WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:11.560 Yo, go be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do 2 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:15.400 this for January fifth, twenty twenty four. For the next hour or so, 3 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.480 let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game mess Mornings 4 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.879 Live with Me Jeff Grubb. Today we get a look at what is coming 5 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:25.839 to PS five and twenty twenty four, and some interesting hardware news begins squeaking 6 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.399 out of cees. First, please join me and welcoming today's co host, 7 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.840 the Game This Mornings. It's Jason Bonelli. Everybody, Jason, how are 8 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.240 you doing? Feeling good? As we were talking about before the show, 9 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:40.600 Like everybody else, I've started going back to the gym, only now this 10 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.320 time I'm doing it at five thirty in the morning, trying to get that 11 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:47.359 shed them pounds that I regained after having, you know, two kids and 12 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:51.479 all that stuff. But that's everybody's doing that. Still playing good games, 13 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.960 having a good time. Lots of news today which is exciting. Yeah, 14 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:58.240 doing good. How were you doing good? I was. I was thinking 15 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.840 about you know, New Yuser's resolution and all that stuff, and I was 16 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:04.319 listening to next Lander this morning. I was going to get my license played, 17 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.760 which we're gonna talk about that in a second as well. But I 18 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:11.959 so it's listening to and Viny made a good point of instead of having a 19 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.239 resolution, having a goal for like where you want to be at twenty twenty 20 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:19.959 five is maybe something more effective, or maybe combining the two probably works really 21 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.239 well as well. And I'm like, Okay, yeah, I'm going my 22 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:23.280 resolution. Yeah, I want to do some stuff. I want to keep 23 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:26.120 walking every morning. I think I might want to like double my walk. 24 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:30.359 I was doing this two point five mile loop. Like if I get there 25 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:32.879 and maybe walk a little bit faster, I could fit in like a five 26 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.719 mile walk every morning, And I bet that would actually like be most of 27 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:38.920 what I need every day if I could do that. So like that's that's 28 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:42.879 like the plan of action. Yeah, but the goal is to be like 29 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:49.000 significantly healthier and by by twenty twenty five in terms of like the LDLs, 30 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.280 right, those cholesterol levels. That's the one thing on my blood report that 31 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:56.000 was like problematic, and it's not even that bad. It's just like I 32 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:57.560 can manage this if I, you know, eat a little bit less red 33 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:01.000 meat and eat a little bit a few more vegetables and then do a little 34 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:04.760 bit more exercise and I'll be good. So the goal is get that number 35 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.680 a little bit down, and we got some ideas so and you know, 36 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:09.479 it's I'm not doing it five thirty. Although there's definitely a period of my 37 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:14.439 life early and especially when the kids were younger and my wife was going to 38 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:16.479 work every day and I was working during the day and taking care of the 39 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.960 kids all day simultaneously. I'm like, I got I got up every day 40 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.879 at four thirty and got everything, everything out of in my life out of 41 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:27.439 the way first thing, when everyone else was still asleep, so then the 42 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:30.000 rest of the day could belong to everyone else. At this point, with 43 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.000 the kids going to school and me taking them every day, it's a little 44 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.680 bit harder, but making it work, I don't know. Do you know 45 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.319 what? That's exactly the same mentality I'm using, just I do everything, 46 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:44.719 do the workout before I take the kids to school or taking to the babysitter 47 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.319 still or what have you. I don't work out as long like two and 48 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.560 a half mile walk. I can't. I don't fit that much time in 49 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.960 there. But I make it up with the incline, the incline on the 50 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:59.680 treadmill, thirty minutes on the incline every calories. Yeah, yeah, that's 51 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:04.599 fantas And then okay, yeah, so I've moved to I moved to Ohio 52 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.840 about a year and a half ago. A little bit more than that, 53 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.120 finally got my Ohio plates. I've been trying for about a year to get 54 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:14.800 my plates. There was several visits. First of all, it's like this 55 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:20.639 process of where do I need to go first, because this bureau needs this 56 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.719 piece of paper work and I can't get that unless I have this piece of 57 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:25.919 paper work and they won't give me that. Let's they have my birth certificate. 58 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:29.000 So it's like, okay, first we got to find the birth certificate 59 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.120 and that took a while. I found that eventually. Then I went to 60 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:36.240 the title office to get my title from my van transferred from Colorado to Ohio, 61 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:38.120 and they're like, okay, yeah, you can't bring in a copy. 62 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.639 We have to like reach out to your credit union. And I'm like 63 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.199 pretty sure my credit union just had a bunch of layoffs. I wonder if 64 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.800 there's even anyone work in there anymore. Oh yeah. So it's like that 65 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:51.879 took months for someone to respond, and I had to like visit multiple times 66 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:53.439 because I would call and they'd be like, you already did this, Like 67 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.319 we'll just we'll call you when we get it. I'm like, it's been 68 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:00.360 three months, I haven't heard anything. So the last time I sort of 69 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.080 like called everyone beforehand. It was just like, Okay, you're going to 70 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.439 get a call or an email or facts from them, just be ready for 71 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:12.199 it, and you'd be ready for the response. And finally got the title 72 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.280 transferred, and now I got the title in hand and was able this morning 73 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:19.199 to finally get my license plate and registration and just in time because we got 74 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:23.360 to get a new car insurance because the last one kicked us off because she's 75 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.879 no longer a teacher and we had a teacher insurance. So I'm like, 76 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:28.279 I wasn't gonna be able to get car insurance, so that would have been 77 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.879 real bad. So we're good now it's all taken care of. But man, 78 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:36.160 what a mess. And it harks like I like some routine, like 79 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:40.240 I like this show every day, and then you know there's one we're not 80 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.480 doing the show, we're doing the BombCast. But it's like, man, 81 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.560 that stuff kind of just like balloons into taking up a lot of the day. 82 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.480 And I think about this and then by the time I'm done with everything, 83 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:49.800 it's like, oh, I guess I could run to somewhere at the 84 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:51.680 end of the day, and it's like, no, that doesn't work. 85 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.240 So going up and doing that stuff first thing in the morning is the only 86 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:59.439 real answer, and I'm glad I was able to get that done. Finally, 87 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.800 Yeah, Glenn blade joor two, Jeff gets his plates. The Telltale 88 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:05.240 series coming exactly. It's gonna be a Game of the Year winner. I'm 89 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:10.800 sure everybody boy. All right, so Friday, let's get into it and 90 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.680 explain what we do here most weekdays, I, Jeff Greb will help piece 91 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.959 your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of 92 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.399 our own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the input of 93 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:23.519 a bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If you were watching 94 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.639 live on twitch welcome. You can always listen to the show later on podcast 95 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:30.560 feeds by searching for Game Mess Mornings, or find the RSS on giant bomb 96 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.040 dot com. You can also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on 97 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:38.839 YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot to get into, 98 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.839 so let's start the Morning Mess with Metal Gear Solid Delta, Snake Eater 99 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:46.360 Silent Hill to remake are both launching this year. This comes from Marcus Stewart 100 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:51.639 at Game Informer. PlayStation has released a promotional video highlighting some of the biggest 101 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:56.399 games coming to its console this year. The video hypes both first and third 102 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:00.240 party releases, many which already had release dates Slash Win, but it also 103 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:06.240 casually confirms twenty twenty four launches for two previously undated projects. Specifically, the 104 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:10.879 video labels middle Gear, Solid, Delta, Snake Eater and Silent Hill two 105 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:15.959 as twenty twenty four games. This puts us in a situation, Jason, 106 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.680 where now we kind of have a pretty good idea of what PlayStation five's release 107 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:23.360 schedule looks like, not in terms of first party, but in terms of 108 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.800 these partnership games. They now have Final Fantasy Vin rebirth, right, that's 109 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.800 the name of it, middle Gear Solid, Delta Snake Eater, and Silent 110 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.079 Hell two remake. And I'm going to play where it's say, oh, 111 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:36.560 okay, if all that's happening this year, that's pretty good. PS five 112 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:41.199 is subtly in like a really good position for twenty twenty four, regardless of 113 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.240 what happens with first Party, and I bet we're gonna get some stuff from 114 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.439 First Party that we don't know about necessarily right now, you know, not 115 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:50.439 counting things like Concord and maybe fair Games, things that we knew about that 116 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:55.240 are still these big questions marks. You know, the more sure fire hits 117 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:58.399 from PlayStation in terms of their like their first party games and their single player 118 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.000 narrative games, something's probably gonna happen with that, but maybe a maybe fair 119 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:03.639 Games and Concorder are big as well. Those are also scheduled to come out 120 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.279 in twenty twenty four. So it's like, you know, last couple of 121 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.000 weeks that say, man, what's PlayStation doing in twenty twenty four? And 122 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.480 now I'm like, this looks pretty good. How do you feel about it? 123 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.639 Uh? The same way. One of these surprises me more than the 124 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.160 other. I kind of expected Silent Hill to remake this year, but to 125 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.639 see Snake Eater on there as well really kind of took me off guard. 126 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:26.000 Like I didn't when I first saw the video pop up on my YouTube fee, 127 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:27.720 I didn't pay any mind. I'm like, oh, we're just talking 128 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:29.959 about games that are coming out this year. It's two minutes long, probably 129 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:32.160 a sizzle real, I've seen those before, so I just I got to 130 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.879 skipped it, and then I saw this headline actually from Game of Format and 131 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.040 it said, wait, sneaky Ito was in there, and then I went 132 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.879 back and watched it and there it was. Why they didn't have it front 133 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.879 and center in the thumbnail, I'll never understand. But if they can get 134 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:46.839 this out by the end of the year, I'm with you on that. 135 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:51.439 I feel like what you just said. Plus the January already has you know, 136 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:56.480 like a Dragon infinite oh yeah, and then you know, moving into 137 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:03.519 Rebirth in February, that is a very valid third party foundation there, and 138 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.279 then they could just sprinkle first party as much as they want, at least 139 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.240 outside of what we already talked about Concord and fair Games. But honestly, 140 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.759 Metal Gear, Solid, Silent Hill and Final Fantasy all coming out the same 141 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:18.240 Euroe in like two thousand and two. What's going on here? It's really 142 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.079 really cool of the three Rebirth because it's so close. Obviously I'm most excited 143 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.720 for it, sure, but I really want to see more of this Delta. 144 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:28.560 I really do, because I three is my favorite medlegear Solid Easy. 145 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.799 I loved the whole I love the idea of going back to the beginning before 146 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:39.000 you can finish the story, if that makes sense. So this to see 147 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.840 how they mess with that, like what other sort of weird easter eggy things 148 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.919 they could put in there. That's yeah, I'm very much excited for that. 149 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.360 Yeah, I'm same here. I've actually never played Metal Gear Solid three, 150 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.360 so this will be my first time. I've talked to people like I 151 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.360 might just wait for this one instead of like trying to go back and play 152 00:08:54.399 --> 00:09:00.919 the originals or Subsistence at this point or something like that. So yeah, 153 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.799 looking forward to that. Uh yeah, And I think that you know, 154 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:09.519 Sony's in a situation where, you know, so everyone's in a situation where 155 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:13.440 these games are getting more expensive, taking longer to make. Uh, Sony's 156 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.559 trying a couple of different strategies. We know that a lot of their bigger 157 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:18.519 studios, for the most part, had several big games come out over the 158 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.759 last couple of years, to a point where we expect them to take a 159 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.960 couple more years after this one to reload and be ready to launch something else. 160 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.720 Maybe with the exception of Sucker Punch, they could, I guess have 161 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.679 the follow up to Ghost of Sushima this year, maybe next year, we 162 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:37.480 don't really know. But if like one of those studios is gonna have a 163 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:43.960 game like that that we are all anticipating that one seems most likely maybe uh 164 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.679 you know, even but even if that doesn't happen this year now and we're 165 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:50.320 relying on the on these these third party exclusives here for the most part, 166 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:52.320 you know, or at least the ones that aren't gonna be on Xbox. 167 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.840 Is Melgar Solid Delta Snakyter on Xbox I believe it is, Yes, that 168 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.600 one's DEITEB. Yeah, yes, I remember that being a big source of 169 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.879 confusion when that trailer first hit because it hit during a PlayStation video. But 170 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.240 then they had there was more in the Xbox Partner preview if you remember. 171 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:16.399 Yeah, so that nobody expected it there and there it was so uh yeah, 172 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.279 that is multi platform. I think they're the only one of the three 173 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:24.600 that I mentioned earlier. Rebirth is the only PS exclusive. Yeah. I 174 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.559 thought Silent Hell to remake was, Oh is it? Thought? I thought, 175 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.600 so, I don't do horror. Well, thank you family History, 176 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.960 So I'm off I'm a little awful on that particular one. Yeah, I 177 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.360 think so, But that one I'm not sure as well. But I mean, 178 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:43.720 either way it's like, you know, PS fives is a multi platform 179 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.120 or not, these will be big games that will help. Uh. You 180 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:50.200 know, there is questions like, Okay, is this the state of third 181 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.399 party gaming right now? Relying on a lot of remakes and remasters, And 182 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:56.799 it's like, to a certain extent, yeah, these things are more surefire 183 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.159 than if you were to try something new. And the reality is a lot 184 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.480 of people are asking for these a lot of people want these remakes, so 185 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.519 they're going to get people what they want, and they probably will perform really 186 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.039 well and hopefully the stuff pays for risk your projects down the line. And 187 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.519 so yeah, I don't know. Right now, I'm feeling pretty good about 188 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:18.360 twenty twenty four based on these games. Well, you know, yeah, 189 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:22.440 go ahead. So we're getting to a point where it's becoming cliche to blame 190 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.080 the pandemic for certain shows. But if you're starting a project in twenty twenty 191 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:30.879 twenty one, a remake is, as you said, a sure success. 192 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.919 People are asking for these games anyway, So get these, get your your 193 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:39.960 pipeline going again with a project like this, reap those benefits hopefully as long 194 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.440 as it's a solid remake, and then do the risky thing later on. 195 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.440 Again, we're getting out of the range where we can do that now. 196 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.480 But I feel like something like Snake Eater Delta was probably greenlit, you know, 197 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.639 whenever one was remote working, not sure when everything's going to get back. 198 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.480 Some of these studios probably are still remote working. And a remake of 199 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.480 Metal gearse three it works for me. I'm sure I'm not alone in that, 200 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:07.399 So yeah, I completely agree with you. Yep, And then we 201 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.840 probably will be hearing from these I mean, this was a sizzle reel, 202 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:15.759 Like you said, this was also a blog post post. I think this 203 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:18.279 that, like this news right here along with all the other games, like 204 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:22.480 they could have given updates on that in like a state of play. I 205 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.639 think the fact that they didn't to me, you know, it's just maybe 206 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.720 they're not ready for a state of play, or maybe they are saving bigger 207 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.240 things for a state of play. A lot of times state of play is 208 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.159 for is for like their contractual obligations to partners where they're like, hey, 209 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.840 we will do a certain amount of marketing for you, and they attach a 210 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.720 market value to putting you in a state of play, and like Okay, 211 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.919 that represents the amount of money that we promised you because we put you in 212 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:48.919 the state of play and now we're square on that. But they also occasionally 213 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:52.240 are going to have the bigger announcements and maybe they're trying to make a decent 214 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.600 state of play. I still expect something from from PlayStation along those lines in 215 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.600 the first three months of the year, maybe even sooner than that. So 216 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.799 I mean, does that sound right? And when we do, like, 217 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:05.639 what is the game is got to Sushima? Is it the follow up to 218 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.440 that? Or do you have something else in mind that you want to see 219 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:13.200 from PlayStation for them announcing for this year, I would I agree with you 220 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:18.039 that Sucker Punch is probably the next first party studio to come out with something 221 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:24.320 of note. But would they go back to Infamous you think or you think 222 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.960 they're going to ride that Sushima, that Sushima wave as long as they can. 223 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.799 I loved Sushima and I love the first Infamous, So for me personally, 224 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.200 they could go either way. I think if I had to flip a 225 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.480 coin, it would be or if I had to pick one, it would 226 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:39.840 be sushim just because the way that game ended was phenomenal and I'd like to 227 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:45.840 see if they could branch off of that somehow, but Infamous is still there. 228 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:50.080 It's a more dormant franchise. Was it Second Son? Is that what 229 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.679 that was called? Yes, there's definitely a Second Son, Yes, yes, 230 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.240 for one two and then Second Son was for PS four and we haven't 231 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:00.360 seen anything since other than that first Light expansion, so that might be expand 232 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.799 alone. Yeah, but yeah, I mean I'm trying to think of what 233 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:09.639 other first party studios there are they could surprise us, but nothing really, 234 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:15.879 you know, the astros studio, the Astrobot studio, so sobo. Yeah, 235 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:20.519 I always completed them. So yeah, they didn't have anything for PSVR 236 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:24.120 two. They haven't had anything since launch. We are now in twenty twenty 237 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:28.240 four. The console launched in twenty twenty. You would expect their kind of 238 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.519 game would be able to get done in about four years. And maybe they 239 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:37.120 started it before Astro launched with the PS five, So maybe there are there 240 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:41.399 are five years into something right now. I would love that I got at 241 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.720 this point. I hope it's not a PSVR two game. I guess it 242 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.600 still could be, but I would you know, if it's Astro bought too, 243 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.120 like the VR like the Fall up to the VR platform er. That 244 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:56.200 would be great, whatever, But I think they have the chance to have 245 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:58.320 something else. But that's like the the more family game, the more broad 246 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:03.360 broadly healing game, and that feels like Sony would I don't know, it 247 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.600 feel like Sony wouldn't rely on something like that. They would have something more 248 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:09.559 like a Ghost of Sushima to a Ghost two to go along with that. 249 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:15.080 When it comes to between Infamous and Ghost, I mean, I do think 250 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.000 they will do something with Infamous again, but I think first up they probably 251 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:22.519 do something like a remastered collection or something like that to kind of re establish 252 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:28.320 in yeah, reintroduce that series. I think it's I think from Sony's perspective, 253 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.200 it is hard to be like get excited about Infamous when I got Man. 254 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:35.279 Spider Man is kind of that's a good point. Yeah, that's a 255 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:39.799 good point. Yeah. I didn't even considered that as it was exiting my 256 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.879 mouth. That's a Spider Man two just came out. We kind of know 257 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.960 their plans unfortunately, what's going on there. So there may be some other 258 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.840 superhero games on the pipeline that I'm not going to mention out of respect, 259 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.759 but you know, there so yeah, it's Ghost of Sushima does make more 260 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.919 sense, I think, and I'm trying to if I'm like half distracted here, 261 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:03.080 I'm trying to see when they're state of play was before the September one, 262 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.600 like their first they're one in the first three months. Yeah, yeah, 263 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.840 that, Yeah, that'd be great if we can get just to kind 264 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.120 of match good. I think we you know, we know Ninton almost does 265 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.559 it direct almost every February around that time, so we're that the expectations are 266 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:21.519 there for that. Everyone's still anticipating that. It feels like Microsoft could have 267 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:25.399 like a developer direct anytime in the first three months, maybe sooner than that 268 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:30.399 as well. So it's like Microsoft Nintendo getting ready for something that's great, 269 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:33.159 but it's like the bigger, the bigger questions still, even with all this 270 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:37.399 news about metal Gear and Silent Hell, the news still for Sony is like, 271 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:41.799 what what are you doing PlayStation? What are your studios? What is 272 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:45.720 first party doing? More so than what is happening with We know of several 273 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.919 Nintendo games coming out this year, and Microsoft has got a million games announced 274 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:52.200 that haven't come out yet, So yeah, we're we're anticipating updates on those 275 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:55.919 and maybe a couple of new announcements here and there, but mostly updates on 276 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.960 things that have already been talked about. For PlayStation, it's Wolverine that we 277 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.639 now know is coming out in twenty twenty five, So what's what's going on? 278 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:07.680 So I got I'm expecting the State of Play. It just makes sense 279 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:11.759 for them to or something along those lines, some platform for them to announce 280 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.359 things. I think they kind of have to do a showcase. Honestly, 281 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:15.480 if you notice, they have the State of Play, which is more third 282 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.559 party in the partner oriented, and then the Showcase, which is their first 283 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:23.519 party stuff kind of eat three quick went sometimes. Yes, yes, that 284 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.960 if they're going to do anything, and if you want to expand it to 285 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.680 the first six months of the year, that's what it has to be for 286 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.839 those exact concerns that you're talking about. They did a showcase last year around 287 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:37.920 June, Yeah, juneish. I think it was a round Summer Games Sea. 288 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.720 It was a little bit before a Summer Games first. Yes, I 289 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.319 remember, because I was like I was like hearing about it and I was 290 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:44.319 talking about it and then like, yeah, there's one coming up soon. 291 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.559 It's going to be a Showcase, and I've heard that they're really proud of 292 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.240 it, and it came out and then that was the one everyone was really 293 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.559 disappointed by. Actually, So it's two June three something like that. Yeah, 294 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.240 in that range. So I mean, I I guess I don't They 295 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.599 don't necessarily have to stick to that timeframe, but I would expect them probably 296 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:02.880 be like, well, we'll just kind of get things ready for that. 297 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:07.440 But it just comes back to Sony's gotta start talking about this year in PlayStation 298 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.880 first party studios at some point, So maybe maybe it'll happen sooner rather than 299 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:17.799 later. Hopefully. All right, Moving on here, Steam's top ten games 300 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:21.440 captured over sixty percent of revenue in twenty twenty three. This is from Jordan 301 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:25.920 Fragan at Games Meet. Steam had a record breaking twenty twenty three, but 302 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:30.319 Valves PC game storefront is increasingly becoming a winner take all marketplace. According to 303 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.039 Video Game Insights, The firm's the latest report shows that the full game revenue 304 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.519 grew. That full game revenue grew eighteen percent to nine billion dollars in twenty 305 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:42.480 twenty three, doubling twenty nineteen's total games released in twenty twenty three, accounted 306 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:48.240 for three billion dollars, or a third of full games revenue last year, 307 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.839 or yeah third of full games revenue last year. However, the top ten 308 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:56.920 new releases captured about one point eighty five billion of all full games revenue. 309 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:00.720 These ten titles accounted for twenty percent of all full game revenue on Steam in 310 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.799 twenty twenty three, and sixty one percent of all full games revenue from from 311 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:08.279 new releases. This proportion has grown fifty percent from twenty nineteen, where the 312 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:14.799 top ten new games captured forty one percent of new full game revenues. Notably, 313 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:18.000 Palter's Gate three was the biggest winner alone a loon, the title earned 314 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:22.119 it estimated estimated six hundred fifty seven million dollars in full game revenue, or 315 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:26.160 twenty one percent of all revenue earned by twenty twenty three's releases. I think 316 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.359 it's like, when we stop and think about it, this makes a lot 317 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.039 of sense, because, Okay, so we talk about twenty twenty three best, 318 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:37.400 one of the best gaming years ever. But sure Marino who did our 319 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.319 our guestless like he collated all the guestless and he like always does this like 320 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.119 data analysis of all all the different takes and so you know there's about forty 321 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:49.799 fifty lists or whatever, and despite this, you know, apologize to him 322 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.640 in no worries. But it's like, it's like we get to a point 323 00:19:55.640 --> 00:20:00.279 where it's, oh, actually there are a fewer different number of games than 324 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.240 there are in many other years that are that we consider to be worse years 325 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.240 than this one, and it's because people coalesce around. Well, no, 326 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.799 we agree these five games are the games that make this the best gaming year 327 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.759 ever. And turns out all those games are several hundred hours long, or 328 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:18.440 they can be, or many of them are, and other some of the 329 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.440 other ones are games you could play for forever, and so it's like they 330 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.480 just kind of take up all the time, to take up all the oxygen 331 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.920 out of the room. So I'm like, and you're like, twenty twenty 332 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.720 three, I'm not too surprised to hear this. And people like to play 333 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:33.160 the things that everyone else is playing. That's what you know, that's how 334 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:34.720 we connect through our hobbies, is like, yeah, I want to have 335 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:37.680 conversations about these things. So I'm not too surprised to hear this. How 336 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:44.119 about you? I'm not either, although I guess I thought maybe the gap 337 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:48.279 would be less in the top ten new releases section, because if you pair 338 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:53.440 this with the news yesterday that over fourteen thousand games launched on Steam in the 339 00:20:53.680 --> 00:21:00.160 GUAR in the year twenty twenty three, correct, that tells you just how 340 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:04.480 much noise you have to break through in order to get your game notice. 341 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:10.240 And what makes a thing like Lethal Company such a diamond in the rough because 342 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:12.880 you have not only are you dealing with the top ten games, dealing all 343 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:15.839 of this if you expound upon it, I believe the data says here the 344 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:22.599 top one hundred brought that even further out, and then you have like only 345 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.839 one hundred and eighty one of those games are double A or Triple A and 346 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.839 then the rest are vapor shovel, whatever you want to call it. So 347 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:36.279 it's just so much noise to break through as a small indie developer or a 348 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:41.759 single indie developer. So you need for me, this is a good way 349 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:48.240 for those types of developers to kind of regulate their expectations, put things in 350 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.039 perfective, yes, right right. They don't want to come out and think 351 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.839 they're going to conquer Steam, because you're not going to conquer Steam. The 352 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.480 triple a game that everybody's talking about is going to do that. As you 353 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:00.680 see here, it gets like what you know, it gets the way where 354 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.920 all creative mediums get to right where you know, anyone could write a song 355 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:10.559 these days can like, what is the expectation that your song is going to 356 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:14.960 be a tailor swift, a hit like hit. It's basically zero percent. 357 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:19.440 It's basically zero percent. You essentially have no chance of ever having anything that 358 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:23.119 you right be that popular. Gaming's not even that bad yet, even with 359 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:27.079 fourteen thousand games hitting Steam and all that stuff. It's like somehow it feels 360 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:34.200 like discoverability and gaming is relatively decent all things considered. But you know the 361 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:37.799 reality is you're going to start making a game today, you are going to 362 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.880 be in that you know, you were mentioning the top one hundred games. 363 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:47.200 That's ninety one percent of all revenue on other scene. Yes, so it's 364 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:51.440 like that's just one hundred games, ninety one percent of that revenue. And 365 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:55.279 you're talking about you if you make a game that is anything else, you 366 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:59.000 are in triple digits. One hundred dollars is you're going to make from your 367 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.680 game? So yeah, you know it treat it like a hobby, you 368 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:06.440 know, don't invest money in making games until you start making money from making 369 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:10.119 games, that sort of thing. It's uh, yeah, it's it's the 370 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:14.440 hard lessons that everyone else turns in all these other creative mediums, right yeah. 371 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:17.119 I mean this is starting to sound like one of those multi level marketing 372 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:21.319 schemes that you hear about all the the which is not. It's obviously it's 373 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.759 not. It's there's I don't want to make that correlation too much, but 374 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:29.000 it really is. If you're you know, just starting out with your own 375 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:32.440 little rig and trying to make a game that you think is cool, you 376 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.720 can launch it on Steam all you want, but I think platforms like and 377 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:40.680 this data shows platforms like Itchyo or things like that might be better off for 378 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:44.400 your first couple of games. Then you start to make a little bit of 379 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:47.160 money, hopefully your games get popular, and then you can start to actually 380 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:51.319 focus, like you said, uh on investing and doing things like that. 381 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:56.200 It's just it's a lot of people talk about how the industry is in this 382 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:59.480 weird flux situation with all the layoffs, and maybe there's a bubble bursting. 383 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:03.160 This does seem pretty top heavy, right, like I'm not imagining that. 384 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:07.920 No, no, yes it is. I wonder if maybe those fears are 385 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:12.920 more founded than I originally thought. Well, I think so if we do 386 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:19.240 compare it to other industries or or like you know, movies, like where 387 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:22.960 do you think the next big couple of movies are going to be come from 388 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:26.000 next year? Or like we can look at like what what has happened over 389 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:29.519 the last ten years, Like it was a news story that Universal, well 390 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:36.519 established, long running production publishing company in movies made more money than Disney for 391 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:38.279 the first time in like ten years. For like the last ten years, 392 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:45.039 Disney was the top earning of being publishing company. And then in gaming, 393 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.599 it's like, yeah, we still have that, like it's activision antendo kind 394 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:51.960 of take a stuff, but we like look at like what like individual game 395 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.400 it could break out, like make some of the most money this year, 396 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:57.720 the idea like no one would have predicted Balder's Gate three. Like for movies, 397 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:00.759 it's like it's like, you know, okay, predicting. Yeah, 398 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:03.839 Barbie kind of came out of nowhere, but it's not the same thing as 399 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.359 like a little indie studio coming out of now like or like Lethal Company, 400 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:12.119 Lethal company is like really out of nowhere, and that doesn't happen in movies, 401 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:15.480 doesn't happen in music, doesn't happen in just about anywhere. Like you 402 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:21.599 have to work through an established, bigger company and they have to have their 403 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:25.599 whole marketing department throw all their weight behind you to have any chance. And 404 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:27.680 then when there is a breakout hit like everything all the where, everywhere, 405 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:30.400 all at once, it's like, well, that's we're talking like one hundred 406 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:33.279 million dollars for that. That's not actually the top grossing movie of the year, 407 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:37.960 it's like a really surprise hit and it's one hundred million dollars. In 408 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:41.680 gaming, it's like, no, you can make a billion dollars by coming 409 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:45.759 out of nowhere. And so like there is there's a dynamism to gaming still, 410 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:49.599 especially on PC, not so much on mobile mobiles, very very stagnant, 411 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.839 stagnant even more so than all these other industries, but in terms of 412 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:57.680 PC gaming, where it's like anyone can put your stuff on Steam and you're 413 00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:03.079 probably not going to succeed. But when there are the occasional examples where that 414 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:07.240 does happen, and so it's like, yeah, it's you're mostly scrounging, 415 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:11.519 you're mostly not going to get by. But it is comparatively speaking, way 416 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.759 more dynamic than any of these other industries. So yeah, it's top heavy, 417 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:18.519 but I think that's kind of how these things just shake out. I 418 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:21.119 think it's because it's human nature. At a certain point, we want to 419 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:25.279 be playing what everyone else is playing. That's fair and also too when you 420 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:30.799 talk about the dynamism in this industry where movie studios have to have that whole 421 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:34.519 marketing team behind them. As you also mentioned, a game could get hot 422 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:37.480 here just by a popular YouTuber, word of mouth play today, yeah, 423 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:42.359 or word of mouth like that. So yeah, maybe my initial concerns are 424 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:47.839 not as pressing as I said. I think I think that there is different 425 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:52.920 there's concerns there, and I think that the good news is they are concerns 426 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:56.799 that a platform like Steam at least has been thinking about for a long time 427 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:00.440 and it's trying to come up with solutions to. Or we have have other 428 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:03.039 platforms like the Nintendo E Shop where this stuff is not being thought about at 429 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:07.559 all and they don't have any good answers, and yet they still have the 430 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:11.680 policy of basically let anything onto the store. So you get twenty five hundred 431 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:15.039 games in a year released on the Switch last year, and you know, 432 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:19.119 I'm still I'm okay with that because I like the idea of someone being like, 433 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:22.319 I made my first game and I just go put it on a Nintendo 434 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.680 system. My grow up playing Nintendo. This is great. I'm just gonna 435 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:26.160 go tell my friends about it. And I think that's I think that's the 436 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:32.160 way it should be. Just Nintendo should take the responsibility of addressing the concerns 437 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:36.200 that you and I have. Yeah, and I wonder what these numbers would 438 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:40.400 look like on consoles, whether it's you know, divided by console or group 439 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:45.519 just grouping all the consoles together to see if maybe that disparity is more or 440 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:48.880 less. I feel like that would be an interesting case study as well. 441 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:51.200 But I don't know if those numbers ever come out to no. But I 442 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:56.039 mean, I think we can probably assume it's even more top heavy. I 443 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:59.359 think that maybe not in Sony's case, that would be the only one Room 444 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:03.079 or Xbox this case even too, just because their first party lineup, as 445 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:06.200 we talked about last segment. Well, so in Sony's case, we don't 446 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.559 know what it is this year, but in my Xbox this case, we 447 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.799 haven't known it for years. Yeah, but I think I think like on 448 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.400 console, it's like so rigid, like everyone everyone gets the you know, 449 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:17.759 the broad audience gets it for Call of Duty, they get it for the 450 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:21.240 sports games, and I bet that takes up so much the money that like 451 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.279 by the time we start thinking about the games that we're considering for Game of 452 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:26.400 the Year, that's actually a relatively small part of the market at a certain 453 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:30.440 point. That's fair. But and then you know, like indie games that 454 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:34.599 they they do occasionally like they do better on the Switch than they do on 455 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:38.440 Steam, and then PlayStation indie games for a while there, we're doing better 456 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:41.039 on PlayStation than on Steam. I don't know what it's like these days because 457 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.680 any games, any developers have been complaining about PlayStation. But I bet that 458 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:48.079 yo Yo's I bet it goes up and down. But I bet they do 459 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:52.319 pretty decent on PlayStation these days. Either way, It's like I am not 460 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.400 like concerned about gaming, even like when we see these headlines sixty percent of 461 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:02.279 revenue to the top ten games on Steam. Yeah, I think the fact 462 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:06.440 that the overall industry continues growing and we do continue to see hits come out 463 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:11.519 of nowhere. That is like the fertilizer that's gonna keep like things churning over 464 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:15.680 in the soil to keep creativity coming out and giving people the belief that maybe 465 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:18.279 something can happen, And so people could keep saying, you know what, 466 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.759 I'm gonna make my game. I'm gonna make my game because I bet that 467 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:23.119 can happen to me. It probably won't, but as long as people continue 468 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:26.759 believing that will continue getting a lot of games. And then you know, 469 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:29.680 I think I said this on yesterday's show. You know, one out of 470 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:33.000 one hundred will be good, one out of one hundred of those will be 471 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.359 have like a really good idea, and one out of one hundred of those 472 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:38.039 will have like an industry changing idea. And that is y you know, 473 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:44.079 that goes back to Minecraft, that goes back to a pubg all these examples 474 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:48.799 of like things that just completely shifted everything and that doesn't really happen in other 475 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.079 industries not so much. That's true, and also too, like Sam Lake, 476 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.920 we talk about a narrative genius. Now the next narrative genius could be 477 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:56.880 doing exactly what you just said. Absolutely, it is a good breeding grail 478 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:00.319 that's for sure. All right, We're gonna take a quick break now for 479 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.200 our ads. When we get back, we've got a lot more news right 480 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:14.039 after this. We're back, and I've got another headline here for you, 481 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:18.680 everybody. After five years, NCSoft officially grants a license to popular City of 482 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.720 Heroes private server Homecoming. Your accounts and characters are safe, The developer says. 483 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:26.480 This comes from Harvey Randall at PC Gamer. If you were like me, 484 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:32.160 the shutdown of the Goat Superhero MMO RPG City of Heroes broke your heart 485 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:34.960 into any bitty pieces. It also probably made you happy to see people playing 486 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.039 it again when it was revealed that the game code had been salvaged in twenty 487 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.799 nineteen, Homecoming, alongside a bunch of other servers, promised a return to 488 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:45.680 the good old days. I personally had a great time for a couple of 489 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:49.599 years, diving deep into the into its still active role playing community. I 490 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:53.119 even made friends who are still playing it. Still, there's always this looming 491 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:59.839 dread that comes with playing on a private server. When will the corpos muscle 492 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:03.200 in and shut down the party? Turns out not for a very long time. 493 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:07.680 Homecoming has just been given the official nod by NCSoft, as announced by 494 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.319 the server today, and announcement reads, We'd like to make a few things 495 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.720 clear. Your accounts and characters are safe. Development of new content will continue. 496 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:19.559 Homecoming will continue to be completely free. We will continue to be funded 497 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:25.799 entirely through donations. Meanwhile, the full announcement in fact goes into further details. 498 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:29.839 Homecoming has been granted a license to operate a City of Hero server and 499 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.640 further develop the game, subject conditions of limitations under the contract. This is 500 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:37.039 awesome. This is the kind of thing we're like, why can't that just 501 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:40.839 happen? And then we always like sit down, We're like, you know, 502 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.559 well, a sober minded lawyer will come into the chat and be like, 503 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:45.720 listen, this stuff is impossible to figure out. No one wants to 504 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.319 do the work to make this happen. People are afraid of, you know, 505 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:52.440 a slippery slope, arguments and all this stuff, and it's like I 506 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:57.480 get all that, but come on, right, it's like, come on, 507 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:00.680 just do it. If someone just did it and this feels great, 508 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.839 right it does. It's like like that Simpsons skit up. Come on, 509 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:09.319 I'll be your friend. No, oh, you're me beside, So Bob 510 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:13.279 Exchange. Uh huh. I love this. I absolutely love this. We're 511 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:16.039 gonna talk in a couple of headlines if we have time about game preservation and 512 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:20.519 why it is so precarious. And this is the ncesoft doing the right thing 513 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:24.440 and showing appreciation for people who kept their game alive by saying, yeah, 514 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:29.000 go for it. Obviously there are limitations and conditions. You can't go crazy. 515 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.559 I imagine that means you can't go off the rails with content like adult 516 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:36.720 oriented stuff and stuff like that. But this is awesome. This is I 517 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:42.720 wish more live service game MMOs live service games like this had this opportunity where 518 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:45.759 a group of players who were so dedicated to it they made their own server, 519 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:50.799 They put the work in, and they're being officially recognized and you know, 520 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:53.440 appreciated by the original developer. Hey, we don't have the time to 521 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:58.160 do this. You guys obviously love this enough, have at it. Just 522 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:00.799 don't do anything outside of you know what we've set in our contract. It's 523 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:07.000 all yours. Love this. I wish where people would do it. They 524 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:09.599 mentioned that, you know, this thing is still eventually subject to shutdown, 525 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:14.160 but NC Software was was always in the rights to call curtains beforehand. The 526 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.480 story goes on to say, surprisingly, it seems that was never likely to 527 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:21.319 begin with. We've had a really positive and productive relationship with NC software over 528 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:23.920 four years now, so we do not anticipate there being any issues. So 529 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:28.519 it's like, I think one of the things for people who are like, 530 00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:30.680 hey, I want to go try that out or I want to get back 531 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:34.440 into that, it's like, man, should I invest that time into something 532 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:37.119 that could evaporate? It's like, no, Hey, you are in a 533 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:40.440 safe haven as far as you know, as much as we can possibly be 534 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:44.359 in something where it's like you know, copyright law and all this stuff. 535 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.440 We just cannot guarantee anything, but we're as close to that as possible. 536 00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:51.759 That's really nice for people to hear. And I got to hope this set's 537 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:54.519 precedent. I hope this sets an example. There is, you know, 538 00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:59.319 the day before that, that tragic game that was like never a real thing. 539 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.799 I'm going to work on an offline hack to make that game work offline 540 00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:06.839 so people can keep playing it, so we can preserve that. And I'm 541 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.519 like, yeah, I mean that's always going to come from the community. 542 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:14.039 More developers should be building their gamement this was never gonna happen with the day 543 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.760 before. But other games, it's like, build your game in the anticipation 544 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:22.719 that in ten fifteen years this thing will not be a going concern anymore, 545 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:27.800 and have an escape hatch ready to go, where basically now you just kind 546 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:31.360 of pull a like the core out and it doesn't need online connection anymore, 547 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:36.920 or people can easily build their own custom user servers and things like that. 548 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.159 Just anticipate that a little bit and make it easier down the line, and 549 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:44.039 when it's time to actually pull the plug on the thing, say okay, 550 00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:49.920 now it's yours as much as it can be yours. We probably still won't 551 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:53.000 get to that point because every little thing that costs every little bit a little 552 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:55.760 bit more money because it's a little bit more work is just never going to 553 00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:59.280 be the first option for these companies. But boy, it would be nice 554 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.800 if we could get to that point. I don't know, maybe I'm dreaming, 555 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:04.840 yeah, because in the last couple of years you've seen so many games 556 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.360 start up and then immediately get shut down again. Rumble Verse comes to mind 557 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:10.440 from Iron Galaxy. I love that game. I would love to be able 558 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:15.880 to still play that but it just doesn't exist anymore. So something like that 559 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:20.679 where Iron Galaxy said, you know, there's this dedicated group of people who 560 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:23.000 somehow are still playing it. We give them our blessing. And I think 561 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:25.400 Iron Galaxy would be the tight type of studio to do that. So if 562 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:29.840 you're out there, uh so, you would they give them their blessing. 563 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:32.000 You know they're there. We do hold the right to turn this off whenever 564 00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:35.800 we need to, but y'all are having fun. Keep having fun. We're 565 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:38.840 not going to stop you. It's it's good pr right again, Sesoft look 566 00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:44.760 like heroes, a city of heroes. Well you could say I'm so sorry, 567 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:50.559 I am soledge, you accept it, and and then like you said, 568 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.360 maybe other it'll it'll inspire other studios to be, like, you know 569 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.440 what, these people have been doing this off to the side, not bringing 570 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:59.840 any attention to themselves, but we like what they're doing and we appreciate it, 571 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:02.800 so maybe we'll give them a bit of a bump as well. I 572 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:10.280 think as preservation continues to be a major discussion in our industry now, stuff 573 00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:14.079 like this is a good step in the right direction. Yeah, And I 574 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:16.519 always go go back to one of my touchstones. These one of these things 575 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:20.440 I think about every day in my life. A beautiful mind that like the 576 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:23.679 theory that that mathematician came up with of Like you know, Adam Smith says 577 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:27.840 the best thing and anyone could do in a capitalist society is what's best for 578 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:30.800 themselves. If everyone does what's best for themselves, then the invisible hand of 579 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:34.679 the market will sort of just figure things out. And it's like, no, 580 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:38.079 there's actually another addendum to that. If everyone does what's best for themselves, 581 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:42.960 and then what's next, what's best for the person next to them? 582 00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:46.880 That actually has way better effects for everyone and improves things all across the board. 583 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:52.280 And it's like if you know you're on the other side of that, 584 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:55.800 Like I always go back to that Phil Spencer letter that he wrote internally about 585 00:36:57.440 --> 00:37:01.679 all these companies are are now peting with like the fourteen thousand games getting released 586 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:05.280 on Steam, and you used to be like, no, we are. 587 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.199 We have relationships with retail, so we're going to be one of five games 588 00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:12.559 on the store shelf at any one time, and so we have an inherent 589 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:15.599 advantage. Well, that stuff's going away and now you have to compete with 590 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:19.880 everything, So what can you rely on your brand affinity, the relationship you 591 00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.760 have with the player. Nintendo has that, Sony has that, Microsoft has 592 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:27.760 that, Valve has that, Blizzard has that. Uh, okay, we're 593 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:30.280 starting to trail off. Does EA have that? Does Ubisoft have that? 594 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:34.360 You know, if you're a developer, If you're a developer and you want 595 00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:38.360 to build long term success, building a relationship where your players believe in you 596 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:43.000 and believe that you're on their side, doing what's best for yourself and then 597 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:47.840 what's also best for your players that has long term positive ramifications for your bottom 598 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:54.159 line. It's greed. And so now that asking a company to not be 599 00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:58.719 a myopic and see that, I think it's very difficult. That doesn't mean 600 00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:00.800 it's not true. I think it's very true. And so it's like, 601 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:06.320 can they ever hear this argument? I don't know. NCSoft seems like they're 602 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:10.360 hearing it. I feel much warmer about NCSoft today than I ever did before, 603 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:14.360 Like this story right quickly, this is great. I will be next 604 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.559 time I see Incsoft's name, I'm gonna be like, that's that cool company 605 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:20.119 that did that cool thing. And that's just it's such a small thing. 606 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:23.079 I don't know, maybe and again maybe I'm dreaming, but I don't know. 607 00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:27.559 Does that sound right to you? It absolutely sounds Righttereo, especially now 608 00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:31.199 in a day and age with layoffs and you know, late stage capitalists as 609 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:36.519 people like to call it, corporate decisions, and we people are just you 610 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:39.239 know, what do they what did the one layoff company say? It was 611 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:44.079 a lever we have to pull in Wizards of the Ghost they use that line. 612 00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:47.480 With all of that stuff coming out, there is an opportunity for companies 613 00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:53.440 to do good things, if only cynically for the pr right, if they 614 00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:57.559 just want to be cynical and say we're going to do this as a as 615 00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:00.760 a front facing measure to get people recognizing our names and saying, hey, 616 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:04.239 that was a cool thing that they did. If that's the only reason and 617 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:08.760 Seesoft did this, I'll never know, it doesn't matter. Yeah. Yeah, 618 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:12.719 So so if you want to, if you there is an opportunity for 619 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:17.199 a company to be the one who leads the charge for their gamer base and 620 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:22.039 or their player base. And and Seesofts took they took the advice this time. 621 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:24.920 Who's going to be the next one. I'm genuinely curious the next one? 622 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:27.880 Yeah, and it's like it's kind of like like getting at with like 623 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:30.280 the beautiful mind thing. It's like, even if, like you, I 624 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:35.400 need to explain this to a steely eyed capitalist who is inherently cynical, That's 625 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:38.079 what I'm saying, This could still be beneficial to all of the instincts that 626 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:42.960 you are trying to play to. Uh, it can have positive effects for 627 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:45.079 that, and it can. It's a lie, it's a fugazi, it's 628 00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:49.559 all of a charade, but we get it. But the results are the 629 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:52.000 same. The results are better for everyone, and that makes it actually better 630 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:57.159 for you in the long term. Long term. Sure, ah right, 631 00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.960 there's some news beginning to come out of CEES. We got some hard way. 632 00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:01.320 I figure we'll talk about a couple of those things, starting with in 633 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:06.599 Nvidia teasing new g Force cards on the Horizon RTX forty super is incoming. 634 00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.159 We mentioned this in the last couple of weeks that this might be happening. 635 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:13.039 It seems like they are going to begin reviewing these things soon. This comes 636 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:19.280 from video cards dot Com, less than a week before imminent debut of the 637 00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:23.039 G Force RTX forty Super Series in videasts. The upcoming release on social media. 638 00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:28.639 Although the company has refrained from explicitly tagging their profile cover pictures with references 639 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:32.000 to the Super series, it's evidently evident that the teaser alludes to new g 640 00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:37.119 Force RTX cards on the horizon. In Vidia is scheduled to introduce the g 641 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:43.239 Force RTX forty eighty Super, the forty seventy TI Super, and the RTX 642 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:46.000 forty seventy Super, and this will all happen on January eighth during the Special 643 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:51.840 Address at CEES twenty twenty four the unveiling. The unveiling will focus on presenting 644 00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.880 the new GPUs, providing full specifications and pricing details. However, these cards 645 00:40:54.920 --> 00:41:00.000 will not be available available for purchase until January seventeenth, mark official launch date 646 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:04.159 of the first of the three. For those curious about the complete launch schedule, 647 00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:07.199 here it is. They're kind of actually might be missing the dates here, 648 00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:12.199 but basically it's going to be happening in a staggered way. They will 649 00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:15.679 start with a forty eighty Super and go on from there. These things are 650 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:20.960 going to have slight tweaks. Really, what this is is they get better 651 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:24.039 at manufacturer these over time, so they have a they can change the binning 652 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:27.880 process, and the binning process is all right, we made a bunch of 653 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:31.920 these, and there's always variations in the production on these very very tiny lithographs 654 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:36.960 of these like three nanometer little lines were drawing on these starket boards. So 655 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:38.760 this one actually runs way better than that one. So this goes in that 656 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:43.320 bin, that goes in this bin. After a while, as they improve 657 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:46.599 their process, fewer and fewer of these GPUs go into the oh this is 658 00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:52.440 not as good ben, and way way more go into the like they basically 659 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:54.000 make a new bend. It's like, okay, the lot are still going 660 00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:58.239 into that top tier bend, but some are going even into an even higher 661 00:41:58.239 --> 00:42:01.280 ben. And so now we can and sort of begin focusing on like we 662 00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:06.400 have enough to build a whole new piece of the market here. And in 663 00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:08.599 the past they would have just been like, okay, that's just like a 664 00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:12.639 percentage here. We'll just keep selling those as the old models, and people 665 00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.239 will get like they win the Silicon lottery and you get the really good version 666 00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:19.760 of it. Now they're like, we can make money by just selling this 667 00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:22.480 as a new model, and you know, and to put you know, 668 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:24.480 to be fair, they are getting better at this, so they kind of 669 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:29.559 deserve to be able to extract some value from that if it increases the performance, 670 00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:32.800 and I think that's that's totally fine. But at the same time, 671 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:37.440 not too excited about new video cards these days. Jason Finale. I'm like, 672 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:40.159 we kind of got to a point a few years ago where it's like, 673 00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:44.079 okay, man, the you know, thirty cards, the forty cards 674 00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:46.159 really good, but people weren't even that excited about them. And now it's 675 00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:50.360 like it feels like the fifty cards are this thing on the horizon them and 676 00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:52.760 everyone's like, okay, yeah, tell me about it if it's really interesting, 677 00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:55.599 but we'll be fine with what we have for now. And so it's 678 00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:58.719 like, man, I think these supercards are going to come out and not 679 00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:01.079 make that much of a splash. How are you feeling about, Like I 680 00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:04.280 think we taught before. You're not too much of a PC guy, right, 681 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:08.320 No, My twenty seventy is doing me well. Yeah, but so 682 00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:13.039 yeah, to a layman like me, these are just a lot of numbers. 683 00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:16.480 Yes, look like an algebra book from high school. So are these 684 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:22.360 replacing current models or are they sitting next to them? They usually the way 685 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:24.760 it's worked in the past with their supercards is some will get replaced and some 686 00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:30.000 will stand alongside there. They will probably replace the forty eighty Standard with the 687 00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:35.000 forty eighty Super Super. But this could also be a ploy sorry, this 688 00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:37.079 could also be a ployee to get people who have not upgraded yet to do 689 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:39.880 so. Yeah. Yeah, I mean they're yes, and they're right, 690 00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:45.000 they're always trying. Yes, absolutely, And you know, you get to 691 00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:50.559 a point where people were coming out of the pandemic, and you know, 692 00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:52.840 as much as we come out of we've come out of the pandemic. Always 693 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.119 got to say that, because people yell at you if you don't. As 694 00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:58.679 people are coming out of the pandemic, they're like, I kind of upgraded 695 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.559 earlier in the pandemic, and now these new cards are here, I don't 696 00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:05.719 feel the need to do that. I'll wait to the next generation. Well, 697 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:08.039 now some people are gonna get antsy and be like, well, maybe 698 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:12.800 I should upgrade, but I've waited this long. I'm not going to get 699 00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:15.480 upgrade to the forty series. I'll wait for whatever's next, thinking the next 700 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:19.639 thing will be the fifty series, and then in videout, well here's the 701 00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:22.920 forty series and a relative and like everything's improved. Pricing is kind of looking 702 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:27.800 a little bit better because the price to performance ratio is a little bit better. 703 00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:30.519 So hey, hop in now it's yeah, it's marketing one hundred percent 704 00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:34.760 marketing, trying to make people feel like this is a good time to upgrade. 705 00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:37.320 For some people will be and some people it won't be. But I 706 00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:42.559 would say, hey, if you're happy with your PC performance now, you 707 00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:45.639 could continue to wait, you could continue that way. I said, I 708 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:47.519 can't really relate, but maybe I can because this is the same approach I 709 00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:51.920 took to the switch. I still have my Launch console, yeah, in 710 00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:53.800 twenty seventeen year, not alone, and I did. And when the old 711 00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:57.000 came out, I'm like, I'm not doing this because I know there's a 712 00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:00.599 two not too far behind it. I'll just wait for that. They almost 713 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:04.199 had me with the Smash Brothers oh lad this year. They almost had me, 714 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:06.760 damn it, because I guarantee that that's my favorite. I guarantee a 715 00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.599 lot of people in the same boat as you. And when the Zelda Oh 716 00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:12.239 lead came out, they hopped on that like, yeah, people eventually get 717 00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:15.599 got, but nope, I will. I know that thing's coming and I 718 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:19.039 will hold strong. It works. The fan you know, is a little 719 00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:22.079 it's a little hot maybe sometimes and it gets it really loud, but that's 720 00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:23.760 fine. That's fine. I'll just clean it out and we'll still use that 721 00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:28.239 switch until the switch do comes out. So similar thing here. People are 722 00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:31.280 just waiting for the five or the fifties instead of the forties, and they're 723 00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:35.920 just releasing different forties. It's like, as we said in the last one, 724 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:45.119 come on, come on you too with that twenty get forty idiot, 725 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:47.360 yes one super well, put a cap on it when we put it in 726 00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:53.800 here. It's so yeah. I mean, I kind of understand the marketing 727 00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:58.079 behind it. But again, as a as a as a non as a 728 00:45:58.119 --> 00:46:01.119 non PC Master race very much a constant peasant from the majority of my life. 729 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:07.800 It will It bears some resemblance to the console iteration upgrade sort of thing 730 00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:12.159 like PS five slim. You could probably put in this sort of conversation as 731 00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:15.679 well for people who may not have gotten it yet. It just seems like 732 00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:20.079 more iterative than pushing the envelope. I guess that won't happen till the fifties 733 00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:23.719 come out. Feast of Violet and Chat says that the raid tracing is a 734 00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:27.960 scam. Can I ask how you feel about rad tracing these days? I 735 00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:31.280 it's a thing that I look at. Sometimes I turn it on and things 736 00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:34.639 look nicer, and then I turn it off and things don't look as nice, 737 00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:37.519 but the game runs better. I usually tend towards the game running better, 738 00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:39.800 So cool. If the game is running great and I can have it 739 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:44.599 on and everything's great, then fine. If not, I'm neither here nor 740 00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:47.239 there. Yeah, it's just not graphics, And this may be heresy to 741 00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:51.440 the chat. I'm very sorry. But if I'm ranking story, gameplay and 742 00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:54.679 graphics, graphics are third, I don't deeply bet many people agree with that, 743 00:46:54.840 --> 00:47:00.280 Like, yes, they're given performance most of the time. I like, 744 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:05.159 it's not a scam, But I understand what Feast of Violet's getting at 745 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:09.639 because the way it's used is market marketing and manipulation. The way that it 746 00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:14.599 was introduced, especially with the twenty series of cards of the RTX cards, 747 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:20.679 that was in Vidia having years of people upgrading their monitors to like ten eighty 748 00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:22.920 and then to four K and being able to sell people on resolution, so 749 00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:25.840 you need a new graphics card. Well, actually, most people stopped upgrading 750 00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:30.800 their monitors when they got to ten ADP and we and in twenty fourteen we 751 00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:36.280 got graphics cards that could do ten ADP sixty with just about any game released, 752 00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:38.920 and those cards still compare it pretty much run almost any game at ten 753 00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:43.280 ADP sixty. These days, you got to maybe move down to medium. 754 00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:45.679 Most people are happy to do that. So what Nvidia did was they were 755 00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:49.280 like, we're moving on to rate tracing. That's the next big thing that's 756 00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:51.199 going to sell everything. Yeah, get all, I'll help you in a 757 00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:52.679 second. Hang on, Yeah, there you gonna play. You gonna play 758 00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:58.239 Spider Man. No, but you're gonna play Astrobot. Okay. So like 759 00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:00.880 video was like yeah, baby, yeah, They're like, we gotta got 760 00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:06.239 to try to give a new buzzword to make people one upgrade. Yeah, 761 00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:09.239 And the reality was it wasn't ready yet, so of course it's gonna feel 762 00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:14.320 like a scam. And then at the same time, like ray tracing and 763 00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:16.719 the old way of doing it, which is rasterized graphics, the truth is 764 00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:20.159 you're gonna have to do if you're a developer, you have to do both 765 00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:22.320 for years and years and years because so many people are still going to be 766 00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:24.920 running games without raid tracing, and so you still have to make a game 767 00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:30.360 look good with rasterized graphics. And so it's like it turns out artists got 768 00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:34.719 really good at doing lighting without raid tracing, so you turn it on and 769 00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:37.559 off. It's like, to my eye, this mostly looks the same. 770 00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:39.320 It's like, yeah, yeah, they got they got really good at that 771 00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:44.400 stuff. But the way ray tracing works is it kind of does just work. 772 00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:46.679 So it's like the lighting just bounces the way it should, the reflections 773 00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:50.800 just bounce the way they should, the ambient inclusion just works the way it 774 00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:52.480 should. So it's a benefit to developers. It's just gonna take a long 775 00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:54.519 time for that benefit to show upcause they still have to do all the other 776 00:48:54.559 --> 00:49:00.760 work as well. Yeah, I'm of the belief that I wouldn't call ray 777 00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:04.159 tracing a scam, even though I don't quite understand what it is. If 778 00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:08.079 anything in video, in Vidia is their name only has to worry about one 779 00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:14.039 scam with their cards, and that's crypto. Of all the crypto stuff that 780 00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:16.559 they were dealing with back in uh was it, twenty twenty two, twenty 781 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:20.880 twenty three, all those cards were jumping up in price because of crypto. 782 00:49:21.239 --> 00:49:23.800 So yeah, I uh, I don't think they have. I wouldn't. 783 00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:28.039 I wouldn't call ray tracing a scam. Video is only capable of one scam 784 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:30.880 at a time, and it's still crypto. Unfortunately, uh I A I 785 00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:35.719 bros Too. As the chat points out, AI with I think a story 786 00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:40.119 just came out that mid Journey was saying that they were scraping images from Magic 787 00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:45.159 the Gathering. So now so now Daddy Wizards is getting gonna go to gonna 788 00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:49.400 you know, rum up the It's yeah, I mean when that, when 789 00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:52.599 that falls apart, somebody else will come in New York Times is suing chat, 790 00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:55.800 GPT and all that stuff. It's yeah, it's happening, all right. 791 00:49:55.840 --> 00:49:59.519 Well, let's get these other things from CS real quick. MSI is 792 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:02.079 going to launch a gaming handheld device. The interesting thing about this, and 793 00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:07.639 it's they probably announced it in twenty twenty four is Intel Gaming not AMD responded 794 00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:12.559 to this thing from MSI, So this might be one of the you know, 795 00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:15.960 there's been an Intel chipsets in some of these Chinese the Chinese handheld gaming 796 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:22.760 PCs, but they've been using some of the older Intel APUs. This will 797 00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:27.000 be I mean the first one that uses Intel's new Arc GPUs, so that'll 798 00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:30.599 be interesting to see. Intel definitely wants to be in this space because it's 799 00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:32.760 going to grow fast, and they don't want to get left behind and have 800 00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:37.960 AMD take it over because this could vary, like in a couple of years, 801 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:40.960 the idea of like having a gaming laptop could be absurd when you were, 802 00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:45.639 hey, just get a gaming handheld PC because that's way more comfortable and 803 00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:49.320 just as powerful. And if AMD runs all of those, that would be 804 00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:52.079 a big flip from where it was where an Intel used to be in every 805 00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:54.719 single gaming laptop. So Intel's trying to catch up real fast. We'll see 806 00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:59.079 what that ends up looking like. You you do not a PC guy, 807 00:50:59.119 --> 00:51:00.719 but you ever think about it like a Steam Deck or an Asus rog ally 808 00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:06.239 or anything there. It is to welcome to the Lenovo Legion Go, which 809 00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:08.400 I'm reviewing for MMRPG. Fantastic. How do you find that thing? I 810 00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:13.840 think that thing's pretty cool. I do enjoy it a lot. There's one 811 00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:16.440 little foible that I haven't figured out yet is if I put it on sleep 812 00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:20.719 mode, go about my business and come back to it, sometimes the screen 813 00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:23.480 comes on, yet the image doesn't load up so that I have to hold 814 00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:29.079 the button down to force a shutdown and come back on. That's annoying that. 815 00:51:29.159 --> 00:51:34.400 Hey, Noble has a name. It's called Microsoft Windows. Stop sucking 816 00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:37.679 so much. It sucks, gott I hate it. Stop putting it on 817 00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:40.360 these things, or make it better. Got it? Yeah? But but 818 00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:44.199 yeah, I mean, I really the fact that I can play you know, 819 00:51:44.280 --> 00:51:46.719 Boulder Skate or Cyberpunk or some games that I would not normally play on 820 00:51:46.800 --> 00:51:52.719 PC wherever I go is awesome. Yeah, so far, I'm really really 821 00:51:52.840 --> 00:51:54.639 enjoying this. I have to do some benchmarking stuff before the review goes live, 822 00:51:54.679 --> 00:51:59.519 but I do enjoy it. Then Razors got super fast O lads they're 823 00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:04.719 putting on their laptops, so twenty and forty hertz refresh rate O leads man 824 00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:07.599 an O LED laptop is kind of that's going to be the next laptop I 825 00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:10.039 get. It's got to have an O lead screen. I think that would 826 00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:15.159 be great. And then okay, Platinum app Platinum Apple Arcade game World of 827 00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:19.559 Demons is ending its service. This comes from ed Night and gall at Eurogamer. 828 00:52:19.960 --> 00:52:22.920 Platinum Games. Apple Arcade game World of Demons will in service and no 829 00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:29.079 longer be downloadable starting eighteenth of January. A short blog from the game before 830 00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:32.079 the game from Platinum further states the game will be unavailable to play starting from 831 00:52:32.079 --> 00:52:36.360 the first of February, even for those who have already downloaded it. We 832 00:52:36.440 --> 00:52:38.360 extend our gratitude to all players who have enjoyed the game since it was since 833 00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:43.760 release, but they gave no further reasoning for the decision. They also haven't 834 00:52:43.800 --> 00:52:46.679 said what's going to happen beyond that, other than it's going to be unplayable. 835 00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:52.679 Other Apple Arcade games we've seen eventually move to like Switch. That doesn't 836 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:54.840 really seem like that's gonna happen here, But I guess we don't know. 837 00:52:55.480 --> 00:52:58.599 I'm gonna say probably not, though. How do you feel about this, 838 00:52:58.679 --> 00:53:01.840 Jason? This state to be honest, back when I first started working for 839 00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:05.159 a game spot, they had me doing a lot of mobile stuff and actually 840 00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:07.679 reviewed this game in twenty twenty one. Thought it was a lot of fun. 841 00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:13.840 It was Platinum action on an iPhone whenever I wanted, give it like 842 00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:17.400 a seven out of ten. I think it was so definitely a great way 843 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:21.719 to get that action if you wanted it in an Apple Arcade game. But 844 00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:24.599 Honestly, it goes back to what we're talking about preservation. This sucks like 845 00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:29.559 this if someone may have subscribed to Apple Arcade who was a Platinum fan or 846 00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:31.320 an Action fan, seen this and said, huh, maybe I'll give it 847 00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:35.199 a shot. Now, obviously they probably have their reasons right, and they 848 00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:37.639 can't. There's got to be something. Maybe people aren't playing it as much, 849 00:53:37.800 --> 00:53:43.079 or maybe there was some sort of monetization thing that they couldn't use because 850 00:53:43.079 --> 00:53:46.079 Apple Arcade doesn't allow it, and then that that meant it didn't make as 851 00:53:46.159 --> 00:53:52.559 much money as they thought it would, whatever that problem is. I just 852 00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:54.360 I thought it was a fun game and I'm sad to see it go. 853 00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:59.599 I would hope that maybe it resurfaces. It would make sense as a Steam 854 00:53:59.639 --> 00:54:02.079 game. It makes sense as a switchy shop game, especially you know with 855 00:54:02.239 --> 00:54:07.280 you know, thousands of games being released every year. But if they just 856 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:09.320 want to you know, turn the switch off as much as as much as 857 00:54:09.320 --> 00:54:13.360 they're turn the lever off, excuse me as much as I hate that that's 858 00:54:13.400 --> 00:54:15.840 happening. Yeah, it sucks. There's nothing really else I can say about 859 00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:19.960 it. Yeah, but it goes back like, man, what if they 860 00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:22.800 built this within this in mind and had it ready like an offline version, 861 00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:27.840 ready to just go to Steam right at this point or go to Switch even 862 00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:31.239 that would be real nice and yeah, you know, maybe that's certain points 863 00:54:31.280 --> 00:54:34.079 like how much money was that would that make? I don't know, I 864 00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:37.119 feel like a platinum. This World Demons game looks pretty good. You said 865 00:54:37.159 --> 00:54:38.880 you enjoyed it, thought it was fun. I think it would probably be 866 00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:42.320 worth the worth. It's wild, but maybe it's not. Maybe it's hard 867 00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:45.639 to convince people that that's actually worth their time, especially when you're just trying 868 00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:49.960 to meet deadlines. I understand that reality. Uh. Finally, boomer shooters 869 00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:52.639 are now an official genre on Steam, as classic Doom inspires more and more 870 00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:58.320 first person shooter gems. This comes from con Saren at games Radar. Steam 871 00:54:58.360 --> 00:55:01.159 has added another genre tag to the digital storefront, this time officially recognizing the 872 00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:07.400 old school boomer shooters as games about booming and shooting surge. The boomer, 873 00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:10.679 not boom. They being boomer is an old person. Just to be clear, 874 00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:13.880 because I know some people bristle at that when they find out, like, 875 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:15.679 oh, it's about boomer shooters, it's about you know, being a 876 00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:19.800 boomer. I love that term. I think it's great. Me too. 877 00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:22.840 I'm always going to call them bummer shooters. Yes, this is great because 878 00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:28.559 I crave these games sometimes, Jason, I'm like, give me more and 879 00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:32.239 more of these proteus is that it was one one, Yeah, yeah, 880 00:55:32.320 --> 00:55:36.719 Dusk, There's yeah, a whole bunch Yeah, Turbo overkill, And I'm 881 00:55:36.719 --> 00:55:38.239 like, man, I just like want to find a new one of those. 882 00:55:38.320 --> 00:55:42.119 I don't care who made it, where it's from, just give it 883 00:55:42.119 --> 00:55:45.119 to me. So having this is a button I can press now and just 884 00:55:45.159 --> 00:55:47.920 see all of them in one place. Let's go. Oh heck, yeah, 885 00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:51.440 I agree one hundred percent. Next on my radar. Actually, I 886 00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:53.400 want to try out that Warhammer forty K bolt gun. Yes, I have 887 00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:55.960 that and I still never play as well. Yeah, yep, same thing. 888 00:55:57.079 --> 00:55:59.599 And then there's two. When I was looking this because I wrote this 889 00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:01.320 up for spot as well, when I was looking at the page to have 890 00:56:01.360 --> 00:56:06.440 the coming soon ones, there are Mouse which made the rounds right at the 891 00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:07.840 end of the year. It looks like Steamboat Willie, but it's a right 892 00:56:07.920 --> 00:56:12.320 first person shooter. And then I didn't even know about this Agent sixty four 893 00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:15.679 Spies Never Die, which is just a golden I like, yeah, cool, 894 00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:20.199 I played that last year. It's really cool. Oh that's awesome, 895 00:56:20.280 --> 00:56:22.320 So so like more of those please, And the fact that you can now 896 00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:24.880 highlight them, because when I looked at it this morning, when I was 897 00:56:24.880 --> 00:56:30.320 writing that up, there's only sixty four games that fell into that label. 898 00:56:30.400 --> 00:56:34.199 Really granted, now now that there's a label that will probably shoot up, 899 00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:36.480 and the fact that it was sixty four I found to be very Yes, 900 00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:39.639 that's very cool. But yeah, so so right now is the best time 901 00:56:39.639 --> 00:56:44.760 to get in there and buy as many games for your backlog that are boomer 902 00:56:44.760 --> 00:56:49.079 shooters as possible and then go from there. Yeah, this is awesome, 903 00:56:49.199 --> 00:56:52.280 This is fantastic. All right, that's gonna do it. I'm gonna get 904 00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:54.920 to the pull question here in a second. Why well I get that set 905 00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.000 up, Jason, tell people where they can find you, what you have 906 00:56:58.039 --> 00:57:01.280 going on, all that good stuff. They can find me at big Man 907 00:57:01.400 --> 00:57:06.920 Finale on basically all social media is that there is usually lurking in this chat 908 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:10.840 around game mess Morning's time too. As I mentioned Lenovo Legiant Go review coming 909 00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:17.440 soon to MMRPG, also reviewing whereas it the Razor Kits in a The Little 910 00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:23.079 Small Fight stick for PS five. Love this look look how thin that is? 911 00:57:23.719 --> 00:57:27.280 Oh? I love the k Yes, I really love that thing. 912 00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:30.639 So that that review will be will come pretty soon. No R rules, 913 00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:35.000 it is not acceptable to have Jilipinos on a cheese steak. Goddammit. But 914 00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:38.519 also doing you know, news and everything for game Spot uh podcasts, cheese 915 00:57:38.519 --> 00:57:42.079 steaks and controllers. I don't update as much as I would like to, 916 00:57:42.239 --> 00:57:45.760 but I hopefully we'll be getting back into that soon. Got two Fantasy Critic 917 00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:51.400 drafts this week that I'm very excited. Yeah, I signed up for the 918 00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:55.960 podcast producers one too, right, that's awesome. I'm glad you're in there. 919 00:57:57.599 --> 00:57:59.679 Yeah, yeah, yeah, so that'll that'll be a good time. 920 00:57:59.719 --> 00:58:01.599 I had an idea for a podcast episode where I did like a top twenty 921 00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:07.079 five games to draft and like a mel kiper. Yeah, it'd be great. 922 00:58:07.679 --> 00:58:09.320 Final Fantasy seven Rear Birth. Now here's a game that people are really 923 00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:13.360 excited about, not just because the favorite characters are coming back, but because 924 00:58:13.400 --> 00:58:16.079 after the last game so successful and through the story all the way through a 925 00:58:16.079 --> 00:58:19.599 loop, we just don't know where it's going to go. So I'm really 926 00:58:19.639 --> 00:58:24.920 excited. Behavior impeccable people love working with this guy. Yeah, yes, 927 00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:29.519 man, that maybe next year. Mel Kiper's one of those guys. It's 928 00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:31.519 like he's just always been there in my life. It's just every year I 929 00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:35.400 can count, I'm like, I'm gonna get several hours of mel Kiper and 930 00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:38.840 yeah, that's that's good stuff, all right. This, Yeah, this 931 00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:42.880 is the poll question from yesterday. I thought, I'm like, when did 932 00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:45.039 I ask this? It's hard to keep tracking stuff at this point? But 933 00:58:45.440 --> 00:58:49.400 do you want Nintendo's next console to be an iteration on the switch or something 934 00:58:49.400 --> 00:58:52.039 completely new? No? Did I Did I ask this in yesterday? No, 935 00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:54.360 this is Thursday. I knew, I knew I was behind. Yep. 936 00:58:54.400 --> 00:58:57.880 I said it was hard to keep track of. So here's what we're 937 00:58:57.880 --> 00:59:00.239 gonna do. I don't think I put the pole question up yesterday. So 938 00:59:00.239 --> 00:59:01.920 what we're gonna do is I'm gonna put in chat right now, and then 939 00:59:02.000 --> 00:59:06.840 Chat's gonna respond while we get this going. So here we go. There's 940 00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:13.760 a poll's answer question. Do you want? Yeah? What did I say 941 00:59:13.800 --> 00:59:15.360 the poll qusse was going to be? Now there wasn't one? Did I 942 00:59:15.360 --> 00:59:17.800 say there was one? But what was the question going to be? Did 943 00:59:17.840 --> 00:59:22.519 anyone to help me with this or not, because boy, I've completely left 944 00:59:22.559 --> 00:59:27.119 my brain. Yeah, I got a YouTube identification for a poll. Qush 945 00:59:27.159 --> 00:59:30.559 I thought I thought I did it too. Listen in a minute. Is 946 00:59:30.639 --> 00:59:34.159 Jeffy Boomer? Yes, definitely. No, I'm not over because I'm like 947 00:59:34.239 --> 00:59:37.880 looking about years ago. Do you want Nintendo's next console to be an iteration 948 00:59:37.920 --> 00:59:42.039 on the switch or something completely new? Eighty percent switch that I could have 949 00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:44.920 swore that I I did that one yesterday. Okay, you know what, 950 00:59:45.039 --> 00:59:46.119 let's just do it again. I don't give a shit. No, I'm 951 00:59:46.119 --> 00:59:50.400 not a caverybody. In case you're wondering, do you want to capital an 952 00:59:50.440 --> 00:59:52.800 iteration on this on the switch or something completely new? Eighty percent say switch 953 00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:58.360 iteration, twenty twenty percent say something completely new. So there we go. 954 00:59:58.480 --> 01:00:01.760 All right, new question, though, we definitely have a new one here. 955 01:00:01.800 --> 01:00:06.280 It is. Uh. If PS five only has middle Gear, Solid 956 01:00:06.320 --> 01:00:09.760 Delta, Silent Hill to remake and Final Fantasy seven rebirth, is that enough 957 01:00:09.920 --> 01:00:14.880 for you? Yes or no? Yes or no? No? Yeah. 958 01:00:14.960 --> 01:00:16.000 This is the first time I've ever done a pull question everybody, so you 959 01:00:16.000 --> 01:00:21.559 guys just bear with me. Uh, We'll talk about that on Monday on 960 01:00:21.639 --> 01:00:24.760 Game mess mornings on Giant Bomb. Speaking of Giant Bomb. Later today, 961 01:00:24.920 --> 01:00:30.920 in about an hour from now, we are gonna be doing upf The plan 962 01:00:30.079 --> 01:00:35.599 is because Dan's got a hurt fingy, he broke his finger. The plan 963 01:00:35.760 --> 01:00:38.519 is, I'm gonna play games and then we're gonna use Discord to pipe in 964 01:00:38.599 --> 01:00:43.760 his audio and he will do be doing the voice control on voice controlled games. 965 01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:47.119 We will start with Odama, but I got some other things and we'll 966 01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:52.440 see how We'll see how that goes. Please please tell me Hey You Pikachu. 967 01:00:52.519 --> 01:00:55.559 Is I have Hey You Pikachu as a possibility, so we'll see. 968 01:00:55.519 --> 01:01:00.440 I like a Tom Clancy's indoor, there's a there's a platform or that a 969 01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:04.679 platform you could only play by singing and humming. So I don't know how 970 01:01:04.679 --> 01:01:07.440 that actually works, but we'll see. So that will be happening, excuse 971 01:01:07.480 --> 01:01:09.920 me. That will be happening in about an hour, and then after that 972 01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:14.880 two hours after that, we will have BombCast Revengeance. I think we're gonna 973 01:01:14.880 --> 01:01:19.039 do a predictions episode like Binding Predictions that will look back on at the end 974 01:01:19.079 --> 01:01:22.559 of the year. So that's in the works. We'll see look out for 975 01:01:22.599 --> 01:01:25.039 all that later today here on Giant bomb. In the meantime, Jason, 976 01:01:25.039 --> 01:01:28.880 thanks for hanging out with me. I really appreciate it. I'll always love 977 01:01:28.920 --> 01:01:30.760 talking about games with you. Yeah, always a pleasure, my friend. 978 01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:35.360 Any time you need me right here in this chair. And thank you everybody 979 01:01:35.400 --> 01:01:37.880 for watching. You're the best audience in gaming. Until next time, have 980 01:01:37.920 --> 01:01:39.400 a good one, take care of yourself and goodbye.