figure it out.

    • @clickbaker1
      @clickbaker1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +209

      I read that in Critical Drinkers voice

    • @demonofwar1155
      @demonofwar1155 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      Real lol 😂​@@ignskeletons

    • @Wealth_Atlas
      @Wealth_Atlas 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Woah really!

  • @carolinec2073
    @carolinec2073 วันที่ผ่านมา +62

    14:30 Yeah, no one wants DEI BS.. I game to relax. I watch TV to relax. After getting lectured about a TPS report at work, I don't want to be lectured when I'm gaming or when I'm watching TV. Entertain, not condescend.

  • @djoal0009
    @djoal0009 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2673

    "Nobody wants western AAA video games anymore" should be the title...

    • @EhurtAfy
      @EhurtAfy 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +140

      Yessir, I don't think anybody would argue that Monster Hunter, Elden Ring, Zelda, or Resident Evil are not AAA. I am perfectly fine with more of those AAA games

    • @quantum5661
      @quantum5661 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +61

      the AAA and AA coming out of places like japan are pretty solid

    • @Totsy30
      @Totsy30 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +124

      We can just call western AAA games “WAAA” games at this point because they’re always crying about some annoying societal message

    • @RandomPersonOnTheInternet1234
      @RandomPersonOnTheInternet1234 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      more like "nobody wants games that try and force an agenda that we dont want."

    • @bodigames
      @bodigames 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Yall said the same last year and guess what??? BALDURS GATE 3 so you are just wromg

  • @TommasoFirmini
    @TommasoFirmini 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1727

    Imagine putting $100-$400million into a game just for the dei hire to make it a therapy sim/validation machine

    • @robinchwan
      @robinchwan 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

      probably why they wanted to increase how much the game cost to buy. between 70 and 100 dollars

    • @Apophis1010
      @Apophis1010 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +66

      We don't have to imagine! We have Concord! Yay

    • @TommasoFirmini
      @TommasoFirmini 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +60

      @@Apophis1010 and dragon age
      And a dozen others before that have progressively gotten more in your face about it

    • @uonecar
      @uonecar 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      the question I would be asking. is it the ceo's or is it the activist. only one of these I've got the greater power

    • @neh1234
      @neh1234 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@Apophis1010 Had. Had Concord.

  • @chrisleonard2908
    @chrisleonard2908 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +797

    They hired developers and let them make games targeting the 1% of gaming audience and then complained that the other 99% didn't buy their game.

    • @stanislavkimov2779
      @stanislavkimov2779 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +53

      It's not even for that 1%, cause the games are not even good.

    • @battfinkz
      @battfinkz 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      THIS

    • @olafthebear2327
      @olafthebear2327 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      They could still maybe make it work, but only if they spent 1% of the budget they're actually spending to make the games. Instead they're spending at least triple the budget a normal game made for normal people would be expected to cost

    • @jonw7937
      @jonw7937 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And just like in Hollywood where they do this, they always infect existing IPs that already have a fandom because if they make their own games/shows/movies zero people show up to get force fed "The message". Case in point Concord, Dustborn, and Thirsty Sword Lesbians

    • @deusexmachinareznov4975
      @deusexmachinareznov4975 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

      I'd say they hired activists instead of developers.

  • @swaeshow
    @swaeshow วันที่ผ่านมา +216

    Why would I spend $70 on a game that, most likely, isn't finished? 9/10 games released aren't finished. They have patches coming in for the next year and DLC (most likely pieces from the original game idea) that release in the next several years. Instead I wait for the game to be finshed before buying it. By that time the game is down to $50 or less. That's a deal in my book. I refuse to be a beta tester for the devs or let them rip me off by selling me an unfinished product.

    • @KylerGreer
      @KylerGreer วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      I don't even pay $50 for them, I wait until games are $20 or less. I have so many other games to enjoy that it doesn't matter to me if play brand new releases.

    • @Yatukih_001
      @Yatukih_001 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Because people who have unrealistic expectations want you to. When people have unrealistic expectations of you they want you to do things for themselves. They want you to mask up for themselves. They want you to vaccinate for themselves. They want you to buy expensive games, then play them for themselves. They even want you to make origami for themselves. They want all kinds of things from you which you have no time for.

    • @farmerJ-zp9dj
      @farmerJ-zp9dj 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      Or pay full price for a game like Forza Motorsport debacle still updating the game to fix it 5 years later to then switch off the servers for it & now a game is unplayable offline & useless for $$$ , what a SCAM !

    • @sauceroflivingpeople
      @sauceroflivingpeople 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Must not be old enough to remember when games were physical things that had to be done because there was no internet connection. They HAD to be done because once you have that disc, thats the version you play. Not until the xbox 360 geb did patch’s on consul become a thing. Games had been being patched on PC for a while but most of those games were multiplayer focused like starcraft and warcraft.

    • @Redmeer411
      @Redmeer411 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I hardly pay 50 or 70 and now we got companies trying to normalize $120 for their "games" its crazy.

  • @LolaYod
    @LolaYod 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1330

    Gamers are drawn to AA and Indie. Games created by gamers for gamers are what we desire. Not the souless corporate cash grabs.

    • @RoNoC-u2s
      @RoNoC-u2s 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

      Facts, I gotta say some of the coolest concepts I’ve seen in games are thought of by solo developers

    • @7kortos7
      @7kortos7 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

      By gamers not Bi gamers. LOL sorry had to.

    • @7kortos7
      @7kortos7 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@RoNoC-u2s We Who Are About To Die is a very good example of that. such a fun and whacky game. can't wait for multiplayer. Asmon would dig the shit out of it.

    • @justinb8297
      @justinb8297 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Yep when its a passion project, but not once they let the money get to there heads and they too open up cash shops and other bs

    • @BlorbusUnimax
      @BlorbusUnimax 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      they arent corporate cash grabs, because they dont sell...they are selling out to black rock for ESG money

  • @IroquoisGaming
    @IroquoisGaming 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1357

    We just want complete games with no propaganda.

    • @Unresolver
      @Unresolver 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      The most games contain some form of propaganda, especially "golden standard" games.

    • @jinkazama2555
      @jinkazama2555 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +144

      @@Unresolver You know what he means, dont be a smartass, that hasnt worked out well for your life.

    • @aminjeanbredimus7157
      @aminjeanbredimus7157 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      In every disaster there's an opportunity. I hope all indie studios rejoice and understand that if they play their cards right and come up with compelling gameplay, they can rise up real fast, leaving these triple A studios in the triple dust.

    • @TheDiner50
      @TheDiner50 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ha! Well... Sniper Elite? GTA games? One persons propaganda is a others grate punching bag in fiction.
      Used to promote a political cause or point of view. And more often then not, fabricated to that end. Truth or Lies be disregarded. The message. Power control.
      It is not enough to remove propaganda. You would still have hurt feelings and awful games being made. And overpriced, gamble, micro-transaction crap.
      As a example. No blood from combat. Is that because the dev's can not make blood effects? It is not really part of any propaganda. Awful and 3 year old gameplay difficulty? Reviewer difficulty settings? AI enemies that can not even begin to make a fun game? That is not propaganda. Can polish a turd and make a complete and perfect turd of a game. No propaganda. It would still be a polished turd of a game.

    • @aiaoi5048
      @aiaoi5048 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      *terribly written propaganda is more apt

  • @Mark-vr7pt
    @Mark-vr7pt 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +245

    Stellar Blade: hot girl
    Space Marine 2: cool dudes
    Deadlock: hot girls and cool dudes
    Monster Hunter: cool dudes and hot girls killing cool giant monsters
    Hmmmm, i wonder, what do they have in common?

    • @lexnight8345
      @lexnight8345 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      Hot people 🗿

    • @garywintle8023
      @garywintle8023 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      WuKong has a Monkey and Chinese mythology and trounced all of those.

    • @dangerous358
      @dangerous358 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@garywintle8023space marine 2 is my game of the year never touched wu dong monkey time

    • @im18andolder123
      @im18andolder123 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      ​@@garywintle8023Wukong has Monke, amazing mythology AND hot spider women? GOTY

    • @IncognitoActivado
      @IncognitoActivado วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Space Marine 2, Alan Wake 2, Silent Hill 2 "Demake", Concord, Dragon Age Veilguard, Monster Hunter World/Wilds, Deadlock have dei stuff, so no; you are wrong here.

  • @jhhwild
    @jhhwild วันที่ผ่านมา +48

    A lot of people can't afford the top of the line PCs and graphics cards required for an optimal experience. The games are bloated and require absurd amounts of disc space. People are prioritizing paying for groceries and their bills over entertainment. And people dont want to be preached at with a "message" and narrative that's driven into the story with the subtlety of a jackhammer.

    • @slydoorkeeper4783
      @slydoorkeeper4783 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      This too. I keep looking at some indie/smaller studio games that look great and off long play time, but are often cheaper and requires far less space. I've seen some even that have the space that the 360 could manage. Heck, a 360 could possibly run in if it were released back then.

    • @jhhwild
      @jhhwild 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @slydoorkeeper4783 Yeah, I've spent way more time playing smaller indie games with relatively primitive graphics than I've spent on mainstream AAA games.

  • @rogthepirate4593
    @rogthepirate4593 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +597

    5:40 There's the problem right there: "*annual* CoD title". Nobody demanded this. They're complaining that it's so hard to shit out a new CoD every year? Well, then how about you don't?

    • @judgedread9724
      @judgedread9724 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +70

      But think of the investors!

    • @lfcmike12
      @lfcmike12 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +78

      They'll stop doing it when the average gamer grows a brain and stops paying for slop.

    • @Gnidel
      @Gnidel 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      As a fan of Sonic, I appreciate yearly releases. I'm pretty sure that there are many CoD fans who enjoy high frequency of the series they like.

    • @kurtisgladue9178
      @kurtisgladue9178 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

      @@GnidelIf they have substantial reason for the yearly release, sure. There’s no reason that I should have skipped the last 4 Call of Duty games and hopped onto BO6, thanks game pass, and never skip a beat. It’s more copy and paste than sports games at this point.

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      The investors demand it

  • @sarkzar
    @sarkzar 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +372

    im tired of being asked to pay $70 to do a studio's final run of QA

    • @fishyfinthing8854
      @fishyfinthing8854 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

      I also tired of paying for any live service game trying to be my unpaid job.

    • @danielvaldez158
      @danielvaldez158 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Then stop.

    • @spicypizza6116
      @spicypizza6116 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I left QA over a decade ago because it was clear that corporations were cutting software quality/testing departments.

    • @kalemz4495
      @kalemz4495 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@danielvaldez158oh how the irony just flies over your head

    • @kaiberuss
      @kaiberuss วันที่ผ่านมา

      wdym QA? its more Q and no A and thn afterwards no fix either

  • @Syntherus
    @Syntherus 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +540

    There's a direct correlation between identity politics and bad games. When Identity politics are in the game it means the devs are activists and not gamers. They tend to spend way more time making sure they communicate the message than they do making sure the game is actually good. Strictly because the message is the more important thing for them.

    • @EnolaGay15
      @EnolaGay15 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

      it's become a cult.

    • @RogerCaplan
      @RogerCaplan 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      As well as the time spent on each, the message also takes priority over things that might make the game good. If adding their identity politics means adding cutscenes that everyone hates then they'll include those cutscenes at the cost of making their game worse because it's more important to them.

    • @Mlai00
      @Mlai00 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      It's because their definition of "good" is wrongheaded.
      When I design a character or write a story, I try to make it good so people will like it. My idea of good is the same as other Western people's.
      They also want to make something "good" so people will like it. Problem is they think their "good" is everyone else's idea of good, but everyone else just don't know it yet.

    • @balitangkamatis
      @balitangkamatis 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      funny thing is, they always argue that women also play games at the same ratio as blokes do, my answer? nah, they don't. Picture this, I know a friend of me nans, 80 yrs old vetaran bloke from limerick that served in WW2 and the wanker plays COD all day long, he's a diamond 2 btw, jesus bless his soul. And also a saw twitch streamers like "gamerdad" I think, a 60+ yrs bloke who plays LoL, "grandpagaming" also an old veteran that plays battlefield.
      And what do old ladies do? pfft, I'm sure not much and playing videogames isn't one of em.

    • @StackingGains
      @StackingGains 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It all comes down to good games. You can get away with woke in a good game, but you can't get away with woke in a bad game, and it's not easy to make a good game especially if you're focused on something else.

  • @Particle_Ghost
    @Particle_Ghost 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +15

    I have been gaming for over 40 years and for over the last half a decade I go out of my way now to ignore mainstream AAA. I automatically know what the writing is going to be like, how the jokes will play out, what the outfits will look like, what the women will look like, and the fast that they won't be addressed as being a women in game.

  • @genexstyle
    @genexstyle 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1369

    Nah, gamers just don't like being force fed politics throught a game or rushed out games full of bugs...

    • @Inkspells
      @Inkspells 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      Not true nobody cares about the politics if the game is Well written

    • @elliottwilson5962
      @elliottwilson5962 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +146

      @@Inkspellsoh nobody cares? So you speak for everyone? I don’t want bullshit politics in my games so you’re wrong

    • @fabiusque4266
      @fabiusque4266 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      Pretty much this. If AAA games would still be focussed on delivering what the playerbase wants (and constantly says it wants), there wouldnt be an issue. The whole issue is that they dont.

    • @NeonEclipse910
      @NeonEclipse910 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

      "The message" works its way into the game because they have people who are not game developers developing the game. It comes from not having quality employees. DEI hires cannot produce good quality. And with games, quality matters a lot.

    • @EpicWarrior131
      @EpicWarrior131 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

      ​@@InkspellsBeing well written helps too, but I don't want to be preached to or subtly propagandized in any way in video games, regardless of the writer's talent. Any agenda other than making a game that appeals to the majority of players in terms of fun, aesthetics, fulfillment, immersion etc is nothing but a virus that needs to be cleansed from the gaming industry entirely. Giv'em an inch they take a mile.

  • @rickybev3078
    @rickybev3078 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +310

    Hiring seven people to do the job one person used to do and having massive overhead staff that don’t actually produce anything made them far too expensive to produce.

    • @pittuk6500
      @pittuk6500 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Reparations

    • @paulw5039
      @paulw5039 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

      Hiring seven people - *based on identity checkboxes instead of talent* - to do the job one *competent* person used to do and having massive overhead staff that don’t actually produce anything made them far too expensive to produce.

    • @rickybev3078
      @rickybev3078 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@paulw5039 🫡

    • @honieebean
      @honieebean 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      And the games aren't even finished when they come out anymore

    • @Oakeybloke
      @Oakeybloke 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      And the discussion between those 7 people go on forever, no wonder they get nothing done 😂

  • @thatguydownthestreat
    @thatguydownthestreat 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +343

    4:13 can we just... stop putting girl boss characters in anything period? just a good character that is female works. and it's been proven for a LONG ass time that guys dont mind or sometimes even prefer to play female characters in games. so like you don't need to make a merry sue that the narrative bends over backwards to "empower", just make a character that is badass, and get a female model and va, like it's not that hard. :T

    • @joeking2961
      @joeking2961 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      i always make female characters if im going to be playing games 8 to 12hrs and more id rather be lookin at a chick then a dude

    • @FallenstarPR-f1w
      @FallenstarPR-f1w 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +45

      They could be making so much money with old characters but they just make a girl that looks like a Jason and the muscles of John cena wtf

    • @RobMetal-ie5hd
      @RobMetal-ie5hd 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      @@thatguydownthestreat i understand what you mean. Games really just need better writing IMO.
      I think Alloy from horizon zero dawn was a well written female protagonist.

    • @BizzyFunker
      @BizzyFunker 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Mary Sue, it is named after a 50s character.

    • @Mlai00
      @Mlai00 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@RobMetal-ie5hd I loved HZD, and was shedding tears at the end credits; only a few JRPGs manage to do that to me.
      But I won't play HZD2. They uglified my girl. Look how they massacred my girl! I refuse to play it.

  • @mintx1720
    @mintx1720 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    AAA games is a race to the bottom. If nobody had AAA art before, AAA art is not needed. If AAA art is not needed, the budget of games could be massively lowered. If budget of games can be massively lowered, game studios can take more risks. Classic human behavior.

  • @SwornInvictus
    @SwornInvictus 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +387

    DEI is what killed movies and games here in the west. I quit all of it and read old books or binge an anime once in a while, that's it.

    • @Level_Eleven
      @Level_Eleven 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

      Yeah, reading is slowly becoming the only escapism that the woke mind virus can’t touch… except for comics 😅

    • @Sisyphus_Must_Game.-tf3bq
      @Sisyphus_Must_Game.-tf3bq 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      ​@@Level_Eleven Well if DEI gets people back to reading and rediscovering culture, maybe it's the silver lining.

    • @northzone13
      @northzone13 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Any recs for books ?

    • @atraxian5881
      @atraxian5881 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Level_Eleven the woke mind virus has been trying to outlaw some books and change others to suit the "modern sensibilities" for a while, especially in libraries.

    • @capslockcapable1719
      @capslockcapable1719 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      @@northzone13 I'm digging the Flashman series about a Victorian-era British soldier bouncing around between fictionalized but historically accurate mid- to late-19th century conflicts... and the character himself is a complete piece of work. Written in the 1960s-90s. Does not GAF about woke platitudes.

  • @Jdiroe
    @Jdiroe 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +848

    Triple A lacks integrity Indie studios put every fibre of passion and effort into their games

    • @NobleGamer889
      @NobleGamer889 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      BeamNG drive is a good example of an indie game where the devs listen to the fan base

    • @cryfier
      @cryfier 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Bro you commented 2 minutes after the video released, you did not even watch it.

    • @NobleGamer889
      @NobleGamer889 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      @@cryfierI do this sometimes it isn’t uncommon in TH-cam

    • @Gravora
      @Gravora 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      There are plenty of terrible, half bakes indies but most of them never make news. They die quietly and never make money. The ones we know of are true passion projects with good developers with vision.
      The reason AAA has problems it does is due to budget and size. When that much money is put into something people expect results, so when the expected results are delivered it is decent and when it is not it is very bad.

    • @Tacgonmaner
      @Tacgonmaner 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      not even that, there just fun

  • @Godeias
    @Godeias 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +460

    I don't even care about GTA6, ES6, or any other long awaited game from AAA studios anymore.

    • @ares23dc
      @ares23dc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +90

      Mass Effect 5, Witcher 4 also. Have absolute zero faith in them. My top 2 favourite franchises, and I have zero interest in buying them at this point, reading what the studios are doing.

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +65

      @ All four mentioned got DEId.

    • @fullmetal921
      @fullmetal921 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      They'd be far removed from what made their predecessors great anyway. No loss.

    • @_MaZTeR_
      @_MaZTeR_ 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +59

      GTA 6 has so many DEI redflags the past few years. Starfield is a clear example Bethesda has their heads so far up Todd's and Emile's asses that any other game ends the same. Dragon Age Flopguard is a clear example BioWare hasn't learned from nearly 8 years ago with Mass Effect Andromeda.

    • @MN-jw7mm
      @MN-jw7mm 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      GTA6 may still be a good game if you ignore the story because Rockstar still has a good technical record and people play online for the chaotic fun, not the story. ES6? Mass Effect 5? The Witcher 4? Those are all made by devs that can neither write, nor code.

  • @Zed_Oud
    @Zed_Oud วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    4:00 oversimplification? If it’s in 3rd person men are generally *for* a female protagonists. But if it’s 1st person, men are much more strongly against having a female protagonist.

    • @yesmansam6686
      @yesmansam6686 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +10

      I mean. Lots of people love the metroid prime trilogy

    • @mythrodos
      @mythrodos 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      Joanna Dark was a great success in the 64 era. Then microsoft happened. 😢

    • @pcdeltalink036
      @pcdeltalink036 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      Gosh I miss Perfect Dark on N64. Easily one of the best games ever made. Blew Goldeneye out of the water in quality, weapon variety, having AI for combat simulator yet Goldeneye is the only one anyone remembers.

    • @tylerbreau4544
      @tylerbreau4544 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      I doubt that... If you were to say men have a preference towards male protagonist when it's 1st person, sure that might be the case.
      Being against female protagonist?
      Frankly speaking, chances are the majority doesn't care.
      What people want is good games.
      The important thing is what makes the game memorable?
      Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooiee is memorable for me because I had so much fun playing it.
      Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 is another memorable game for me because I just enjoyed it so much.
      Halo series is memorable for me because badass Master Chief, story, the music, scenery.
      RS2, OSRS, WoW Late BC->Cataclysm + Classic WoW, FFXIV, and to a degree Warframe. All of this MMORPGs are memorable for me because of the time I spent playing them, progressing my characters, and so on - And my character mattered to me. Less so in RS2 and OSRS but still.
      The protagonist only matters when it's an important part of the memorability.
      In MMORPGs, you role play the character, often create the character, and progress the character through power levels. Fashion has also been a growing pillar in MMORPGs.
      It's pretty common for the protagonist (your avatar) to be an important part of your experience.
      For Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, and Kingdom Hearts... Frankly speaking, who the protagonist is doesn't matter. These games are much more about gameplay, story, and other design pillars.
      For Halo, the protagonist also doesn't really matter. Yes, Master Chief is a beloved character.
      But the fact of the matter is, who is the Master Chief? You never see his face, you rarely hear his voice, he usually doesn't act outside of player control.
      The protagonist isn't the Master Chief, it's you the player. The game is a power fantasy, you are fighting against the Covenant and the Flood and saving humanity. You did that, not the Master Chief, that's how the trilogy played out.
      On the other hand, Halo Multiplayer, the protagonist is your customizable avatar. I never played Halo multiplayer but I suspect that played an important part in the memorability.

    • @Zed_Oud
      @Zed_Oud 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ this is all true, and I played all of those games, and what you said about them is true.
      However, there are male players who report very strong aversion to playing a female character in 1st person narratives. It’s usually some issue with immersion, either they can’t get immersed, or they get too immersed and are jarred out of it by the perspective character’s female voice, and this when the same male players would report being fine with female characters in 3rd person.
      Female players do not report this (nearly to the same degree) with male characters, which might be a problem with male bias in media, more flexible/openminded immersion ability in female players, or a greater degree of continuous awareness of reality vs media (immersed but aware of it).
      Where this comes to a head is VR, where immersion is strong enough to mess with the brain (set the wrong IPD and your proprioception will be off IRL when reaching for a glass of water). Basically every narrative is a role immersing one, and with the bias in gender representation and consumption of media, women will be more comfortable hearing a masculine 1st person voice than men will be comfortable with a feminine 1st person voice, a well documented phenomenon, but made worse by the lack of other cues to indicate the player character’s gender to remind the immersed player without risking breaking their immersion, and any cues attempted so far are extremely jarring. Imagine a man looks down in VR and sees a the female PC’s chest… when this is occurring in the corner of your eye in VR, it can you either get used to it or it is very jarring in every instance.

  • @OM3GA-Z3RO
    @OM3GA-Z3RO 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +658

    No, we still want AAA games, we don't want interactive movies that is infected with gender politics and marvel humor.

    • @PolygonSwan
      @PolygonSwan 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Correct a simulation x'd with choose your own story book is tired.

    • @aftermodesmusic7440
      @aftermodesmusic7440 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      ESPECIALLY MARVEL HUMOR

    • @magma1lord
      @magma1lord 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I haven't played many recent games nor watched any marvel movie beyond guardians of the galaxy 2, can you explain marvel humor?

    • @BrutalGuitarShreedin
      @BrutalGuitarShreedin 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@magma1lordunfunny

    • @magma1lord
      @magma1lord 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Forced funny shit that falls flat. gotcha

  • @WARVANE
    @WARVANE 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +248

    too much DEI in the industry.

    • @RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr
      @RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's because DEI is a globalist agenda and many globalists have jobs on the boards of AAA game producing companies plus Black Rock and Vanguard owns shares in every big game development or publishing companies. Those 2 firms are also globalist controlled and pushing the agenda (they also own shares in every major movie/tv show company). Globalism is a tree with many branches and far reaching roots.

    • @DC-qy1qy
      @DC-qy1qy วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yup

  • @uriyahndoesstuff9982
    @uriyahndoesstuff9982 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +212

    They have twice the budget they had a few years ago, but delivering half the product they used to. How does that even happen?

    • @paulrasmussen8953
      @paulrasmussen8953 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      Poor business practice

    • @deoxysandmew2162
      @deoxysandmew2162 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

      CEO pockets the rest. Rich gets richer, poor gets poorer.

    • @lorecow88
      @lorecow88 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

      DEI practices, hiring expensive "consultancy" firms. It adds up pretty quickly and always leads to a worse product.

    • @Katniss0000
      @Katniss0000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      BS in Yappathon is getting all the money. Executives/Managers/CEO, Even a single game Manor Lords was made by ONE person.

    • @saidares
      @saidares 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      hiring based on race, gender and sexuality instead of hiring whos best for the job

  • @Zebra66
    @Zebra66 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    The 90's was the best time to be a gamer. You can't even imagine how exciting and new everything was if you weren't there. Nothing is exciting now.
    There was genuine creativity, technical leaps that were noticeable, a thriving arcade scene where gamers met in person.
    Games were games. No boring cut-scenes or endless wandering around trying to find stuff you don't care about. The game started immediately and through you into the action.
    Games were a challenge too. Infinite lives and continues were a major deal breaker and resulted in low review scores.

    • @Plagedy
      @Plagedy 50 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Yeh its surreal gaming is bad rn

  • @vulgaritar48
    @vulgaritar48 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +177

    You want me to spend $70 on garbage? In this economy?

    • @Jeustful
      @Jeustful 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      $70 is just for the barebones edition. To get all content you have often to pay more.

    • @wackpendejo3000
      @wackpendejo3000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@Jeustful not to mention the DLC/"micro"transactions....

    • @oneplay5570
      @oneplay5570 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@wackpendejo3000 i aint not paying 70$ for a incomplete game and lack of content

    • @Kejmur
      @Kejmur วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@wackpendejo3000 It's a shame that it connects to at least decent games as well. I love Paradox titles, but their DLC approach can destroy most wallets if you want to keep buying them regularly. Also, Crusader Kings 2 still being normally priced is just nuts to me.

  • @Jnishfkha-z5q
    @Jnishfkha-z5q 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +806

    If I notice even a hint of DEI or social issues, I instantly decline the decision to buy. It's also quite obvious since the devs can't stop themselves from bragging on social media about how differed and excellent they are, and how terrible you are for not wanting it.

    • @Bambam-
      @Bambam- 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +52

      Same, I've been shunned for it. But give a fuck, making me choose pronouns is why I uninstalled forza.

    • @Bjorn_R
      @Bjorn_R 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      Im not quite there, if I can select non DEI options in the games its ok. I actually dont really give a shit, but I have noticed Im starting to get angrier. This smug matter of fact attitude "of course this is in the game, this is the way of enlightened and good people". Not everyone is on this train, so why do most movies and games suddenly have to be like this..

    • @CottidaeSEA
      @CottidaeSEA 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

      ​@@Bjorn_RThe problem in my opinion is the attitude, not the message. I don't mind diversity and most of my favorite games are very diverse, but they have diversity in a natural and non-intrusive way and the attitude you get from it is "yep, that exists" rather than "this has to exist and you have to like it" which is a massive difference.

    • @davidk.8686
      @davidk.8686 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Easily triggered, aren't you? :D

    • @Cizm-One
      @Cizm-One 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@davidk.8686 How come did this bother you so much that you felt the urge to comment ? Easily triggered, aren't you ?

  • @syrup3438
    @syrup3438 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +295

    From my point of view it’s not AAA games that are suffering. It’s WESTERN AAA titles. Countries like Japan and China, especially Japan are releasing banger after banger like it’s nothing

    • @Level_Eleven
      @Level_Eleven 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

      Korea’s been killing it lately too. Lies of P and Dave the Diver were both excellent

    • @TarisRedwing
      @TarisRedwing 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      China?

    • @cultofhampter
      @cultofhampter 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@TarisRedwingmario murders sonic: Knuckles' vengeance part 21

    • @skorpiongamer9493
      @skorpiongamer9493 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Wukong​@@TarisRedwing

    • @scotttimbrell8632
      @scotttimbrell8632 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Marvel Rivals is also another example of an Asian company coming out swinging.

  • @Flamincow67
    @Flamincow67 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    The problem with modern games isn’t that a AAA studio make them. It’s that every game is littered with “battle passes” weapon skins, operator skins, emotes, etc. All of the “great” games to come out (OG halo and COD, BG3, the Witcher 3, old assassin creed to name a few) didn’t rely on micro transactions and a constant stream of garbage to keep you hooked

  • @chiron03
    @chiron03 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +123

    Its not about it being AAA. Its about AAA games just becoming DEI garbage.

    • @Khann_2102
      @Khann_2102 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Should've called it WAAA,Western AAA 😂

    • @CausticPyro
      @CausticPyro วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The 'A's were the asterisk hiding DEI all along.

  • @philosophicallybroke8873
    @philosophicallybroke8873 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +454

    Because AAA stands for Absolutely Astonishingly Ass, at this point.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

      My girlfriend has one of those.

    • @TheHK_47
      @TheHK_47 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      What about quadruple a

    • @philosophicallybroke8873
      @philosophicallybroke8873 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      ​@RealHomeRecording yes she does 👍

    • @L9MN4sTCUk
      @L9MN4sTCUk 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I've been hearing there's going to be an indie uprising since the mid 2000s. Still waiting. Gaming is big money, all those micro transaction laden games are raking in cash. Who wants to be an art centric indie game developer and be broke?

    • @Rengokuo4o6
      @Rengokuo4o6 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@RealHomeRecording I bet she does 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @stephanreiken9912
    @stephanreiken9912 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +234

    If AAA games had AAA quality instead of a D-, maybe people would buy it.

    • @thalanoth
      @thalanoth 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Sounds like the housing market lol 😅

    • @l3vi23
      @l3vi23 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@thalanothno because houses that were 100k in 2000 are 500k if not more in 2024 new games aren't $300 dollars there hasn't been a %500 increase in cost

    • @harambe4267
      @harambe4267 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@l3vi23 Have you seen the state of newbuilds and flips? The 500k houses are total shitboxes.

    • @fishyfinthing8854
      @fishyfinthing8854 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@l3vi23it’s suck when housing is expensive when everyone want to buy low then sell high for profit.
      Suddenly making housing communism doesn’t sound so bad.

  • @Zed_Oud
    @Zed_Oud วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    28:45 There’s games I have 100s of hours in and I have 1 hour of memories.
    There’s games I put 8 hours into and have 8 hours of memories.

  • @Jarnis-v1c
    @Jarnis-v1c 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +482

    People do not want bad, woke AAA games.

    • @demonofwar1155
      @demonofwar1155 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Real 💯

    • @enhancethechance3998
      @enhancethechance3998 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      People are just over the pushy woke movement, trying to push their propaganda everywhere, it’s nauseating. Like if you want to be woke then be woke don’t try to force your crap on me though

    • @Mlai00
      @Mlai00 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Marxist mind virus versus free market society. Let's see which one wins

    • @uonecar
      @uonecar 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@demonofwar1155 so who do you blame to blame the active s or CEO.

    • @Lightna
      @Lightna 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      People do not want woke games period.
      FTFY.

  • @jobbathehutt109
    @jobbathehutt109 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +185

    No. We don't want bad AAA games.
    Good triple AAA games are still on the menu

    • @aahzmandiaz2767
      @aahzmandiaz2767 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      And will still be bought. We just reject the DEI slop.

    • @The_Primary_Axiom
      @The_Primary_Axiom 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The last good AAA game I remember in 2 years was what Hogwarts and BG3. What else am I missing? I mean, you could argue Ragnarok. But all the good AAA games are coming out of the east now. Name a good western AAA game that came out in the last two years besides the ones I named.

    • @squidikka
      @squidikka 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@The_Primary_Axiom Space marine 2.

    • @The_Primary_Axiom
      @The_Primary_Axiom 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ True but I’m mainly speaking about only western single player games. There is space marine 2, hell divers 2, other multiplayer games from the west that did pretty well. I also don’t know if I really consider it a triple AAA game. After all when we say AAA we’re talking about the size of the dev team, and the budget. I’m pretty sure space marine two was a smaller team and a smaller budget. At least smaller than 98% of western AAA single player games.

    • @JSmith73
      @JSmith73 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      For the Emperor!

  • @speznex6969
    @speznex6969 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +118

    AAA stands for
    A: Average
    A: Absurd
    A: Anti-Gamers
    Nowadays

    • @NoobNoobNL85
      @NoobNoobNL85 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Should be renamed to accg - absolute cash cow game

    • @Dietrich_Kaufmann
      @Dietrich_Kaufmann 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      What’s the difference between AAA batteries and AAA games?
      One of them functions properly day 1 when CHARGED

  • @rathelmmc3194
    @rathelmmc3194 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Same issue with movies and TV shows. They've raised the budget to ridiculous levels because of the winner shows forgetting that the reason most stuff made a lot of money (think the original Star Wars) was because it was a small budget that became insanely popular.

  • @PowerfulRift
    @PowerfulRift 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +232

    29:40 No, Asmongold, the only reason why the cost of video games is going up, so called, is because they're spending ridiculous amounts of money on useless investments in game development, such as extreme photorealism and mocap animations, which is a waste of money and investment. They're focusing more money on extreme photorealistic graphical realism and shadowing, rather than game design, writing, gameplay, art style, innovation, and all of that. That's why everything's so expensive. Why do you think indie games are so good now in comparison?

    • @klassic9900
      @klassic9900 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

      This, very much this. Something looking nice is great but if the gameplay sucks who cares? Most games that look less realistic tend to do better. Look at Minecraft or Lethal Company ffs. Both have like 14 pixels between them total (13 for Minecraft and 1 for LC) and look how much people love them.

    • @PowerfulRift
      @PowerfulRift 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      @@klassic9900 You’re absolutely right. Minecraft and Lethal Company are perfect examples of how engaging gameplay and creativity can outshine high-end graphics. Minecraft became a global phenomenon because it offers limitless possibilities and fosters creativity, while Lethal Company captivates players with its immersive atmosphere and fun mechanics, despite its simple visuals.
      It’s interesting to see that many big-budget studios still focus heavily on ultra-realistic graphics, sometimes at the expense of innovative gameplay. Meanwhile, indie games with modest budgets often deliver richer experiences by prioritizing core gameplay elements and player engagement. It’s refreshing to connect with someone who appreciates the essence of what makes games truly enjoyable.

    • @vonfaustien3957
      @vonfaustien3957 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Case in point Bethesda. Skyrim and fallout 4 100 people 4 years. Starfield 500 people 8 years. Ignoring the player retention and going as optimistic as you can it sold similarly in its launch windows meaning that extra cost and time at best got them the same as there prior cheaper games and let's be real Starfield doesn't have the legs the old elder scrolls and fallout games had for player retention and continued sales

    • @grampaseri
      @grampaseri 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      The whole argument makes no sense when he says gamers don't have the disposable income, then references additional price discriminating monetization methods that are even more disposable than a game is. If costs are the problem, companies need to budget smarter. The market dictates the price; the company is in control of its budget.

    • @RianD-xp3kk
      @RianD-xp3kk 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Hiring big name actors doesn't help either. The size of these companies doesn't help either.

  • @justneedaname
    @justneedaname 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +116

    There aren’t anymore triple A game devs, there are only triple A game activist.

  • @TheLindenbeat
    @TheLindenbeat 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

    Gamers want AAA games, they just dont want "AAAA" games with no soul and predatory microtransactions.

  • @TheLukaszencja
    @TheLukaszencja 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    You would not believe how much money is wasted at AAA studios

  • @xportaleerx9287
    @xportaleerx9287 วันที่ผ่านมา +465

    - DEI pushed into movies/TV
    - DEI pushed into videogames
    - DEI pushed into companies
    - DEI pushed as new culture
    Welcome to the UN/WEF's "equity" wing of SDGs.

    • @lokidarkbeard2647
      @lokidarkbeard2647 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      I wonder who's pushing it all? 🤔

    • @Furry_Wall
      @Furry_Wall วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      @@lokidarkbeard2647 White men

    • @lokidarkbeard2647
      @lokidarkbeard2647 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

      @Furry_Wall think a little more specific. There are certain groups and individuals pushing this and they aren't who you think.

    • @corruptqc8334
      @corruptqc8334 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

      @@lokidarkbeard2647juice

    • @Napoleonic_wars_Fan
      @Napoleonic_wars_Fan วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@Furry_Wall”men”

  • @meataxenarll
    @meataxenarll 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

    $300 million dollar budgets, and Activision STILL cannot fix the cheating problem in Call of Duty... 💩💩💩

    • @spartanx169x
      @spartanx169x 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Exactly and players would rather complain about SBMM. When everything thing weird happening can be explained by cheating. Hit reg? Cheating.

    • @ares23dc
      @ares23dc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Cheating is rampant in Battlefield games as well.

    • @spartanx169x
      @spartanx169x 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ On PC it definitely is. Its rampant.

    • @blazinpuffs
      @blazinpuffs 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's called a slush fund

    • @fortheloveofnoise
      @fortheloveofnoise 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@spartanx169x BOTH are a huge problem, but SBMM is worse to me

  • @The_Gull1
    @The_Gull1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +124

    honestly the movies industry has the same problem gaming has with the girlboss characters in movies for men.

    • @barsaf9989
      @barsaf9989 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      It's been going on for a couple decades now in the movie industry

    • @ardagenc4674
      @ardagenc4674 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I feel like this is just a strategy to profit from bad products
      For example if the game/movie has bad writing, design etc they can just focus on the female protagonist aspect and say these people are sexist and thats why they didnt like it. Pull attention, profit just around this idea or blame everyone for the failure and benefit from tax cuts

    • @user-ww3oh3ox6l
      @user-ww3oh3ox6l 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      The studios want action for young men, a female lead for young women, a love story for older women, and a historical backdrop for older men, all in the same movie. This is it, this is what they're looking for, the blueprint. Everything else gets passed on. That's why it all feels the same, it is the same.

    • @The_Gull1
      @The_Gull1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ardagenc4674 100% agree, but people will stop consuming their stupid identity politics filled media eventually. Hopefully when we get to that point, we will have better media and culture.

  • @Kronikalrag3
    @Kronikalrag3 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another point is making physical copies on disc , made the developers not release shit , now days they have the luxury of saying great content is always on the horizon in the form of patches or dlc.

  • @JustCauseFan
    @JustCauseFan 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    there are 2 major problems:
    1. hiring practice, people are chosen over politics instead of knowlwedge and skill
    2. some games have astronomical costs, like Concord for 400 million, there's no way that more than 50% actually went into the game instead of someone elses poket

  • @Andr-Eix
    @Andr-Eix 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +149

    5:10 I don't even mind "girlboss charcaters" i mean look at Selene from Underworld, its so easy man, make her hot, edgy and cool and i'm fucking sold she's awesome i'd 100% play something based off of her, but the movie is a super serious tone there's no marvel comedy UMM! THAT JUST HAPPENED! in it so it works, it's not like the main character can't have personality, i just don't want a fucking self insert of a 30 year old cat lady who gets less play than a basketball court in Chernobyl.

    • @TheMaleRei
      @TheMaleRei 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      I definitely wouldn't call Selene "girl boss" at all.
      Written and acted well enough, but certainly not girl boss.

    • @DoobiousCreature
      @DoobiousCreature 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Girlboss characters are amazing.
      The issue are 'funny' girlboss characters because they're never funny. The punchlines don't stick, the attitude is smelly and it doesn't help that Western AAA thinks being a girlboss means shaving your head down to 3cm length, dying it blue and getting 20 piercings all over your face.

    • @iamsatanjr
      @iamsatanjr 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      Selene is a "girl" and a "boss" - but not a "girlboss" at all.
      "Girlboss" is a bit of a different thing. Presented by the story as perfect and better-than-everyone, generally snarky for no reason and often feels like a self insert - that's a "girlboss". None of those things apply to Selene, so she's not one.
      Think of it like this: if a female character in a movie feels like she'd only appeal to people who use the phrase "slaaaaay queeeeeen" unironically - it's likely a girlboss.

    • @sergueileonardoafonin7950
      @sergueileonardoafonin7950 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheMaleRei funny enough, she is but I would never think about her being one because she's interesting and the action is good.

    • @useraccount333
      @useraccount333 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      "Graphics don't really matter, style does"
      See, Nintendo is SMART when it comes to this. They saw the graphical brick wall coming and steered out of the way while they still could. Sony, on the other hand, ran facefirst right into it.

  • @djpuplex
    @djpuplex 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +415

    GTA VI being woke will be the end of AAA games.

    • @phexus
      @phexus 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Is that confirmed?

    • @NobleGamer889
      @NobleGamer889 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

      @@phexusonly time will tell

    • @nahkaboltsi6315
      @nahkaboltsi6315 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +78

      @@phexus watch endymions video about it, it is woke🤮

    • @frankfooter6531
      @frankfooter6531 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      0 chance GTA 6 flops lol

    • @damascus6480
      @damascus6480 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +75

      Oh it will and if I’m wrong everyone can come back here and relentlessly degrade me lol, but I truly feel in my bones it’s gonna be woke. They know people are so hyped for it that it’ll sell. Also go look at what the currant team looks like what what they said about older gta games, it’s all you need to know.

  • @RedRanchu
    @RedRanchu 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Too much hiring" just like old Twitter until Elon

  • @complexpoints
    @complexpoints 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +95

    Baldur's Gate Two was made by a team of 300 over the course of one year. the game has side quests that are longer, and of higher quality, than many games released by AAA gaming studios.

    • @mariow7818
      @mariow7818 วันที่ผ่านมา

      300?? 1 year??? I mean... it would be possible if most of the planning was done before by smaller team but everything from writing to making it in a year seem almost impossible with AAA game industry

    • @SneakySquidStreams
      @SneakySquidStreams วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      ​@@mariow7818put 280 people together who REALLY like nerdy shit, have no sense of time, and can hyper focus on minutiae, and have 20 people herd them like cats, do that for a year, and put it all together.
      You'd still come out with a better game than Concord.

    • @Max-nn4ud
      @Max-nn4ud วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      1 year? lol bro early access was 3 years alone

    • @chriskirk9708
      @chriskirk9708 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@Max-nn4udlol I played early access the entire time. It was long and fun. Could only play act 1, but 200 hours later I still enjoyed act 1

    • @robertstan9733
      @robertstan9733 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@@Max-nn4udwait... Baldur's Gate 2 was released in 2000.... Pretty sure early access wasn't a thing yet...

  • @innocentbystander3317
    @innocentbystander3317 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +120

    The idea that "art" can be corporatized, algorithmically designed, and mass-produced is insane. A real artist will always stand above the industry because _it's different_ and not more of the same. This is where new life is made, corporate offices are where it decays.

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Based take with fitting profile picture.

    • @poppyrider5541
      @poppyrider5541 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      It worked with music.

    • @brain_tonic
      @brain_tonic 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Facts. Team Cherry, 3 people, made Hollow knight. Game Science made Wukong with under a 50 mil budget. Suits can never compete with gamers making games for other gamers.

    • @magnusnilsson9792
      @magnusnilsson9792 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Indeed, it's like making parodies with no original content.

    • @ryanburke6354
      @ryanburke6354 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@poppyrider5541Which music?

  • @edgarfriendly4731
    @edgarfriendly4731 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

    I'm an old gamer. I'll be 40 next month. This transition in popularity back and forth between western games and eastern games has happened a few times before. It's a good thing. The east will double down on what makes games sell, western studios will collapse, New ones will take their place and start doing what's popular.

    • @midastheunwise2423
      @midastheunwise2423 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      36 here, I've also seen the ebb and flow. The East has always put out a large quantity of good games, it's just that people don't pay much attention to them when the West is in a golden age of gaming. As a lifelong JRPG enjoyer, I never felt the 'PS3 has no games' rhetoric because a ton of great JRPGs were made for it, but the Xbox 360 had a good library of Western games so it cornered the market here.
      I think this is the biggest collapse for Western AAA gaming companies ever though, due to the sheer amount of money involved and the high publicity for the major failures. Gamers are finally starting to vote with their wallets, and it will be the studios that stand tall amongst the rubble of those that fell that become the new templates for game design philosophy. Then we'll be good for another decade or so until the same thing happens again.

    • @SwornInvictus
      @SwornInvictus 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The UN and Visa, basically globalists behind wokness, are trying to censor Asian media. Let's hope they don't succeed otherwise it's over.

    • @edgarfriendly4731
      @edgarfriendly4731 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@midastheunwise2423 Adjusted for inflation I'd estimate the scale to be around as big as 1983.

    • @midastheunwise2423
      @midastheunwise2423 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@edgarfriendly4731 Perhaps you're right, I don't know much about that besides the whole ET thing and I wasn't around to experience it myself so I don't know the impact it had on the gaming landscape.

    • @Geronimo_89
      @Geronimo_89 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The beauty of a competitive global market.

  • @isaiahv213
    @isaiahv213 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    >receive mostly negative feedback for your game
    >attribute it all to trolls and bigotry
    >change nothing
    >game is dead on arrival
    what did we do wrong?

  • @MauOlivares1
    @MauOlivares1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +111

    Indie = Passion
    AAA = GIMME MONEY
    FROMSOFT = We got you boys

    • @B1u35ky
      @B1u35ky 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Fromsoft is essentially AAA

    • @MauOlivares1
      @MauOlivares1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @B1u35ky yes, indeed

    • @keeferChiefer
      @keeferChiefer 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I’ve still got hope for projekt red, Santa Monica, and rockstar. They’ve yet to drop anything but heaters. Hopefully REDs next game doesn’t have the same release that cyberpunk did though

    • @SpecShadow
      @SpecShadow 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@B1u35ky from what point? Financial? That they need publisher to fund developement of their games? Sure... but that publisher does NOT influence the developement itself - hence why indie=independent

    • @B1u35ky
      @B1u35ky 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SpecShadow aaa not from a publishing standpoint but from budget and quality level for sure

  • @HandsomePrat
    @HandsomePrat 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +147

    its because AAA has become stale, it used to be a standard but now its a template, its supposed to be the skeleton but its turned into the whole game in a different coloured jacket.

    • @MrGamman3yt
      @MrGamman3yt 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Sorta like comic movies?

    • @kwerby3285
      @kwerby3285 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Incredible analogy

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@@MrGamman3yt I would say movies in general.

    • @asdfbeau
      @asdfbeau 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Steve Jobs was a dick but he summarized this well with the 'bozo effect'; 2 things happen:
      1. As IP becomes established, companies rely more on the marketing of that IP, and marketing/sales begins to run the company (as opposed to the engineers who built the original IP). Good engineers leave as they become dissatisfied with how they are viewed.
      2. Bad managers/executives hire people _worse_ than them, so that nobody sees what a bozo they are; once you get a bozo Director, it's over; multiple organizations can now no longer change because that director represents the 'skill-cap' of their org. Inevitably, all decisions will go through them, they'll become overloaded, and the org. stagnates.

    • @Haruka_May
      @Haruka_May 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I wish it had a chance to be stale. Please give me similar games to the 2000s. If anything it feels like they're being a bit too 'creative'.

  • @MrWhiteKniight
    @MrWhiteKniight 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    Increased the price to 70$ for worse quality. For the same amount of money you could buy Hollow Knight OuterWilds and Hades. Thats 3 10/10 games. AAA Games dont stand a chance now. Especially when people like the Avowed dude isnt fired yet with a public statement saying they dont agree.

    • @Tackitt
      @Tackitt 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      True those are all 🔥

  • @Blakkrazor69
    @Blakkrazor69 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    These aren't Triple A titles. These are Mental Illness Simulators.

  • @phemeloseotlolla
    @phemeloseotlolla 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    People who want social politics in game don't play games. They just want to tell people what to think.

    • @Cubeytheawesome
      @Cubeytheawesome 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well, there are issues that need to be spread, like climate change, anti-consumer practices, unfair pay of workers, AI, corporate greed, mental health, and misinformation.
      How else can people learn about these issues? Sure people can not be as obnoxious and preachy about them, but how else can the word be spread

    • @brain_tonic
      @brain_tonic 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Cubeytheawesome News media, obviously...

    • @Cubeytheawesome
      @Cubeytheawesome 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@brain_tonic but the trust of news organizations has dwindled. I take it you heard about how MSNBC & CNN have been on a downfall?

  • @Pickle_Maniac
    @Pickle_Maniac 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Where is the money going? To inexperience DEI hires, they have to work 3 X longer to produce 50% quality. Just look at Avowed 40hrs, 2010 graphics, Started in 2018, had a direction change, set backs, people leaving, more people leaving. Don't be surprised if this thing costs 250M.

  • @hectorgregorio95
    @hectorgregorio95 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +83

    Nintendo's developers worked om mario wonder with ZERO pressure from the studio. No release date, they just worked at their own pace and whenever the game was ready they pitched it for release. Nintendo also increased their workers salary recently

    • @funkyflunky9882
      @funkyflunky9882 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nintendo will always be a horrific but funny anomaly to me. They’re such corporate cutthroat assholes to anyone that isn’t in their circle, but are more than accommodating to anyone they employ or have an agreement with. I wouldn’t blame anyone who wants to work for Nintendo, even as they use lawsuits to murder Palworld and kill emulation. They’re so fucking evil, but they will take very good care of the minions.

    • @SillyOmega
      @SillyOmega 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      The Japanese are a lot smarter with their money. I don't know why Western companies like developing their games in the most expensive cities.

    • @aldo6532
      @aldo6532 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do you hve a link for these? This is interesting!

    • @dumkunt6869
      @dumkunt6869 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​@SillyOmega
      Most of them anyway. Konami, Sony, and Square Enix love to blow their money on pointless investments.

    • @SillyOmega
      @SillyOmega 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @dumkunt6869 unfortunetly those pitifully studios started to invest in western studios more. Worried about capcom because some internal document leaked saying they were hiring a dei consoltant.

  • @kosta1987
    @kosta1987 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Here’s my reasons why I don’t buy any new video games.
    1. lack of originality
    2. Too expensive. Games are $70 a pop and consumers don’t have money to buy a new video game
    3. Too much progressive themes. Soldier girls really?
    4. Lack of replay. Once I’m done with the game, that’s it. I have to start over. Why can’t they have the solution of giving rewards of beating a game a certain way I’m sure there’s some games out there that does it but it’s very few.

  • @logansrevenge1214
    @logansrevenge1214 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    Over hiring was definitely a problem. Especially when your gaming company has more HR, marketing, and management, then the development team. How does a company fire 1500 people and still make games? Because they hired to many people. Then cut quality, now people are out of work and games suck because of greed.

  • @VygoUwU
    @VygoUwU 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +53

    I dont get how game studios dont understand the concept of "Good games generate money"

    • @uhnetwork7506
      @uhnetwork7506 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Literally for example the new cod can’t stand more than like 3-4 matches then I’m on the home screen or on tik tok the game just drains you but in BO2 days I’d literally put in shifts on that game I’m talking day long playing sessions maybe breaks for food and restroom smh something definitely went wrong

    • @soldat88hun
      @soldat88hun 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      They don't want money, they want to force you to behave a certain way.

    • @Averymindset
      @Averymindset 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      because game studios have to DEI HIRE > DEI HIRE dont know/care about games. They just want to bark their “message”.
      +
      Media/award/journalists are also DEI HIRE. > forcing more studios to have “message” or else they will be under attack.

    • @petebagwell6666
      @petebagwell6666 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's not always true for films so I don't understand why it would be for videogames

    • @JustDrinkAboutit
      @JustDrinkAboutit 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not really, if the servers for BF3 were available for PS4 people would still play it.

  • @josharaujo4005
    @josharaujo4005 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +103

    Big companies need to realize that people want :
    1. Cool shit
    2. Badass characters
    3. Engaging stories
    4. Hot girls

    • @boombam2432
      @boombam2432 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      Games that can be beat. I don't want to play it non-stop forever, even if it's an MMO.

    • @jirikadlec7796
      @jirikadlec7796 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I just want great story with engaging gameplay and there's nothing.

    • @ucankurbaga
      @ucankurbaga วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I dont care about dei. Its just a disguise and defense mechanism of dogshit develepoers, writers to hide behind to excuse their poor work. Look at history of games, we always had dei characters. For ex: black sorc on diablo 1, black paladin diablo 2, crysis1-3 with lead black character, borderlands 1-2

    • @boombam2432
      @boombam2432 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ucankurbaga True, but they also shove it down your throat and over the years it became annoying. Back in 2017-2018 I was even a bit defensive of it, because it didn't matter much, but now it's so annoying...

    • @krauserjavsan4280
      @krauserjavsan4280 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Engaging gameplay even if there is like Hardly a good story. Game will hold up. Good story poor gameplay will fade after the hype

  • @Silverfish-qv8ig
    @Silverfish-qv8ig วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You're absolutely right. I work at a multi-national publisher. Studios simply hire more and more ancillary staff, which should be shared and centralised at a Publisher level. Because each studio has these same HR, Tech, Research, Marketing roles, there is significant duplication and huge inefficiencies. A lot of the times, it's simply terrible leadership at the most senior levels.

  • @shophet125
    @shophet125 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    28:10 What do I want in games? No live services. Good-looking characters. No woke ----. Complete experiences. Solid, fun gameplay loops. Games that don't require bleeding edge GPUs to run. Normal installation sizes.

  • @TrueKivan
    @TrueKivan 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    7:45 I hate the "children game" argument, when I was like 8 years old I played Dungeon Keeper, Populous, The Settlers and the like, taking after my father. Railway Tycoon, Master Of Orion and Civ 1 and 2 were too 'boring' for me then, I considred those boring adult games, my father loved them. And I'm not even that smart, it just seems 30 years ago people didn't infantalise kids that much, kids are smarter than people think, and can learn new things and solve complex problems very fast if they find something fascinating. In fact I never managed to beat Dungeon Keeper as an adult, but I somehow did when I was 8. I'm glad my father was a gamer himself so he didn't buy into video games = bad histeria and allowed me to play what I wanted.
    Parents should stop being lazy putting their kids in front of a coco melon slop, play them Lord Of the Rings instead. I was maybe 9 when I finished reading The Hobbit... Also special shoutout to that one library lady who claimed I'm too young to read Conan novels when I was 11, she showed me the kids section instead - I looked at her like she is retarted. Too young to read fantasy my ass, I turned out fine, a degenerate and a loser, but fine non the less.

    • @FalkFlak
      @FalkFlak 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I still remember starting Classic Battletech with 12 or so because we wanted to play the TT so much after being exposed to the PC Games.
      And we couldn't even read the language the manual was written in very well (english) and still figured it out.
      Kids are not dumb. In fact, I know a lot of dumber adults.

    • @sergueileonardoafonin7950
      @sergueileonardoafonin7950 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      same, I played Mortal Kombat at that age, even with ridiculous and pixilated graphics, it's still gorey. Also Jurassic park and Diablo 2.

    • @Arkenstone435
      @Arkenstone435 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Dude same, I got in trouble when I was at school for trying to read Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings

    • @miamijules2149
      @miamijules2149 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@sergueileonardoafonin7950Ridiculous and pixelated? You must be young because when Mortal Kombat came out in the 90’s it was equivalent to black magic. They managed to shrink people and put them in the god damn game as far as we were concerned. I was fking floored when that game first came out…. nothing had managed that level of realism, nothing.

    • @_unknown_guy
      @_unknown_guy วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sergueileonardoafonin7950 same, Sega Mega Drive, MK Ultimate and Demolition man definitely was not my age at that time

  • @Kiryu_Kazuma01
    @Kiryu_Kazuma01 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    Meh, even if it is true or not, you can’t deny that “AAA” gaming quality has _drastically_ decreased over the years.
    Prioritizing profit margins through season passes and garbage microtransactions.
    There are very few “AAA” games I am hyped for anymore, but we are seeing it now, a select few a big name devs/publishers, and a large number of indie/AA devs are crushing it right now.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      AAA is flung around and all it really means is high budget.
      True AAA games are the Grand Theft Autos, Call of Duties, Minecrafts and Fortnites of the world.

    • @Kiryu_Kazuma01
      @Kiryu_Kazuma01 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ Either way, higher budgets doesn’t always equate to higher quality games especially in that market

  • @maikakeaumoe
    @maikakeaumoe 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    “They’re not helping the product they’re just there”
    That’s the same problem with government.

  • @foreveredging
    @foreveredging 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +77

    Just because a game is not popular, doesn’t mean its not good.
    this goes both ways

    • @foreveredging
      @foreveredging 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ which is why I said goes both ways

    • @conflictclips
      @conflictclips 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      This is true. However you know you made a piece of shit of a game when it can't even reach 4digits players.

    • @tyguy8194
      @tyguy8194 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      This doesn’t apply to AAA games. They have the marketing budgets of solar systems, so everyone sees it and is paying attention to it. AA/indies don’t so even if they’re good they can be drowned out by the noise which would apply more to your statement.

  • @Megatholis
    @Megatholis 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    We just need AAA games that are actually AAA. Thats it, nobody hates AAA games

  • @renewagain6956
    @renewagain6956 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    It burst last year, it's just more obvious now.

  • @boopadin
    @boopadin 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    We like AAA games, we just don’t like the message or pricing strategies.

  • @wargamesmaster
    @wargamesmaster 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    The bubble wouldn't have "burst" if the right decisions were taken, such as NOT insulting/patronizing your own customers and not doing anything DEI related.
    Edit: And just saying, having real actors in video games can work if done right. Look at Metal Gear and games series from the 90's like Command & Conquer and Wing Commander.

    • @Raven3557
      @Raven3557 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I legit don't understand what's they expect by insulting people who are supposed to buy

    • @primachpepe8597
      @primachpepe8597 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      i agree on both points.
      Insulting your audience and telling them not to buy it, well guess what, you dont need to tell me twice. 1stly, piracy is far easier than one thinks. 2ndly, how do these companies keep ignoring the elephant in the room - demographically speaking, games are played by men, typically younger men -> mid 30's.
      As for celebraties in games, some of my favourite characters/performances came from those professionals (Tobias from Freelancer, voiced by the same man who played Gimli in LOTR, John Rhys-Davies). If they are done and handled right, they can add soo much gravitas to the game. unlike most nowadays where its, oooooh look we have the current favourite celeb who doesnt care about the medium or is a professional activist, dont you want it???

  • @zaneheaston8254
    @zaneheaston8254 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    As long as AAA games are synonymous with being incomplete, buggy, money-gouging live services, then yeah the AAA industry is dead

    • @Katniss0000
      @Katniss0000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      the only acceptable live service are the games they play in movies,anime,etc. anything is cash grab.

    • @pffpffovich2398
      @pffpffovich2398 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I swear even Gothic and Stalker (first one) on release were less buggy and more stable and optimised

  • @AzraelAlpha
    @AzraelAlpha 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +62

    I am back to playing 20 year old games because none of the current slop is appealing.
    The AAA industry is definitely dead to me.

    • @keos1655
      @keos1655 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Same currently playing wizardry

    • @stanislavkimov2779
      @stanislavkimov2779 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      No joke, I like new games and good graphics, but recently was looking what to play with a friend, and found that we gravitate to X-Box 360 era games where you had many 2-player co-op games (that even worked with split-screen on consoles).
      The spirit of that era was great: mainstream big games were made with love and 0 censorship, they were edgy and did their best to make the gamers happy.

    • @zakyrath
      @zakyrath 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@stanislavkimov2779 Me and a buddy have been enjoying remnant 2 so far as fun game tho I do miss Army of 2

    • @MichaelWard-le1ck
      @MichaelWard-le1ck 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I’m playing goldeneye and quake

    • @pffpffovich2398
      @pffpffovich2398 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Giving Gothic and first Sniper Elite another run rn, great games (just don't play Gothic with english localisation, it's terrible)

  • @GunterXHunter
    @GunterXHunter วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    We have the tech to create functional games. What needs replacing is the writers, or the attitude of the writers i should say. They’re taking it too personally. They live in an echo chamber and start portraying their beliefs and themselves into their work. We as an audience don't care about that. We want good value for our money. Their main objective should be to create a compelling product by writing engaging storylines, characters, settings insofar as it makes sense to the core gameplay loop the devs have created.

  • @mainHERO88
    @mainHERO88 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    Killzone had such an incredible atmosphere to it. It was like Halo mixed with Saving Private Ryan. That game was incredible and the franchise had so much potential.

    • @Neonagi
      @Neonagi 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      At least they shelved it before destroying the franchise, unlike Microsoft taking a steaming dump on their number one IP before flushing it down the drain.

    • @failthesystemcollab7247
      @failthesystemcollab7247 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The last killzone was a mediocre crapfest that put the franchise into its title.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Indeed😮😮😮😮

    • @mainHERO88
      @mainHERO88 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@failthesystemcollab7247 But the first one was sooooo sick.

  • @BaloneyPoney007
    @BaloneyPoney007 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +57

    Endymion put out a video on how bad Rockstar has gotten with DEI, good chance new GTA has a bunch of "the message" in it.

    • @Packin-Heat.
      @Packin-Heat. 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Endymion is a joke and his sources are basically always I know a guy that knows a guy. He's wrong 99% of the time and he obviously just makes stuff up.

    • @nigeltheoutlaw
      @nigeltheoutlaw 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

      ​@@Packin-Heat. Lol your kind gets so mad when you're called out.

    • @Moderation_Dodger
      @Moderation_Dodger 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

      ​@Packin-Heat. Idk about that but this video pulled up Devs LinkedIn and showed their DEI course qualifications... plus OG Rockstar creators and founders have left, I think to form a new indie studio... a common story.
      Sure the game will still be good regardless, but it won't be the same vibe.
      Personally, I felt like GTA5 was a fall off from the orginal vibe.
      ViceCity, SanAndreas & IV were way better than 5.

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Upping this comment for posterity.

    • @fullmetal921
      @fullmetal921 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@Packin-Heat. LOL

  • @pyrolysis22
    @pyrolysis22 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

    Time for the indie devs to rise up and start a new era of gaming.

    • @jamesflowers1295
      @jamesflowers1295 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Again!

    • @FrahdChikun
      @FrahdChikun 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We're already living in that era, it began back in 2017!

    • @SocialisedPsychopath
      @SocialisedPsychopath 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      were already in the kitchen cooking, got tired of the overpriced corporate slop being shovelled down my throat and decided to take a stand, its remarkably easy to gain a rudimentary knowledge of games design and every single consumer out there has two things the mega corporations lack, soul and passion
      Indie games regularly prove the 400+ employees of an out of touch money hungry douche have nothing against 10 people with drive, we can outclass them at their own game, alot of indie games can be trash, hell my game might end up being trash but itll have more heart than most AAA slop and if even one person enjoys it ill be happy
      to hell with the profit margins indie devs want your joy first and foremost (usually)

    • @pyrolysis22
      @pyrolysis22 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠​​⁠almost all my fav games are (or were) developed by small teams. Stardew Valley, Ori, Hollow Knight, etc. So many hours and so much joy and replyability. Zero $100M budgets

  • @theslyredfox7919
    @theslyredfox7919 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Phasmophobia is far from a AAA game and it has blown me away since it's console release. Insanely fun and addictive. I've been over AAA games for such a long time now. Feels amazing.

  • @jcflores1774
    @jcflores1774 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    AAA games are still wanted, just not those made by committee and checklists. They want unique works of arts that show some humanity.

  • @jadayaindigo7696
    @jadayaindigo7696 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    Ive gotten 200+ hours of enjoyment from an $10 indie passion project that 1 dude made.
    Why the fuug would I pay AAA prices to people to who hate me just to play a 8-10 hour game that deliberately insults me. Or some multiplayer bullshit.

    • @Mousse9
      @Mousse9 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      What’s the game? Is it on Steam?
      I’m sitting at over 1700 hours in Stardew Valley…

    • @raphk9599
      @raphk9599 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      1000+ hours over here on an indie game.

    • @RedEverything
      @RedEverything 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A few days ago I finished Vladik Brutal, a Half-Life inspired FPS game made by one russian guy.

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ Any recommendations? Please?

    • @nigeltheoutlaw
      @nigeltheoutlaw 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I still play FTL and Binding of Isaac on occasion and I have easily a couple of hundred hours in each. Some of the best money I ever spent!

  • @adriennebrown2941
    @adriennebrown2941 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +59

    4:07 I'm a girl and have always played 'guy games' but honestly make a game with two hot thirst trap girl boss npcs with side quests that were actually engaging and there would be no complaints. Maybe make the main quest giver or companion a man but men would come back to the hot girls if they had a good questline.

    • @halfprince
      @halfprince 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yeah, I have no issue with hot girls in my games. Does nothing for me, but it doesn't hurt me in any way. But then again... I'm not desperate for validation and I don't despise hot women for existing when I'm not that hot. We accept reality and they don't.

    • @adriennebrown2941
      @adriennebrown2941 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @halfprince I think part of me just really wants to revive the bikini armor era of gaming. I liked playing a hot chick. Now people are worried about being objectifying. And if we have a strong woman she has to make sure to tell you how strong she is. It's like the GOT quote that says something like a king usually doesn't have to announce that he is a king.

    • @lunelaz
      @lunelaz 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Also a woman, I love having hot girls in my games. It doesn't make me feel insecure or invalidated. I see myself in the character to some degree. I think they do this to punish men and to persuade women into games (but it doesn't work).

  • @Enkidu_Wildman
    @Enkidu_Wildman 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    i hate games that require internet connection that arent mmo or some kind of minimal multiplayer that benefits from player matching. what i hate even more is a game that doesnt even have local multiplayer but requires internet for dlc that the game requires to function. sort of like my doorbell, i dont need my freaking doorbell to be online to function...in fact itll drive me crazy.
    ...i dont need ai crammed in places it doesnt need to be either. that uncanny valley is for reals and totally applies to more than jus visuals

  • @CrextComic
    @CrextComic 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

    Meanwhile: Genshin Impact, Zenless Zone Zero, Wuthering Waves, Wu Kong, Stellar Blade, Snowbreak, Space Marines II, Fortnite, heck even Infinity Nikki... Just don't be woke, how hard is it?

    • @raphk9599
      @raphk9599 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      They see that untapped queer market and just can't help themselves

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I've died at Infinity Nikki, thank you! XD

    • @luminous3558
      @luminous3558 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @@raphk9599 That market doesnt exist and the few people who fall into that category play the games mentioned above over the woke slop.

    • @spazzey0
      @spazzey0 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      didn't fortnite technically fail recently by implementing explicit political propaganda inside of their game?

    • @MichaelWard-le1ck
      @MichaelWard-le1ck 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Infinity Nikki in this list is pretty crazy.

  • @v816333316351
    @v816333316351 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    also - the cost of games isn't going up perse. because there are efficiency tools that come out all the time that drastically speeds up multiple processes in game dev. So, its actually a lot easier to make games now - they just choose to spend it in stupid ways. Like massive amount of mocap for cut scenes.

  • @fujinmage8201
    @fujinmage8201 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    1. wokeness
    2. bad economy & rising game prices
    3. poorly optimized & broken games at launch.

  • @alfieharries
    @alfieharries วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Im tired of my pc/console always JUST being able to play modern games with low frame rates. Graphics were perfectly good 5 years ago. Game devs need to make better playing games, not better looking games. Nobody rly cares about graphics anymore because the returns are now so minimal

  • @theremix54
    @theremix54 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    If Japan didn’t exist, I would unironically consider AAA games to be dead. Nintendo, Capcom, Fromsoft. I seriously can’t think of the last western AAA game I loved. I’m hoping the next is Metroid prime though.

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      That got confirmed to have a writer with colorful hair if you know what I mean.

    • @RobertMalachowski
      @RobertMalachowski 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah but look at the deal Fromsoft is going through

    • @MichaelWard-le1ck
      @MichaelWard-le1ck 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Cyberpunk Baldurs gate doom that’s about it for me

    • @theremix54
      @theremix54 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Papa_Ul I heard, but Retro has an ungodly track record, And I think she can be kept in her place. I dont think nintendo fucks around when it comes to this stuff. The colored hair person doesnt even post anymore, rumor is they forced her to.

    • @Papa_Ul
      @Papa_Ul 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@theremix54 Thanks for additional info. I will keep my fingers crossed!

  • @Rakutan-san
    @Rakutan-san 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    "How does it feel to have lived long enough to watch all your favorite franchises go down in flames?"

    • @Rajin90
      @Rajin90 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      I don't feel anything anymore. Complete apathy for the industry.

    • @sunshoe-l5r
      @sunshoe-l5r 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      dragon age failguard doesn't exist in my world

    • @Katniss0000
      @Katniss0000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      hope all of the game studios wake up from reality before they Remake chrono trigger.

    • @Itsfinebuddy
      @Itsfinebuddy วันที่ผ่านมา

      Resident evil is still going great tbh.

  • @agoosecalledxaro6679
    @agoosecalledxaro6679 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    People like good games. It doesn't matter what kind of battery they're based on.

  • @ChinaResidence
    @ChinaResidence 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    There was no bubble that was burst. Triple A games simply became too corporatized and along the way it was forgotten why video games were even made in the first place.
    Games were always just about having fun. Anything else was just extra. And somehow the guys in suits managed to forget that.

    • @stanislavkimov2779
      @stanislavkimov2779 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Bubble is where these guys in suits live. They are totally detached from reality.

  • @GenMVeers
    @GenMVeers 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    6:44 *"Nobody wants that.* Women don't want that, and men don't want that." 👌

    • @Slimjim-t5g
      @Slimjim-t5g 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They should have been making medieval 3 or empire 2 instead of that.

  • @bud389
    @bud389 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    "These are all Western studio problems" - Wrong, Japan has had an extraordinary amount of flops, it's simply that there's a survivorship bias in player recollection. Babylon's Fall was a massive stinker that got flushed early, Balan Wonderworld was a massive flop, Earth Defense Force: World Brothers flopped, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising flopped, and Loop8: Summer of Gods flopped.
    Japan has plenty of flops, they're simply over-shadowed by the mega-successes from Capcom and Nintendo.

    • @TarisRedwing
      @TarisRedwing 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      MG:Survive was a Gigga flop and lost most Konami fans. Sad people just like to only remember what the media feeds them aka the West=bad which is a silly narrative.

    • @lexnight8345
      @lexnight8345 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@TarisRedwingwest=bad is the real narative. Just because both sides have flops doesn't mean that the wins of Japan are not overwhelming. Because I can see only Asian games having money flowing in...

    • @bud389
      @bud389 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@lexnight8345 then you're blind. Hogwarts sold more than Elden Ring. Then there's also COD, Fifa, Baldurs Gate, God of War, and Madden.

    • @user-yh4zn6jv6b
      @user-yh4zn6jv6b วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Should also point out, a lot of Japanese Visual Novel Games have stuff that would be branded as woke. Can no longer count the number of times a random Japanese Visual Novel had a Yuri-Lesbian/Yaoi-Gay/Crossdresser/Trans subplot shoved in it.

    • @lexnight8345
      @lexnight8345 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bud389 Both Elden Ring and Hogwarts sold for around 800m ... and this is not even taking in consideration the DLC. Also wtf is COD and FIfa doing here ??? Who the fk even plays those. Baldurs Gate is a game that did well, that's true

  • @martinezbiz
    @martinezbiz 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    if it does not have multiplayer, I get bored VERY easily and won't spend $70 on basically a semi playable movie

  • @artooleetoo
    @artooleetoo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    At around 20:20 in this video they hold up some examples of successful smaller indie games, like Balatro and Animal Well, but fail to note that these games are largely devoid of identity politics. If game journalists and triple A devs and publishers continue to ignore the elephant in the room, the western triple A game industry is gonna get trampled.

    • @thebaldnerd
      @thebaldnerd 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      It’s because this big companies want to show how good their DEI manager is doing. The job role letters are the wrong way round, easiest way to destroy a company