WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:15.000 Go be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do this for 2 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:18.960 November thirteenth to twenty twenty three. For the next hour or so, let 3 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.039 me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings Live with 4 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:25.239 me Jeff Grubb. Today, it's time for the freaks to get their little 5 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.719 hearts broken about Silk Song yet again. And Call of Duty is in a 6 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:31.760 rough state. But first, please join me and welcome in today's co host 7 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.560 the Game Mess Mornings. It's Britain. Peel everybody but Britain. How are 8 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:40.920 you doing. I am fantastic. I'm happy to finally be making my Giant 9 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:47.560 Bond debut after years and years of pressuring y'all. Sneakily making friendships online with 10 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.560 as many people as possible. That's the way to do it. That's the 11 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.799 way to make things happen, Britain. Tell people a little bit about yourselves, 12 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:56.560 where they can find your work, things like that, and then we'll 13 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.439 kind of talk about one of the reasons the reason you did get your way 14 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.159 onto the show, which I'm very happy about, by the way. Yeah, 15 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.480 sure, so I've been in the industry for a while. When I 16 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:08.400 was most prolific I was doing a lot of reviews for GameSpot kind of back 17 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:12.519 in the Kevin Van or days to date it. I did a lot of 18 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:17.120 reviews for launch titles for the WIU and the Vita. So it's been a 19 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:21.200 while. But then I backed off a lot from freelancing when I landed a 20 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.239 full time gig at the Dallas Morrey News. So if you're in the Dallas 21 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:27.799 area and you read a newspaper and he wondered, how did somebody get Final 22 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:34.040 Fantasy like Crisis Core on the cover of something that was me? I somehow 23 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.879 managed to convince people to do that. Most of our audiences in the Dallas 24 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.760 area, so they know what you're talking about there, Yeah, obviously, 25 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.719 yeah. And then okay, so then the reason that you reached out and 26 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.079 I was like, oh, yeah, this is perfect. You got the 27 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:52.599 PlayStation portal and the review in bar goes up so we could talk about this 28 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.400 thing. You've been using it for a little bit. How are you finding 29 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:00.400 it? Yeah, you know, I think it's kind of of what a 30 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.200 lot of people expected in that it is a really good way to do remote 31 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.439 play, which like for me and I think you're kind of in the similar 32 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:13.039 similar boat where I have kids. Sometimes my kid wants the TV like, 33 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.080 actually, remote play is pretty useful, yes, so I was pretty excited 34 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:20.439 to get my hands on it for that reason. And for the most parts, 35 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.199 it actually works really well. I've done a lot of remote play on 36 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:29.840 other devices. I don't know how well that comes across. Not much lag, 37 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.599 like this image is usually pretty crisp. There are, of course, 38 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:38.000 some limitations. The thing that broke it for me was playing the Rhythm Final 39 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:43.840 Fantasy, the rhythm game, which I mean, of course, no one's 40 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:45.919 going to be picking this thing up and saying like I'm going to play all 41 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:50.400 the Rhythm games, but wanted to put it through its paces and say that's 42 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.039 it. It works, but just it's just oft enough that you wouldn't want 43 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:59.560 to do it all the time. The only other game that has really broken 44 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:04.280 for me has been, unfortunately, Alan Wake two for a weird reason. 45 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.360 Like the game runs really well if you just hop in, you can run, 46 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:13.280 you can shoot, you can explore the dark woods easily enough. But 47 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:16.719 the way the touchpad on this thing works the same way worse on any remote 48 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:21.000 play device is you have to double tap. You can see why I tap 49 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.520 the screen there like little squares pop up. Yeah, you have to double 50 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:28.520 tap those to hit the touch pad. Alan Wake two wants you to hit 51 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.280 either the right side of the touchpad to go to the mind place or the 52 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.879 left to open the map, and I think this only does the center. 53 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.879 So when you do that two, nothing happens. That's so that's got to 54 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.560 be something they're gonna be able to fix because those touch screens are like, 55 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.719 they don't sell crappy touch screens these days. They're all ten point touch. 56 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.960 They know exactly where you're pressing. So that's got to be an upgrade that 57 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.400 they can make, right, I sure hope. So I mean even when 58 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.840 you tap it, there's squares on either side, like, let me just 59 00:03:55.879 --> 00:04:00.919 tap the right side, but it shouldn't be that difficult. But yeah, 60 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.120 I was really I was seeing there and be like, what am I doing 61 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.639 wrong? Am I hitting the wrong button? Is? Something is off here? 62 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:11.479 And that's the conclusion I finally came to, was that it's just expecting 63 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.719 one side or the other and this isn't working right. That's not the game 64 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.360 it does that either, So that that's definitely something that they'll be like, 65 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:20.160 we can't just leave this. They'll have to fix that, I imagine. 66 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:25.079 So but other than that, like I played some Jazz Survivor last night, 67 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:29.120 that went fine. I've been spending a lot of time playing Persona three portable, 68 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:31.160 which it's a PS four game. It's also on the switch. I 69 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.240 could just plank it there. But that works great. Trying to wrap that 70 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:41.319 up before the remake comes out, and it felt no different than playing illegally, 71 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:46.399 So pretty nice. I am on a Google Mesh network, for what's 72 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.839 worth, the one that your grandpa would walk into a Best Buy and say 73 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:54.600 that one says Google on it, so it's got to be good. So 74 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:57.839 it's, you know, nothing super fancy and works pretty well. I'm in 75 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:01.240 a small house, but that's kind of where I land is. It's it's 76 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.720 pretty good if you're okay with knowing that, like, hey, it is 77 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:11.279 this still streaming over Wi Fi? You might drop a little bit here and 78 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:15.120 there, although that has not happened to me very often at all, And 79 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:17.160 there's gonna be just some weird, you know, little issues with it, 80 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:21.519 like this touchscreen thing that you'll have to put up with. But if you're 81 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:29.199 in a situation where you need another screen, works works pretty well. Yeah, 82 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:32.360 I'm still very interested, and after seeing some of the reviews and hearing 83 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:40.079 your experience with it, the lag is it is probably something you don't notice 84 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:45.480 unless it's THEORITHM right, unless it's something where the timing definitely matters. And 85 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:50.120 I suppose that would probably cover online games. Maybe anything that's had to had 86 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:54.560 competitive I would assume would probably be would fall under that same purview. But 87 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.680 overall, like when you are playing a game that is single player, and 88 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.759 even if it's action based, right, are you getting used to the latency? 89 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:06.240 Yeah? Totally. I even I've been playing some of the that Disney 90 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:11.360 cart racer Speedstorm. Yeah, it's free to play. I played a little 91 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.040 bit of that online actually and won some races. OK, so you can 92 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:20.120 actually like totally play even some online stuff works like remarkably well. I played 93 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:24.279 a little bit of Mortal Kombat one. I am not a professional fighting game 94 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:26.959 player, so I would not be the best judge of like, oh this 95 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:30.079 is horribly off or not. But I feel like if you were just going 96 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:34.519 to hop into some invasions stuff or story mode, it's good enough. If 97 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:40.439 you're trying to like actually rank up the ladder or whatever, then you're I 98 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.079 mean, you're not thinking about doing this anyway, most likely, right right? 99 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:46.079 Yes? I mean for me, the the where this fits in, 100 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.480 and you named it mostly being able to play around my kids while hanging out 101 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:54.560 being away from the TV, especially the TV in my office where the PS 102 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:58.000 five is, where it's down here and everyone else is usually up there. 103 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:00.759 But it's also like, I mean, I'm just going to clean up some 104 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.879 stuff I was doing in the game. I'm not going to be this. 105 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:05.639 Maybe I'll play a whole game this way. I do play a lot of 106 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:10.639 stuff in my Steam deck and my ass rock all and obviously the Switch, 107 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:13.439 and I play that mostly handheld, so I will play a lot of the 108 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.680 games, but you know, in handheld mode. But if it's on a 109 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:20.800 PlayStation five, the idea of like playing everything on a handheld streaming, well, 110 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:23.800 I'll do a lot of that. But if it's like, Okay, 111 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:27.560 here is a daily that I want to take care of. Here is I 112 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.519 want to do some exploration in a place that I've already discovered, Like if 113 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:32.360 allen Wick two did work perfectly, it's like, oh, I'm already in 114 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:34.839 this area and I just want to go find a few things that I missed. 115 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:39.920 Having this as an option would be really good. I just how do 116 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:43.839 you feel about the price for what you're getting and comparing it to maybe doing 117 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.399 something on your phone with a backbone or something like that. How do you 118 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:50.560 think it fits into that. Yeah, so it's two hundred dollars if I'm 119 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:56.160 not mistaken, which is not the worst, certainly not the best. I 120 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.959 think it is a better experience personally than using a phone or using the tablets. 121 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.720 I play a lot of like the switch in bed, so I mean, 122 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.639 you know, kind of horizontal like this, and I've used one of 123 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:16.079 those razor things for the iPhone and it's it's okay. Yeah, I've done 124 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:20.839 some of that with Xbox aims and it's okay. But this is really comfy. 125 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:26.519 Like they've definitely emulated the dual sense feel. All the features are. 126 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.759 You know, it's got the same rumble, the same triggers, all that 127 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:33.639 stuff. So it feels good to hold. The weight is pretty good, 128 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.440 the screen is nice, and it's nice and big. And I also personally, 129 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:39.360 you know, at the end of the day, a lot of times 130 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.960 my phone is almost dead. I don't want to be using that to also 131 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:48.759 be streaming now or awkwardly having it plugged in, So for me, it's 132 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:52.320 still probably worth it. But that's going to be such a case by case 133 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.120 basis thing that it's actually one of the things that you know, we mentioned. 134 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:01.440 Probably they'll fix the thing with alan Wake not being able to work exactly 135 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:05.840 properly. I also worry that this isn't going to be a huge priority for 136 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:09.600 Suremity or a Sony because how big is the audience actually going to be? 137 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:15.440 Yeah, because this is not the kind of this is not like even like 138 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.600 PlayStation VR two, Right, PlayStation VR two didn't exactly set the world on 139 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.559 fire, but it is its own platform. There are going to be teams 140 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:26.879 of people working on just that device and making sure that it is a good 141 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.960 piece of hardware and has software support. And this is an extension of the 142 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:37.559 PS five and you know, like a a lot of other peripherals. It's 143 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.120 just like you put it on the shelf and people get it or they don't. 144 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:43.320 So I could see that. I think it'll get some updates. And 145 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:48.879 the idea here is this thing isn't some completely new concept. It is the 146 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.559 basics there are the same as you do get when you are using the Android 147 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.679 app or something like that. So if they make updates to that stuff, 148 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:01.279 the updates should come here. I wonder if that that touchscreen is you if 149 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.120 that does that happen with al on link two on the phone I got, 150 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.320 I don't know. I had time to test, I imagine, So I 151 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.159 was doing a lot of googling over the weekend, trying to be like, 152 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.960 has anyone else encountered this? Turns out maybe not a lot of people play 153 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:18.399 it over remote play? Yea, no one else had asked that question. 154 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:22.360 There is like kind of a bit of firmware in here, though that seems 155 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:26.879 specific. It kind of puts the PS link which are the headphones? Actually 156 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:33.720 got those here too. They're headphones. They're fine, So that Sony could 157 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.159 definitely add some customization or whatever into like how does the touch screen work? 158 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:43.879 Which could be nice. Weirdly, Also, there's airplane mode on the year, 159 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.200 which makes no sense because you can't use this on a plane unless you've 160 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.960 also got your PS five just sitting next to you plugged in on the plane. 161 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:56.559 So wait, I don't know. It can do over the internet, 162 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.639 right, it can do remote play over the internet, but I know they 163 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:05.080 don't amend it, right, Yeah, there there's probably no way any the 164 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:11.480 nicest airplane Wi Fi would probably not work right the airplane specifically. Yeah, 165 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.759 that you're right. That's just one of those things where it's like it's called 166 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.080 airplane mode, but the thing doesn't have like a cell signal, so airplane 167 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.360 mode would would just be turning off Bluetooth and then this the Wi Fi, 168 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.759 So yeah, that's that, and then then it's just a brick. Are 169 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:31.799 there any like local apps of any sort or does it do anything locally if 170 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:35.600 you turn off the Wi Fi? Uh? Not that I've been able to 171 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:39.759 find. When you boot it up and immediately boosts into it like, it's 172 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:46.480 a very streamlined, slick interface. It has a little portal thing which my 173 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.360 son before I told him the name of the thing he's for, he's like, 174 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.240 oh, it's like a portal, Like, yeah, that nailed it. 175 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:58.480 That's exactly what it is. Y. Yeah, So you wake it 176 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:01.279 from sleep, it says hit the button to connect to your PS five. 177 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:05.960 When you do that, it turns the PS five on assuming it's in rest 178 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.519 mode, and you're good to go. After a few seconds. It works 179 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:13.039 really quickly, really easily, and I'm sure you know people are geniuses. 180 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:16.840 Someone will get doom running on this thing at some point for sure. Sure, 181 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:22.120 but I can't find any way to like hop out of it or anything. 182 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:26.799 Yep, all right, So well, we'll have more to say about 183 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.919 this once I get my hands on one, because I probably I am still 184 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.679 going to get one, But Britain, thanks for bringing that. Actually, 185 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.480 when last say, did the screen does it pop out? Doesn't look like 186 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:39.240 it does. No, it is just it's all one you get, okay, 187 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:41.399 Yeah, you can't take the controllers off. It's kind of got this 188 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:46.679 back part that's it seems all like one solid piece. I can't say for 189 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:52.039 sure that you couldn't just like pry the screen out of here with a lot 190 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.080 of work. But if I asked you, like, let's just say one 191 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.960 of the joysticks broke, can you like look at it and be like, 192 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.759 where would you even start when it comes to replacing it? You know, 193 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:07.600 I don't know. I've never torn down a duel since, so yeah, 194 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.879 I don't know. We're sure. I will say I was initially using this 195 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:13.919 in like a poor lighting condition in the living room. It took me forever 196 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:22.320 to find the USB and headphone jack. Interesting, so yeah, I don't 197 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.639 see any like obvious screw holes or something. I'm sure they're there, but 198 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:30.159 I wouldn't know. Oh yeah, and then how is the comfort in terms 199 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:33.559 of weight? It's nice. Yeah, you know. I played for a 200 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.000 few hours last night in bed, just like holding it above me. Didn't 201 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.240 drop it on my face or anything. It's littal. Bones are doing just 202 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:45.240 fine. Good. Yeah, love to hear it. All right, let's 203 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.639 explain what we do here most sweet days, I Jeff group will help piece 204 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.320 your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of 205 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.600 our own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the input of 206 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.840 a bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If you were watching 207 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.919 live on Twitch, well, you can always listen to the show later on 208 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.279 podcast feeds by searching for game Mes Mornings, or find therss on giant bomb 209 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:09.360 dot com. You can also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on 210 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.720 YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot to get into, 211 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:18.759 so let's start the morning mess with Modern Warfare three tops UK physical charts, 212 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.639 but sales are down twenty five percent compared to Modern Warfare two. This 213 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.320 is from Chris Scully and at VGC Call of Duty. Modern Warfare three is 214 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:28.440 top the UK physical game charts, but it failed to hit the launch weekend 215 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:33.159 sales numbers that its predecessor dead. According to GfK chart data via Games Industry 216 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.960 Dot Biz, Activision's latest first Perstontruter, went straight into the charts at number 217 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.480 one, but physical sales were down twenty five percent compared to those of Modern 218 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.799 Warfare two last year. The game is currently on track to be the lowest 219 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:48.759 rated entry in the series, with early metacritics scores from both critics and users 220 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:52.799 coming in much lower than usual. I think this is about what we would 221 00:14:52.840 --> 00:15:01.240 expect from something like this. This always felt like a h have something ready 222 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.200 and we'll get to a little bit more. There's the other half the story 223 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:07.919 here about the making of this game, and like how it came together explains 224 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:09.440 a lot of it. But I think people could could feel it from looking 225 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:15.080 from the outside end that Activision was rushing something together here and the final product 226 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.200 feels that way, and the sales are somewhat being affected by it. Now, 227 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.840 Call of Duty is still going to be probably the number one best selling 228 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:26.960 game of the year likely and but I guess the question is, Britain, 229 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.360 do you think this will have a long term detrimental effect on Call of Duty 230 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:37.480 and activision Now under Microsoft, I mean, they could always pull something back 231 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:43.399 from the brink, right, It's almost one of those franchises that's too big 232 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:50.120 to fail. But it does definitely feel like we're in a weird position where 233 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.879 I haven't even felt like I've seen a lot of people around me hyping up 234 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:58.919 that a new Call of Duty is coming out. Did they even do like 235 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:03.559 the usual like basketball commercials and stuff that they usually have, You know, 236 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.840 I don't remember. I think they did something around that time, but I 237 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.200 think it was a little I think it happened a little bit later than it 238 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:14.000 normally did. Yes, I have seen during football this weekend. I was 239 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:18.000 seeing commercials and the advertisements are all of the big Twitch streamers. Like there's 240 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.639 a quote like, oh this is going to take over my life, and 241 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:26.279 it's like from naid Shot, who is one of the older old guard of 242 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.799 the Call of Duty competitive scene and now is a relatively big streamer. I 243 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.360 was him in like Courage. I don't really follow him at all, but 244 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.639 yeah, Courage was like in there and be like, oh my god, 245 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.919 look at this and they're doing that kind of thing. We're like, hey, 246 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:41.279 the Twitch streamers really care about this. It's like, Okay, I 247 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.120 hadn't really seen them do that before, but that's what they're going forward with 248 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:48.360 this one. I think the reality here is like there's a couple factors at 249 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.960 play where I do think Activision got out or you know, the former owners 250 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:57.240 of Activision who have now sold to Microsoft, got out while the getting was 251 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:02.360 good because Call of Dot isn't going to go away. Call of Duty is 252 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.920 not going to suddenly become a non factor in gaming, but it is going 253 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:11.480 to have more frequent rough patches like this one. I think making these games 254 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:15.519 is getting harder. Making games overall takes more time and money, and so 255 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.640 sticking to the annual release schedule was always going to be troublesome. And you 256 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:22.200 know when the first when the Activision deal first got announced, even before that, 257 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.359 we were talking on this show and I was talking at games Beat when 258 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.519 I wrote there about this is this is going to be difficult to maintain. 259 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.480 And Activision doesn't have a lot of other options because they've put everyone on Call 260 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:37.400 of Duty, so they are headed towards something of a brick wall. Now 261 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:40.920 they'll mostly plow through that brick wall, but it is going to nick them 262 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.319 a little bit where it's going. They're going to have a year or two 263 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:47.799 where the game isn't very good or maybe doesn't even come out, or comes 264 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:52.359 out in some stunted phase, and that that's what we're getting here. Now. 265 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.240 The other side of that is if they had put this out as DLC, 266 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:00.799 it probably wouldn't have sold as well as this. They probably made a 267 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.359 lot more money by saying this is Modern Warfare three and pretending that it's a 268 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:07.680 real game, a real new release instead of just like a map pack with 269 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:11.200 a campaign that they threw together in a year and a half, not even 270 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:15.079 a year and a half. And so, you know, but by all 271 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:18.240 measure, it's like this is actually a huge success for what is fundamentally DLC. 272 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:25.440 Right, Yeah, I would say so. I do wonder in the 273 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:30.039 Microsoft era, is it going to be more or less likely that they're going 274 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:32.799 to say, like, yeah, you know what, it's okay, call 275 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:37.400 of duty, just take a year off. I don't know that's under Bobby 276 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.240 Kottick, and you know, the old regime of activision that was ever as 277 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.400 much of an option. And I think this is evidence that probably wasn't right, 278 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:47.440 Like, if they could avoid it at any cost, they would avoid 279 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.640 it. And here we are with this game, right, it seems that 280 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:56.200 way, right, Yeah, the train's got to keep going. You can't 281 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.799 not have politicuity out there around the holiday season because that's what people are going 282 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:06.599 to be looking for. Mm hmm. I expect that. You're right. 283 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:11.920 The chances under an activision of them saying it's okay, take an extra year 284 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:14.720 seemed very low. I think they would have had to get there eventually. 285 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:18.160 It was just like we don't have any other choice. Under Microsoft, it 286 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.519 feels like there's a more of a possibility that it's like, well, okay, 287 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:25.519 let's not push things to the brink, let's take a breather, let's 288 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:30.000 respect this franchise and it's an audience so that we don't burn them out and 289 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:33.680 get them upset, because that can have detrimental effects on games later. Now, 290 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:37.640 you're right, like this this is one year of called I think there 291 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.240 would have to be multiple years of call of duty like this in a row 292 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:45.839 for it to really impact sales long term. But you know, enthusiasm will 293 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:48.480 maybe be a little bit damp at going into the next one. But if 294 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:52.599 the next one has a good showing, and it's in the franchises that people 295 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.200 like. If it's like, oh, Black Ops is really back, there 296 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.200 will be a lot of people be like, well, yeah, I like 297 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.000 Black Ops. I was never a Modern Warfare person, and they'll show up 298 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:06.359 and the game will sell just fine. But this is an example of the 299 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:11.319 unsustainability of where Triple A Gaming is at, especially under the strategic leadership of 300 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:17.880 someone like Bobby Kotick, whose only creative input is bigger and more frequent. 301 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.119 And that's it. And here we are at the sort of the end. 302 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:25.880 We've seen this before with Activision many times with Call or with Guitar Hero and 303 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:27.839 with Tony Hawk, where it's like when the next game to be a bit 304 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:32.559 bigger and we want it to be out as soon as possible, and eventually 305 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.720 they just can't keep doing that anymore. And Called Duty has been the one 306 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:38.599 franchise that's been immune to that up to this point. But it's you know, 307 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:42.920 at the very least, like I said, getting nicked here, We'll 308 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:45.079 see how how long that lasts. I will say, at the very least, 309 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:48.920 I'm interested in playing the multiplayer because I like those Modern Warfare two maps 310 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:52.640 from two thousand and nine that they're putting into this game, But I don't 311 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:56.960 know how long I'll actually end up playing it for for any reason. Me 312 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:03.559 writing for mainstream news outlet, I've historically tried to spend some time with Call 313 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:07.720 of Duty every year because you almost can't get more mainstream than that. And 314 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.079 I know, like early on in my career here at the newspaper, I 315 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:15.079 was covering E three and I had the stuff I was excited about, and 316 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:19.400 it was clear my audience wanted Call of Duty and the sims right, and 317 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:23.079 like that, it was just those two things didn't matter what you showed of 318 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:27.000 those that was what they cared about because that was all they played. And 319 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:32.039 it maybe wasn't the same person, but you know, those those were those 320 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:37.960 major, huge franchises that people always knew about, to the extent that some 321 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:41.960 of my readers didn't realize that Mario games were still coming out, but they 322 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:47.119 knew Call of Duty games were happening like every year. Yeah, so even 323 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:52.359 if the Giant falls, it's going to take a long time for that to 324 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:57.440 all fade away completely. Yeah, And I think, you know, Microsoft 325 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:02.400 has a pretty good track record of taking over these major franchises and being good 326 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:04.880 stewards of them, at least with the most one of the most more recent 327 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:07.599 ones, and I guess it's not too recent these days, but Minecraft, 328 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.079 where it's like, hey, they've not really missed a beat with Minecraft. 329 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.839 Minecraft has continued to grow, it's still very relevant. They've done ways to 330 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:21.559 increase its monetization by creating a store for people to create things and put stuff 331 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:23.640 in that store, and there haven't been a lot of complaints about that because 332 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:27.279 it's usually powered by the people in the community who are the most creative that 333 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:30.640 people want to buy stuff from. And it's okay, yeah, I mean, 334 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.319 being able to apply some of that stuff to Call of Duty seems like 335 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:37.400 in the end would probably be a good thing. And that steady hand of 336 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:41.359 having a company that's not afraid of the next quarter's earnings report and the way 337 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:45.680 Activision or any third party would be is going to give these developers a little 338 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:48.880 bit more breathing room. And it just feels like, boy, they need 339 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:52.480 it when you look at this game and where it's at. So we'll see 340 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:56.039 what happens with the next one. I don't think that they're going to slow 341 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:59.200 down the Call of Duty Machine immediately the next game, next year's game is 342 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:03.839 probably very far along the way. But as we get you know, two 343 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:07.200 or three years into this ownership cycle, we probably will see them like, 344 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:11.720 Okay, now that we have gotten out of the momentum that came out of 345 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:15.519 Activision before we took over, we can slow things down a little bit, 346 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:18.680 recognize where our weaknesses are and take times to address those, and that means 347 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.079 pushing games out. Maybe it comes out, maybe just skips one year, 348 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:25.880 Maybe it just comes out six months later and comes out in the middle of 349 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:27.400 a year one time. That would be weird. But Call of Duty can 350 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.400 come out whenever. It probably do just fine. Yeah, I do think 351 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:34.720 that's really important to note for anyone who you know, next year under Xbox, 352 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.640 they're gonna be like, why is it Call of Duty? Right now? 353 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:41.559 Activision is a huge ship, and turning a ship that huge takes time. 354 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:47.839 So yeah, you're you're exactly right. So how did this happen? 355 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.599 Well? Jason Tryer over our Bloomberg Reports with a story called new Call of 356 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:56.279 Duty draws harsh reviews after rushed development. There's a lot over here. I've 357 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.799 kind of got some bullet points though that will go over call of Duty model. 358 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.240 War for three was developed in less than a year and a half, 359 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:04.480 half the time of previous iterations, and it was actually I think sixteen months 360 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:08.480 is how long Sledgehammer worked on the campaign, so that's not even a year 361 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.960 and a half. The development process was hurried because the game was conceived to 362 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.599 fill a gap in the release schedule. The game's story was originally conceived as 363 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:21.759 a smaller scale Modern Warfare spinoff, but it was rebooted into a full sequel. 364 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:25.200 The reboot eight into the schedule and forced the developers to complete the new 365 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:29.480 campaign in roughly sixteen months. The game story has received a bleak reviews from 366 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:33.279 critics. Analysts say that even a critical flop probably won't change much about the 367 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:38.680 series over the next few years, though, and that's probably correct. Listen, 368 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:41.359 I think, in one hand, it's pretty impressive that Sledgehammer was able 369 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.359 to put together something that is even a little like. No one's saying, 370 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:48.119 oh, this is a complete mess. It's not King Kong right from game 371 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:52.680 mill. It's just boring, is what people are saying about the campaign for 372 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:56.200 Modern Warfare three, And at a certain point, putting out a boring modern 373 00:24:56.200 --> 00:25:00.000 Warfare campaign in sixteen months is like, wow, that's good for you. 374 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:03.799 But clearly this is just them filling in a gap, and I think it 375 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.640 speaks to what we were just talking about, how afraid they were of going 376 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:10.960 a year without releasing a major call of duty because they have no idea what 377 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.079 a DLC map pack for Modern Warfare two would have looked like or would have 378 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:17.599 done. It probably would have been fine, but it's I think we could 379 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:22.519 probably I'm guessing it probably wouldn't have been oh seventy five percent of every person 380 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.559 who played Call of Dude Modern Warfare two bought that bought that expansion, which 381 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.359 is basically what has happened here right, and probably would have come in at 382 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:37.000 a lower price points and going all the numbers, probably there were probably people 383 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:40.279 just saying, like, no, this needs to be a full experience that 384 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:42.200 people are going to pay us the big bucks for. Yeah, I think 385 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:48.440 yeah, when they probably just looked at Yeah. When they're in that situation, 386 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:51.839 you get why they make all those choices. But boy, it feels 387 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.200 like, man, are there no consequences for putting out a bad Call of 388 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:57.240 Duty? I guess this one was probably never really going to pay that price. 389 00:25:57.559 --> 00:26:02.039 It's like with the Assassin's Creer. Right when that game, Unity came 390 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:06.599 out, and that was had a lot of issues. Unity did pretty fine 391 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:10.240 overall, at least in those first couple of weeks. It was the next 392 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:12.160 game, Syndicate that I think was pretty good, that paid the price that 393 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:15.880 people are like, we're not taking a chance on this, We're afraid of 394 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:19.119 spending our money on Assassin's Creed now. And I know analysts and I know 395 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:22.480 we were just saying it's probably going to be fine, but I think people 396 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:26.519 might be a little bit more hesitant with Call of Duty after this experience. 397 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:30.319 But we'll see. Yeah, my only could it's not really concerned. But 398 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:33.559 my thought is that I feel like we've been saying this for the past few 399 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.960 call of Duties yes, like, well, the next one might suffer, 400 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:41.839 and it's maybe been slowly that has been true. But I mean it was 401 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:48.279 on the upswing into call of duty Modern warfare and then I think the next 402 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.519 one, which I can't remember now, was that like World War two or 403 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.720 Vanguard. I can't keep them straight anymore. I think that was just fine. 404 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:56.920 And then Modern War for three was down compared to Modern War for two, 405 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:00.160 but not much so or mon war for Yeah, two was down from 406 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:03.440 to the first one, which is actually the second one. It's very confusing. 407 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.240 It's call of duty, everybody. I'm so sorry, all right. 408 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:11.640 Nintendo will hold an Indie World live stream on Tuesday. This is from Chris 409 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:17.240 Scullion at VGC. Nintendo has announced a new live stream focused on indie games. 410 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:22.039 The company's latest Indie World showcase will take place on Tuesday, November fourteenth, 411 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:26.079 at nine am Pacific time, noon Eastern and five pm GMT. The 412 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:30.319 presentation will be viewable on Nintendo's YouTube channel and via the video embedded at the 413 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:34.279 top of its page for this According to Nintendo, the new presentation will feature 414 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:40.319 roughly twenty minutes of new announcements and updates on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch. 415 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:44.720 The last Indie World presentation was back in April. Hey, Briton, 416 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:49.759 is this going to be where people see anything about Silk Song? I don't 417 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:52.319 know if I say yes at dal Jinkson in a good way or a bad 418 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:57.880 way at this point, but it's certainly what everyone's was it trending on Twitter? 419 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:03.559 It's probably is yeah, almost second, yes, the announcement, Yeah, 420 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:07.920 until that thing is actually out, that's going to be what everyone in 421 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.880 chat during this thing is just going to be asking about. Right, Yeah, 422 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.319 I think so. And you know, the last time we saw that 423 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:21.359 game was the Xbox Showcase last year, right, I don't think we've seen 424 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:25.119 anything about it since they've mentioned that it's now not coming out this year. 425 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:27.400 I think I think that's right. But either way, we haven't seen it 426 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:32.839 in a very long time, so we're maybe do an update. But also 427 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:36.000 we last time we saw it was at an Xbox events and it seemed like 428 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:41.200 it's they have a lot of you know a relationship with Xbox, so maybe 429 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.119 we wouldn't see it at a Nintendo Indie World showcase. Also, Silksong, 430 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.720 you know, a Hollow Night might be too big for an indie showcase at 431 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:52.559 this point. That should be either like a real direct or a real Xbox 432 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:56.160 showcase at this point. So I don't know. I'm like a little skeptical 433 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:59.440 that will see it, which I think was safe because we probably won't see 434 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:02.519 it. What about Haites two, any chance we get that now? I 435 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.559 know Hades two is going to go into early access, but I think Nintendo 436 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:07.599 should get off their thing about that and let early access games happen. What 437 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:14.960 do you think that is my hope for what we would see here? Maybe 438 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.079 it's it's probably not too early, right, that's coming close enough in the 439 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:22.079 early access period. Yeah, I mean it was originally supposed to come out 440 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.920 this year and then they moved it to early next year for early access. 441 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.799 But I just yeah, it's coming soon enough that we could see something maybe 442 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.039 at the Game Awards, maybe here, but probably not here because I don't 443 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:36.480 think the game is going to come out and switch until it's one point zh 444 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.519 just because Nintendo doesn't have any way for these developers to do early access, 445 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:44.680 not really. So yeah, I do know that the original game like sold 446 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:47.960 really well on the Switch, so it seems like that's a thing that both 447 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:51.599 Super Giant and Nintendo would want to foster, and I'd be all for it, 448 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:55.039 Like I think it played great on the Switch. I think yeah, 449 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:59.640 but go ahead, Yeah, yeah, I think you're right that the early 450 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:04.160 access thing is a wrinkle for sure. So like unless they call it one 451 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:07.359 point zero and just say yeah, but we're going to be improving it like 452 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:11.160 we did the last time around, and just don't call it early access and 453 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.160 get away with it. That way maybe, but it would be tricky. 454 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.880 Yeah. I think if there was any game or developer that could get an 455 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.599 attended to loosen up on that stuff, it probably would be Super Giant and 456 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:29.920 Hades two because Hades did so well on the Switch. But I still think 457 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:33.359 the developers probably think it'll do fine once we go into one point zero and 458 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:37.240 let's just work with what we're used to. I mean, previously they did 459 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:40.079 early access on Epic. I think they're doing it on Steam this time, 460 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.480 and Epic, but mostly on Steam because that's where most people get it. 461 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:45.960 And it's like, yeah, we'll just do what we know and do it 462 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:49.200 on PC and that way we could just focus on that version and not have 463 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:52.759 to run the Steam early acts or the Switch early X version at the same 464 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.319 time, because that would be kind of a headache or troublesome. And they're 465 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:59.680 a small team. So hey, I just really want Hades too as soon 466 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.640 as post hospital. That's where I'm at. And then, I don't know, 467 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:04.319 are there any other indie games or developers you want to hear from. 468 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:10.039 I would like to see that that UFO fifty game from Derek You. Yeah, 469 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.519 that would be cool that this would be a cool place for that to 470 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:15.400 pop up again. And that's been in MIA for a while, right, 471 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:21.519 so it just keeps disappearing. Yeah, that would be really exciting. Yeah. 472 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.519 I think the last time we heard about that, they're like, yeah, 473 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.119 they confirmed it's still happening, and I think that was earlier this year. 474 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.440 But again, I might be thinking of something from multiple years ago at 475 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:33.000 this point, but I would love to see that. I don't know anything 476 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:36.200 that comes to mind for you, though, Yeah, you know, other 477 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:41.640 than Silk Song, it's not like we have a big lineup that I can 478 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:44.720 think of where, you know, I think this time last year it was 479 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:47.680 sports story that we were all waiting for, like when's that going to release? 480 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:52.839 And that finally did happen. So I think maybe it's a good thing 481 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:56.400 that we could be surprised, because that's one of the great things about these 482 00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:00.160 indie showcases is you see something that you had never heard of before. Oh, 483 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:04.759 that looks really cool. I don't know, the switch version of Day 484 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:07.519 of the Diver isn't out yet, is it like that might be a candidate 485 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.200 for Yeah, something could be a shadow drop, right. We usually get 486 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:15.440 one or two, maybe even three shadow drops during these indie showcases, I 487 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:21.079 could see that happening. Yeah, So other than that, like I it 488 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.200 kind of blurs the line a little bit. But I'm always hoping for a 489 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:28.680 new something like Cadence of high Roll, where like it's technically an indie game, 490 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:32.319 but it's Nintendo letting an indie play in their playground. Yes, and 491 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:37.839 I've loved Cadence of high Roll a lot, so I just am always hoping 492 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:42.640 that I see something else like that from them, and I keep getting disappointed. 493 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.799 Yes, imagine the society we would live in if Nintendo did more Cadence 494 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:50.119 of Hirol like stuff. It would be a perfect utopia, but we don't 495 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:53.920 live there. There was an update on UFO fifty from November November one, 496 00:32:54.480 --> 00:33:00.480 like so just liam matter of weeks ago post. This is from Derek U 497 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:05.079 posted a UFO fifty development update on the Steam forums. The quick summary is 498 00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:07.799 no twenty twenty three release, but we're working on in game stuff and twenty 499 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:12.960 twenty four is looking very likely. But more details on where we're at here. 500 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.400 And then there's a link to the blog on the Steam community forum before 501 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:21.200 UFO fifty So that's cool, I am for people that don't know UFO fifty 502 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:24.240 is the follow up game from the guy that's SPELUNKI Derek you but it is 503 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:28.880 like one of those fifty to one cartridges you might have gotten for the NES 504 00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:31.480 all those years ago, where Derek worked with a bunch of other developers to 505 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:36.759 make small, tiny games that are not meant to feel like micro games or 506 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.759 mini games. They're meant to feel like full complete games, but full complete 507 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:44.559 games in the context of the nineteen eighties, So something that would have been, 508 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.839 you know, you either beat in a couple hours or maybe it's sprawling 509 00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:51.640 RPG, but there's not much much to it. So yeah, I've always 510 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.960 been curious about this, really interested to see where they're at. I would 511 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:59.799 just love an update, and yeah, go ahead, I was gonna say, 512 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:02.000 tells me that Dave the Diver is out on Switch, so that theory 513 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:07.200 is busted already, fair enough? All right then cool? Yeah, but 514 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:09.400 there's been a couple other indie games this year that haven't at least on Switch 515 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:13.280 yet that probably will get their drop here and I'll look forward to that. 516 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.119 Uh Okay, let's uh, you know what, let's go take a break. 517 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:20.440 We've got a whole bunch more news to get to after this, which 518 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:30.920 we will do so after a moment, and we're back and we're talking PS 519 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:36.920 five's detachable disk drive and how it can reportedly be swapped between machines easily. 520 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:40.719 This is from Jordan Midler at VGC for people wondering the new PS five slim 521 00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:45.320 is out has that detachable drive. We talked about how there might be some 522 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:49.760 headaches with getting these drives associated with machines because it needs to reach out to 523 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.599 a server, but so far it seems like it's been pretty easy as long 524 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:57.480 as that server is accessible. A new video has shown a user swapping a 525 00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:01.480 registered PS five detachable disk drive between consoles, posted to YouTube by Mystic. 526 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:06.599 If a player finds themselves in a situation wherein they have two detachable disk drives 527 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:09.599 and want to swap them between PS five systems, the system can quickly quickly 528 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:14.039 register the new drive, calling fears that the drives may be locked to one 529 00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:17.320 system. Instead, the drives seem to operate more closely to a peripheral such 530 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:21.920 as a controller if a player needs If a player resets their PS five with 531 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.599 a detachable disk drive, the system will have to connect to online again in 532 00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:28.679 order to register it, but once the drive has been registered, once it 533 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:36.239 can be used offline again without issue. So the long term concerns about the 534 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.800 sprint and still exist of people worried like, hey, what happens when that 535 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:42.599 server goes offline. That's still years away, though, in the meantime, 536 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.519 if you do get a PS five Slim and then a PS five slim Digital, 537 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:49.239 and for some reason you're like, well, you know, have the 538 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:51.719 disc and that'll be faster, let's just take the disk drive up to that 539 00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:54.360 one. It sounds like a pretty easy process to do that and take advantage 540 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:58.239 of it, so you only need the one disk drive in that situation. 541 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.840 Is this a concern for you though, if like, eventually we get to 542 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:07.159 a point where that server does go offline and you're worried about your physical media. 543 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:13.960 Yeah, absolutely, I mean for all the game preservation reasons obviously, 544 00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:19.239 but even just I spent a lot of years living at my parents' place in 545 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:23.760 the middle of nowhere where the only Internet was like really crappy satellite Internet that 546 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:29.960 was not reliable whatsoever. So that really ingrained in me that, like, 547 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:34.679 I need physical copies of as much as possible because I could just never trust 548 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:36.800 that my internet was going to be up, or that I would be able 549 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:40.280 to download an update or whatever. So I think there's you know, the 550 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:45.639 situations like that are maybe few and far between, I suppose when we were 551 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:50.679 talking about the quote unquote hardcore gaming audience, but they're definitely there. So 552 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:54.880 it's good that there's at least, you know, it's not as strict in 553 00:36:54.920 --> 00:37:00.920 lockdown as maybe some people feared. Yeah, but I do think there's reason 554 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:04.199 do have concerns about the future. And you know, the good news is, 555 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.480 like you said, it's not as lockdown as some people feared, and 556 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.719 that those fears were there because it actually is a bit of a hassle to 557 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:13.360 get a disk drive from one console to work on another in most cases, 558 00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:16.000 and some people were imagining, oh, it's going to be similar to how 559 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:20.320 that works with with you know, traditional consoles to have the disk drive built 560 00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:22.039 in. The PS five does work this way, I believe, but many 561 00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:25.320 consoles have this this issue where like, oh, they are associated in a 562 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:29.480 strong way. There's a motherboard and the daughterboard and they connect and they build 563 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:34.199 this connection and that's permanent. And so the fact that you can just hot 564 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:37.079 basically hot swap, it's not hot swapping. But basically it's going to feel 565 00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:39.760 that effect, you know, to that effect, that's pretty good news and 566 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:44.519 it means that, oh, Sony isn't trying to get you to buy multiple 567 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.400 disk drives for your for your PlayStation, five slim digitals or whatever. You 568 00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:50.880 know. You can just have the one and move it around as needed. 569 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:58.599 We'll see long term. I hope that. I think ideally what happens here 570 00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:04.039 is the end of life for this system, Sony's server before it goes offline 571 00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:07.519 just basically sends out an update and makes it so you don't need this. 572 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:12.840 But I mean, the problem is like these ones being manufactured now are going 573 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:15.559 to need it no matter what, because if they sit on it. If 574 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:19.639 one sits on a shelf for twenty years and then someone buys that and then 575 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:22.280 they try to bring their disc to use it on that in the servers offline, 576 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:25.719 there's just nothing you can do there unless someone in the community has an 577 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:30.960 answer, or maybe I guess Sony could ship disks out that have the link 578 00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:34.480 built in so that it kind of just acts as if it's connected to the 579 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.639 Internet, but really it's coming from a disc. I don't there are solutions, 580 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:40.119 probably what's going to happen, though, is the homebrew community will solve 581 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:45.440 this and we have to rely on them like a normal Yeah. I just 582 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.519 imagined a scenario where a kid is going to a friend's house and bringing a 583 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:52.760 copy of game, but they're like, I don't but I don't have the 584 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:55.199 PlayStation with the disk drive, And now they can bring their disk drive. 585 00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:59.280 I guess. Yeah, so interesting. Yeah, it's always that issue. 586 00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:02.280 Yeah, I guess. So that's pretty I'm glad it works that way now. 587 00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:07.920 The comedience factor seems pretty nice. All right. There's a rumor Sony 588 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:12.079 has some more single player releases still to announce for next year. They've been 589 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:15.800 pretty quiet, but Alex Hopley over Game Reactor has the story, now that 590 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.960 Marvel's Spider Man two is behind us, you might be looking at Sony's first 591 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:22.639 party single player release calendar and feeling a little concerned. There are a fair 592 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:28.079 few games that could come out in twenty twenty four, Marvel's Wolverine Death Stranding 593 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:30.440 two, Rise of the Ronin, and yet there's nothing with that release window 594 00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:35.440 slapped onto it at the time of this writing. Wushu Studios developers Younobi six 595 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:37.559 h two is trying to put our fears, to put our fears at at 596 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:40.800 ease, though, as they've gone out on reset Era to claim that PlayStation 597 00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:44.880 has more cold put out in twenty twenty four, it's just a matter of 598 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:47.559 whether these games can make their schedule. There's definitely a lot to look forward 599 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:51.679 to for Sony fans, but apart from a final Fantasy seven rebirth, not 600 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:53.360 many of the games that could come out in twenty twenty four have a solid 601 00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:59.280 long twindow right now, I'm expecting Wolverine to actually come out next year late 602 00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:01.519 next year, slip into twenty twenty five, but I think if all things 603 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:05.719 go as planned, that game probably will make it by a holiday of next 604 00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:07.519 year, which will be amazing Because Insomnia I just released Spider Man two, 605 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:12.599 but that's a big studio, they have multiple teams. I wouldn't be surprised. 606 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:16.559 And then deth Stranded two also could happen. But if it doesn't, 607 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:21.880 early twenty twenty five is fine. But Sony's got to have more than what 608 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.000 we know about. Right They've been very quiet for an extended period of time. 609 00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:27.400 They've got a lot of studios, they have a lot of partners, 610 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:30.719 they work with they've been making a lot of third party deals. We're probably 611 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:32.760 just in a waiting period where Sony has been quiet for whatever reason, and 612 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:37.079 they're going to surprise us here early in twenty twenty four and say, hey, 613 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:38.679 let's lay out what's really happening. And I expect two, three, 614 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:44.039 maybe even four games for next year. What are you thinking? I think 615 00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.519 I'm in the same boats. I you know, it's not maybe the same 616 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:51.519 level, but I could also see some Spider Man two dealc dropping to keep 617 00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:58.159 people entertained with what they've already got. I do wonder, though, you 618 00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:01.239 know, this year has been so massive in terms of so many games that 619 00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:07.119 we've been waiting on for years, all hitting and all being good. It 620 00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:10.159 wouldn't surprise me if next year, by comparison, at least feels a little 621 00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:15.039 bit more quiet. Yeah, at least maybe until next holiday season. I 622 00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:22.239 could see, you know, March April May getting a lot of announcements of 623 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:23.800 stuff that will hit before the end of the year, and that'll be exciting. 624 00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:28.800 But I don't know. I'm interested in seeing how the summer shapes up, 625 00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:31.719 because I think this summer was really strong, and I don't know if 626 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:36.280 twenty twenty four is going to be the same mine. Yeah, that last 627 00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:39.239 PlayStation showcase where I think a lot of people were expecting to get answers to 628 00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:44.079 questions like this one, what does Sony have in terms of first party single 629 00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:46.159 player games that are going to come out in the next calendar year, that 630 00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:51.920 was missing that for the most part, And it had a lot of answers 631 00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:55.719 about you know, some live service games, but even those feel sketchy in 632 00:41:55.800 --> 00:42:00.440 terms of when they're coming out. And I think, you know, if 633 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:04.199 Sony has like one or two of those maybe come out next year, and 634 00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:07.800 then has Wolverine and one other game, that's gonna feel like a pretty robust 635 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.360 year for them. I think. So it's not like they need to get 636 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:15.239 to that four or five single player, big narrative, big bunch of games 637 00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:19.360 that's just and then really that's not reasonable anymore. Those games are too big, 638 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:23.519 they're too expensive, they take too much time, and frankly, they 639 00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:27.000 did just kind of rely on Spider Man this year. And they're doing just 640 00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:30.719 fine, Like they're selling a ton of PlayStations, the hardware is doing really 641 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:32.559 well, the third party games are very strong. It was one of the 642 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:37.559 best years ever you can play Allen Wake two and Resuvule four remake and all 643 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:39.880 these other things on your PlayStation five and be just as just happy with the 644 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:44.320 console as it is. And then Spider Man two copying off the year is 645 00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:47.679 going to feel very strong. And but I get why some people who are 646 00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:52.320 big Sony fans have been looking at them like, Hey, in the past, 647 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.719 you've told us, Hey, in three years, we're going to have 648 00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:58.199 a God of War game and it's gonna be awesome. And so the fact 649 00:42:58.239 --> 00:43:01.480 that they've been silent on product like that for some time now, it's like, 650 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:04.280 well, do you have anything like that? And it's like, I 651 00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:07.639 think it's pretty safe to assume they do, and they're being silent for whatever 652 00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:10.760 reason while they figure out maybe how to position these live service games against those 653 00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:14.679 games. I think that might be part of it, is they are afraid 654 00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:17.280 of taking the oxygen out of the room for this new initiative that they had 655 00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:22.400 set up and still has some momentum even despite the setbacks with live service games, 656 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:24.960 And so I think they probably will be quiet for a little bit longer, 657 00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:29.679 and then maybe early next year they'll lay out what twenty twenty four looks 658 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:34.159 like and it will be probably a couple of live service games and then Wolverine 659 00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:36.920 and one other thing, And I think that would be pretty exciting at least, 660 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.559 you know, in my opinion, How do you feel about that? 661 00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:43.360 Yeah, I think that would be a robust enough year, especially with third 662 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:46.280 parties doing what they do all the time. I also wonder they could be 663 00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:51.679 taking a cue from Nintendo, where for a while people were saying about Nintendo, 664 00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.960 like, what do they even have other than Zelda, Like it's just 665 00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:55.559 going to be Tears the Kingdom and nothing else, And then they came out 666 00:43:55.599 --> 00:44:01.159 with Pickman four and Mario RPG's coming out all this stuff that like really padded 667 00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:05.519 out their year, where no one is saying that anymore, like oh, 668 00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:08.679 it was just Zelda. So I could see people right now being in a 669 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:12.960 position of like, oh, just Wolverine, and then by the end of 670 00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:15.199 next year they said, oh, actually, Sony put out a few things 671 00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:19.599 that are really exciting, yep, and it would be a good time for 672 00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:22.800 maybe another Astrobot or something. Who knows. Yeah, I know that. 673 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:27.920 I mean, I think that's really the other side of this is we are 674 00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:31.239 expecting Sony to have big Triple A, blockbuster games and then these live service 675 00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:36.000 games, and I think we do keep wondering where are the one just the 676 00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:38.480 one tier down that you could put out maybe more frequently, like an astrobot, 677 00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:45.280 that would be cool. And now they closed Japan Studios a series of 678 00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:47.719 teams that could have done a lot of those games. So it's like maybe 679 00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:51.880 they're not interested in that sort of thing anymore, but you know, at 680 00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:55.920 least give me astro please, all right. Warner Brothers response to Mortal kinmbat 681 00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:01.960 one ten dollars Fatality backlash with two fatalities. This is from Wesleyanpool at IGN. 682 00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:07.280 Warner Brothers is giving Mortal Kombat one players who bought the controversial ten dollars 683 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:13.119 Halloween Fatality with two by giving them two free fatalities. Amid a vociferous backlash 684 00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:16.760 over the fighting games aggressive monetization. Mortal Kombat one, publisher with Warner Brothers 685 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:22.280 Games, and developer nether Realm, were heavily criticized in October for selling out 686 00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:27.159 Halloween Fatality for twelve hundred Dragon crystals, twelve point fifty of which can be 687 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:34.119 bought in ten a bundle for ten dollars. This was a pretty beefy backlash. 688 00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:37.440 I saw where people are like when they saw other people using online that 689 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:44.639 they would mock those players. But I just I do wonder how often we 690 00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:47.880 can come back to this without recognizing that people buy these DLCs and that's a 691 00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:51.400 big part of it. And at the same time, I think people voicing 692 00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:58.159 their their criticism of that of these companies for maybe overcharging for DLC and little 693 00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:01.960 micro transactions is still getting some it's having some effect on these companies. They're 694 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:05.559 like, you know what, maybe you're right, here's some free stuff and 695 00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:08.079 that doesn't happen unless there's a backlash. But people do buy these things, 696 00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:14.360 so like where do you fall on that spectrum? Britain, Yeah, it's 697 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:19.280 I think I'm usually with you, where like the public pressure can have at 698 00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:25.440 least a bit of an effect. And I mean I would never personally buy 699 00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:30.679 a fatality like that's just not in my realm, of my nether realm of 700 00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:37.000 things I care too much about. So I'm not shocked that people were maybe 701 00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:42.880 looking at this deal and saying, I don't know, this is not not 702 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.960 what I would hope for after spending seventy bucks on this game. That I'm 703 00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:51.840 also like doing all this invasions content and stuff that Like, for me, 704 00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:55.920 I had fun with the first season doing Invasion stuff and spent season currency on 705 00:46:57.320 --> 00:47:01.280 cosmetics, and I'm like, yeah, this is seems well balanced enough. 706 00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:05.960 I'm getting plenty of these coins. I don't need more than that. So 707 00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:08.719 yeah, I think if they're going to try to convince me to pay for 708 00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:15.199 more stuff, it needs to be something worthwhile. Yeah, And and the 709 00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:20.800 fatality just feels like an especially tough one to get by most gamers, because 710 00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:23.920 you know, when we were first having the arguments about DLC, it's like, 711 00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:27.920 what's gonna happen? Are we gonna have to pay for fatalities in video 712 00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.199 games next? And it's like it's not exactly that where it's, oh, 713 00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:35.559 put in a dollar to do a fatality, but they are selling us fatalities 714 00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:37.719 now. It's like there was a time when those would all just come with 715 00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:42.679 the game. I think the I think nether Elman Warner brothers might argue, 716 00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:45.760 well, we're giving these are extras and we're doing more work, but it's 717 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:49.119 like, I doubt that's actually how this played out. This is the old 718 00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:52.280 argument of this was probably ready to go, and you held it back because 719 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:54.159 you want to have an event to make it feel, you know, keep 720 00:47:54.199 --> 00:48:01.360 people engaged and give people something to spend money on. That said like there 721 00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:05.079 was a there's a World of Warcraft, or maybe that there was a Blizzard 722 00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:08.239 developer who's on YouTube and they were like they put out these shorts of their 723 00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:12.280 talks when they talked to their twitch chat or something like that, and he 724 00:48:12.320 --> 00:48:15.800 did this thing where he's like, hey, I worked on StarCraft Wings of 725 00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:17.880 Liberty, StarCraft two, Wings of Liberty for two years and I did overtime 726 00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:22.000 NonStop. It was a ton of work, and that the company spent a 727 00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:27.159 ton of money on there. And that game StarCraft two made less money than 728 00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:31.239 the first Sparkle Horse DLC or World of Warcraft did, and that was a 729 00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:35.280 ten dollar horse that people could get World of Warcraft. And it's like that 730 00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:40.199 made more money than the video game StarCraft two. And you just can't at 731 00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:45.239 a certain point, we can't fight back against the behavior of people buying these 732 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:47.719 things. And you know, I say that, and it's like, well, 733 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:51.599 the way you can fight back is get loud, and that does have 734 00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:52.920 an effect, But I don't think we should expect to be able to stop 735 00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:55.559 these companies from doing more of this In the future, It's probably just going 736 00:48:55.639 --> 00:49:00.679 to keep happening because a lot of people just want their fun thing and they 737 00:49:00.719 --> 00:49:02.800 aren't paying attention to this, and it turns out they either outnumber us or 738 00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:06.519 they have more money than us. So what are we going to do? 739 00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:10.679 Yeah? And I'm a fan of like seasonal contents, like Christmas Nights was 740 00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:15.280 miraculous, you know what I mean. I'm all for give me a Halloween, 741 00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:20.239 Thanksgiving, Christmas reason to like come back to your game. And that 742 00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:24.039 stuff takes work. I'm okay with, you know, the developer needing money 743 00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:29.360 to make that work happen. That is totally fine, But yeah, I 744 00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:32.239 do wonder, especially with the backdrop of everything happening at Warner Brothers right now 745 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:36.719 and then even explicitly saying like, hey, we're going to do live service 746 00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:42.719 stuff now more than anything single player focused. That. I mean, maybe 747 00:49:42.719 --> 00:49:45.199 I'm biased because I just really love single player stuff, but I don't love 748 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:50.000 that trend. Yeah, And it's like, how do they decide how to 749 00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:53.519 price these things? They have been getting more and more and more expensive, 750 00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:57.760 And I guess sometimes I get it when it's like, oh, we're going 751 00:49:57.840 --> 00:50:01.079 to give you a themed skin and so got to give some of this money 752 00:50:01.320 --> 00:50:06.920 to the Bruce Willis estate and make sure that that, you know, everyone 753 00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:08.920 over there gets their cut. And so when we put him in a video 754 00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:13.000 game, it's gonna cost a little bit more. It's gonna be fifteen dollars. 755 00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:16.000 It's like, wow, fifteen dollars for like a skin still feels insane, 756 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:22.480 and really ten dollars for one fatality is pretty extreme. But it's at 757 00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:25.360 the same time they people do buy them. So it's like, everything costs 758 00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:29.400 what people will spend on it, and if people will spend that money on 759 00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:31.920 it, how do we again, how do we argue against it. It's 760 00:50:32.320 --> 00:50:36.880 it's a tough situation. I do. I do think if these things were 761 00:50:36.880 --> 00:50:42.239 more reasonably priced, the angst against them would be much lower, but I 762 00:50:42.239 --> 00:50:45.119 think so with their profit margins, so they're not going to do it all 763 00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:50.320 right. Netflix is bringing Hades to iOS devices. This is from Kieran Harris 764 00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:52.679 at Game Reactor. One of twenty twenty's finest games is coming to iOS devices 765 00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:57.400 in twenty twenty four, courtesy of Netflix. The beloved rogue like Hades is 766 00:50:57.440 --> 00:51:00.159 heading to the platform, and it's joining joining Netflix's growing library of games with 767 00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:06.079 a no in game ads or additional fees. All right, this is I 768 00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:07.639 think we mentioned this on the last show or we mentioned it somewhere, but 769 00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:13.280 hey, I'm excited about this. Hades is one of my favorite games. 770 00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:15.000 I'll play that yet another place. Probably won't have a full play through, 771 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:17.719 but just being able to have it on my phone will be pretty cool because 772 00:51:17.719 --> 00:51:21.599 I already have a Netflix subscription. How do you feel about these games that 773 00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:28.159 are like exclusive on mobile to Netflix, especially big games like Hades. Yeah, 774 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:30.639 I think in constant least, I'm all for it. I will say, 775 00:51:30.679 --> 00:51:34.599 you know, we were talking about the portal earlier. Hades is not 776 00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:37.039 a game I want to play with the touch screen, if that's even an 777 00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:39.400 option, So you're going to need a backbone or something there, I think 778 00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:45.360 to have an ideal experience. But yeah, logging into your Netflix account of 779 00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:52.239 all things and seeing into the breach Hades oxen free like they've just quietly amassed 780 00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:58.280 this really great library of games that you know, maybe I've already played all 781 00:51:58.320 --> 00:52:01.440 those ones I just mentioned other plays, but especially if they're things that I'm 782 00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:05.079 trying to talk a family member into playing, like, hey, you should 783 00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:08.199 really try Hades. They maybe don't have a console or don't want to pay 784 00:52:08.239 --> 00:52:10.519 for a game that they may not like. I say, hey, you 785 00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:15.719 are subscribed to Netflix, tri haites, It's phenomenal. I think that's great. 786 00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:20.639 Yeah, me too, And it's uh it is. This is on 787 00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:23.840 iOS devices. I'm wonderful. I'm sure, yeah and Android. Do any 788 00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:27.719 of the games work on the TV apps yet? I don't think so. 789 00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:30.719 Right, this is just a mobile only thing. I don't think so. 790 00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:35.280 I have a pretty older TV, but I haven't seen them there. Whereas 791 00:52:35.360 --> 00:52:37.360 you know, if I open up Netflix on my phone, they're like, 792 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:43.079 the second thing I see is the games. Yeah, I definitely have seen 793 00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:45.400 it, like they at this point. I'll open up the Netflix app on 794 00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:47.079 my phone and sometimes they're like, oh, you want the games? Well 795 00:52:47.119 --> 00:52:50.639 not really, but I mean cool, that's a good reminder that they're here. 796 00:52:51.239 --> 00:52:53.840 But I haven't seen that on my TV yet. Yes, And Joey 797 00:52:53.840 --> 00:52:58.280 Gilson chat says, I have a newer LG. It doesn't have games on 798 00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:00.480 Netflix. I don't think it works on TV yet. That would be pretty 799 00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:06.880 cool. I would definitely play this on my TV using Netflix every once in 800 00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:12.159 a while, all right. Mario RPG remake developer has been revealed and spoilers 801 00:53:12.159 --> 00:53:15.760 are circulating because the game is leaked online. This is from Andy Robinson FVGC 802 00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:21.599 real quick. I have seen like literally eight people playing this live streamed on 803 00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:24.239 TikTok Britain. I go through just gonna say, TikTok is exactly where I've 804 00:53:24.239 --> 00:53:27.199 seen it. Yeah, I'd a ton of it. It's like, oh 805 00:53:27.199 --> 00:53:29.960 my god. People are just like, well, I got the game early, 806 00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:31.039 it got delivered early. I'm like, yeah, sure it did. 807 00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:37.079 That's definitely not what's happening here, Helbie. But yeah, this game is 808 00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:40.800 everywhere it leaked, and it's also very frustrated, very fun to see the 809 00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:45.000 frustration from reviewers who are like, boy, I wish I could talk about 810 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:49.000 a game that everyone else is allowed to talk about because they are stealing it. 811 00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:51.760 It's like, yeah, man, Nintendo, they can't help themselves. 812 00:53:51.800 --> 00:53:55.920 Yeah, I have a related but different frustration. And that's when this kind 813 00:53:55.920 --> 00:54:00.760 of started happening at the beginning of the Switch era, but it happened with 814 00:54:00.920 --> 00:54:06.000 a DS game is like Bowser's Inside Story or something. That's when Nintendo locked 815 00:54:06.039 --> 00:54:08.400 down access for me, you know, being at a mainstream outlet, I'm 816 00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:14.039 not you know, writing for game spots or whatever. So they stopped giving 817 00:54:14.039 --> 00:54:17.079 me most games early because they're like, hey, Nintendo is really worried about 818 00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:21.639 this stuff. Leaking keeps happening, so we're gonna just lock everything way down. 819 00:54:22.840 --> 00:54:25.960 So they locked everything way down, and this is still happening. Here 820 00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:30.920 I am with no review copy of Mario RPG. Yep. Kind of bloomer. 821 00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:35.360 Yeah, that's uh, I mean they got they continue to lock stuff 822 00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:42.559 more and more out throughout this generation and adding new security. I think Nintendo 823 00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:47.440 Japan really believes that the biggest security threat is Western journalists. They're like, 824 00:54:47.480 --> 00:54:52.159 that's where all the weeks are coming from, and it's it's never actually been 825 00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:54.599 true, and if it has been, it's like some flute case. Uh 826 00:54:54.880 --> 00:55:00.199 and so, but they overreact and they just are still afraid. So if 827 00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:02.519 you're writing online online journalists, they're afraid of that. So it's just it's 828 00:55:02.639 --> 00:55:07.719 very strange. But yeah, so the developer is let's see, yes, 829 00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:12.280 Arta Piazza, who did a bunch of work on the Dragon Quest series. 830 00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:15.320 For a very long time. The studio has been around since like nineteen eighty 831 00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:20.159 nine or something like that. They've worked with Square a lot on their games 832 00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:23.400 and their ports, and they think they did the Dragon Quest seven remake on 833 00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:27.719 DS and I think they are three DS or whatever it was. And they 834 00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:31.079 did a bunch of the CG and stuff for the PS two and DS versions 835 00:55:31.079 --> 00:55:36.960 of Dragon Quest three. So there is like a lineage there of working with 836 00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:39.679 Square. So the idea of like, hey, a Square associated team taking 837 00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:44.400 this over with wearing Square of themselves aren't really involved with this Super Mario RPG 838 00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:46.320 remake, that makes some sense, and it seems like they've done a pretty 839 00:55:46.320 --> 00:55:50.400 good job. I do wonder why Nintendo is never just like, oh yeah, 840 00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:52.239 and we're working with this studio and making this game. But that's Nintendo. 841 00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:55.920 They just pretend their games are made by elves inside of trees. Right 842 00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:00.519 as far as I know, that's still the case. Could be true. 843 00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:05.599 We don't know, all right, but yeah, yeah, I you know, 844 00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:09.400 that original game is amazing. The remake looks great, so it makes 845 00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:14.440 sense that it's someone with some pedigree coming in and taking over that work. 846 00:56:14.599 --> 00:56:17.920 So I'm I'm very much looking forward to playing it on what Friday? Yep, 847 00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:22.559 Yeah, I'm gonna download this so I'm gonna pre install it and have 848 00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:24.519 it ready to go. I'm really looking forward to it, all right, 849 00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:29.119 last couple of stories here, let's hit these real quick. Digital Extremes confirms 850 00:56:29.239 --> 00:56:32.599 job cuts as it closes its external project division. This is from Tom Ivan 851 00:56:32.639 --> 00:56:37.480 at VGC Warframe Studio. Digital Extremes has confirmed a round of job cuts tied 852 00:56:37.519 --> 00:56:42.320 to the closure of its external Projects division. According to PC Gamer, the 853 00:56:42.360 --> 00:56:46.000 company is shutting its publishing wing and transferring control of online action game Wavefinder, 854 00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:51.440 which was released in early access this summer for PC and PlayStation consoles to its 855 00:56:51.440 --> 00:56:57.320 developer Airship Syndicate, who will continue operating it separately from Digital Extremes and then 856 00:56:57.360 --> 00:57:00.559 over at Unity. Unity says it will likely lay off some in the next 857 00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:04.880 few months. This is from Chris Scully and at VGC Unity appears to set 858 00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:07.760 appears set to layoffs some of its staff in the coming months. As spotted 859 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:12.360 by The Verge, the company made reference to potential layoffs and its earnings report 860 00:57:12.480 --> 00:57:15.639 for Q three twenty twenty three in the section where it would normally provide guidance 861 00:57:15.679 --> 00:57:20.239 for shareholders on what it expects it will do in the next quarter and beyond, 862 00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:24.119 Unity instead explained that it wasn't providing guidance because it was planning structural changes, 863 00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:30.840 which means layoffs those were probably long, long in the making, probably 864 00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:35.480 not related to any sort of their business changes that were well documented in the 865 00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:40.800 press a few weeks ago. These layoffs continue to happen. I think that 866 00:57:40.920 --> 00:57:45.599 we are we kind of continue looking for what has happened in any of these 867 00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:51.880 individual studios or publishers that is causing this. I think mismanagement. I think 868 00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:55.920 you could look, you could find miss like a poor judgment from management in 869 00:57:57.039 --> 00:58:00.960 every single one of these cases. But the reality is that stuff was being 870 00:58:00.960 --> 00:58:04.360 covered up by cheap capital a few years ago, where interest rates were low 871 00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:07.760 and people could borrow money and easily make payroll by doing that. And now 872 00:58:07.760 --> 00:58:10.719 that's just not an option anymore, and so all these companies don't have that 873 00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:16.360 buffer, and anytime there is an oncoming or an air or an own goal 874 00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:21.519 that has caused a reduction in profit margin, these companies are immediately just ripping 875 00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:24.440 off the band aid and then throwing a bunch of people out onto the street. 876 00:58:24.679 --> 00:58:29.719 And it's frustrating because as always, it's usually not the people getting laid 877 00:58:29.719 --> 00:58:35.960 off's fault that this is happening, right, Yeah, it's just a terrible 878 00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:37.440 thing. And you don't see it exclusively in games, but you can have 879 00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:43.119 people who are meeting their goals, doing exactly what their management asked them to 880 00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:47.199 do, and that ends up not mattering, which is really frustrating, really 881 00:58:47.199 --> 00:58:51.840 depressing. I don't know that I have much to say other than that, 882 00:58:51.920 --> 00:58:54.159 like, it just really sucks. Yep. Yes, it just continues to 883 00:58:54.239 --> 00:58:59.559 be a bummer, especially in such a strong year for gaming, where gaming 884 00:58:59.639 --> 00:59:05.400 is clear leap like on this strong footing, and you would imagine, Okay, 885 00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:07.760 we can take the momentum from this year and build a better gaming next 886 00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:12.920 a better gaming industry next year, and that doesn't really feel possible because actually 887 00:59:12.960 --> 00:59:15.400 what's happening is a lot of these companies don't know where, you know, 888 00:59:15.719 --> 00:59:20.559 don't know how to carry anything forward because they're actually reeling from some mistake they 889 00:59:20.639 --> 00:59:24.320 made despite their games selling really well. All right, you know what, 890 00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:29.159 we got the Game Awards nominations happening here. In a minute, we'll talk 891 00:59:29.199 --> 00:59:32.280 about those, but first let's get to the poll result from last week. 892 00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:37.000 I got that here somewhere. Actually, you know why I get that set 893 00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:37.840 up? Britain? Why you tell people where they could find you? And 894 00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:44.199 all that good stuff. Yeah, so I'm on Twitter or blue Sky, 895 00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:47.039 all the things that just Britain peel. I try to get my name wherever 896 00:59:47.039 --> 00:59:52.000 I can. Since it's not common, it's usually not that hard if you 897 00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:54.920 are in the Dallas area again right for the Dallas More News. So if 898 00:59:54.960 --> 00:59:59.519 you ever pick up a physical paper, you know, if you're one of 899 00:59:59.559 --> 01:00:02.320 those people you can do that. I'm in there sometimes. I do a 900 01:00:02.360 --> 01:00:06.559 lot of product management stuff though now so I'm not even writing all the time. 901 01:00:06.719 --> 01:00:10.119 So you do you mostly on on social media. Sometimes I'm in the 902 01:00:10.159 --> 01:00:15.480 game mess Morning's Chat, so you can find me there extcellly. Yes, 903 01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:16.880 hang out with us more often Britain. We always love having you in the 904 01:00:16.960 --> 01:00:20.440 chat. But I actually come hang out on the show. It was awesome 905 01:00:20.480 --> 01:00:23.280 having you. All Right, we got the nominees here. We'll get to 906 01:00:23.280 --> 01:00:27.599 that right after we read the results of this poll. Do you own any 907 01:00:27.760 --> 01:00:32.360 Eyebrow Waggle adult video games on Steam? Twelve percent said yes, forty six 908 01:00:32.400 --> 01:00:36.800 percent said no, and forty two percent said what are you a cop? 909 01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:39.400 And so we know what those people are doing, we know what they're down 910 01:00:39.440 --> 01:00:43.880 to. Okay, let's see here. I got the poll results. Let 911 01:00:43.880 --> 01:00:49.559 me see if I can bring them up here into this thing control see and 912 01:00:49.599 --> 01:00:55.280 then move it up here into the gamer browser. All right, it's it's 913 01:00:55.360 --> 01:01:00.599 loading. Because of course, of course he loves his overproduced way sites over 914 01:01:00.599 --> 01:01:04.360 there at the a kighlees. Let's see nominees. If I click that, 915 01:01:04.519 --> 01:01:08.840 is that gonna just work? Yes, Monday nominees announced. There we go. 916 01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:15.400 All right, it's still you all categories, no results exist. Try 917 01:01:15.400 --> 01:01:17.719 another search. Okay, someone help me out here. This website does suck. 918 01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:22.360 If someone a chat wants to post like what's happened so far for game, 919 01:01:22.559 --> 01:01:23.920 give me game of the Year exactly, I'm not going to know YouTube 920 01:01:24.000 --> 01:01:30.280 video Wait Warrior six to four posted them, so, okay, there we 921 01:01:30.320 --> 01:01:32.559 go, Thank you Jamie h. Christmas Eve. Let's do that instead. 922 01:01:34.719 --> 01:01:43.079 Let's go here. Okay, let's see here. So the Game of the 923 01:01:43.320 --> 01:01:46.079 Game Awards twenty twenty three Game of the Year nominees are Alan Wait two, 924 01:01:46.119 --> 01:01:50.519 Balder's Gate three, Spider Man two, Resident Evil four. That should make 925 01:01:50.559 --> 01:01:55.119 my cappy, super Mario Brothers Wonder and Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. That 926 01:01:55.320 --> 01:02:00.760 is a really solid list. Do any snubs immediately come to mind for you? 927 01:02:00.800 --> 01:02:07.480 Britain. I think some people were thinking maybe Final Fantasy would have a 928 01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:10.239 shot. It's one of my favorite games of the year, probably, but 929 01:02:10.360 --> 01:02:16.039 I'm not shocked to not see on this list no Pickment four. I think 930 01:02:16.159 --> 01:02:21.519 maybe you and I grew up are the ones that would be most upset about 931 01:02:21.559 --> 01:02:24.679 that. But yeah, no, this is and sorry Mike. With the 932 01:02:24.719 --> 01:02:30.639 possible exception of RI four, this is exactly the list I would probably put 933 01:02:30.639 --> 01:02:35.199 together as well. Yeah, same, I really like this. I mean, 934 01:02:35.280 --> 01:02:37.159 well, of course I would like Pickman four to be up there and 935 01:02:37.199 --> 01:02:39.400 some of my other favorites. But trying to figure out like putting my pulse 936 01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:43.000 or figure on the pulse and trying to figure out like what could make it, 937 01:02:43.280 --> 01:02:45.079 I'm like a little surprise Resonavle for made it. But I've been playing 938 01:02:45.079 --> 01:02:49.119 that game recently, so hey, it deserves it. It's a very good 939 01:02:49.119 --> 01:02:53.639 game. Let's see Best RPG Liza PC, if Stars, Starfield, Final 940 01:02:53.679 --> 01:02:59.039 Fantasy sixteen, and Balder Skate three is in there. If there's other categories, 941 01:02:59.119 --> 01:03:02.000 I haven't seen him yet. Okay, Yeah, that's pretty cool. 942 01:03:02.079 --> 01:03:07.559 We will be talking over the Game Game Awards later this year. Everybody's to 943 01:03:07.559 --> 01:03:10.199 look out for that I'll be in a little studio shouting at a screen likely 944 01:03:10.320 --> 01:03:14.679 so enjoy enjoy that. We'll see who will win. We'll take bets. 945 01:03:14.719 --> 01:03:19.480 We'll do a channel points or something like that. All right, one last 946 01:03:19.519 --> 01:03:24.079 thing here, the new poll question, which should be live now. Let's 947 01:03:24.079 --> 01:03:27.639 see if I got it right here. Yes, now that reviews are out, 948 01:03:27.679 --> 01:03:30.800 how do you feel about the PlayStation portal? Are you getting one? 949 01:03:30.960 --> 01:03:34.760 Probably getting one, probably not getting one, or not getting one? You 950 01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:37.000 can vote on that by going to YouTube dot com slash at giant Bomb, 951 01:03:37.320 --> 01:03:42.639 hit the community tab there and vote and we'll discuss it on Wednesday's show of 952 01:03:42.639 --> 01:03:46.079 Game Mess Mornings here on Giant Bomb. Speaking of Giant Bomb, tomorrow is 953 01:03:46.079 --> 01:03:50.960 the BombCast. I might be playing more Mortal Kombat one later today, finishing 954 01:03:51.039 --> 01:03:52.800 up that story. We'll see. We'll go in the meeting right now, 955 01:03:52.840 --> 01:03:57.119 figure all that out, and then later this week you can expect a Blake 956 01:03:57.159 --> 01:04:00.000 club, expect a few other things. We'll be looking forward to to all 957 01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:01.719 of that. All right, Brittain, thank you so much for spinting today 958 01:04:01.719 --> 01:04:04.760 talk with me about video games. Man, I really appreciate it. Yeah, 959 01:04:04.800 --> 01:04:08.760 this is a blast. Thanks so much for having me on Absolutely, 960 01:04:08.800 --> 01:04:11.519 we'll definitely have you back and thank you everybody for watching. You're the best 961 01:04:11.599 --> 01:04:15.119 audience in gaming. Until next time, have a good one, take care 962 01:04:15.119 --> 01:04:15.760 of yourself and goodbye.