WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:14.759 Go me bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do this for 2 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:18.719 April fifteenth to twenty twenty four. For the next hour or so, let 3 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:22.399 me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings Live with 4 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:27.160 Me Jeff Grubb. Today, final Fantasy seven rebirth sales might look a little 5 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:31.839 disappointing, and everyone is excited about the apocalypse thanks to the Fallout TV show. 6 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:35.479 But first, please join me and welcoming today's co host of Game Mess 7 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.799 Mornings. It's Emma Fife. Everybody, Emma, how are you doing. 8 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:45.759 I'm great, but wrestling with the knowledge that if in the event of the 9 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:52.280 apocalypse, I would absolutely not be one of the select few who get to 10 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:57.799 go live safely involved. Now, safely involves is one way of putting it 11 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:00.960 involved. Yeah, No, that's true. That's true. That's very true. 12 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:04.680 My understanding is might not be so safe. I don't know. No, 13 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:11.120 it's really not, but yeah, I think that. Yeah, I 14 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.519 mean, we'll talk about the Fallout TV series that's on the docket today, 15 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:18.239 So yes it is, and I've only watched a little bit, but we've 16 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:21.439 only watched the first three episodes, so very cool. Yeah, we'll get 17 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:23.120 into all of it, of course, but you know, how's it been 18 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.840 going since last week? How are you hanging out, or how was your 19 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.920 eclipse and all that. Oh, it was great. It was only a 20 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:33.200 partial eclipse here in Los Angeles. But the thing that was really great is 21 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.760 that I live on the top floor of my apartment building, and both of 22 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:42.760 the buildings directly across the street from us are one story shorter than our buildings, 23 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.920 so we have a very clear view of the sky, and we are 24 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.560 on the east side of the building. So this, you know, it 25 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:55.400 was around probably our eclipse was mostly happening between like ten am and eleven am 26 00:01:55.599 --> 00:02:00.200 Pacific time, So I mean where our balcony is was the perfect place for 27 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.799 an absolutely stellar clear view. So that was great. And I had clips 28 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.319 glasses so I could look directly at the sun. Yes, and I did 29 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:12.960 a bunch look directly at that m effort, and then the total clips happened. 30 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.520 It was it was amazing. Yeah, it was like I'm like, 31 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:16.599 yeah, yeah, it was like last week, We're getting ready for it 32 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:21.240 now, yeah, and it was It worked out great. The thing we 33 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:24.360 were worried about the clouds. There was haze and we could still see the 34 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.080 sun very clearly through the clouds, and then when totally happened, it basically 35 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:30.840 all cleared up, so we were able to look without the glasses and it 36 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:35.240 was like nighttime. Yeah, it was really cool. How about games you've 37 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:38.599 been playing anything recently that you're excited about that you've been playing that you're happy, 38 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:39.479 like, Oh, man, I'm glad I have this Gamers, it's 39 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:43.240 still all like Final Fantasy seven round. Well, you know, man, 40 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:49.039 it was such a busy work week last week. Mostly I feel like I've 41 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:54.840 been working on other stuff in the living room while Gabe, my fiance, 42 00:02:55.039 --> 00:03:00.639 plays Bolosh hell yes, the Perfect Life, Yes exactly. So I've been 43 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:07.039 I've been like playing blatro by Osmosis. Yeah, and then just you know, 44 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:13.800 occasionally getting back to mostly just playing Queens Blood in in uh seven Rebirths, 45 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:16.120 which is making me go, maybe I should just play Maybe I should 46 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:21.439 just pick up a game that is a card game and it's not an accessory 47 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.400 to a larger thing. All right, you know what we should we should 48 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.919 get in he well, actually, real quick, you know who Walton Goggins 49 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:34.719 is, right, of course, I know who Walton Goggins, And that's 50 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:38.360 why I figured, Yeah, Okay, it's just a small thing because Mike 51 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.039 doesn't like pay attention to this stuff, so he would he was people talking 52 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.719 about Walton Goggins, He's like that sounds like a made up name. It's 53 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.680 like a yeah, but he's like, he's America sweetheart. He is. 54 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:51.800 He is. I think he has like his own liquor. Also, I 55 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.520 think that is like a thing they all do. Yeah, because you know 56 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:01.479 the guys from Breaking Bed have their tequila, is it. Yeah, a 57 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:05.360 lot of celebrities have, right, And then I think that's actually how like 58 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:10.520 George Cooney became especially rich. Is he sold his I think it was like 59 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:13.680 a vodka brand or something. Yes, he sold that, and that made 60 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.680 him way more money than he's ever had before. So yeah, like that's 61 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.959 like the new meta for celebrities is to sell your alcohol brand. Yeah, 62 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:25.079 it wasn't. I feel like Crystal Skull vodka though, because they see a 63 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:28.240 lot of people talking about it, and I feel like that was dan Ackroyd. 64 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.079 Maybe I don't know, Like I feel like I had a note in 65 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:36.120 my phone for the longest time that just said Crystal Skull vodka dan Ackroyd, 66 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:41.920 And I have no idea why there was no other all I have that note. 67 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.759 We all do. It's so like, yes, honestly, raise your 68 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:48.439 hand if you have that. I absolutely have that note as well. God 69 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:54.279 dan Ackroid, Crystal Skull Vodka. Uh yeah, I just love thinking about 70 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:58.920 dan Akroy. The best part about him ghost Yes in general and Ghostbusters is 71 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:01.040 yeah, he pretty much leaves all this stuff and that makes it that much 72 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.480 more fun. Yep, yep. All right, Now let's explain what we 73 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:08.319 do here most weekdays. I, Jeff Grebb, will help peace your gaming 74 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:11.800 life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our own 75 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.639 original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the input of a bona 76 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.560 fide expert who will make me look smart. If you're watching live on Twitch 77 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:23.519 welcome. You can always listen to the show later on podcast feeds by searching 78 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:28.759 for Game Mess Mornings, or find the RSS on GiantBomb dot com. You 79 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:32.160 can also got to show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. 80 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.360 All right, we have a lot to get into, so let's start 81 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:42.120 the Morning Mess with Final Fantasy seven Rebirth underperforming, says industry analyst. This 82 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:46.959 is from Vicky Blake at Eurogamer. Final Fantasy seven Rebirth has reportedly sold about 83 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:51.560 half the sales of its predecessor, A remake repredecessor, you know, Capital 84 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:57.480 our remake in the same timeframe. That's according to industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, 85 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:03.160 who confirmed earlier today that highly anticipated RPG is underperforming sales wise. Not to 86 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:08.480 be that guy, but Rebirth is underperforming sales wise, Ahmad said, who 87 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:12.319 is director of Research and Insights at Nico Partners. When asked to justify his 88 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.360 statement, a Mod added, it's selling about half of what remakes sold in 89 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:19.160 the same time frame and looks like it'll have a weaker tail prior to any 90 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:24.560 PS plus like release. When then pressed for a source, a Mod confirmed 91 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:28.759 that the sales data came from Equities Research Reports, who are getting the data 92 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:33.399 from the usual trackers. I am not too surprised by this, Emma. 93 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.800 There's you know, a couple of things working against a game like this one. 94 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:43.360 It's on PlayStation it's on PlayStation five exclusively, ye, and there's fewer 95 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.439 PS fives than PS fours at the time that remake came out. Also, 96 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:50.800 it is a sequel and a serialized work of fiction where it's like, you 97 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.480 know, just by the law of numbers. It's you know, there's going 98 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:57.879 to be fewer people who played remake, or you know you're selling to people 99 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.959 who played Remake, right, They're not all going to come to Rebirth, 100 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.839 even though squaresofts is like or scare en excuse to squaresoft screen X is gonna 101 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:04.800 be like, hey, you could play this, you don't need to play 102 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:09.560 the first game. Most people fully understand you need to play it categorically, 103 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:15.079 Andrew. So the thing that is interesting about this is that I have had 104 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:21.160 several friends who had not played Remake now playing Remake and texting me saying, 105 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:26.639 oh my god, I like Final Fantasy now. So that's great, but 106 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.639 they're not going to play Rebirth until they finish Remake, you know. And 107 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:31.199 on top of that, as you say, there is the PS five of 108 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:35.800 it all. And I know a bunch of people who would like to play 109 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:40.000 this game, but they don't have a PS five. So you're talking about 110 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.480 shelling out the money for a PS five and then a sixty plus dollar game 111 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.519 on top of that. So this is not surprising to me at all. 112 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:53.639 Yeah, I think it's the kind of thing where where this game and it's 113 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:58.000 predecessor when you put them together with the third game that will come out eventually, 114 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:01.319 I think this game will have a chance to like have another life at 115 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:05.759 that point, and like obviously they needed to do really well right now to 116 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.680 justify all the time and money they put in there. But I just don't 117 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.639 think this is the end of the story for Final Fantasy seven Rebirth. I 118 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:15.879 think that this is going to be the kind of thing where there's you know, 119 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.720 a lot of games in the last five to tennis years that have come 120 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.160 out and have become evergreen games. So we'll talk about some of the fallout 121 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.040 ones here pretty soon. But like everything Sin's about, like twenty sixteen, 122 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.920 twenty seventeen, all like the biggest games feel like if you put them out 123 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.879 today, for the most part, they could be sold as is and like 124 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.039 do just fine in the marketplace. And Rebirth is one of those games, 125 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:41.600 right, Yeah. Absolutely. And on top of that, you know, 126 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:48.720 the first in the remake series, Final Fantasies having remake also came out in 127 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:56.200 twenty twenty, right like literally April twenty twenty, so I think in some 128 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:00.519 ways, and it was on a longest you know, it was the end 129 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:05.720 of the PS four's life cycle, so tons of people had it already the 130 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.360 console that is, And yeah, I mean you were just in a situation 131 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:18.960 wherein people had time to sit down and play video games. And I feel 132 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:26.200 like right now where Final Fantasy seven Rebirth is really thriving is with the hardcore 133 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.600 fans myself included, are the people that are like, oh, I've played 134 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:33.240 all of this and I can't wait for the next part of the story, 135 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.600 irrespective of the fact that whether they played the original game or not. It's 136 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:41.360 the people who played remake who are highly anticipating this sequel. But there are 137 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:46.480 again a lot of people who haven't even played remake yet, or people who 138 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.799 played remake to give it a go and they're like, oh, that was 139 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:52.720 really fun, don't have a PS five or decided it wasn't for me. 140 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:56.360 So what I wanted to talk about now with it with the story is like, 141 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:00.360 let's do two things here. First, let's talk about, then, 142 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.679 was this a good idea to break it into three parts? Should they have 143 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.559 lowered the scope and put it out as one whole game. Would that have 144 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.399 been better for this game overall in the long term? And then like, 145 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.360 then let's play Devil's Advocate. After that, let's start the first part though. 146 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.799 Okay, so I think this can work in the long run. It 147 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.879 might be what's best for like getting a really interesting project. I think it's 148 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.360 pretty cool. I haven't heard complaints from my Final Fantasy friends for the most 149 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:28.679 part on on this. They all seem pretty happy. But do you think 150 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.200 that this would have been Do you think it would have been better for Final 151 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.279 Fantasy if they could have done a Final Fantasy seven remake with a lower some 152 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.440 smaller scope, put it out as one game, and then had moved on 153 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:46.279 to something else more quickly. So it's an interesting conundrum because what they're doing 154 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:52.759 with remake is something that is very ambitious. I think they could have very 155 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:58.639 easily done a straight remake of the OG game, just with you know, 156 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:05.519 modern graphics, full voiceover, modern game mechanics, all that kind of stuff, 157 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.639 kept it as one game. It would have probably been twice the length 158 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:13.360 of the original Final Fantasy seven, which you typically clocked about fifty hours in. 159 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.519 So make a hundred hour game. I mean it reworth easily easily. 160 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:24.759 It can play for over one hundred hours easily. So but the question is, 161 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.480 do I think it's going to be better for Final Fantasy overall. No, 162 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:35.679 And more of that has to do with the fact that I find it 163 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:41.360 very compelling that they're making this extremely ambitious project, which is for me as 164 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.120 a person, for sales, maybe, yes, it would have done better 165 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:48.360 if it was just a straight remake. And even people who never played the 166 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.559 original game, I have seen them. I've seen commentary saying I really just 167 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.039 wanted to play the original game, but with like a modern with like modern 168 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:01.519 gaming, quality of life improvements, graphics, et cetera. So do I 169 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:05.840 think for the overall sales of the game it would have been beneficial. Yes, 170 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:13.399 for Final Fantasy. Though, what's been interesting about the remake series is 171 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:22.200 that they've kept the dev team together, which is a really good thing, 172 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:33.360 and they're being given the opportunity to try things and to expand. Yeah, 173 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:39.159 it's a complex kind of question, right, hindsight is kind of not even 174 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.919 twenty twenty here, we don't really know what would have been better than this. 175 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.519 I mean, I appreciate the complexity of just the game itself and how 176 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:52.080 trying to make something that would be worthy of their time but also small enough 177 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:56.440 to make as one game, How impossible that task would have been. So 178 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:01.360 we're clearly talking very hypothetical here, but part of me wonders it's like, 179 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:09.759 should they be pushing like more quickly with trying new things with Final Fantasy so 180 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:11.200 that they can fail more quickly. So, I mean, I think Final 181 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:16.879 Fantasy sixteen is. It was an interesting attempt. I don't know, it's 182 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:18.320 not the future of the series, but it's like, I'm glad they tried 183 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.679 it, but I think they would have been a better situation if they could 184 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.919 try it and then quickly followed up with something else ready to go. But 185 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:28.159 that's just not where Final fans. It's like the furthest away from where Final 186 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.720 Fantasy is. Because Final Fantasy games, I think it's square Enix's estimation, 187 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.200 have to be the biggest games when they come out, and it's like, 188 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.559 I wonder if that needs to change because we're looking at a world where and 189 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:41.559 this maybe we can get to the Devil's Advocate part of it, Simon. 190 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:46.679 Now we're in a world where mijo Yo was just valued at twenty three billion 191 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:50.960 dollars, worth more than any of these video game publishers that have been around 192 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.440 for a very long time. And what they're doing is they're taking waifus, 193 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.519 and they're putting them into variations of RPGs and action RPGs and action games, 194 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:03.840 and they are making fuck tons of money, and it makes a Final Fantasy 195 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.440 feel like, oh, that was the before time, that was my time, 196 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:11.399 that's the ancient times, that's the way games used to be, and 197 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:15.320 Mijoyo is doing things the way games are gonna be. As for someone who 198 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.360 is our time accepting change, I find that, you know, frightening and 199 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.200 frustrating in a lot of ways. But also I can clearly see where the 200 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:26.759 money's being spent. And so I mean Final Fantasy does not stack up to 201 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:30.440 what Gensen Impact is doing. And when I look at it on paper, 202 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.039 now, how do you feel about that? Well, I mean I can 203 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.399 see that very clearly because you know, one of the things one of the 204 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.759 benefits that we have at fandom is that we have access to all of the 205 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.919 wiki user data. And I'm not talking about like your personal information. I'm 206 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:54.759 talking about like numbers that Genchin Impact Wiki is and hank Starrail is in the 207 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:58.320 exact same boat. They are so well organized, they are so it is 208 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:05.000 such an engaged community. I mean, I can't divulge actual numbers but we're 209 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.039 in the multiple hundreds of thousands, let's put it that way, of people 210 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:18.679 visiting these pages every single day. So it is it's fascinating because I love 211 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.639 a story game. However, we are in a time wherein the games that 212 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:30.639 are really really thriving from a community perspective are those ones that are receiving constant 213 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:35.879 updates. And I feel like we've had this conversation before, maybe about the 214 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:43.279 unknown of the Gotcha game, and like you are absolutely getting your your tether 215 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:50.440 hooks in with a particular crowd, which is on the younger side, children 216 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:54.480 to teens and even adults. They just love the unknown, you know, 217 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.480 yeah, oh yeah, I mean it's just a human quality right with yeah, 218 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:03.559 you can't fight against and that. I mean, obviously the Square Innix 219 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.639 has and can make final Fantasy versions of Gotcha and and and these mobile games, 220 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:14.360 and I'd like, I don't think the answer is clearly not, well, 221 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:18.559 don't make final fantasies having rebirth or an equivocally high quality game. It's 222 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:22.639 just I think what we're saying here is the reality is, yeah, two 223 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.720 and a half million copies in a couple of a couple of weeks. That's 224 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.639 about what these games are gonna do and and if that's not enough going forward, 225 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:36.639 well, uh okay, well there is no answer there other than I 226 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:40.360 mean, I suppose you do try to make it appeal to younger audiences, 227 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.919 but what does that even look like? It probably means you're not strictly a 228 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:47.159 console game going forward. Is there a way to make a big, massive 229 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:52.600 Final Fantasy game feel important? And also it's playable on phones and it's free 230 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:55.559 to play. I don't know. I don't and I'm not. Frankly, 231 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.120 I'm not that interested to find out the answer of that personally, because it's 232 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:02.080 just there's no appeal for me then. But I wonder if that's more and 233 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.200 more worth square, it's going to have to start looking well and go ahead. 234 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.799 I mean, they do have the mobile f F seven Ever Crisis, 235 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:14.720 which has Gotcha mechanics, and they've done a bunch of these and a shot 236 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:17.839 points are usually unsuccessfully. That's right, They're they're not very good at this 237 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:22.039 either. Yeah, it's like, I don't I'm trying to figure out like 238 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:26.720 what the secret sauce is of the Hoyoverse stuff. I mean, it's it's 239 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:32.240 very I mean, it's it's what might cause moisturizer games. It's having very 240 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:37.039 appealing, simple Wi Fu designs. Yeah, I mean right where it's just 241 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.920 like these characters look so so clean and slick, and they have an instant 242 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.279 like you look at it like, Okay, I get this character's whole shtick 243 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:49.119 very quickly. I don't know. It feels harmless in a lot of ways, 244 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:52.519 very soft rounded edges. That sort of thing I think is kind of 245 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.400 weird. And you know, and I think for its part, Square Enix 246 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:59.240 wants to try to say something with these games or they have in their mind, 247 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.880 and that's what they're trying to do, and I think that forces them 248 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:06.720 into a corner sometime. Yeah, you know, and it's not interesting that 249 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:11.799 that it does. In even though yes, these games are wildly successful, 250 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:18.119 they're also as you say, there's they're moisturizer games. They're safe. Yeah, 251 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:22.400 yes they are. Yeah, they are not challenging is and not I 252 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.160 don't mean that like they don't have a difficulty. I mean they're not like 253 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.920 challenging the player in anywhere. And that's and people want they're entertainment. That's 254 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:32.880 not really me uh making a qualitative statement one way or the other. I 255 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:36.519 probably do have qualitative feelings about it, but that's not what I'm trying to 256 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:41.799 say there. And as I always can't talk about Final Fantasy sales without bringing 257 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:45.079 up Luigi's Mansion three, we can we can point out that, hey, 258 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.359 there are fewer PS fives than PS fours, and that this is a sequel 259 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:53.000 and all this stuff. It's like and it's a exclusive to one platform that 260 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:56.680 does only have that number of consoles sold, but you know, this is 261 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:02.000 further into the PS five's life cycle. And then the switch was when Luigi's 262 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:07.480 Manter three came out, and that game has sold fifteen it's approaching like fifteen 263 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:11.000 million copies sold. And they never really they reduced the price like once a 264 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:14.400 year to like forty dollars. Most of the time it's sixty dollars. So 265 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.400 I mean, apple st oranges in a lot of ways of family game is 266 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:22.160 going to just be able to capture that audience. But I think that's that's 267 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:25.400 besides the point. All the money, the money's all green at the end, 268 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.160 and they're spending a lot of money to make these giant projects. They 269 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:30.000 got to be looking around me and like there's I think what I'm trying to 270 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:33.240 say at the interior, is I think Square Innix is going to come out 271 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:37.440 of Final Fantasy sixteen and Final Fantasy seven rebirth and they're gonna be looking around 272 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:42.079 like, Okay, we got to shaking things up. No, and like 273 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:47.200 that's frustrating to me because I feel and I know why they have to do 274 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:52.680 that, but I feel like, in terms of storytelling and trying new stuff, 275 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.240 did I like everything that they tried? No? Do I think it 276 00:19:56.279 --> 00:20:02.559 was all successful? No? Can I possibly stand to play another second of 277 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:07.440 minigames that are not Queens Blood or Juggle e Racing in Final Fantasies that mariever? 278 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:17.960 Absolutely not. But I appreciate that they were taking chances, and so 279 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:25.319 it is a bummer that the money is saying chances is implying chances bad when 280 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:27.240 in actuality, I don't think that that's what it is. No way. 281 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:32.880 Yeah, you know, I mean I think we look around ato enough games 282 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:37.359 that have come from similar genres or different genres, taking chances usually can work 283 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:44.559 out. Yes, It just it feels like with Final Fantasy they are taking 284 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.079 chances while also not having full confidence of what they've done before. They wanted 285 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.119 to try new things, and I think they tried new things here, and 286 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.400 you're right. I think that's the thing that they're going to be like pointing 287 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.920 out like, Okay, we tried new things and here's what happened, when 288 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.519 that's clearly that is clearly not the story of what has happened. And with 289 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:06.160 Final Fantasy seven rebirth, I think that that weak tail probably will be true 290 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:10.039 for a little bit. I bet it's gonna pick back up and be kind 291 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:15.319 of similar to similar to Miles Miles Morales, because Miles Morales on the PS 292 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:19.680 five at launch had a bit of a weak start and then as people came 293 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:23.039 in to kept coming into this into the system, they just kept buying that 294 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.160 game. And now Spider Man is different. It is the biggest of these 295 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.759 things. But I think Final Fantasy seven reverse word of mouth has been so 296 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.400 strong that I think it's going to have a stronger tail than expected at this 297 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.359 moment when just looking at the numbers initially. But that's just me guess, 298 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:42.359 maybe a little bit hope hopeful for my Final Fantasy friends out there all right. 299 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:47.960 Moving along, Amazon Primes Fallout, the show has everyone playing the games. 300 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:52.720 This is from John Walker at Kotaku. Since Amazon Primes Fallout TV series 301 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:56.839 premiered, the numbers of people playing various Fallout games has shot up all over 302 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:00.400 the place because you're all a bunch of sheep doing whatever the meatia tells you 303 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:03.319 to. Definitely feeling that also when I'm like, I want to play Fallout, 304 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:07.319 like for instance, like for instance, how I installed Fallout seventy six 305 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.880 on my Xbox last night. It's perhaps to be expected that the surprise, 306 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.720 not shitness of the Fallout TV show has reignited everyone's interest in the game series 307 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:21.000 on which it's based, But the scale of this interest remains impressive. Across 308 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:25.400 the franchise, player numbers are near vertical spikes. This is most easily seen 309 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:30.200 via the internet magics of steam dB, where player numbers can be conveniently graft 310 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.559 by game over different periods of time. So take the most recent mainline entry 311 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:37.000 in the franchise, twenty fifteen's Fallout four, and look at numbers for the 312 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:40.759 last month, and you could see that from April tenth air date, the 313 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:45.039 air date the series of the of the series streaming and Amazon, those numbers 314 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.119 of people playing at one time leapt from peaking at twenty four thousand the previous 315 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:53.519 Sunday to eighty three, four hundred and ninety one the following Sunday, and 316 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:57.039 this is we're seeing this across a lot of these games. Fallout seventy six 317 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:03.200 is having a similar research urgence, and it's I guess, yeah, I 318 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:06.319 think it's this is the story that we're seeing over and over again with this 319 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:10.799 sort of thing. I bet I bet Bethesda like was kind of predicting this 320 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.759 recently, which is why they're like, man, we should finish that update, 321 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:15.319 that next gen update for Fallout four that we said we were going to 322 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:18.720 make, and we just try to get that out around the time of this 323 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.880 TV show. It's like they could even really get that done. It's still 324 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:25.400 coming in a matter of weeks, I think. But I bet I bet 325 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.960 they wish they had a Fallout five right now, right, I bet they 326 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:37.240 do. But that being said to me, the Fallout television series makes me 327 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:45.559 extremely excited about the future of Fallout because Fallout has always had this fun, 328 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:49.000 interesting world to play in. Uh, it's got some good writing in it, 329 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:55.599 but it's got the Bethesda dead eyes, you know, the the moding 330 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:59.480 of what's going on within the Fallout games. Believe something to be desired. 331 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:03.240 Yes, that is not in the TV show, and I think that. 332 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:08.519 I mean, how many episodes have you watched. I've just watched like most 333 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:12.480 of the first episode, okay, okay, okay, Well in episode three 334 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:17.200 even there's a thing where you're like, oh, dang, that is a 335 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.440 that's a big part of this whole universe. So I think that the series 336 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:27.480 is going to have an incredible bearing on the future of the games story wise 337 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:36.799 and hopefully storytelling wise. It's it's just yeah, I'm really impressed with the 338 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:42.599 Fallout series. It is so refreshing to look at something that is color graded 339 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:49.799 with such an incredibly high contrast, like black is black in the Fallout show, 340 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:55.359 and that is becoming less and less common in television. Watch the Marvel 341 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:57.960 Cinematic universe. The whole thing is color graded very gray. The color black 342 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:03.240 doesn't exist, not truly, because they want to give it this like real 343 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.839 feel. And what's so fun about Fallout is that they are embracing the over 344 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:15.400 the top, the craziness, the violence. It's it's so like tonally correct 345 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:22.359 for Fallout, and I just yeah, I love it. The and as 346 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.880 you say, like the effect that it's having on people going, oh, 347 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:30.400 I want to play Fallout now and again, it's like seventy six is kind 348 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:38.640 of our most recent installment within the Fallout branchise. So as you say, 349 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:41.240 I'm sure they wish they had a fall Out five right now, but hey, 350 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.759 I mean I've heard that seventy six is playable now. I was, 351 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:52.319 yeah, but it definitely you know, playing it or watching the show, 352 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.119 I was like, dang, I just want to I want to boot up 353 00:25:55.119 --> 00:26:00.200 some New Vegas. Yes. I think this is like of like how important 354 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:04.960 it is to just have a game that is an ongoing concern because Fallout seventy 355 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:07.920 six is there and people can go play it, and that is like their 356 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:14.240 current business with Fallout in the same way that like Elder Scrolls Online has always 357 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.880 just been there for them for years and years and years and has been growing, 358 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.920 has been a huge part of their business, and so it's like, 359 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:22.599 Okay, yeah, no, you want Fallout and you want New Fallout, 360 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.160 we have that. You can go play that, and we're updating it constantly. 361 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:29.680 And so having one of those games has been proven like the beneficial and 362 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:33.039 serendipitous in this circumstance for sure. At the same time, I think they're 363 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:37.160 like they're going to look at the surge and sales for the single player games, 364 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.039 and they're gonna be like, man, that would have been real nice 365 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:45.480 if we had something even just a little bit fresher than for or like, 366 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.599 you know, remasters of New Vegas something like, I mean, these are 367 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:52.480 these these are not like new ideas. We look at what other companies have 368 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:55.400 done with their TV shows when they had games sitting on the shelves. This 369 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:57.960 is what happened with the Last of Us. They had a remaster of Last 370 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:02.920 of Us Part two, right, put that out. So yeah, like 371 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.000 that, this is the kind of thing where, Okay, we want to 372 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.799 make sure that we have our products positioned in the best place possible in the 373 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.880 market, so that when people turn away from the TV show and they're excited, 374 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:15.279 they have something to spend money on, and not like Fallouts in any 375 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:21.039 bad position. For that clearly they're benefiting, and I just I do mostly 376 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:23.039 I'm like, man, I hope we can get a new Fallout sometime before 377 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:26.039 I die at this point, that's what it feels like, So I for 378 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:32.960 real, Yeah, just to give you a little insight again, not going 379 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.240 to divulge actual numbers, but basically the way that wikis are tracked. It's 380 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:42.119 it's tracked by trending traffic. So basically the games that get the or the 381 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:48.000 wikis that get the biggest boost of Here's about what we expected numbers wise, 382 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:52.119 and here is where we actually ended up. Numbers wise, goals above expected, 383 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:56.440 the big goal above expected. Yes, so Fallout is already a really 384 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:02.559 healthy wiki community. You know, they're very engaged, very active. So 385 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:11.000 mind you, we're already talking in the hundreds of thousands on a regular basis 386 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.440 using that Fallout wiki. This is number. This is the number one trending 387 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:21.559 wiki across all of fandom period end of sentence, not just not just the 388 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:29.119 game's vertical. It's increase as of today, which would be versus as of 389 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:34.279 yesterday, so versus a typical sunday is the user base has increased by six 390 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:38.200 hundred and nineteen percent. WHOA, okay, Holy moly, six hundred and 391 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:42.240 nineteen percent. Holy moly. Okay, right, And that's that's the kind 392 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:45.279 I think that's the kind of number that they're going to be seen internally as 393 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:49.319 well for some of their stuff with products that they're selling. I guess you 394 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:52.880 know, you know some of it increases, are you know, one hundred 395 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:56.480 percent increases in active players games that are already healthy in a lot of ways, 396 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:03.880 exactly. So, yeah, this synergy between television and film and games 397 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:07.160 has really come into its own in the last five years. It started with 398 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:11.759 The Witcher on Netflix, and this is going to be something that they returned 399 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:15.920 to time and time again. Absolutely, the key has been making a show 400 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.960 that is actually good that that has been the real way to unlock this power 401 00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:22.759 and getting people excited about it. It's weird how it works out that way. 402 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:26.960 It's weird of it works that way and hopefully continues to be good. 403 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.799 The Witcher. No, no, definitely not. Yeah, people, I 404 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:33.160 know I never watched The Witcher, but I'm my understand this. People. 405 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:40.759 The season was so good. Everybody needs to stop being babies about the timeline 406 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:45.640 and uh because once they went like linear and big destiny bullshit, it got 407 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:52.480 so bad, got so bad. Yeah, I did the new actor what's 408 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:56.319 his name, the other the Thorn this next season. Yeah, it feels 409 00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:00.799 like that was announced forever ago. It was announced for Okay, weird. 410 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.319 All right, we're gonna take a quick break and we get back. We 411 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:14.000 have a lot more headlines to get into let's do that right now. All 412 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:18.000 right, we are back and we are talking about how you be Soft has 413 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.400 started deleting The Crew from digital game libraries. This is from Marcus Person at 414 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.359 Game Reactor. The race is over for Ubisoft's racing game The Crew, because, 415 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:30.319 according to a report from game Rant, the company has now started deleting 416 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.440 it from people's digital game libraries. The reason is that the game's servers were 417 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.839 shut down on the first of April, which apparently caused Ubisoft to start scrubbing 418 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:41.440 the game from people's Ubi soft connect accounts as well, something that upset individuals 419 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:45.559 compared to outright theft that they compared outright theft. However, it should be 420 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.839 noted that The Crew is an online only experience, so without the servers, 421 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:52.440 there isn't much to do in it either. For those who appreciate the series, 422 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:56.000 there are still The Crew too, in the latest edition, The Crew 423 00:30:56.039 --> 00:31:00.279 Motorfest to sink your teeth into. Either way, it's all yet another indotion 424 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:03.880 of what the digital future actually means and all those online only titles that have 425 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:11.079 increasingly come to dominate. I wonder, personally, Emma, if this is 426 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:15.319 very illegal in Europe. It seems like the kind of thing that would be 427 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:22.480 regardless of what's happening with the servers. Yeah, you take down the servers, 428 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:25.880 but people bought this, this, this, and they have in their 429 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.559 library, and sure it's a license. You can make all those arguments. 430 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:30.519 Europe has a lot of regulations that would be like, well, yeah, 431 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.680 but you can't, like, they should have access to that even if it 432 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:37.240 doesn't function. You can't take away their their access that they paid for, 433 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:41.240 especially because people could We've seen like fan servers went up for law breakers. 434 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:45.519 We're gonna talk about that in a little bit, for freaking lawbreakers. So 435 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:48.720 it's like the crew people could do the same thing there as well. I 436 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.559 kind of don't even see the upside here. I mean, I suppose, 437 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:55.319 as always it's like, okay, if that game is in their library and 438 00:31:55.359 --> 00:32:00.400 it doesn't work, maybe that causes like a one percent uptick in customer service 439 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.799 calls a year, and you can see how that number in a spreadsheet of 440 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:07.799 like how that costs you money. Beyond that, I kind of can't figure 441 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.559 out why this is even something they would be doing. I don't know, 442 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:13.279 what do you think? I don't know either. I mean, as you 443 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:16.279 say, it's like just there's not much to do without the servers, but 444 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:24.319 fan made servers exist yep. Yeah, and it's just the removing of things 445 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:30.880 from people's libraries. I wonder if it's a because you know, I remember 446 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:38.559 there was some one of the various streaming platforms that some you know, you 447 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:43.480 could have bought things through and they lost their license with them, so you 448 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:49.680 basically lose your access, Like yeah, So I don't know if it's if 449 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:57.400 it's that kind of situation, but yeah, it's right, I do. 450 00:32:57.559 --> 00:33:00.400 And this is the kind of thing that's going to keep happening in terms of 451 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:04.519 the servers going down in these games not functioning. But people are like hopeful 452 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:08.480 that Okay, sure this kind is gonna stop supporting it whatever. We've accepted 453 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:12.480 that that really stinks. And they're not even going to do the work to 454 00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:15.960 like make it function mostly offline. There's not like a switch they're going to 455 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.559 flip to do that, even though that would be really nice and maybe there 456 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:23.160 should be regulation about that as well. But if we want to as a 457 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:28.880 community do something with this going forward, I think the expectation is we should 458 00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:32.720 be able to allowed and should be able to do that, and so and 459 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:37.599 that would be true if this game was a digital, physical whatever, because 460 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:39.480 it's going to require an online connection to function in a lot of ways. 461 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.799 I think what the dangerous thing here is is like they are going to be 462 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:49.440 begging for regulators to come out of the woodwork for this sort of thing if 463 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:52.519 they keep doing stuff like this. That's why I really don't understand it, 464 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:54.559 Emma, because this is going to draw more attention to what they're doing, 465 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:57.839 and I think that's going to be bad for them in the long run. 466 00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:59.759 I don't know, what do you think? Yeah, and as you say, 467 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:04.200 there is this feels like it's very illegal in Europe, where they do 468 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:12.760 have a lot of regulations to mitigate this sort of thing. And I mean, 469 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:15.079 yeah, you're you're dealing with Number one, there's already places in the 470 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:20.159 world that have these kind of practices in place, and you are drawing attention 471 00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:25.920 to the fact that you are blatantly going against those things, and that is 472 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:32.199 going to introduce more regulation, which ultimately is needed, because this is the 473 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:37.800 way that we're going with everything. Everything is going digital only, and even 474 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:43.800 when people have the option to buy physical media, most people just buy digital 475 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:50.719 media. I myself am totally guilty of this. So yeah, man, 476 00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:52.320 the cat just stood up and I thought a ghost was flying up behind them. 477 00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:57.679 And there's two there's two cats roaming around in here. I don't know 478 00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:01.199 they were in their tunnel earlier. And the backup Foam Stars Duck seems to 479 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:06.840 have made its way to their tunnel. That's not Quackagga is still in the 480 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:10.679 studio. Thank god. I was worried at fandom. But I will bring 481 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:15.199 him to our other location for Summer Games Best this year. Yeah, he's 482 00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:21.519 part of the family. I'm very excited. I yeah, I mean this 483 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:24.559 is an aside. I had a fun like time like tracking down my digital 484 00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:29.159 only elusive thing this weekend because my kids were like, I want to watch 485 00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:34.119 the David s. Pumpkins Halloween special that aired on NBC like several years ago 486 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:38.039 that you kind of call us about. And it was last year on archive 487 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:42.360 dot org. It was available on there, and it's disappeared from there. 488 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:45.639 And this thing is impossible to find on it like they don't have it on 489 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:51.280 Hulu or maybe not peacock. It's not on peacock, it's not on it's 490 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:54.280 not on YouTube. But I you know, I found a source and I 491 00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:57.760 got it. I put it on my best server, so now I just 492 00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:00.039 have it and they can't do anything. And that's like, that's what it 493 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:04.480 requires now, is like people going the extra effort to back things up themselves, 494 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:07.559 take care of things themselves, and all right, and I've accepted that 495 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:10.480 that's what I need to do in these situations because these companies are just not 496 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:14.800 going to save these things for us. So I got a whole hard drive 497 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:23.519 of Sailorman musicals downloaded from various sources, exactly all Sailorman musicals, all right. 498 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:28.199 Persona one and two remix are coming, it is claimed. This is 499 00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:31.880 from Jordan Midlery FGC. According to Midori, an ex Twitter user with a 500 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:36.840 history of publishing information about at list titles before the information is in the public 501 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:40.920 domain, the games are planned to receive remix. Responding to another Twitter user, 502 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:45.400 Mardori said yes, Persona one and Persona two are going to receive remix 503 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:47.440 two. Later, Mirori clarified, saying, to be safe, I will 504 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:52.679 call them update updated forms for now or for right now. Persona three received 505 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:58.719 a remake earlier this year. Persona three reload following years of PlayStation exclusivity for 506 00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:02.039 the series' main type. Persona three reload was released on all platforms. It's 507 00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:07.000 probably gonna happen here as well. Obviously they've done a lot to like they've 508 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:10.639 like Persona four gold In Persona or Persona five Royal. These games are in 509 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:15.360 pretty good shape. They probably don't feel much of a need to update those 510 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:20.000 immediately. So what makes sense is Persona one and two? And I thought 511 00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:22.840 they would probably do this eventually, but I'm not someone who pays a lot 512 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:24.400 of attention to personas. Whenever, like I bring up Persona one and two 513 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:29.119 to fans of the series, they're like, eh, it's different, Like, 514 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.760 of course we'd want it, but it's different. But I'm not surprised 515 00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.760 that they're like, hey, we can maybe get more out of those by 516 00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.480 updating them. Yeah, I guess, am, I how familiar are you 517 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:42.679 with these games? And what are your expectations for Persona one and two updates? 518 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:45.840 Okay, well I have not played Persona one and two, right, 519 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:52.800 but I have played But just to your point, I played Persona five and 520 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:57.800 I went i played Persona five. There's absolutely no reason why I would ever 521 00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:01.039 need to play Persona five or oil. And then I sat with that for 522 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:06.840 a little while and I went, damn it, I think actually I do 523 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.880 need to play Persona five or Oil. So I literally played both of them 524 00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:14.840 and that was many hundred hours of my life. God, I don't know 525 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:17.719 what it is that Atlas they got the they got the sauce. You know, 526 00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:29.320 Persona five like skyrocketed that series to a new level of mainstream popularity and 527 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:34.039 awareness, the same way that say, Fire Emblem Awakening did for the Fire 528 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:39.800 Emblem series. And you know, Fire Emblem's done the same thing too. 529 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:45.880 They've reached into their into the past and been like, we're gonna remake this 530 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:52.719 one, and yeah, it's just that. And I think that Atlas is 531 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:58.599 being really smart about this, their partnership with Microsoft with game Pass forget it. 532 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:01.599 Yeah, this this is not surprising to me. This makes perfect sense. 533 00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:07.679 You have two games that the infrastructure already exists for effectively, and you 534 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:10.800 are in a position wherein you're dealing with a lot of people who have not 535 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:15.639 actually played these titles because they've never had the kind of popularity that they have 536 00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:21.159 now in the Western market. So this is this is the smart move. 537 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:25.280 Yeah, you know, Atlas very busy. They got metaphor refen Tasio coming 538 00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:30.480 out later this year. I'm so excited about that game. I'm glad to 539 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:32.199 hear like Persona but Fantasy is like kind of the pitch there, right, 540 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:37.119 Yeah, exactly, and that sounds exciting. I think, you know, 541 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:38.559 again, I'm not only half paying attention to this series. I think they're 542 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:43.159 doing more stuff with the like spin offs Persona five at all times. Obviously, 543 00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:45.800 there's the Persona five Mobile game, which is like basically their version of 544 00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:50.760 me Joyo game. There's a lot going on over there, so if they 545 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.159 have one and two coming, probably a little bit of waste off. Do 546 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:58.800 you think it happens before or after a Persona six though? Mmm? You 547 00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:07.519 know, I I sort of think before, and that's only because I don't 548 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:13.119 feel like I've heard very much about Persona six. Yeah, I mean Persona 549 00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:17.280 six at this moment time seems pretty far away. Still, Yeah, we'll 550 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:21.440 see. And I agree with Chat that it would be fun if Persona six 551 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.760 had college age protime. I want. I want all Persona games from now 552 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:29.599 on to just like increasingly go to the next stage of life. So it's 553 00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:35.360 like Persona six college students, Persona seven, everybody working their first jobs and 554 00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:38.840 then eventually you get to like a persona twelve and it's just like a bunch 555 00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:44.119 of like people in their mid forties with children. I got for some in 556 00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.199 my head, I'm just like seeing Bubba ho Tep with Elvis in the in 557 00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:52.079 the retirement home fighting off fosters. Yep, all right. EA's Black Panther 558 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:57.119 game will be open world. A job ad suggests this is also from Jordan 559 00:40:57.159 --> 00:41:01.599 Miller at VGC. A job listing by new EA studio Cliffhanger Games seeks a 560 00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:07.000 principal sandbox designer to work on Marvel's Black Panther. Part of the job description 561 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:13.119 reads that successful applicants quote will be instrumental designing and populating encounters, systems, 562 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:16.880 and gameplay within a dynamic and evolving open world. There's more here. They 563 00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:22.119 go on to like describe more about the job. But I think when I 564 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:25.119 imagine a Black Panther game from EA and it's triple A and it's a big 565 00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:30.800 you know, it's from people who worked on Shadow of Mordor, I like, 566 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.719 yeah, that game is going to be open world. So again another 567 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:38.920 story today that's like not too surprising, Yeah, but I think it's also 568 00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:42.800 the right call. That's why. That's why it's not too surprising. This 569 00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:44.599 is this is the game. I'm like, I would want this to be. 570 00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:47.079 I want to be able to explore a world as a black panther. 571 00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:50.360 That sounds very cool. What do you think? Yeah, I mean it 572 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.760 should be sandboxy. You should show up, you got your black panther abilities 573 00:41:54.800 --> 00:42:01.480 and you explore the world. Great. I am very tired of Oh sure, 574 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:07.840 yeah, me too. I have superhero fatigue, Like there's so many 575 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:09.840 like I kept up with him to you so much, and then I just 576 00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:14.159 missing him and now I'm like, yep, I never even watched Guardians of 577 00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:16.559 the Galaxy three, and I love Guardians of the Galaxy. So that's where 578 00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:21.559 that's like where I'm at. Tell you what though, fucking X Men ninety 579 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:27.000 seven, Holy smokes, is that good? Holy smokes? Is that just 580 00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:30.159 the best thing anyone's doing right now? Yeah? Yeah, I'm like Far 581 00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:36.880 and Away episode five it is as affecting as everyone said. And that's all. 582 00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:39.920 I'm not gonna spoil it because you even if I did it, like 583 00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:44.440 when you see what happens, it's still going to be so affecting because they 584 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:47.760 do such a good job in the execution it's all about like setting up all 585 00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:52.920 these great themes and giving every single character an overarching, like like meta narrative 586 00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:58.280 theme and then have a personal reason why all these things are affecting them as 587 00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:00.840 well. That's what always made X Men good good. Yes, Yeah, 588 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:06.679 so just got to love that show quite a lot. Yeah, so many 589 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.000 friends that worked on that show. I'm so happy that. I'm glad to 590 00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:15.679 hear that. That's really awesome. Yeah, Black Panther, iron Man. 591 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:19.280 I think Black Panther makes a lot of sense to be open world. Iron 592 00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:22.800 Man maybe a little bit less. So I could see iron Man having like 593 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:27.000 the open zone stuff, because when you're flying around, when you add that 594 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:30.719 like you know, uh x y Z access and you can like actually go 595 00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.360 up on the y axis way up there, and that can open everything up. 596 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:36.880 That could be a little bit more challenging I think for designing interesting open 597 00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.480 worlds. So I'm like, okay, yeah, Black Panther, open world, 598 00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:42.480 maybe give some open space to iron Man to do his thing, but 599 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:44.960 maybe can find us a little bit to ensure we're always having a good time 600 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:46.599 there. I think it's a good spot for both of these to fall into. 601 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:50.639 And again, just the studios pedigree. This is the direction they were 602 00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:55.320 going to head in anyho. Yep, all right, moving on, fans 603 00:43:55.400 --> 00:44:00.480 have brought back Lawbreakers. This is from Will Nelson at PC Games. In 604 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:05.920 making a successful multiplayer shooter isn't easy. Not everyone can make an Overwatch, 605 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:09.239 Fortnite, Call of Duty or Apex. Legends and upcoming hero shooters like Marvel 606 00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:14.559 Rivals are entering an incredibly popular market in twenty twenty four, and we can 607 00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:17.840 easily say the same of the shooter space over the last decade too. Lawbreakers 608 00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:22.400 was one of the unlucky ones, as the low gravity hero shooter never got 609 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.440 the player base it needed to lift off the ground, but thanks to a 610 00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:29.760 fan campaign for new servers, it might just be coming back. Lawbreakers launched 611 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:32.559 in twenty seventeen as the debut project from boss Key Productions, the studio co 612 00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:37.039 founded by Gears of War veteran Cliff Blazinski. The first person shooter games sadly 613 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:42.119 never took off, with dwindling player numbers contributing to a server shutdown in twenty 614 00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:45.480 eighteen, with boss Key itself closing down after Radical Heights. A good game 615 00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:52.000 also underperformed, and that was me editorializing shooters and multiplayer releases are a tough 616 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:54.559 market to crack, with Lawbreakers in boss Key productions by extension one of the 617 00:44:54.639 --> 00:45:02.079 unfortunate losses in the incredibly competitive market this. I mean, listen, there's 618 00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:06.400 two things for me here inm A. One, I'm glad that anything can 619 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:08.239 come back. This is proof of it. And two, I'm probably never 620 00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:12.079 going to play Lawbreakers again. And I don't think this is a sign that 621 00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:16.400 like people are clamoring to get Lawbreakers back officially. I think there's like kind 622 00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:20.679 of a crew of sickos out there that really like the way it played and 623 00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:22.079 they are going to play it this way, and I'm happy for them, 624 00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:25.079 But this is kind of I think this is also like the right place for 625 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:29.079 something like this to end up. They don't need Lawbreakers taken out of their 626 00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:31.880 library just because they can't access the official servers anymore, right because someone could 627 00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:35.840 do this and this is great, and now that there is a way for 628 00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:39.360 people to go back and experience Lawbreakers if they want, just leave, leave 629 00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:45.559 the game, don't remove it from people's libraries. And the people who really 630 00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:47.480 want to play it, they'll they're going to find a way to make it 631 00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:52.920 work. If you're not supporting the offline capabilities for it. As the publisher 632 00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:58.800 fans, they're going to find a way. People are smart. Some people 633 00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:04.360 are smart. They got computers and I don't know. To me though, 634 00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:09.960 this also just speaks to there is a community for everything, yes, and 635 00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:17.639 people should be able to support that and enjoy that if that's what they want 636 00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:22.599 to do. There's a lot of there's a lot of first person shooters out 637 00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:25.280 there. You know, it's tough Mark a lot, Yes, a lot. 638 00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:32.760 But I'm happy for these people. Yeah, I was like, as 639 00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:36.920 part of like this news kind of so like one of the stories had a 640 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:42.280 trailer for the game, a gameplay trailer embedded. And my thing with Lawbreakers 641 00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:44.559 is, and we're going to repeat myself for people listening to me a lot 642 00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.679 is you look at the game and there's just no faces to latch onto. 643 00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:53.599 The characters are complex and intricate, and there's just no anchor visually to any 644 00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:59.760 of them, and so in the chaotic action you're completely lost. But even 645 00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:05.719 the looking at key art, there's no there's nothing even close to approaching a 646 00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:09.840 tracer, Like, there's just nothing. It's not the same galaxy as as 647 00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:15.039 that sort of thing, And I think for when you're making a hero shooter, 648 00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:19.440 people kind of need to want to then go take their hero shooter character 649 00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:22.280 and go write some fan fiction or go make some weird videos on the internet. 650 00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:25.360 They kind of you kind of need that to like make one of these 651 00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:29.519 games work. I think overwatches an example of that. But I think it's 652 00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:32.079 true for we're looking at every genre now we're talking about to Mejyo games, 653 00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:37.039 people feel that way about these things, and Lawbreakers was just so far away 654 00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:38.920 from this, and I think that's a good problem. Yeah. I think 655 00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:45.440 part of the Mojoyo secret sauce is the is the wife OU's you know. 656 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:51.320 Oh yes, people want to collect them. They're recognizable. We get excited 657 00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:52.760 when new ones show up. A lot of the time they do a smart 658 00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:55.760 thing and it's a character that already existed and oh cool. Now they're going 659 00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:59.280 to be in a banner and you can gotcha them and they're going to be 660 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:07.800 playable. Uh So you gotta you gotta make those characters that people want to 661 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:14.000 head on over to AO three and expand expand upon their storylines. Yes, 662 00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:17.639 exactly, you gotta be AO three material. That's what we're saying. Here, 663 00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:23.039 all right, Discord is nukei, Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire 664 00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:27.679 servers. This from Sean Hollister at the Verge. I'm going to read a 665 00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:30.679 shortened version of this, but you can go read Sean Hollister's work over at 666 00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:34.840 the Verge. Discord has shut down the Discord servers for the Nintendo Switch emulators 667 00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:38.960 sue You and Sudaci and disabled the accounts of their lead developers. The company 668 00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:43.800 hasn't provided a clear reason for this. The developers claim they weren't sharing infringing 669 00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:47.840 content, and the shutdown appears to violate Discord's own policy on DMCA takedown request. 670 00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:53.519 Nintendo has been targeting switch emulators and related tools with d take DMCA takedowns, 671 00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:59.360 including forks of the SIG patch updater and other software that people kind of 672 00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:02.119 used to make all this stuff possible. It's possible that people were sharing Nintendo's 673 00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:07.280 cryptographic keys or pirated games in the SUEU and Sudachu servers, but this hasn't 674 00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:12.119 been confirmed. The shutdown of these servers is a blow to the switch emulation 675 00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:15.840 community, and it remains to be seen if Discord will provide a more detailed 676 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:22.920 explanation for its actions. Yeah, so I thig if there's any company that 677 00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:25.519 can get you to go against your own policy on DMCA typ takedowns, it's 678 00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:30.599 Nintendo. Being scared of Nintendo is is something that is common across the entire 679 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:35.960 industry, especially being scared of their lawyers. So that that doesn't shock me. 680 00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:40.559 I think probably what is happening here is there there are rumors, and 681 00:49:40.840 --> 00:49:44.280 this is rumors, so like, please don't like, you know, take 682 00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:45.159 this as like, oh, I know what I'm talking about. I don't. 683 00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:52.239 But there's rumors that the Yuzoo code might have had something from the Nintendo 684 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:57.639 Software Development Kit in there, and that would be maybe crossing the line of 685 00:49:57.679 --> 00:50:01.199 the like the way like in general, the spirit of the law that enables 686 00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:07.159 you to make emulators is make it in a clean room by reverse engineering something 687 00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:09.280 that is there, and all the work is your own in that reverse engineering 688 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:14.679 process. If you were to say, have access to the software development Kit 689 00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:19.519 and be and use that to inform you you have now crossed the line and 690 00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:24.760 you are maybe infringing on copyrighted material or some other protected technology. And so 691 00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:30.400 what seems like might be happening here is anything that might have been a fork 692 00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:35.000 of Uzuo. Anything related to Uzu is kind of toxic and like a third 693 00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:37.800 rail, and no one wants to touch it, which might also explain why 694 00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:43.760 reuginks I think it's the name of the other one of the other emulator continues 695 00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:46.519 to kind of go by unscathed. Now that might not last forever. Either 696 00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:52.000 intended could always be like and now you're boned, But at the moment it 697 00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:57.400 seems like, hey, anything tangentially related to u Zoo, everyone just just 698 00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.480 like, get this away from me. I don't want to host it on 699 00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:01.639 my GitHub, I don't want to host it on Clone, I don't want 700 00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:06.000 it on Discord, and we don't care what our policy says. Get this 701 00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:09.000 out of here. And it's that's Nintendo, right, It's I mean that 702 00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:19.119 is Nintendo. Uh. Nintendo famously a very proprietary company, not only when 703 00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:23.400 it comes to their IP but also when it comes to their own to anything 704 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:27.760 that's you know, published on their platform. Uh. You know, historically, 705 00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:32.480 the original you know, Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges, they there was basically 706 00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:38.000 like a chip in them. Uh that so third parties literally couldn't develop games 707 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:44.800 that they like all had to go that's right through Nintendo. And you know 708 00:51:44.840 --> 00:51:49.679 there were there were certainly companies that figured out ways to bypass that and they 709 00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:53.960 uh and then you know toys like places like Toys r Us are our ip 710 00:51:54.039 --> 00:52:00.000 mostly were threatened by Nintendo. Okay, well if you carry these third part 711 00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:05.880 titles, then we are not going to give you Mario yep. So that's 712 00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:08.400 you know, people didn't and and all that. What you do is like 713 00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:15.320 the Nintendo of America team between their main business that is the main thing that 714 00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:21.000 they do is protect Nintendo across the board on every front. And that means 715 00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:22.519 like you know, making sure that the marketing is strong and stuff, making 716 00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:25.920 sure people think about it. But really it's about getting in that ass at 717 00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:30.480 the at these other companies and be like, you do not f with us. 718 00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:34.239 We are going to we will make your life hell if if you make 719 00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:37.920 it harder for us. It's to be on top here. And that's been 720 00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.840 true of them from the very beginning, from the very beginning. Yeah, 721 00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:43.880 it's it's still true now and so no one, no one wants to risk 722 00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:47.960 it. So yeah, that's where we're at. I hope that we can 723 00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:52.880 kind of find some equilibrium here pretty soon. Because the emulator scene doesn't need 724 00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:58.440 this uh destruction. People that are making these emulators for the vast, vast 725 00:52:58.480 --> 00:53:01.119 majority of them, yes, are doing it as a hobby, So let's 726 00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:07.360 create a space for them to do their thing exactly, all right, let's 727 00:53:07.400 --> 00:53:09.320 see here. Finally, Nintendo has confirmed it won't be at games Com this 728 00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:14.239 year. This is from Ali Reynolds at Nintendo Life. Gamescom will be kicking 729 00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:16.800 off in Cologne, Germany from the twenty first through the twenty fifth of August 730 00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:21.239 later this year, but sadly, Nintendo is confirmed that it will not be 731 00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:25.840 in attendance, as relayed by German publication Games Worst Craft. This is thanks 732 00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:31.440 to VGC and Nintendo spokes person confirmed the following quote. Games Com is a 733 00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:35.840 central event for Nintendo in the event calendar. However, this year, after 734 00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:39.840 careful consideration, we have decided against participating in Cologne. Players could try out 735 00:53:39.840 --> 00:53:45.079 the games for Nintendo Switch instead as part of other Germany wide events. Okay, 736 00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:50.400 so this is like further bringing the Summer game mess folk into focus, 737 00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:53.440 where we are seeing like, okay, yeah they're gonna be they might have 738 00:53:53.519 --> 00:53:58.000 something at Summer Game Fest. We haven't heard one way or the other yet, 739 00:53:58.400 --> 00:54:00.559 but they're definitely not going to be a games com. Does that, 740 00:54:00.719 --> 00:54:06.440 like me say to you, Emma, that they are just kind of going 741 00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:08.719 to stand back and let things happen until they're ready, or maybe do they 742 00:54:08.719 --> 00:54:13.800 have something very quickly after the game's calm timing and they're like kind of saving 743 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:15.960 all their cards for that. Which way would you lean on that on those 744 00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:22.360 two scenarios? Look, I would say that they're going to sit back and 745 00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:28.239 just kind of let things play out, because what video games are coming out, 746 00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:30.559 Like what video games have confirmed release dates dates for this year? You 747 00:54:30.599 --> 00:54:37.639 know, I feel in general is but there's so much vagueness of well, 748 00:54:37.719 --> 00:54:44.039 this game is maybe going to come out sometime this year. However, I 749 00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:50.159 remember last year that Nintendo suddenly revealed that there was going to be this new 750 00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:55.039 side scrolling Mario game. You're kind of classic platformers. So do I think 751 00:54:55.079 --> 00:55:00.800 it's going to be something absolutely huge? Not necessarily, but I do think 752 00:55:00.840 --> 00:55:05.440 that there is a world wherein Nintendo has something after games Calm, but they 753 00:55:05.719 --> 00:55:09.800 just but they want to again be able to like really keep that focus on 754 00:55:09.920 --> 00:55:14.400 themselves and buy and large. This is something that's happening across the industry, 755 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:17.679 not just in gaming, but also you know, in film and television. 756 00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:22.000 You know, with these big companies not participating in things like San Diego Comic 757 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:25.239 Con because they're like, well, we want to have our own proprietary event 758 00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:30.360 and really control the news cycle, which I think Nintendo is maybe setting itself 759 00:55:30.440 --> 00:55:36.360 up to do here. Yep, I think there's really I have no way 760 00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:39.039 of knowing for sure. When I look at it, it's like they could 761 00:55:39.039 --> 00:55:45.519 easily be preparing for something in September to start like talking about things like the 762 00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:50.440 first tease for new hardware. They could have stuff in the summer where like 763 00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:52.440 here is our lineup, and none of those games sort of rise to the 764 00:55:52.480 --> 00:55:58.280 occasion of like and we need to show them off at Gameslam or something like 765 00:55:58.320 --> 00:56:02.079 that. Does this Does this make me more or less confident about like a 766 00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:05.920 Metroid Prime for this year? Makes me a little bit less confident something. 767 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:08.400 I'm already not that confident at all. I'm kind of like in the hopeful 768 00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:10.679 zone, and I have been for quite some time there, and like not 769 00:56:10.719 --> 00:56:15.199 really expecting it to come out this year from the switch anymore. But that's 770 00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:17.199 like that's this is like, Okay, this is probably another sign that that 771 00:56:17.320 --> 00:56:22.280 isn't happening. That sounds about right, but we'll see again, there's no 772 00:56:22.360 --> 00:56:24.599 way to know for sure. And Nintendo, you know, talk about games 773 00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:28.239 Com. I don't think they've said one way or the other about like Summer 774 00:56:28.320 --> 00:56:32.280 Game Fest, but we are getting close enough to where that's like they'll probably 775 00:56:32.280 --> 00:56:35.119 clear that up one way or the other. And I don't think like that 776 00:56:35.159 --> 00:56:37.719 means that they like have a physical appearance at Summer Game Fest. I don't 777 00:56:37.719 --> 00:56:43.239 think they did that last year. There were switch titles that you could play, 778 00:56:43.719 --> 00:56:45.519 but it was all third party developers, right, But they did have 779 00:56:45.519 --> 00:56:49.559 a June Direct, right, I think they did, so that's what I'm 780 00:56:49.599 --> 00:56:53.239 meaning. Yeah, yeah, we'll see, all right. I think that's 781 00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:55.800 going to do it. There's some reviews coming in for Harold Hallib that we'll 782 00:56:55.800 --> 00:57:00.400 talk about that on the on the the show tomorrow oncast. But it looks 783 00:57:00.400 --> 00:57:04.559 like it's kind of in the high seventies, low eighties right now. All 784 00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:07.039 right, I'm gonna get the pull question set up. Why I do that? 785 00:57:07.079 --> 00:57:07.880 Emma? Why don't you tell people where they can find you on the 786 00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:14.039 Internet and all that good stuff. Well you can find me at Emma, 787 00:57:14.079 --> 00:57:17.760 Fife on most social media. On TikTok, I'm at the Ema Fife. 788 00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:24.039 I don't really make tiktoks, but I sure do watch them. And gosh, 789 00:57:24.119 --> 00:57:29.559 if you if you've finished Final Fantasy seven Rebirth, I got a great 790 00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:31.960 video up on a game spot that's been up there for a while, which 791 00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:37.880 is me doing my darnness to explain the ending. And yeah, I just 792 00:57:38.000 --> 00:57:45.559 you know, I'm out I'm out here working. People find me at Summer 793 00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:49.760 Games Best in June. Yes, I'm working. I'm working on a lot 794 00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:51.960 of stuff for that. Right now, you're working on a lot of stuff 795 00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:54.719 for that. You are making it happen. So yes, the magic is 796 00:57:55.440 --> 00:58:00.119 all flows happening. Yes, and she's responsible for the majority of it. 797 00:58:00.760 --> 00:58:04.360 All. Right. Do we have a poll question from last week? I 798 00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:06.440 think I have the EA play one, but I think that was from Thursday. 799 00:58:06.519 --> 00:58:09.480 So let's we'll get to the new question here. Are you planning to 800 00:58:09.480 --> 00:58:15.519 play a Fallout game soon? That is the poll question I have for tomorrow, 801 00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:19.599 actually for Wednesday. I'll see if I can get that up on the 802 00:58:19.639 --> 00:58:22.599 screen for everybody in the meantime. Yeah, like, how are you feeling? 803 00:58:22.599 --> 00:58:24.960 Are you actually gonna go check Out a Fallout game, Emma, are 804 00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:30.280 you gonna like, Oh, I'm so ready to freaking get load up on 805 00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:37.679 New Vegas. And I love New Vegas is so weird and I just absolutely 806 00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:40.079 love it. So I feel like that's that's the direction. That's a direction 807 00:58:40.119 --> 00:58:45.559 we're going. So let's do a quick and unofficial and non binding poll in 808 00:58:45.639 --> 00:58:51.400 chat right now. If I were to say, do some more Fallout content 809 00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:54.400 on Giant Bomb, would you want us to do a series where we play 810 00:58:54.480 --> 00:59:00.920 Fallout seventy six together? Or and maybe not series, maybe like one Fallout 811 00:59:00.920 --> 00:59:02.800 seventy six together, or do you want me to Finally, I've never played 812 00:59:02.840 --> 00:59:07.480 fall at New Vegas in any real way? Should fall Out New Vegas? 813 00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:08.199 Oh? No, New Vegas? I played. Sorry, I haven't played 814 00:59:08.199 --> 00:59:12.079 seventy six in any real way. Rights, yes, okay, so we'll 815 00:59:12.079 --> 00:59:15.079 make the poll. Uh what? Okay, there we go, someone's already 816 00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:20.679 doing it seventy six together or New Vegas. Oh, New Vegas is pulling 817 00:59:20.880 --> 00:59:23.440 far New Vegas far. Wait, but you were saying you haven't played New 818 00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:28.400 Vegas. I never really played New Vegas. Oh it is awesome. Yeah, 819 00:59:28.920 --> 00:59:31.480 I've so wild. It's like the game I most want to go back 820 00:59:31.519 --> 00:59:37.039 to. So yeah, yeah, okay, right now, it's about to 821 00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:39.480 wrap up here very soon. But as it is a seventy seven to thirteen 822 00:59:40.119 --> 00:59:45.920 in favor of New Vegas, you gotta seventy eight to thirteen there it is. 823 00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:50.960 That's where it's gonna finalize. You know. Yeah, I'm a huge 824 00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:53.440 Josh Sawyer fan. Just from playing a tentiment this, I need to go 825 00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:58.119 back to New Vegas. Okay, maybe we could start that here pretty soon. 826 00:59:58.199 --> 01:00:00.559 That would be fun. I'll hop in there and I will mod it 827 01:00:00.559 --> 01:00:05.119 because I think mods are great. I think New Vegas has a multiplayer MOHD 828 01:00:05.159 --> 01:00:08.239 that could be even more. Yeah, we'll look into it. Nope, 829 01:00:08.320 --> 01:00:12.280 Yeah, Fallout Fridays is a good idea. Jan two that's just a good 830 01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:15.320 name. All right, we'll get that all figured out. I just would, 831 01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:17.119 like I said, non binding, but clearly New Vegas is the winner 832 01:00:17.159 --> 01:00:21.559 there, which I'm happy to hear. Fallout seventy six would have been interesting 833 01:00:21.639 --> 01:00:24.039 for like a stream to check thatryl on and maybe we will still do that. 834 01:00:24.599 --> 01:00:28.880 I think there's still some juice there. But if we had to pick, 835 01:00:29.559 --> 01:00:32.639 New Vegas is in all right, let's see here. I think what 836 01:00:32.679 --> 01:00:36.800 we're gonna do now is we're gonna start wrapping things up. Yeah, anything 837 01:00:36.840 --> 01:00:39.239 else, Yeah, what's happening on giant bomb dot com. We're gonna figure 838 01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:43.280 that out. I'm going to a meeting here very soon to figure out exactly 839 01:00:43.320 --> 01:00:47.400 that. But you could expect the regulars. Wednesday will have Super Dan sixty 840 01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:52.079 four, Black Club will be back. Thursday, we'll voice have voicemail, 841 01:00:52.119 --> 01:00:55.840 Dump truck upf BombCast, Revengeance. You expect most of those things to happen. 842 01:00:55.880 --> 01:00:59.440 I think there's actually is a new Jeff Chef this week. I believe 843 01:00:59.480 --> 01:01:01.400 that's true. But we'll let you know all of that and more on the 844 01:01:01.440 --> 01:01:05.920 website and if you check our socials that all be there. Emma, thank 845 01:01:05.960 --> 01:01:07.400 you so much for spinding today talking with me about video games. I really 846 01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:13.519 appreciate it. Thanks for having me. It's always a great way to start 847 01:01:13.519 --> 01:01:16.400 the week. Absolutely, I wouldn't have any other way, all right, 848 01:01:16.480 --> 01:01:20.840 And you're the best audience in gaming. Until next time, have a good 849 01:01:20.840 --> 01:01:25.199 one, take care of yourself and goodbye bye.