@@Sky_Blaze Almost all of my favorite games and other media have been made in the last 20 years. And most of them wouldn't be possible without modern technology and culture.
Weird how our legal system is starting to crack down on patent trolling, but copyright trolling is alive and well. "You can't give that away, we own it." "Are you trying to suppress it because it hurts your brand image?" "No, we're still proud of it." "OK, please let people pay you money for it." "No." "..." Fortunately a lot of companies are _finally_ wising up. I wish Nintendo cracked down on emulation a little sooner than _fifteen years_ before they started selling their back catalogue.
Dunkey has a great point about constantly wanting new games, there’s literally thousands of old games available to play if you have a pc, so why do you need to wait for something new to drop? I think our caveman like brains just gravitate towards stuff that’s shiny and new.
Part of it's FOMO, or wanting to be caught up with the hot new thing everyone's talking about. Case in point, the number of people who tried jumping into Elden Ring without any prior knowledge of FromSoftware titles and got their shit rocked by everything in the game, just because they saw long-time fans loving the game and wanted to be part of the hype train.
@@Irisverse I got it, I dont play I already have other games on my hand but when I do get to play it I expect to get my shit kicked in beacuse its my first software game
@@Irisverse the sad part is that in the current world of gaming, that FOMO is real when it comes to multiplayer games. Nothing is worse than loving a game only for the online multiplayer to be devoid of players.
@@Irisverse Elden was a great game to jump into at the beginning though. There was a definite valid fomo there: it's an amazing experience, and something I've never personally experienced when the wiki is empty and no-one knows how to do 90% of the quest lines. It was awesome seeing the community and knowledge develop as I swapped tips with mates.
As someone who actually played old games during the time they were out and new, I play new games now because they're new and I've already played the old games I wanted to play.
Yep, inflation doesn't account for cost of living. $900 was a lot for an Atari, but people also didn't have $100k in student debt back then. A $60 game is a pretty good price as long as you don't have to pay off a house or student debt.
I recently discovered Emulation and my friend told me that I'm like Christopher Columbus-- All excited about discovering something everyone already knew was there.
After emulating Metroid zero mission and Metroid Fusion it felt like Christmas Day except that the presents were already there but I hadn’t opened them yet
It's a bit of a weird video to comment this on but you are a master of your craft dunkey. In an atmosphere of fake ass youtubers and mindless shorts your content shines through. You take me back to a time when youtube wasn't all about pandering to guidelines or pushing out 200 videos a day. The videos you put out are master class and your effort really shows. I think when you stop making videos youtube will really be dead. You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I haven't had to pay a dime. I just hope you take pride in your work because you deserve it. You're the sole voice of reason on the platform. Keep it up
I'm a 90s kid, i used to buy games with 5 of my friends, so we pay 1/6th the price, there wasn't any hype about new games back then so we just bought what was available in stores and we played eachother's games and we were always entertained .. good times.
Yeah, I honestly stopped listening to this guy after he said plaque attack was bad. Then again, I have not played plaque attack because it is $5,000 dollars on ebay.
Because individual guy decides sent to WATA grading (a cuestionable authority) por put some acrylic box and a paper with random number doesn't mean that's the real value, actually a lot of them they are sold by less than 30 dollars in good condition.
My local library has been offering physical video game discs for almost a decade, and you can borrow these games for up to three weeks. I've personally bought only four games in the last five years because of it. I will never take my public library for granted. :)
There was a local rent store that sold games for a really good price compared to how expensive games are here in Brazil. It was pretty good, I played and finished a rented Portal 2. I never appreciated it much until I read this comment and realized how good it was. Sadly, the store closed a few years ago
@@arandominternetuser455 Or he's a free-to-player. I consider myself an avid video game player even though I basically just play SRB2, TTCC, TF2, and a bunch of roms. (Ok maybe we are pirates technically) Not necessarily because im poor but because im too young to be able to buy my own games and it's pretty hard to get digital games like this. It's honestly a video topic of it's own. Most people think "Oh they're not playing the latest games most likely because they're poor lmao" When most of the time the people they're talking about don't have access to them for non-money reasons.
I personally haven´t bought a single game in 2 years, only 1$ 1/3 month gamepass trials and f2p battle royales, also if you are on xbox Microsoft literally gift you 5+$ dollar a month for quest that take you mere minutes each week. The ultimate free to play experience lol.
I've really been taking the "You don't need the latest stuff" at heart. I have a crapton of backlog game I never played because I just kept buying new stuff. It's like I'm buying three of them and finishing 1/2 per bulk before biying the next one. I just stopped with the frenzy and took the time to look back to my library and go "Ok, for now I just need these"
Sony: “Remember when games were $60? Yeah, well now they’re $70 or you can wait a year and pick it up for $10.” Xbox: “Hey just give us $15 a month and you can have all the games!” Nintendo: “I don’t care if this game is 9 years old! $60. Take it or leave it.”
The Book of Truth When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "Many events, including ecological upheavals, wars, the schism in My Church on Earth, the dictatorships in each of your nations - bound as one, at its very core - will all take place at the same time."
Dunkey, it''s been a while since I watched your videos and you my man are a gentleman and a scholar! Also the relest gamer of all time! Thank you for your work!
this video has inspired me to go back and start playing some great games i havent experienced yet, currently making my way through the silent hill series, thank you donkey
the "family video" in my small-ass rural town just closed up this year. RIP. edit: actually after googling i think it closed up at the end of last year. regardless, an absolute travesty.
Tbf, the best part of the game has been available for 3 years. The full release that came out this year’s content was far weaker so honestly not sure how I feel about it winning GOTY and early access games in general
I genuinelly think that in these kinds of videos dunkey really shines as a content creator. For real you can make these 10 minute videos just as good and convincing as many 25 minute long video essays out there.
Also, emulation has allowed many multiplayer games that used to require you to gather three other friends in front of a TV to be played online. That could be an easy way of updating and monetizing classic titles for the developers, but if they don't want to take that opportunity, then I'm sure the community is more than happy to oblige.
Playing smash ultimate online through Yuzu+parsec is fucking nuts. And also any other split screen game that can be emulated or played on PC, parsec is awesome.
There have been two new Doom engines in the 26 years since Doom / Doom2 / Chex Quest and Chex has still not released a Chex Quest 2 with updated technology.
Dunkey, ur experience with game classics is invaluable. A series on ur favorite classics would be a treasure to the gaming community for ever. If u already do this im sorry. Somebody link me one of them
Dunkey's probably one of the few, if not only channels I might be able to think of that can successfully fill a videos with sarcasm and jokes while also keeping the topic serious and giving insightful observations about today's society in video games.
@@shevrett2658 Yahtzee is a game critic whose run a series called Zero Punctuation for over a decade now, quality jokes mixed in with (primarily negative) criticism of games and the industry as a whole. Ross I believe runs a series called Ross' Game Dungeon, much in the same vain as the other two although he's typically very genuine, whether that be positive or negative.
What I love about donkey’s videos is that he makes really good points about the topic in question while still sounding like you’re just shooting the shit with your buddy. We’ve got enough phd-video essay bros as it is.
this video has accomplished: -Microsoft tripling gamepass's price -Nintendo cracking down harder on all listed emulators -Being funni and pleasing me for 8 minutes and 12 seconds
Luckily there is nothing they can do about the emulators. Emulators themselves are totally 100% legal, and don't violate Nintendo's copyright or anything. That's why Nintendo has to go after websites that host ROMs of games, since those actually are illegal to distribute.
Nothing Dunkey does is ”informative”, he just shits on games to get reactions with the biggest Nintendo bias that has ever existed Do people watch dunkeys videos thinking they will get ”informed”? Yikes
Hey, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is actually not the most compatible Pokémon for humans? This is a common and understandable misconception, however Vaporeon has it's human on Pokémon breedability outclassed by it's cousin evolution, Umbreon. Umbreon weights approximately 60 pounds, or around 27 kilograms, and is 3'3" tall (About a meter), making it not only large enough to appropriately handle human genitalia, but also light enough to easily be lifted, and promptly set back down repeatedly. It's relatively small size would also prove a tight entry, which is always a good thing. Umbreon also boasts an extremely impressive defensive stat spread. With it's combination of very high HP, Defense, and Special Defense stats, it can take a great pounding and come back for more! It's ability, Inner Focus, allows it to keep slamming attentively, without getting fatigued. Umbreon also has access to the ability Synchronize, which allows it to share it's current status with you, meaning you will receive all of the pleasure it feels COMBINED with all the pleasure you're getting from pounding this perfect breedable Pokémon. Umbreon also has the capability of seeing perfectly in pitch-black darkness, allowing it to effectively attend a midnight fornication session. Even if you do manage to drain Umbreon's energy with all the furious thrusts, it can recover very quickly with its access to the move Moonlight. Its black fur is also a giant positive attribute, allowing all the excretions you make to be easily seen all over its body. A great fun fact, Umbreon can excrete toxins in its sweat, which would in turn soak into your member and swell it up, making it even more sizable and sensitive. This would not only enhance the experience for you, but for your Umbreon as well (Which with Synchronize, ends up pleasing you exponentially more). Umbreon's wide movepool also supports the hypothesis that Umbreon is the best Pokémon to breed with. It can learn Payback, which doubles in power after the Pokémon is hit, meaning Umbreon with throw it back twice as hard as normally if you're hitting it good. Umbreon can also learn Guard Swap; it could give YOU its insane durability, and go crazy on you all night with your now massive endurance. Speaking of endurance, Umbreon also has access to Endure, making it practically immune to fatigue, it will always have energy left over. Charm is also within Umbreon's movepool, letting it be extremely seductive towards you, easily getting you in the mood. Umbreon can also use Taunt, in turn making you ONLY able to to attacking moves such as Slam, Pound, etc; none of that foreplay shit, right into the action. It also has access to Sleep Talk, giving it the ability to not only give consent in its sleep, allowing access to any of its ports and any time, but also move in it's sleep, making it an effective 24/7 fuckmate. Umbreon still has even more great moves that good to have while smashing, such as Quick Attack, allowing swift slams and bounces, which can have even greater power if Umbreon uses Curse beforehand. Curse would also raise Umbreon's defense, making it able to take powerful thrusting for almost any duration. Looking back, Umbreon's slightly small size ensures a gorilla grip cavity and easy physical manipulation. Its ungodly bulk allows it to take poundings for hours on end and resume after recovering with moonlight (Which works even better when it's sunny). It's access to the abilities Inner Focus and Synchronize allow it to unwaveringly throw it back and add all of its pleasure onto yours, effectively making it twice as amazing as any other Pokémon, or even FOUR TIMES, factoring in the doubled power of payback of course. All of this information in combination with its extremely useful movepool in the world of intercourse makes Umbreon the Pokémon most qualified to breed with humans; able to take dick of any shape, any size, in any position easily for extensive periods of time, while having the ability to return for even more mere seconds later.
As someone who's recently been spending most of their gaming time playing Galaxy 2 and Ocarina of Time (both for the first time) that section of the video felt validating ☺️
This is one of the reasons I love indie games because they are priced based on what the devs think they are worth. I’ve played a lot of 15 dollar games that I’ve loved way more than Triple A games
It's more like they're priced at the max amount they think they can get away with. Imagine if an indie dev tried to price their game at $60. Would probably be the only game they ever release.
In an alternate timeline, Dunkey's video starts thus: "At the beginning, videogames were going to cost five dollars... But Reggie was PISSED, so he said $120 for Plaque Attack after adjusting for inflation."
Until recently I never realized I had amassed a decently valuable cache of rare games. Being a little horror weirdo I have a damn near mint condition Rule of Rose and multiple versions of the original Silent Hill games including a valuable special edition of the first one. And working PS2-4
@@chickennugget6684 Yeah, I would say Xbox game Pass totally worth it for the price. I've had it for a while (did the 3 month trial and now I'm borrowing off a school friend with an xbox and got game pass after he used mine cause Microsoft have shitty system that allows as many people to use your game pass as long as they have your account details) It's even better on pc cause it's cheaper and you don't have to pay the bullshit "pay to play online".
@asdf that's the point. Microsoft doesn't give two shits if you play it on Xbox or on windows. Windows is a Microsoft platform. They make money on every pc you buy. And office and all the other shit they can sell you on that platform. It's just about getting people into the ecosystem. If that's Xbox or androidor windows. Doesn't matter.
Dunkey at 3:00 talking about playing older games is exactly how I've always felt. My friends will sometimes give me a hard time for going back go play older games I never played instead of new ones, but I'm just trying to catch up on the games I know are good before I try something I've never heard of
A lot of my friends can't stand old graphics. I'm like who gives a shit? If the gameplay holds up its still a good game. That's why I'm not interested in remasters. I couldn't care less about graphics.
This is my mentality going into the Metroid series. If I wanna play Dread, I'd like to get through the main titles before it first. Even if I'll be playing them on emulators 😳
To this date the best deal I ever got in gaming was the complete edition of The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt for 12.95 on sale on the PlayStation market. The second expansion pack “Blood and Wine” that came included in this 12.95 copy was better than most entire games I’ve ever played, and would be worth 30-40 bucks by itself. What’s crazy is the main story and the first expansion pack took me well over 150 hours to get through (completely enthralled the entire time)
All of the best deals I've gotten have been games that were given away for free. Vanguard Princess is straight up my favorite video game of all time and you can just download it from a freeware website. However you may feel about Square Enix and Konami, the fact that they will just straight up give away full length games without taking your money at any point is seriously impressive. Grimms Echoes and Tokimeki Idol in particular are both in the top class of their respective genres, both now freeware. Alicesoft went and rereleased every game they ever made fron the year 2000 back as freeware. Yeah, I'll take fifty full length RPGs for free, including some of the best of all time, thanks. Yet nobody seems to know or care that any of these games exist. It's insane. Why would you ever spend hundreds of dollars on a console when you can play better games for free on a $40 smartphone or beat up old laptop?
Game sales are absurd. Seeing something like Yakuza 0 or Hades below 20 dollars is borderline robbery for the amount of time/enjoyment you can get out of it
@@awkwardcultism you talk about all these free games, but where the hell do I download them from that’s not a sketchy website that will probably give me a virus? Also, doesn’t Alicesoft make nsfw games?
The best thing about games costing so much back in the day is your parents would actually encourage you to play. Like "I didn't pay no $80 for NBA Hangtime for you to let it sit there."
"When your enemy expects you to be weak, run away so they follow you into the pit full of bamboo spikes that you shit on before they fell into it, so that in thousands of years all will know you were the Alpha, and they the Beta" Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
I feel like Nintendo is the dumbest company, they could print money just by porting old games to switch and mobile. And they don't like free advertisement on youtube
Game pricing and development costs have always been so weird. A lot of modern triple A games are more about being a graphical arm's race than games, so most of the development goes into presentation / first impressions and advertising with a bloated scope. Hence it's not uncommon for something to look pretty and be riddled with bugs. People try to suggest that graphics don't matter and they shouldn't prioritize them as much. Which, while not wrong, you also gotta remember the casual consumer and fratboy-gamer types who are buying up those yearly Call of Battlefields and Fifas and don't participate in these kinda discussions, and many people who say that probably do still value graphics more than they imply. And it's not like Triple-A games don't have a place, I just wish they didn't set the standards for everything that isn't an indie title.
You're forgetting one of the major factors; Dev team size. These big AAA studios, instead of hiring GOOD programmers, they just throw lots of shitty programmers at the problem until the game compiles. That's why the games are so buggy. That's also why they suck; good game design can't be brute forced. World of Warcraft was developed with a team of 50 people. Modern AAA games can have team sizes of 150, or even 300, and that's NOT for an MMO! These are huge, bloated teams. The number of directors, producers, and project leaders who can actually coordinate that many people is EXTREMELY LOW, and most of them are either in big business (not video games), or the movie industry. Not games. As for game designers; well there's plenty of good game designers out there; that's where indie gems come from. But they're not being hired by AAA are they?
"Graphics don't matter" - Gamers "THIS FREAKING GAME LOOKS LIKE IT'S 12 YEARS OLD" - Also gamers, whenever a CoD game launches or any other punching bag enters the room
@@aleksanderolbrych9157 lol COD is an exception cause the game style hasn’t changed besides guns and maps. Graphics matter but the main reason play COD is just for the run and gun combat and graphics are secondary. Hell we saw a perfect example with the last two Games. Cold War and MW. MW looks a hell of a lot better and sounds way more realistic aswell. But Cold War has superior combat in my opinion. Cold War graphics were no doubt a down grade but people didn’t mind as much because the actually gameplay was superior even though inferior in the graphics department. But if red dead redemptions graphics didn’t look as nice. I wouldn’t play the game. Lots of open world games draw people in simple for the beauty of the world.
"Modern triple A games are more about being a graphical arm's race than games" And I'm so, so sick of it, especially in an era when a graphics card costs more than two consoles. Pushing the graphics envelop is officially now gatekeeping in a crypto world.
Love it when Dunkey makes videos about stuff surrounding games as a form of media. It really gives us insight into his mindset as a critic, as well as being enjoyable to watch due to his energy.
It's nice to see a genuine comment here. Nowadays I feel stupid for scrolling through the comments section because sometimes I can't tell if half of these are a joke.
When I was in college, on my last presentation, we had to market our own game for our teachers. I was honest with them telling my game wasn't finished. They gave me a very negative response because of that. Though, come to think of it now, me, as a consumer, I would hate if a company wasn't being honest with me trying to sell their low quality unfinished game. Even though their response was negative, I felt good that day, knowing that I was honest with myself and them. I wish more companies were like that.
That is like when I was trying to start my first business and I wanted to sell my art. I told my parents I wanted to show my art around and make money selling it, but they told me not to because I would be doing it for free, I should just make a website and put up my art and get paid. At the time it sounded like they knew a lot more about business than I did and I really wish I could have listened to their advice...
@@kamalindsey I believe that they were just being parents and telling me their piece of advice, but I think it was also an indication of their experience. My parents were always trying to be more successful than them. I remember growing up that my dad always wanted us to have a better car than him, because he drove a shitty car and didn't like it. He was very much into making sure we knew that we were better off financially than him. Even though I think he loved us, I also think he was afraid of our success and wanted to be like us later on, that's why he didn't have a high paying job and had to get a job that he hated, which he did for years. Now I'm married with children of my own and I do the same thing. That's why I think of Brian Chambers, that guy in Dancing with the Stars when he said: "What was the point of my life? I just fell down and hurt myself again." I think of that a lot when I'm working on my own stuff. When you don't know what you want out of life, there's no point. And there's no point in your life. It's always the best time to do what you want to do because if you do what you think other people want you to do, there's no point in doing that, but it's better to do what you want to do because then you know you're happy doing it. I just wish he had shown us a little more compassion and acceptance instead of teaching us how to be successful. I know it was hard for them and I'm sure they thought they were doing the best for us
@@LetsGoGetThem I still don't think your parents made any mistakes, but as your children, I know you feel the way they did. In today's world, it is so hard to be successful at something. Your parents tried to do the best for you, and in their mind, they were successful. At the same time, though, they were teaching you to follow their dreams, but not your own. I know you wish they had been more accepting and said: "You're not going to be good at this, and you are better off doing something else." At least you had your own dream and you were doing something different, but you were still following their dreams and not yours. It is always the least that does the most. Remember that.
I like what you talk about the need people feel of buying every game at launch even when it's super overpriced and that there's a lot of older incredible games that people never played that are very cheap now. I'm the kind of patient person that always wait a little bit for some sales so I can pay what I believe a game worth. Very few games I buy full price at launch because very few games worth this full price at all.
I do really appreciate Dunkey’s more serious videos. I feel that you can really see how talented he is at video planning, diction, and clever comedy he is in these videos more than the rest of his catalogue
Fun fact: all game prices are set by Wario. 60 is just his lucky number.
TRUE
how did i not notice before!? it had to be wario
@YeaMan In your dreams
Can confirm
@YeaMan you know it's a scam bot when they make 0 typos.
Free to play is free, because you pay with your suffering and micro tears.
The tears sure ain’t micro ;-;
more like macro tears 😭
Still better then paying 60$ for the same experience
😂 so true
@@LanceWillMakeIt yup ;-; sadge
"You should pay me 60 dollars to play this bullshit" most accurate statement in modern gaming
Modern everything sucks
@@Sky_Blaze ok buddy, relax.
@@ziwuri I'm right tho
@@ziwuri tell me I'm telling lies
@@Sky_Blaze Almost all of my favorite games and other media have been made in the last 20 years. And most of them wouldn't be possible without modern technology and culture.
7:42 "This may or may not technically be legal, but this is just a straight up fucking crime"
The best argument for emulation being morally correct.
you forgot to do **shows picture of panzer dragoon saga's price on a unnamed website** for clarification's sake.
@@BobbinRobbin777 Pretty sure the timestamp does that all by itself...
@@shadowlife15 aight
@@BobbinRobbin777 shut up robin
Emulation and downloading ROMs can be entirely separate. Emulating your own copies of games is not illegal.
"This may or may not technically be legal, but this is just a straight-up fucking crime"
So goddamn true
i read this right as he said it.. theres no such thing as coincidence
@@joesach6719 I feel like the fact that I am reading this is proof that I am energetically aligned with you
@@jamgrams3244 definitely some correlations going on
Weird how our legal system is starting to crack down on patent trolling, but copyright trolling is alive and well.
"You can't give that away, we own it."
"Are you trying to suppress it because it hurts your brand image?"
"No, we're still proud of it."
"OK, please let people pay you money for it."
"No."
"..."
Fortunately a lot of companies are _finally_ wising up. I wish Nintendo cracked down on emulation a little sooner than _fifteen years_ before they started selling their back catalogue.
@@Mr_Wallet the wiiu store not being on the switch is just fuking stupid
We need a 2021 version of those “10000 games in 1!” discs.
IM BETTER THAN DUNKEY
@@TheDevPodcast how so?
Game Pass
@@TheDevPodcast dawg you ain't gonna get any attention for this just give up on it
@@UCantNinjaMe he has extra chromosomes
As a marketing professor, I think I will show this video as an intro to price. You hit on some nice concepts here.
Please make modern version of the following:- 0:14
@@gram. he's a professor not a middle school teacher. Grow up.
@@gram. bruh lmfao
did you?
@@DewgittyDewg Why? What'd he do that was wrong? I don't get it...
Dunkey has a great point about constantly wanting new games, there’s literally thousands of old games available to play if you have a pc, so why do you need to wait for something new to drop? I think our caveman like brains just gravitate towards stuff that’s shiny and new.
Part of it's FOMO, or wanting to be caught up with the hot new thing everyone's talking about. Case in point, the number of people who tried jumping into Elden Ring without any prior knowledge of FromSoftware titles and got their shit rocked by everything in the game, just because they saw long-time fans loving the game and wanted to be part of the hype train.
@@Irisverse I got it, I dont play I already have other games on my hand but when I do get to play it I expect to get my shit kicked in beacuse its my first software game
@@Irisverse the sad part is that in the current world of gaming, that FOMO is real when it comes to multiplayer games. Nothing is worse than loving a game only for the online multiplayer to be devoid of players.
@@Irisverse Elden was a great game to jump into at the beginning though. There was a definite valid fomo there: it's an amazing experience, and something I've never personally experienced when the wiki is empty and no-one knows how to do 90% of the quest lines. It was awesome seeing the community and knowledge develop as I swapped tips with mates.
As someone who actually played old games during the time they were out and new, I play new games now because they're new and I've already played the old games I wanted to play.
I love how he just threw a shout out to “pirates” in the middle of the blockbuster recap
What is this pirates "game"? Asking for a friend ......
@@anirbanspr Pirates (or Pirates xxx) 2005. That's what I heard. A friend of mine researched that. Or so I was told.
@@anirbanspr expensive
@@anirbanspr it's a porno knock off of pirates of the carribbean
@@anirbansprit means pirates fucking
This one is gonna be a classic that I'll rewatch in 3 years
im gonna come back in three years to confirm that. see u in 2024
Classic
Let's goooo
yeahh, he’s got plenty of those
every vid is a classic tbh
To be fair, in the 70's you could almost get a house for the price of a video game, so other things being expensive wasn't that bad.
1 schekle for a game console, 2 for a house.
Yep, inflation doesn't account for cost of living. $900 was a lot for an Atari, but people also didn't have $100k in student debt back then. A $60 game is a pretty good price as long as you don't have to pay off a house or student debt.
1:03
For some odd reason, that "god damn" is just serotonin to my ears.
"So when can we buy your games at half the price?"
Nintendo : "That's the neat part, you don't"
Does once in a blue moon count? Like quite literally once every 2 years for 3 days
Zelda BOTW and Mario Odyssey were both $25 on Black Friday 2019
I heard this in Emperor Palpatine's voice.
So, mighty fine comment m8.
Best I can do is double it
@@xmeygan where?
Can't believe Dunkey's giving away his videos for free, what a steal.
the downside is that he never lowers his prices
Watch out he might triple the price soon
@@hubblebublumbubwub5215 Buddy where have to been? Every year Dunkey has a big summer sale where he'll pay you to watch his videos.
we pay with adsense
@@Allen-qs2xr He tripled his prices last month
0:30 I just now realized that they didn’t tell the female actor he was going to be that loud. Her surprised reaction looks very genuine.
That's called acting
Crazy to think that the 3 second Tim Allen "EEEYUUUHGGGG??" gif is probably a larger file than the entirety of Super Mario Bros 3
I recently discovered Emulation and my friend told me that I'm like Christopher Columbus-- All excited about discovering something everyone already knew was there.
ueah
very treu
After emulating Metroid zero mission and Metroid Fusion it felt like Christmas Day except that the presents were already there but I hadn’t opened them yet
kowahbunguuuh
Wait until you hear about fitgirl repacks, your brain is gonna explode m8.
I've definitely been missing your "Dunk-umentary" style videos.
it's a nice return to form
Yeah, me too. Also, where the hell is NakeyJakey?
Him and nakeyjakey are masters in the artform
The statement on baldur's gate 3 price did not age well
I bought it for 90$ CAD on launch day I'm such a sucker
“Why are you playing any game, if you haven’t played Mario Galaxy yet.” Is the probably the best statement/question in this entire video.
I love “Dunkey talks about the industry” videos
yeah. some of his best work.
ok
I’ve learned so much
Microsoft is run by ants!
It's very entertaining and informal in those videos.
This feels like a part one to a duo series.
Ratio
You still exist?
it can be
i want a part 2
@@ayushtarafder3521 🤪
It's a bit of a weird video to comment this on but you are a master of your craft dunkey. In an atmosphere of fake ass youtubers and mindless shorts your content shines through. You take me back to a time when youtube wasn't all about pandering to guidelines or pushing out 200 videos a day. The videos you put out are master class and your effort really shows. I think when you stop making videos youtube will really be dead.
You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I haven't had to pay a dime. I just hope you take pride in your work because you deserve it. You're the sole voice of reason on the platform. Keep it up
I agree he is a good youtuber buy you're reall exaggerating it. He's not the only unfake youtuber
I'm a 90s kid, i used to buy games with 5 of my friends, so we pay 1/6th the price, there wasn't any hype about new games back then so we just bought what was available in stores and we played eachother's games and we were always entertained .. good times.
Dunkey you'll be glad to hear they've dropped the price of panzer dragoon saga to $1500, basically a steal
It's actually estimated closer to $700
And with that $250 savings you can get 3 full priced shitty new games and a replacement pair of joycons
Thank god! A decent price!
@@bobbodaskank 250$? Nice, I'll be able to finally get 1/3 of Crusader Kings 2 dlcs.
@@kouron they were available for 11$ on humble bundle rip
If I recall, Gamestop sells "Donkey Kong: Frozen Ape" for FIFTY dollars.
fucker i’m in australia tropical freeze still costs $80
no sir, its 60 dollars
FIFTY DOLLARS. WOW
@@ScrodumHat 80 AUD is 60 USD
@@ScrodumHat Bro chill, it was just a reference to one of the Dunkey's prank calls 😅.
@@BigBlueeee didn’t mean to come off as aggressive lol
dunkey is one of the greatest youtubers ever, but the complaint about baldurs gate 3 being $60 aged so poorly
Was gonna comment that but looks like someone beat me to it
I dont think it was only that, but that they were in early access, but still taking full price.
the baldur's gate comment at 2:27 may not age too well tbh
Yeah, I honestly stopped listening to this guy after he said plaque attack was bad. Then again, I have not played plaque attack because it is $5,000 dollars on ebay.
haven't played it yet, classic
Once again, I *have not* played plaque attack
Activision really went downhill after they refused to port Plaque Attack to the Grush as a launch title
Because individual guy decides sent to WATA grading (a cuestionable authority) por put some acrylic box and a paper with random number doesn't mean that's the real value, actually a lot of them they are sold by less than 30 dollars in good condition.
*”This game really makes you FEEEL like you wasted 60 Dollars”*
-IGN
I’ve actually never regretted buying a sixty dollar game before.
Granted, I have maybe 11 games on my Nintendo switch and 2 of them are free to play…
10/10
@@yoshithebear7630
I regretted buying MH:Rise because it was an incomplete game with microtransactions.
@@davidbronstein2040 Could you elaborate on that?
This joke is 3 years old
6:46 easily my favorite dunkey gag
What's that sound effect from?
@@eriklll4356 tim allen home improvement grunt
Shits so funny 😂😂
5:08 that ''wait'' said more things about league of legends than any reviewer ever could
My local library has been offering physical video game discs for almost a decade, and you can borrow these games for up to three weeks. I've personally bought only four games in the last five years because of it. I will never take my public library for granted. :)
Libraries are the best
@@TheAzCorner I would like to visit your library please
Damn ur lucky af enjoy while u can
There was a local rent store that sold games for a really good price compared to how expensive games are here in Brazil. It was pretty good, I played and finished a rented Portal 2. I never appreciated it much until I read this comment and realized how good it was. Sadly, the store closed a few years ago
Dang ur luckyy, My library had anime like gundam and inuyasha but NEVER video games 😟
Being a gamer is the cheapest and the most expensive it has ever been depending on how addictive your personality is.
I'm not a gamer since I almost never contribute my money to the industry lol
@@naufalap Yarr I smell a pirate.
@@arandominternetuser455 are you a coward
@@arandominternetuser455 Or he's a free-to-player. I consider myself an avid video game player even though I basically just play SRB2, TTCC, TF2, and a bunch of roms. (Ok maybe we are pirates technically) Not necessarily because im poor but because im too young to be able to buy my own games and it's pretty hard to get digital games like this.
It's honestly a video topic of it's own. Most people think "Oh they're not playing the latest games most likely because they're poor lmao" When most of the time the people they're talking about don't have access to them for non-money reasons.
I personally haven´t bought a single game in 2 years, only 1$ 1/3 month gamepass trials and f2p battle royales, also if you are on xbox Microsoft literally gift you 5+$ dollar a month for quest that take you mere minutes each week. The ultimate free to play experience lol.
EA hates this video with a passion 😂
I've really been taking the "You don't need the latest stuff" at heart. I have a crapton of backlog game I never played because I just kept buying new stuff. It's like I'm buying three of them and finishing 1/2 per bulk before biying the next one. I just stopped with the frenzy and took the time to look back to my library and go "Ok, for now I just need these"
Sony: “Remember when games were $60? Yeah, well now they’re $70 or you can wait a year and pick it up for $10.”
Xbox: “Hey just give us $15 a month and you can have all the games!”
Nintendo: “I don’t care if this game is 9 years old! $60. Take it or leave it.”
Just WOW :(
Game pass is legitimately OP
Also Sony pay us 9 a month and we'll give you 2 free random games per month and pay us another 15 to get access to retro games
@@areebmasoodi8932 Especially when you abuse the $1 trial on multiple email accounts. :)
Steam: "You could pay 60 bucks now. Or you just wait a bit and buy every AAA game for like 75% off lol, idc."
I love Dunkey's "General topic" videos. They always have the best writing, even compared to his game reviews.
@YeaMan stfu
@YeaMan Says the guy who spelled page wrong
Wish he did more of them tbh, they are my favorite,
His movie reviews are the best imo
The Book of Truth
When things were at their very worst:
2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
- will seem to rise from the dead
- will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.
"Many events, including ecological upheavals, wars, the schism in My Church on Earth, the dictatorships in each of your nations - bound as one, at its very core - will all take place at the same time."
Dunkey, it''s been a while since I watched your videos and you my man are a gentleman and a scholar! Also the relest gamer of all time! Thank you for your work!
this video has inspired me to go back and start playing some great games i havent experienced yet, currently making my way through the silent hill series, thank you donkey
love the tax avoiders game franchise
10/10 franchise right there
Same
What about sex avoiders?
It really hit its peak with Yoshi’s Island.
So this is the game that inspired Bobby kottick to destroy the world.....
I like how blockbuster is treated like a distant memory that only the oldest of people could possibly have heard of.
Kinda missed em now it's gone, good memory though
I think it was a joke
Yeah, if you really want people scratching heads you should mention Movie Scene
the "family video" in my small-ass rural town just closed up this year. RIP.
edit: actually after googling i think it closed up at the end of last year. regardless, an absolute travesty.
I’m a gen z/millennial cusper and it seems distant af because we miss it.
I love how at 1:10 he shows the consoles all nice and new, and then there’s a wiimote smashed into a tv.
Looking more closely, the Wii, Wiimote and TV are made of LEGO
2:27 Aged like milk.
Tbf, the best part of the game has been available for 3 years. The full release that came out this year’s content was far weaker so honestly not sure how I feel about it winning GOTY and early access games in general
"imagine paying 900$ to play this"
Apple: *Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!*
Angry Birds Reloaded players be like:
@@MariOmor1 lmao I’ve played it. It’s worth the £12000 I spent on my Mac Pro and Apple Arcade tbh
@@danka1167 I've never played it, I can just redownload the originals like Classic, Space, Stella, Seasons, etc.
And Nintendo
@@GoldGregory nintendo games are mostly £60, what?
Retro emulation is always morally correct
What if the original creator still has means of profiting off of it? E.g. Pokemon Red or Super Mario Bros
@@cavespider1074 Nintendo emulation is always morally correct
If you can't buy it from the company that owns it, there is no moral reason not to emulate.
You don't know anything about morality
@@nilsteegen33 Morality is a spook.
This is unironically one of Dunkey's greatest videos
Damn, Blizzard worked really hard to make that Overwatch praise not age well.
I genuinelly think that in these kinds of videos dunkey really shines as a content creator. For real you can make these 10 minute videos just as good and convincing as many 25 minute long video essays out there.
Being able to say more with less is key to being a good communicator. Dunkey, among other things, is a good communicator.
He also doesn't go into nearly as much detail nor explain the intricacies of why things are how they are. Its a trade off.
for real. I like his funny random videos, but his more serious content like this are really good and what made me subscribe in the first place.
i mean scott the woz made an hour long video on his third time talking about super mario 2d world, and that video is amazing too so
I saw the title and got excited that it was probably an essay video. Did not disappoint. These are always mastapeeces.
Also, emulation has allowed many multiplayer games that used to require you to gather three other friends in front of a TV to be played online. That could be an easy way of updating and monetizing classic titles for the developers, but if they don't want to take that opportunity, then I'm sure the community is more than happy to oblige.
how can I do that?
Mods
@@eriksatlher1 parsec, it's an app that allows other people to control your computer at the same time sorta (also ofc screenshare and such)
@@eriksatlher1 Certain emulators enable network features in which inputs for other players are taken from other computers.
Playing smash ultimate online through Yuzu+parsec is fucking nuts. And also any other split screen game that can be emulated or played on PC, parsec is awesome.
I love that you displayed wave race 64 when talking about the best games… sublime choice. Cool to see Hyperstone heist too.
Dunkey cursed game prices with this one
Pizza Hut needs to bring back the game disk with pizza order
Yeah
Congrats on 100k!
Siphon Filter and Medieval demo disk was the only one I ever got, OXM monthly demos where my shit though
Silence verified
There have been two new Doom engines in the 26 years since Doom / Doom2 / Chex Quest and Chex has still not released a Chex Quest 2 with updated technology.
"Back in the day this was 120$, Today it's a 7 kilobyte file"
*gameplay*
Yeah no still not worth it
Think of how much "Rich text document" you could store, instead. You could even save the URL of a better game to download. 😂
"Free" still costs too much for _Plaque Attack_ on the Atari.
I already watch this like 7 times but Naked Jayboy sent me here and now I'm watching it again
Dunkey, ur experience with game classics is invaluable. A series on ur favorite classics would be a treasure to the gaming community for ever. If u already do this im sorry. Somebody link me one of them
Dunkey's probably one of the few, if not only channels I might be able to think of that can successfully fill a videos with sarcasm and jokes while also keeping the topic serious and giving insightful observations about today's society in video games.
@@kazcav4973 who
@@shevrett2658 Yahtzee is a game critic whose run a series called Zero Punctuation for over a decade now, quality jokes mixed in with (primarily negative) criticism of games and the industry as a whole.
Ross I believe runs a series called Ross' Game Dungeon, much in the same vain as the other two although he's typically very genuine, whether that be positive or negative.
Haha No.
Let’s keep it that way, boys!
Dunkey and Scott the Woz should collab, I feel like they would have great chemistry.
What I love about donkey’s videos is that he makes really good points about the topic in question while still sounding like you’re just shooting the shit with your buddy. We’ve got enough phd-video essay bros as it is.
I don’t think it’s necessary to slam other creators- Dunkey’s fantastic, no need to try to drag anyone else
He's scary intelligent but loves to play stupid all the time.
@@bustprime The best way to play the game
I been saying he is the Dave chappelle of this side of youtube. Theres a cold truth under all the jokes, and sometimes he just gives it to u straight
well said ---- agree
This is a great video. Bring back the classic Dunkey style that we know and love. Keep it up
One of my favorite videos from dunkey: funny and informative
this video has accomplished:
-Microsoft tripling gamepass's price
-Nintendo cracking down harder on all listed emulators
-Being funni and pleasing me for 8 minutes and 12 seconds
Yeah usually I have to buy someone dinner if I want to be pleasured for 8 minutes straight
Luckily there is nothing they can do about the emulators. Emulators themselves are totally 100% legal, and don't violate Nintendo's copyright or anything. That's why Nintendo has to go after websites that host ROMs of games, since those actually are illegal to distribute.
@@Loctorak you made my evening
- Joe's Diner: GoTY Edition
- Plaque Defenders 2
- Golden Tee
- Pirates 3: Johnny's Revenge
Which 10 seconds displeased you?
"A man is not only entitled to the right of emulating a Nintendo game, they're obligated to do so"
-Chief Kief
Mr. Keef is really wise beyond his years huh
That’s the truth right there
Thank you Chief Keef.
"Feds at my door, jump out the window!" - Chief Keef
Words of wisdom right there.
Ok but why is piracy suddenly such a morally righteous thing to do now?
I can't even remember the last game I paid full price for. Thanks Gabe.
So glad that the algorithm brought me to your channel. I remember a lot of these games when I was a kid. Great content bro
legend says Mario Kart 8 will be worth $25,000 in 20 years
Take my money
Good lol I’ve got the OG Wii U version with all the DLC lol
@@clad3133 Nintendo: “That’s the plan!”
Shut up
nahhhhh, it'll be worth 60 dollars
2:47 the realest shit Dunkey's ever said
It's true
The answer is mainly FOMO.
Unfortunately many people just play what is popular rather than develop their own individual tastes.
My friends call me a fake gamer because I don't care about most coming games
@@ted9030 Sigma Gamer
@@joeking6972 what does it mean
SOME GAME makes me laugh out loud every time, I watch through the Dunkey back catalog all the time and never see it coming.
7:49 Hell yeah, love seeing a sick Melee combo in a Dunkey vid
I haven't said this in a while, but this is honestly one of Dunkey's most informative and true videos.
is it honestly though? what else is less informative and true?
@@RodniDemental If you've gotta ask that question, you must not've seen many of Dunkey's videos lol
Except he completes skips MTX
Nothing Dunkey does is ”informative”, he just shits on games to get reactions with the biggest Nintendo bias that has ever existed
Do people watch dunkeys videos thinking they will get ”informed”? Yikes
I say that every video
“I haven’t seen litigous rage like this since I was caught playing emulated games at Nintendo’s house.” - Gex
this should be top comment lol
Delicious. Finally a good fucking Gex joke.
Hey, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is actually not the most compatible Pokémon for humans? This is a common and understandable misconception, however Vaporeon has it's human on Pokémon breedability outclassed by it's cousin evolution, Umbreon. Umbreon weights approximately 60 pounds, or around 27 kilograms, and is 3'3" tall (About a meter), making it not only large enough to appropriately handle human genitalia, but also light enough to easily be lifted, and promptly set back down repeatedly. It's relatively small size would also prove a tight entry, which is always a good thing. Umbreon also boasts an extremely impressive defensive stat spread. With it's combination of very high HP, Defense, and Special Defense stats, it can take a great pounding and come back for more! It's ability, Inner Focus, allows it to keep slamming attentively, without getting fatigued. Umbreon also has access to the ability Synchronize, which allows it to share it's current status with you, meaning you will receive all of the pleasure it feels COMBINED with all the pleasure you're getting from pounding this perfect breedable Pokémon. Umbreon also has the capability of seeing perfectly in pitch-black darkness, allowing it to effectively attend a midnight fornication session. Even if you do manage to drain Umbreon's energy with all the furious thrusts, it can recover very quickly with its access to the move Moonlight. Its black fur is also a giant positive attribute, allowing all the excretions you make to be easily seen all over its body. A great fun fact, Umbreon can excrete toxins in its sweat, which would in turn soak into your member and swell it up, making it even more sizable and sensitive. This would not only enhance the experience for you, but for your Umbreon as well (Which with Synchronize, ends up pleasing you exponentially more). Umbreon's wide movepool also supports the hypothesis that Umbreon is the best Pokémon to breed with. It can learn Payback, which doubles in power after the Pokémon is hit, meaning Umbreon with throw it back twice as hard as normally if you're hitting it good. Umbreon can also learn Guard Swap; it could give YOU its insane durability, and go crazy on you all night with your now massive endurance. Speaking of endurance, Umbreon also has access to Endure, making it practically immune to fatigue, it will always have energy left over. Charm is also within Umbreon's movepool, letting it be extremely seductive towards you, easily getting you in the mood. Umbreon can also use Taunt, in turn making you ONLY able to to attacking moves such as Slam, Pound, etc; none of that foreplay shit, right into the action. It also has access to Sleep Talk, giving it the ability to not only give consent in its sleep, allowing access to any of its ports and any time, but also move in it's sleep, making it an effective 24/7 fuckmate. Umbreon still has even more great moves that good to have while smashing, such as Quick Attack, allowing swift slams and bounces, which can have even greater power if Umbreon uses Curse beforehand. Curse would also raise Umbreon's defense, making it able to take powerful thrusting for almost any duration. Looking back, Umbreon's slightly small size ensures a gorilla grip cavity and easy physical manipulation. Its ungodly bulk allows it to take poundings for hours on end and resume after recovering with moonlight (Which works even better when it's sunny). It's access to the abilities Inner Focus and Synchronize allow it to unwaveringly throw it back and add all of its pleasure onto yours, effectively making it twice as amazing as any other Pokémon, or even FOUR TIMES, factoring in the doubled power of payback of course. All of this information in combination with its extremely useful movepool in the world of intercourse makes Umbreon the Pokémon most qualified to breed with humans; able to take dick of any shape, any size, in any position easily for extensive periods of time, while having the ability to return for even more mere seconds later.
This comment is very Verbose and Erudite
@@hugokapon4166 Thanks.
this is one of your best videos ever. everything you say is so on point.
Lol great vid. I usually dont watch videos all the way to the end but this was a good one! Very entertaining
"Why are you buying any game when you havent played Mario galaxy first"
Truer words have never been spoken
cuz it's only on wii or in an overpriced lazy bundle collection
@@landis9767 emulate it on dolphin you dingus
@@FakestLoogi exactly
i literally said the same words after hearing it in video
@@FakestLoogi my potato cant handle that!!
"Why are you buying any game when you haven't played Mario Galaxy yet?!"
Dunkey will forever be the best videogame youtuber for that quote alone
As someone who's recently been spending most of their gaming time playing Galaxy 2 and Ocarina of Time (both for the first time) that section of the video felt validating ☺️
I just dont get 3d platormers I guess. I had Mario Galaxy on the Wii when it came out but never finished it, I always just wanted to play Wii sports.
@@Scroolewse How far did you get in Galaxy?
@@Scroolewse Odyssey is the best 3D platformer ever made imo. I'd recommend you play that
@@alexsilva28 literally just said he doesn't like the genre, so why tell him to play another game of that genre?
Watching these videos is like meditating :) I always feel better afterwards 😂
Studios saw this and was like. You're right dumnkey now video games are 79.99
This is one of the reasons I love indie games because they are priced based on what the devs think they are worth. I’ve played a lot of 15 dollar games that I’ve loved way more than Triple A games
Hollow knight
As a creative myself, I find it depressing to think about how dramatically those devs undervalued their own work :ThisIsFine:
It's more like they're priced at the max amount they think they can get away with. Imagine if an indie dev tried to price their game at $60. Would probably be the only game they ever release.
Stardew Valley
Hollow knight
In an alternate timeline, Dunkey's video starts thus:
"At the beginning, videogames were going to cost five dollars... But Reggie was PISSED, so he said $120 for Plaque Attack after adjusting for inflation."
"But oink was always going to be $120 because that game is a masterpiece. We wouldn't have life itself without that game."
Jakey brought me back
Until recently I never realized I had amassed a decently valuable cache of rare games. Being a little horror weirdo I have a damn near mint condition Rule of Rose and multiple versions of the original Silent Hill games including a valuable special edition of the first one. And working PS2-4
Dunkey reluctantly admitting game pass good is the best recommendation to get it considering how much he hates Microsoft
he does, reluctantly make a great point about Microsoft.
i’m still never getting an xbox though.
@@chickennugget6684 Yeah, I would say Xbox game Pass totally worth it for the price. I've had it for a while (did the 3 month trial and now I'm borrowing off a school friend with an xbox and got game pass after he used mine cause Microsoft have shitty system that allows as many people to use your game pass as long as they have your account details) It's even better on pc cause it's cheaper and you don't have to pay the bullshit "pay to play online".
Game pass is great, you get to try out games for al long as you want and if it's a studio you wanna support, buy the game.
@@macadoodle1237 you just complained ab consumer freindly practice. nice
@asdf that's the point.
Microsoft doesn't give two shits if you play it on Xbox or on windows.
Windows is a Microsoft platform. They make money on every pc you buy. And office and all the other shit they can sell you on that platform.
It's just about getting people into the ecosystem. If that's Xbox or androidor windows. Doesn't matter.
Dunkey at 3:00 talking about playing older games is exactly how I've always felt. My friends will sometimes give me a hard time for going back go play older games I never played instead of new ones, but I'm just trying to catch up on the games I know are good before I try something I've never heard of
Yeah!!!
A lot of my friends can't stand old graphics. I'm like who gives a shit? If the gameplay holds up its still a good game. That's why I'm not interested in remasters. I couldn't care less about graphics.
@@caseyoberle7341 For me, remasters are good because I can play older games with better graphics, potentially the best of both worlds.
hindsight is 20/20
This is my mentality going into the Metroid series. If I wanna play Dread, I'd like to get through the main titles before it first. Even if I'll be playing them on emulators 😳
To this date the best deal I ever got in gaming was the complete edition of The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt for 12.95 on sale on the PlayStation market. The second expansion pack “Blood and Wine” that came included in this 12.95 copy was better than most entire games I’ve ever played, and would be worth 30-40 bucks by itself. What’s crazy is the main story and the first expansion pack took me well over 150 hours to get through (completely enthralled the entire time)
All of the best deals I've gotten have been games that were given away for free.
Vanguard Princess is straight up my favorite video game of all time and you can just download it from a freeware website.
However you may feel about Square Enix and Konami, the fact that they will just straight up give away full length games without taking your money at any point is seriously impressive.
Grimms Echoes and Tokimeki Idol in particular are both in the top class of their respective genres, both now freeware.
Alicesoft went and rereleased every game they ever made fron the year 2000 back as freeware. Yeah, I'll take fifty full length RPGs for free, including some of the best of all time, thanks.
Yet nobody seems to know or care that any of these games exist. It's insane. Why would you ever spend hundreds of dollars on a console when you can play better games for free on a $40 smartphone or beat up old laptop?
Game sales are absurd. Seeing something like Yakuza 0 or Hades below 20 dollars is borderline robbery for the amount of time/enjoyment you can get out of it
@@awkwardcultism you talk about all these free games, but where the hell do I download them from that’s not a sketchy website that will probably give me a virus?
Also, doesn’t Alicesoft make nsfw games?
The best thing about games costing so much back in the day is your parents would actually encourage you to play. Like "I didn't pay no $80 for NBA Hangtime for you to let it sit there."
Lmao
“Video games are pricey. But at what cost?”
-Sun Tzu, ‘the art of war’
"Shit on your blade, so when you stab them, it adds +3 toxic damage"
-Sun Tzu, 'the art of war'
"Nothing is illegal about emulations, piracy is the way"
-Sun Tzu, The Art of Pirates
"When your enemy expects you to be weak, run away so they follow you into the pit full of bamboo spikes that you shit on before they fell into it, so that in thousands of years all will know you were the Alpha, and they the Beta" Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
Nintendo: gets rid of virtual console
Also Nintendo: starts a war on emulation
Xbox series s has got our backs
I feel like Nintendo is the dumbest company, they could print money just by porting old games to switch and mobile. And they don't like free advertisement on youtube
@@wolfdragonsxiii5192 they are not the dumbest, they are the worst.
kakyoin donut321 What about EA, Ubisoft, and uh, plenty others I won’t waste time naming?
@@wolfdragonsxiii5192 imagine botw on steam the internet would break
2:26, that aged well
and this is why i will always advocate for people to take to the 7 seas and become pirates
Game pricing and development costs have always been so weird. A lot of modern triple A games are more about being a graphical arm's race than games, so most of the development goes into presentation / first impressions and advertising with a bloated scope. Hence it's not uncommon for something to look pretty and be riddled with bugs.
People try to suggest that graphics don't matter and they shouldn't prioritize them as much. Which, while not wrong, you also gotta remember the casual consumer and fratboy-gamer types who are buying up those yearly Call of Battlefields and Fifas and don't participate in these kinda discussions, and many people who say that probably do still value graphics more than they imply. And it's not like Triple-A games don't have a place, I just wish they didn't set the standards for everything that isn't an indie title.
You're forgetting one of the major factors; Dev team size. These big AAA studios, instead of hiring GOOD programmers, they just throw lots of shitty programmers at the problem until the game compiles. That's why the games are so buggy. That's also why they suck; good game design can't be brute forced.
World of Warcraft was developed with a team of 50 people. Modern AAA games can have team sizes of 150, or even 300, and that's NOT for an MMO! These are huge, bloated teams. The number of directors, producers, and project leaders who can actually coordinate that many people is EXTREMELY LOW, and most of them are either in big business (not video games), or the movie industry. Not games.
As for game designers; well there's plenty of good game designers out there; that's where indie gems come from. But they're not being hired by AAA are they?
@@TheLegendsmith they’re not necessarily shitty programmers, they’re extremely overworked programmers.
"Graphics don't matter" - Gamers
"THIS FREAKING GAME LOOKS LIKE IT'S 12 YEARS OLD" - Also gamers, whenever a CoD game launches or any other punching bag enters the room
@@aleksanderolbrych9157 lol COD is an exception cause the game style hasn’t changed besides guns and maps. Graphics matter but the main reason play COD is just for the run and gun combat and graphics are secondary. Hell we saw a perfect example with the last two Games. Cold War and MW. MW looks a hell of a lot better and sounds way more realistic aswell. But Cold War has superior combat in my opinion. Cold War graphics were no doubt a down grade but people didn’t mind as much because the actually gameplay was superior even though inferior in the graphics department. But if red dead redemptions graphics didn’t look as nice. I wouldn’t play the game. Lots of open world games draw people in simple for the beauty of the world.
"Modern triple A games are more about being a graphical arm's race than games" And I'm so, so sick of it, especially in an era when a graphics card costs more than two consoles. Pushing the graphics envelop is officially now gatekeeping in a crypto world.
This video is a classic, haven't seen it.
@YeaMan Imagine being better but begging for people to see your channel 👀
Another classic - I haven't got around to watching this one, yet.
i've probably watched this at least 5 times already. One of the best informative videos on TH-cam, and it's created by the one and only Dunkey.
Overwatch section did not age well
Love it when Dunkey makes videos about stuff surrounding games as a form of media. It really gives us insight into his mindset as a critic, as well as being enjoyable to watch due to his energy.
I love it when Dunkey plays fortnite
@@andyb6400 yes
I appreciate you leaving a genuine comment in the days of dunkey fans only commenting overused unfunny trash
It's nice to see a genuine comment here. Nowadays I feel stupid for scrolling through the comments section because sometimes I can't tell if half of these are a joke.
"Love it when Dunkey makes videos" STOP! STOP RIGHT THERE! your comment is perfect. there is no need to add anything more beyond this point
When I was in college, on my last presentation, we had to market our own game for our teachers. I was honest with them telling my game wasn't finished. They gave me a very negative response because of that. Though, come to think of it now, me, as a consumer, I would hate if a company wasn't being honest with me trying to sell their low quality unfinished game. Even though their response was negative, I felt good that day, knowing that I was honest with myself and them. I wish more companies were like that.
That is like when I was trying to start my first business and I wanted to sell my art. I told my parents I wanted to show my art around and make money selling it, but they told me not to because I would be doing it for free, I should just make a website and put up my art and get paid. At the time it sounded like they knew a lot more about business than I did and I really wish I could have listened to their advice...
@@LetsGoGetThem I mean your parents shouldn't have said that, dude. Not really cool...
@@kamalindsey I believe that they were just being parents and telling me their piece of advice, but I think it was also an indication of their experience.
My parents were always trying to be more successful than them. I remember growing up that my dad always wanted us to have a better car than him, because he drove a shitty car and didn't like it. He was very much into making sure we knew that we were better off financially than him. Even though I think he loved us, I also think he was afraid of our success and wanted to be like us later on, that's why he didn't have a high paying job and had to get a job that he hated, which he did for years.
Now I'm married with children of my own and I do the same thing. That's why I think of Brian Chambers, that guy in Dancing with the Stars when he said: "What was the point of my life? I just fell down and hurt myself again." I think of that a lot when I'm working on my own stuff. When you don't know what you want out of life, there's no point. And there's no point in your life. It's always the best time to do what you want to do because if you do what you think other people want you to do, there's no point in doing that, but it's better to do what you want to do because then you know you're happy doing it.
I just wish he had shown us a little more compassion and acceptance instead of teaching us how to be successful. I know it was hard for them and I'm sure they thought they were doing the best for us
@@LetsGoGetThem I still don't think your parents made any mistakes, but as your children, I know you feel the way they did. In today's world, it is so hard to be successful at something. Your parents tried to do the best for you, and in their mind, they were successful. At the same time, though, they were teaching you to follow their dreams, but not your own. I know you wish they had been more accepting and said: "You're not going to be good at this, and you are better off doing something else." At least you had your own dream and you were doing something different, but you were still following their dreams and not yours. It is always the least that does the most. Remember that.
You were ahead of your time. Not being finished with a game is now the model, not the exception.
This is thebest video from dunkey
You my friend got a new subscriber even though it doesn’t matter your subs are insane 😂😂 but this video is epic 🙏
7:43"now this may not be technically legal, but this is just a straight up fucking crime."
truer words hath never been spoken
Every time I'm about to buy an expensive game, I come back to this video.
I like what you talk about the need people feel of buying every game at launch even when it's super overpriced and that there's a lot of older incredible games that people never played that are very cheap now. I'm the kind of patient person that always wait a little bit for some sales so I can pay what I believe a game worth. Very few games I buy full price at launch because very few games worth this full price at all.
I do really appreciate Dunkey’s more serious videos. I feel that you can really see how talented he is at video planning, diction, and clever comedy he is in these videos more than the rest of his catalogue