I’ve deleted the game from my Switch MANY times out of pure frustration towards the solo rank experience. Yet, I always reinstalled it because the core gameplay experience is just that good and fun. My latest rage quit of the game, however, truly feels like the final nail in the coffin. It was different, I felt completely empty after deleting the game, and I still feel that way in regards to the game. I feel no desire to return as I know that the core issues of the game will probably never be addressed. Great video btw, I like the psychological approach to understanding the down fall of unite. 👍
This game has a major problem: ranking system. Gameplay is fun, the majority of Pokemon is well designed and the animations are amazing. But a moba MUST have a meritocratic ranking system where who want to grind should not be forced to play in the highest rank, with or vs
Absolutely, the matches have no quality, because they pair the best players with the worst, not the best with the best and the worst with the worst, like it should be.
@@Berg-yg3ib The current system penalizes good players, who instead of being rewarded for improving, are matched with players who don't even know the basics of the game. Pokemon Unite implicitly encourages the best players to quit the game, it is not meritocratic and there is no reason to grind. They should really rework rankings system as soon as possible, cause right now this game is just toxic.
I think the biggest unite problem now, by FAR, is the matchmaking. The solo Q experience is miserable. The better you are, the worst are your teammates. They should do a proper ranked system like every other competitive game, so bronze players match against each other and diamond players match against each other. Or at least separate the players with 50%+ winrate from 50%- winrate.
Love the in depth analytical take on this. As a regular player struggling to want to keep playing and trying to figure out why this may be, I really appreciate you making this video. Also the kitty was adorable lol
Very interesting and informative video! After playing the game pretty consistently for 2 years I took a huge break from unite back when the Mewtwos were released, as I already was burnt out from the Zacian Comfey meta and did not have the energy to deal with it again when the Mewtwos got added. Recently got back into it again though as I missed playing with my Unite friends, noticing I didn't have much contact with them anymore after I dropped the game. Also Falinks got announced, and I can't ignore my little guys.
This is the viewpoint of a casual that only plays lower elo ranked more competitive games often come down to point leads and ray lots of times isn’t even touched
@@BreezyUniteyou are wrong. The Simple fact that Ray EXISTS makes bad players have a chance of winning the game. If they can or can't it's a different story. The game has this, AND a lot more mechanics that reward/help bad players. Even matchmaking put braindead people on your team if you are any good, and Im not talking gameplay related, these mfs don't even have the correct items, imagine emblems, and still they have the nerve to play ranked. If you defend this company, you are a big part of the problem
After daily playing unite for 2 years, watching every kind of content, this is the best video ever. Congrats and thanks for explaining such nice concepts.
I did a theory that Unite uses EOMM ( engagement optimization matchmaking) overtime i see less evidence of it but saw other things about matchmaking Anyways my short story is i lost interest in getting better because of how the game treats players that DO get better, it is all backwards and disheartening I'm still here because of other reasons Very informative video
i simply want to run around as my little gremlin, cant make me stop. lmaooo. but they need more patches, and perhaps a bit more frequent releases, or at least hype around the ones coming.
They should rework on mic banning. coordination is must in this game and there is no way to coordinate thats wild (i told my teammate to come for ray instead of scoring)
Over priced. Balancing. Paid for events(which were formerly free). Pay to win with newer Mons. Draft being Masters only. Losing the ability to message friends outside of lobbies. Zapdos/Rayquaza being coin flip win cons. BattlePass quality tanking heavily(Six Pokebuki styles and Year of the Dragon Gardevoir). Poor Optimization. I used to stream the game, my highest rank was M-2400. I can't play this game anymore since the devs have shifted into aggressive monetization and less into actual game issues. If I run the game through BlueStacks on PC I get 60 frames with next to no lag or stutter. On console... it's rough. Five back to back All-Rounders to boot with no Supports or Defenders upcoming. I could go on.
You sir, came across as a experienced gamer, who KNOWS their business. Unfortunetly, you are adressing a lot of brain dead kids who want to play it because it's hyped and girlies who like cute animals. And since these people spend money in the game, it will never BE good, cause of the people who support it in this state. Why change? They are making money... When I realized this, I just bought an Xbox and stopped playing Switch/mobile. I mostly play old games because micro transactions. I refuse to be a part of the problem. PROTEST WITH YOUR MONEY
@@Fabio-ji9ve Which is the saddest part. So many game companies have opted for a poorer quality product with a ton of microtransactions to make a quick buck off of the people with no self control. You should see the Chinese version of Unite that's in beta at present. It has an open world central hub, interactable player portraits like in Scarlet/Violet(in-fact, the game itself runs off of the same engine), items and cosmetics are FREE- tickets/coins only. Gems are for holowear only. Not to mention the consistent 30FPS, stable latency, no client delay. It's overall a better game. You could purchase gems and the battlepass in the Japanese version, for comparison.
@@moustacheskeleton3808 I've seen clips of it, it hardly seems the same game. There is a reason why there aren't OF girls in China/Japan, only in the west would you give money for/to something that doesn't care about you. That being virtual girls or a game that never listens to what it's costumers want/need. I say again: protest with your money
@@Fabio-ji9ve Indeed! It's sad reading some of these other comments. Given an inferior product, instead of complaining, they open up their wallets and ask for more. Pokemon has become such a low quality franchise, much like the state of Blizzard. 80% of a playerbase can die, but as long as people are still dumping cash on the product, these companies still win.
There needs to be a distinction between good players and bad players Imo matchmaking is terrible and needs fix fast But fix leaderboard first Rankings by pokemon is a joke Rewards to climb should be there Plus Changes to map or new map
Not only that the past few seasons the devs have been giving the people what they want and with the season 19 changes it shows that the devs are listening to player feedback and want to improve game quality. I feel like if anything unite has found its place in the NA LatAm Brazil Eu and Asia regions and with the expansion into the Chinese market the games longevity is only looking positive for the next couple years now will it be a league no but it’ll last 10 years at least I’d think if not longer
100k? Can you please tell other people where you got that info? Every other BIG TH-camr says Timi doesn't release that info, so either you are bsing people who don't know better, or you work in Timi studios. Now, I know whats more likely, but I'm gonna leave it up to you to justify your Numbers, or be Taken as a bs*itter
@@Bug404-tcgp it did though. At the very beginning I say that we’ve been talking about unite dying for years, exactly like you said. But still, we can’t seem to move past that, so I took the approach of scientific research to give a new perspective on why this drama hasn’t yet been resolved, and it boils down to lack of interest and the fact that research predicts when individuals will lose interest in a video game. I did gain some views for hitting a trigger point with the community, but it’s not like I make money off this or anything. It’s just a new perspective and something I personally wanted to put effort into.
@@huskystar77 then I must say u got no idea of the Pokemon cult that exists who will consume anything Pokemon, a Pokemon IP dies only when the company decides to shut it down like happened with pokken, The cult group will still be playing the game , no matter how many of u guys put these videos on TH-cam..it's not just any moba, it's the Official Pokemon moba
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“i’m never doing that again” 💀💀💀 lots of good points and lack of developer accountability has definitely made the game stale. i’m still gonna play tho
Same, they can’t push me away 😡😡
@@huskystar77 i’m not fckin leaving!!! 😂
+2 here, yes i got 2 accounts that i spend money on lol
Damm i can never imagine spending money on a game that shit$ on it's playerbase@@bulan9021
But if you like holowear then i guess
Unite has so much potential but sadly TiMi does not bother trying in making Unite a better experience
I’ve deleted the game from my Switch MANY times out of pure frustration towards the solo rank experience. Yet, I always reinstalled it because the core gameplay experience is just that good and fun. My latest rage quit of the game, however, truly feels like the final nail in the coffin. It was different, I felt completely empty after deleting the game, and I still feel that way in regards to the game. I feel no desire to return as I know that the core issues of the game will probably never be addressed. Great video btw, I like the psychological approach to understanding the down fall of unite. 👍
This game has a major problem: ranking system.
Gameplay is fun, the majority of Pokemon is well designed and the animations are amazing.
But a moba MUST have a meritocratic ranking system where who want to grind should not be forced to play in the highest rank, with or vs
Absolutely, the matches have no quality, because they pair the best players with the worst, not the best with the best and the worst with the worst, like it should be.
@@Berg-yg3ib The current system penalizes good players, who instead of being rewarded for improving, are matched with players who don't even know the basics of the game.
Pokemon Unite implicitly encourages the best players to quit the game, it is not meritocratic and there is no reason to grind.
They should really rework rankings system as soon as possible, cause right now this game is just toxic.
I think the biggest unite problem now, by FAR, is the matchmaking. The solo Q experience is miserable. The better you are, the worst are your teammates.
They should do a proper ranked system like every other competitive game, so bronze players match against each other and diamond players match against each other. Or at least separate the players with 50%+ winrate from 50%- winrate.
Here after 3rd anniversary, the worst of all three, game is officially dead, playerbase is awful and almost every decent player left
Love the in depth analytical take on this. As a regular player struggling to want to keep playing and trying to figure out why this may be, I really appreciate you making this video. Also the kitty was adorable lol
Hehe thank you💕
Very interesting and informative video! After playing the game pretty consistently for 2 years I took a huge break from unite back when the Mewtwos were released, as I already was burnt out from the Zacian Comfey meta and did not have the energy to deal with it again when the Mewtwos got added. Recently got back into it again though as I missed playing with my Unite friends, noticing I didn't have much contact with them anymore after I dropped the game. Also Falinks got announced, and I can't ignore my little guys.
The little guys are a necessity
Its simple the barron is far too op. You kill that you win. After 8 mins of fighting over bases none of it matters untill you hit 8 mins.
This is the viewpoint of a casual that only plays lower elo ranked more competitive games often come down to point leads and ray lots of times isn’t even touched
@@BreezyUniteyou are wrong. The Simple fact that Ray EXISTS makes bad players have a chance of winning the game. If they can or can't it's a different story. The game has this, AND a lot more mechanics that reward/help bad players. Even matchmaking put braindead people on your team if you are any good, and Im not talking gameplay related, these mfs don't even have the correct items, imagine emblems, and still they have the nerve to play ranked. If you defend this company, you are a big part of the problem
Such a good video!! I'm in engineering school right now and it's cool seeing peer-reviewed research in content like this. Thank you!!
Ayyy what’s up fellow engineer! I’m a researcher at heart lol. Thanks for watching!
After daily playing unite for 2 years, watching every kind of content, this is the best video ever. Congrats and thanks for explaining such nice concepts.
Thank you so much for the support!
I did a theory that Unite uses EOMM ( engagement optimization matchmaking) overtime i see less evidence of it but saw other things about matchmaking
Anyways my short story is i lost interest in getting better because of how the game treats players that DO get better, it is all backwards and disheartening
I'm still here because of other reasons
Very informative video
This video made me quit the game . Thanks !
You’re welcome! Glad I could help
Started season 19 super excited and then realized what game I was playing
The me yow was my favorite part. Plz do it all the time
Also commenting for the algorithm
YES! Of course we'll researched content that pushes my understanding of an autistic special interés of mine is the thing making me enjoy the most.
Also, it'd be super neat if you made a macro guide, maybe in a series of videos.
I got in because I had to fill in for my younger brother during Greedent's Release. I had fun so I played into this rabbit hole.
Quitted that hellish game once and for good.
great vid....might even download the game again
i simply want to run around as my little gremlin, cant make me stop. lmaooo. but they need more patches, and perhaps a bit more frequent releases, or at least hype around the ones coming.
Nobody can kick you or your gremlin out HAHA
great video...still scared of the next pokemon aniversary
They should rework on mic banning. coordination is must in this game and there is no way to coordinate thats wild (i told my teammate to come for ray instead of scoring)
Yeah mic bans are out of control.......sometimes it doesn't even make sense
Over priced. Balancing. Paid for events(which were formerly free). Pay to win with newer Mons. Draft being Masters only. Losing the ability to message friends outside of lobbies. Zapdos/Rayquaza being coin flip win cons. BattlePass quality tanking heavily(Six Pokebuki styles and Year of the Dragon Gardevoir). Poor Optimization.
I used to stream the game, my highest rank was M-2400. I can't play this game anymore since the devs have shifted into aggressive monetization and less into actual game issues. If I run the game through BlueStacks on PC I get 60 frames with next to no lag or stutter. On console... it's rough. Five back to back All-Rounders to boot with no Supports or Defenders upcoming. I could go on.
You sir, came across as a experienced gamer, who KNOWS their business. Unfortunetly, you are adressing a lot of brain dead kids who want to play it because it's hyped and girlies who like cute animals. And since these people spend money in the game, it will never BE good, cause of the people who support it in this state. Why change? They are making money... When I realized this, I just bought an Xbox and stopped playing Switch/mobile. I mostly play old games because micro transactions. I refuse to be a part of the problem.
PROTEST WITH YOUR MONEY
@@Fabio-ji9ve Which is the saddest part. So many game companies have opted for a poorer quality product with a ton of microtransactions to make a quick buck off of the people with no self control. You should see the Chinese version of Unite that's in beta at present. It has an open world central hub, interactable player portraits like in Scarlet/Violet(in-fact, the game itself runs off of the same engine), items and cosmetics are FREE- tickets/coins only. Gems are for holowear only. Not to mention the consistent 30FPS, stable latency, no client delay. It's overall a better game. You could purchase gems and the battlepass in the Japanese version, for comparison.
@@moustacheskeleton3808 I've seen clips of it, it hardly seems the same game.
There is a reason why there aren't OF girls in China/Japan, only in the west would you give money for/to something that doesn't care about you. That being virtual girls or a game that never listens to what it's costumers want/need. I say again: protest with your money
@@Fabio-ji9ve Indeed! It's sad reading some of these other comments. Given an inferior product, instead of complaining, they open up their wallets and ask for more. Pokemon has become such a low quality franchise, much like the state of Blizzard. 80% of a playerbase can die, but as long as people are still dumping cash on the product, these companies still win.
There needs to be a distinction between good players and bad players
Imo matchmaking is terrible and needs fix fast
But fix leaderboard first
Rankings by pokemon is a joke
Rewards to climb should be there
Plus
Changes to map or new map
Its not dying, but i get your point, the only thing thats broken is the matchmaking
Pretty sure unite only got more popular in 2023
Not only that the past few seasons the devs have been giving the people what they want and with the season 19 changes it shows that the devs are listening to player feedback and want to improve game quality. I feel like if anything unite has found its place in the NA LatAm Brazil Eu and Asia regions and with the expansion into the Chinese market the games longevity is only looking positive for the next couple years now will it be a league no but it’ll last 10 years at least I’d think if not longer
Matchmaking is the worst in this game. Why r ultra and vet permitted to play in masters match. 🤷♀️
They should just put it on PC and console already so we can just have fun dd the graphics like paragon and we all set brother
this video isnt for players, its for developers
Ya can you call those homies up for me
Like , and sub within 10 secs , first time ❤
Papers aren't a good source
It honestly is far from dead, currently it got like 100,000 daily active players which is not bad, but still dont know why their yt is so down tho
100k? Can you please tell other people where you got that info? Every other BIG TH-camr says Timi doesn't release that info, so either you are bsing people who don't know better, or you work in Timi studios. Now, I know whats more likely, but I'm gonna leave it up to you to justify your Numbers, or be Taken as a bs*itter
My personal opinion I think Pokemon unite has been dead after 1st anniversary the ones that have stayed are the OGS
Not that long, I would argue the game wasn't hyped until the 1st anniversary! But I think soon after that was the beginning of the end
Definitely not dead but mid fasho
A pokemon ip does not die that easily, Only people who dont know how big pokemon company is, they make these stupid videos to gain some views😊
I’m getting the strange vibe that you did not watch the video
@@huskystar77 my point is this video was absolutely not needed to exist , " oh it's dying drama " is going on since 2022, and it's 2024
@@Bug404-tcgp it did though. At the very beginning I say that we’ve been talking about unite dying for years, exactly like you said. But still, we can’t seem to move past that, so I took the approach of scientific research to give a new perspective on why this drama hasn’t yet been resolved, and it boils down to lack of interest and the fact that research predicts when individuals will lose interest in a video game. I did gain some views for hitting a trigger point with the community, but it’s not like I make money off this or anything. It’s just a new perspective and something I personally wanted to put effort into.
@@huskystar77 then I must say u got no idea of the Pokemon cult that exists who will consume anything Pokemon, a Pokemon IP dies only when the company decides to shut it down like happened with pokken, The cult group will still be playing the game , no matter how many of u guys put these videos on TH-cam..it's not just any moba, it's the Official Pokemon moba
@@Bug404-tcgp my brother in Christ I literally said that it’s not dying