WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:14.519 You'll go be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do this 2 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:18.519 for November fifteenth, twenty twenty three. For the next hour or so, 3 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:22.280 let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mest Mornings Live 4 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.160 with Me Jeff grub Today, reviews are in for Nintendo's next big game, 5 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.640 and we have the October sales results from the United States. But first, 6 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:32.479 please join me and welcome you. Today's co host the Game Best Mornings. 7 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:37.880 It's Sean Herbo Shan McDowell. Sean, how are you doing. I'm doing 8 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.640 good. How are you doing this morning? Jeff, I'm getting there. 9 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.960 I'm okay. Wednesdays are a weird one because only one kid goes to school, 10 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:47.399 so I've been walking in the morning, but I feel bad. I 11 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:50.759 can't like I'll just let Steph work and take care of the kid at the 12 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:52.960 same time when I can come home and help with that. So I don't 13 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.320 do my walks on Wednesday morning. So now it's beginning to throw me off 14 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.000 because I'm really enjoying that. Yeah for the routine though in it, yeah, 15 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:00.119 part of the routines. So yeah, it's like, okay, what 16 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.799 else can I do here? To kind of get the hang of things, 17 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:04.480 and then I'm like, I'll work out, and then I just didn't do 18 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.159 that. I played I played Recivil four and I helped Addie play some Peaku 19 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:11.760 Niku, which is a game. She's still there. That's a good morning 20 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.079 right now. Yeah, if anyone's got any Peakunku merch or any like, 21 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.680 point me to some Peakunico merch. I've been told that that's what she wants 22 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:26.200 for Christmas, are some peak It's little red balls with legs and black meapyies. 23 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.640 That's a big thing with the leaves is they have black Oh I see, 24 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:33.079 yeah, a little lobster eyes. Got a little lobster eye, Yeah 25 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:34.640 for sure. I don't know. But how about you getting through this week? 26 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:41.400 All right? Yeah? Busy as I usually look at him, No, 27 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:45.560 dude, no time to play anything. The games they just keep coming, 28 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:49.120 they don't stop coming, they don't. Yeah, you know, been 29 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:51.799 finishing up Mario Wonder. I mentioned to you the R day. I'm not 30 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.879 quite there yet. I'm at the the end. I got the I think 31 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:57.400 I'm at the end. I got the final Wonder seed, so probably gonna 32 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.599 wrap that up soon. Checking out a bunch of our stuff, you know, 33 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.560 I've fired up Star Ocean to check that out. That has a pretty 34 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:09.960 game, Jeff. Yes, well, I'm not like a especially from that 35 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.360 time period of GRPG guy, but I like looking at that game a whole 36 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.560 bunch. I think they did a really good job with updating the visuals for 37 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:22.080 that. Yeah, and then playing some MW three getting ready for a certain 38 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:23.199 song we got later in the week. You know that's right, yep, 39 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:27.319 looking forward to that. I need to I haven't installed now. I need 40 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.479 to just scoot it up, make sure I'm good to go and have all 41 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:32.919 the micro transactions purchase that I need to purchase. We'll get that taken care 42 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.479 of it. We're doing that pink shirt. You got pink shirt? Jeff? 43 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:38.520 Yeah, I could probably dress up in the in a themed way for 44 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:42.240 sure. Yeah, okay, you think you think Backlar has got pink shirt. 45 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:45.280 I think he's got almost nothing but pink shirts. Everything he wears is 46 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:49.240 just a that's a work for shoot facade, Yes, the facade. Yes, 47 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.680 he's shoot pink for sure. All right, let's explain what we do 48 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:55.719 here most weekdays. I Jeff Grebb, will help piece your gaming life back 49 00:02:55.719 --> 00:03:00.000 together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our own original report 50 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:02.159 for all these topics, I'll get the input of a bona fide expert who 51 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:06.400 will make me look smart. If you were watching live on twitch welcome. 52 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:08.919 You can always listen to the show later on podcast feeds by searching for Game 53 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:14.039 Mess Mornings, or find the RSS on giant bomb dot com. You can 54 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:19.599 also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. 55 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:21.919 All right, we have a lot to get into, so let's start the 56 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.319 Morning Mess with Super Mario RPG review roundup. Kind of can't even say that 57 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:30.800 name anymore without wanting to sing the song Mario Sam It's got an eighty three 58 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:34.800 on Metacritic. That could have changed since I did this, but right now, 59 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.759 yeah, eighty three on Metacritic. GameSpot gave it an a out of 60 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:42.439 ten steven petit wrights. In fact, it's misleading to refer to Super Mario 61 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.439 RPG as a remake, especially in the year where numerous remix such as Resident 62 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.759 Evil four and Dead Space have retooled beloved classics for modern sensibilities. Heck, 63 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.840 I'd even say Super Mario RPG is closer to Metroid Prime remastered. Yes, 64 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:59.199 the graphics here were fully remade. This isn't a touch up. It's a 65 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.560 complete glow up for contemporary contemporary eyes. But everything that gave the Super Nintendo 66 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:08.199 game its identity is present. Outside of a few minor quality of life improvements, 67 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.319 super Mario RPG is mostly a remastered product of its time, and an 68 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:16.600 utterly fascinating one at that. With its heartfelt humor, standout personalities, satisfyingly 69 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:21.720 straightforward combat, and an expeditious mindset devoid of the bloat that regularly plagues modern 70 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:29.399 RPGs, super Mario RPG is timeless. I was kind of expecting exactly this. 71 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.160 I think we kind of get weird with the remakes and remasters all the 72 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.759 time, and I think what was with Crisis Core one of these remakes recently, 73 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.319 was like, oh it's a remake. It's like, ah, they 74 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.800 just kind of swapped out the graphics. Senate's still that game. And I'm 75 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:44.800 like, that's that's what they did here, and that's what I was expecting, 76 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.639 And I'm okay with that as someone who plays Super MARIRPG like once a 77 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.120 year, how about you, right? I mean, this is what we 78 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:54.399 used to refer to as a remake. Yes, it was literally, Yes, 79 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.680 You're right, the game. You just remade it again and it looks 80 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:01.639 better. Maybe it has some trolls different, maybe you have some quality of 81 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:04.759 life changes, but otherwise, this is what a remake has always been. 82 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:09.680 And then you know f F seven remake and stuff similar to that, which 83 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:14.279 are reimaginings more than remakes, or it took that Moniker, and yeah, 84 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.600 this is what people should expect of a remake. And I'm I'm happy because 85 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:21.439 it's just a more modern way of playing the game. It's more accessible, 86 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:25.920 especially since you know, god knows they're not putting that old one on MSL 87 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:30.680 any terms soon. So yeah, I think this is great and I'm looking 88 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:34.160 I'm looking forward to playing it this way. I definitely wanted to check out 89 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:38.959 the original before going into this, but, like I mentioned, a million 90 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 games this year, just no damn time. So I'm excited to just hop 91 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:45.199 into this one right away at the end of the week. Yes, Sam, 92 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:47.120 I've been waiting for this one. I love this game. I think 93 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:51.680 it looks really good. It's not one of those ones where like Links Awakening 94 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.560 so close to my heart, it's like any little change there, and I 95 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:00.279 think those graphics did change up the tone a little bit of links Awakening came 96 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.920 around on it eventually, and I'm like, you know what, it is 97 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.600 still kind of in that same vein mostly, and sure it's not quite as 98 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.720 eerie as the Game Boy One was, but whatever, I'm really happy with 99 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.480 the links Awake in the remake here. It's just like that looks like that 100 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.160 game updated and that's it. Now. There are some changes in terms of 101 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.560 character models, but for the most part, it feels just kind of updated, 102 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.680 and if the rest of it is just Super Mario RPG, I'm gonna 103 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:24.759 be very happy with it. Siliconara gave it a nine out of ten. 104 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:30.480 Brent Kepp said Super Mario RPG breeze new life into an SNS classic, allowing 105 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.680 players to re experience what a Mario's most unique and adventurous titles on the switch, 106 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:38.279 and then Inverse gave it a seven out of ten. Hayes Mattson said 107 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:43.399 Nintendo's newly released remake is more of a one to one remaster than a true 108 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.879 remake. There's nothing inherently wrong with this new version of Super Mario RPG, 109 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.720 but some of the game's design flaws and problems are more apparent. While the 110 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:55.000 brilliance of the original still shines through. I continuously found myself wishing more was 111 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:59.959 changed and reimagined the things that I was kind of hoping would get reamed, 112 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.639 like the timing of the like the combat. That's the stuff that does sound 113 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.519 like they did improve here, So I think, again, I'm probably gonna 114 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:10.680 be most wacky in the original. I mentioned I never played theer is so 115 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.079 far, it's they did that. That's the one that really came out with 116 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:17.519 that Hey timed button presses during your attacks, and in the Super Nintendo one, 117 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.639 they didn't do a lot to convey when exactly that timing should happen, 118 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:25.279 and even when you get it right, the feedback was like, well, 119 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:29.160 god, I don't even know why that was correct. And so I think 120 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.160 they're doing a lot more here to improve that, although I'll see for myself 121 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.199 here later this week, and maybe it's not as good as they were purporting 122 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.720 it to be. So yeah, and then you know, there are some 123 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.360 other changes where if you do get the timing perfect or whatever, it hits 124 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.319 all the enemies things like that. Yeah, it's pretty cool. So it's 125 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.279 not quite as clear as it was in later games like Paper Mario Martin Lewis, 126 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.240 Yes, yes, exactly. It was just I think it came down 127 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:53.519 to they were really limited on how much animation they could put in a game 128 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:57.319 like that. Back on the Super Nintendo. That cartridge was already super big 129 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:00.199 in terms of the amount of space they had to store that game on. 130 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.920 They probably ran out of space for extra animations to uh to inform the player 131 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:09.680 when that was the right time to attack. So yeah, go ahead, 132 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:13.480 please before we move on from a Super Mario RPG, I did put a 133 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.920 link in the chat that when Jeff is done talking to the Gimmicks, I 134 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.879 would think he would appreciate checking out. But uh, yeah, I don't 135 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.000 know. Like the the comments about this being a one to one remaster and 136 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.519 comparing it to a Metroid Prime remaster, I find that interesting because in my 137 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:33.080 head, a neither of those are remasters, because in my head, remasters 138 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.759 like I still think of like Final Fancy ten ten two on the PS four. 139 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:41.360 Yeah, it's like it's basically an emulated PS two game with update textures, 140 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:46.879 like it's a port. It is a remastering. But yeah, that's 141 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.519 that's why I think of why I think of a remaster nowadays, just because 142 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:54.759 that term has been so changed. I know we'll see. Yep. Well, 143 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.960 I think as much as I have to play, I'm just so I've 144 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.279 been looking forward to this so much. I will be putting a few things 145 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:03.519 aside to get right in there and see it myself, and then yeah, 146 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.759 I'm not like when you're playing the game, these definitions of remaster remake sort 147 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.120 of fade in the background when you're purchasing a game. I see why. 148 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.399 They become front of min front of mind. You're like, hey, this 149 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.159 is a sixty dollars game. What am I getting here? Is this something 150 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:22.799 that they really it is the same content effectively exactly by paying for the graphics 151 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:24.559 kind of. I think the good news for anyone who hasn't played it before. 152 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.120 The content is very good. The characters are very sweet. There's a 153 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:37.000 lot of great characterization. You're gonna the relationship between Peach and Bowser and Mario 154 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.279 is really well explored here. There's just a ton of fun stuff. So 155 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:43.960 yeah, really looking forward to it. Check out this link real quick. 156 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:48.039 I put here in the text chat for this channel. I think you appreciate 157 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:50.080 this. All right, Let's see here. Is there anything in that text 158 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.559 chat that will be bad if it gets seen on stream. No, because 159 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.879 I know you keep leaking that. No, your goofs exactly. All right, 160 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:05.279 let's see here here's the whole Mario RPG pamphlet ad that's available around Japan. 161 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.080 Yeah, man, this is this is cool stuff. Yeah, I 162 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:11.440 wish we had this. Yeah, so what this is? Everybody is, 163 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.960 Oh, that's raspberry. Maddie posted this on Twitter. She lives over in 164 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:22.279 Japan, and they recreated the original manual for the Supernintendo game is what that 165 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.639 is? And that's now like a pamphlet that you can get around Japan in 166 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.080 various stores, you know, like back in the day we used to get 167 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.240 you know, like you go to Walmart, Kmart or whatever, you get 168 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.320 that little pamphlet that's like, here's what the GameCube is all about, Here's 169 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.480 what the game Boy Advance is all about. They basically did one of these, 170 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.840 but it's just the manual again, and I think that's really cool since 171 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.039 games don't really come with manuals anymore. Yep, definitely, I think, 172 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.559 yeah, I look at that. It just happened recently. I think Steph 173 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.480 opened up a game and that I had physically and there was like nothing inside 174 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:54.559 she said, what the hell is this? Why is there like the wor's 175 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.080 the manual? I'm like, yep, that's changed. If you scroll down 176 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.440 like two tweets, you can see a direct one to one comparison to the 177 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:03.240 original for the video. Oh that's really cool. Yeah it is God, 178 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:07.240 I love that man SUPERPGS. It's so cool. Can't wait for everybody to 179 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.480 meet Gino and Mallow. Those those are the real homies and this game will 180 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:16.320 definitely make your fall in love with both those characters. All right, let's 181 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.559 see here we have the October twenty twenty three Sircana Gaming sales report. This 182 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:24.320 is from Matt Piscatella, who works at Sircana, and he posted all this 183 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.159 on Twitter. For the October twenty twenty three US video game market highlights from 184 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:33.519 Sircana. US consumer spending on video game content, hardware, and accessories fell 185 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.279 five percent versus last year to four billion dollars. Declines were experienced across all 186 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.600 categories of spending. The dip was partially driven by Call of Duty shifting release 187 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:46.039 months. Obviously, it came out in October last year and shifted into this 188 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:50.320 November time frame this year. Overall, though, it seems like October pretty 189 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:56.960 strong new game releases for the month's see Spider Man two was number one, 190 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.639 Super Mario Brothers Wonder was number two, that doesn't include digital sales though, 191 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:03.919 and Assassin's Creed Mirage was number three. Then you have the perennial hits of 192 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:09.879 Madden a FIFA now called Football Club twenty or twenty twenty four and Mortal Kombat 193 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.600 one taking up the four, fourth, fifth, and sixth spot, and 194 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:18.480 then UFC five and NHL twenty four and Sonic Superstars rounding up the top nine, 195 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:22.360 and those both all three of those are also new to the charts this 196 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.840 month. Number twelve was middle Gear Solid Master Collection Volume one, and number 197 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:31.320 seventeen Forts of Motorsport and number twenty Lords of the Fallen, And that doesn't 198 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:35.840 include digital sales as well. That's you know, that's a big release month, 199 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:37.440 so i'd maybe a little bit surprising it's not able to keep up with 200 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.519 last year. But Call of Duty is just such a jugger, not in 201 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:43.879 terms of sales. If it is in one month last year and not this 202 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.320 year, that's going to be the ballgame right there. It's still the best 203 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.000 selling game of our year, right yes, exactly, and it will be 204 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:52.919 this year. Even though it's gonna have it's gonna slide compared to Call Duty 205 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:56.320 last year, it still should be the number one best selling game in the 206 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.480 United States this year. We do have the the best selling games of the 207 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.159 year so far. Let's see here. Hogwarts Legacy is still number one, 208 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.279 Zelda Tiers of the Kingdom number two without digital sales. Spider Man two immediately 209 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:15.039 jumped to number four, right behind Madden and Mario. Wonder not on this 210 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.639 list, but remember it does include digital. I think someone asked mapis could 211 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:20.559 tell, and I think he said, it's like number twenty one. It's 212 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:22.159 just outside of the top twenty, and it's gonna probably be in there pretty 213 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.159 soon. And again no digital sales included there, and that game will sell 214 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.120 for forever. Are you a little surprised that Wonder's not in the top twenty 215 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.840 even without digital sales. I'm not super surprised at this if it's just physical, 216 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.639 because a lot of people on the switch are a going all digital nowadays, 217 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:45.120 so I think a good chunk of people probably picked that game up digitally. 218 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.000 I think I look at Marvel Spider Man two immediately going into a fourth 219 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.039 place. There I'm like, yeah, that checks out because the first one 220 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.000 sold like Gangbusters right out the bat too. Yeah, so yeah, yeah, 221 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.919 yeah, this all looks right to me. Spider Man like definitely PlayStation's 222 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.039 best selling franchise over the last I mean, I think they said, like 223 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:09.799 Spider the Original Spider Man and Miles Morales both like their top selling game ever, 224 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:13.320 and now this game is their fastest selling, probably will surpass those eventually, 225 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.679 just with them the amount of momentum it seems to have. Someone that 226 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:20.399 Chad also pointed out, this is definitely going to be more of a hardcore 227 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:22.639 gamer thing. But Mario Wonder was part of the voucher program too, so 228 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.679 a lot people probably picked out that way. Yeah, that's I actually don't 229 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.399 I'd assume that they count as a sale. Oh yeah, I wondered how 230 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:33.960 reports Yeah, I wonder how like Nintendo reports that to sircana because you know, 231 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:39.240 the digital the purchase is for this other product that doesn't necessarily qualify, 232 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:41.960 don't they. I mean, they don't report the vouchers, I'd assume, 233 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.600 so yeah, I'd assume it just counts as a sale at that point. 234 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:48.279 Yeah, yeah, probably. All right, let's see here spinning on video 235 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.720 game content in October felve four percent when compared to a year ago to three 236 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.360 point six billion dollars. Growth in physcal console software, and mobile spending was 237 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:01.120 offset by declines in other areas, particularly digital premium downloads, driven by the 238 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.399 release state shift of Call of Duty. Marvel Spider Man two was the best 239 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.840 selling game of October, instantly becoming the fourth best selling game of twenty twenty 240 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:13.039 three year to date. Spider Man two also led all titles in physical software 241 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.600 dollar sales during October. Launch month. Dollar sales of Marvel spider Man two 242 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:22.360 exceeded those of spider Man twenty eighteen's Marvel's Spider Man by a double digit percentage. 243 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.799 Part of that's got to be at seventy dollars compared to the sixty dollars 244 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:31.240 for Spider Man on the PS four, but also I just think that this 245 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.399 franchise is continuing to grow at the same time. For Nintendo Super Mario Brothers 246 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:39.679 Wonder Debut is the number two best selling game of October. It currently ranks 247 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.039 as the twenty first best selling game of twenty twenty three year to day. 248 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:46.039 There it is, and he once again notes no digital sales there Nintendo does 249 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.399 not share their digital sales with MPD with Sircana. Roadblocks was released on PlayStation 250 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:56.960 platforms during October and ranked fourth across all titles on PlayStation five and US monthly 251 00:15:56.039 --> 00:16:00.960 active users according to Sircana's player Engagement track, trailing only Call of Duty, 252 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:06.519 Modern Warfare two, Fortnite, and Marvel Spider Man two. That Modern Warfare 253 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.879 two also that you have to use that client to play the Modern Warfare three 254 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.600 beta, so that's gonna be up there for that reason as well, and 255 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:17.919 war Zone and war Zone yes exactly. The Finals from Inmbark Studios held in 256 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.960 open beta on Steam during October, helping the title rank fourth overall and Steam 257 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:25.639 monthly active users in the US market. Only Counterstrike two, Balder's Gate three, 258 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:29.120 and Cyberpunk twenty seventy seven were higher. Sean, I think this tip 259 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:33.600 is interesting because the Finals is this game that's reminded me that we are not 260 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.320 at a point. We're not just at a point where hey, a new 261 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.080 game comes out and we pay attention to it for a little bit and then 262 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:41.960 it slowly just takes over this whole other part of the world and it's like, 263 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.679 oh my god, there's like a billion players for that thing, and 264 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.960 I never even think about it. We're at a point now where's like the 265 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:48.840 finals, I'm not even thinking about this game at all, and it seems 266 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.919 like it's doing that, and it seems like it could grow into one of 267 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:55.120 those games without me ever even really giving it a chance. So this gaming's 268 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.200 shifted so much from oh, you could play everything to now it's like these 269 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.440 games can pop up and become their own mark, gets onto themselves out of 270 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:04.680 nowhere, right, Yeah, I mean games in general are that way now. 271 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.880 You look at something like you know, PUBG, where I know you 272 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:11.359 were big into it, but like I was like, what the hell's a 273 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.880 PUBG when that game came out, and then yeah, just blew up overnight. 274 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.400 But there's also these games that I've never heard of that you are in 275 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.759 the background, just silently having millions of users, if not concurrently, at 276 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:26.599 least you know, in a given month, and it's just like, I've 277 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.359 not heard of you, but I guess you're doing well because it's in different 278 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.920 markets and everything like that. And Jan, no, we should not publish, 279 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:37.519 Yes ever, yes we should, Jan, Oh, let's fucking go. 280 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.319 Don't listen to Sean. You have power to stop me, you know, 281 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.039 like boycott any of my future TND is not to a pubg one. 282 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.000 Yeah. I would have said this to Sean last night. He's like, 283 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:53.440 it's not already. You're like, like, hell, it isn't. Yes, 284 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:57.960 exactly, chats with me and that might just be confirmation biased, but 285 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:03.200 hey, what can we do about that? Absolutely nothing. Video game hardware 286 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:07.359 spending fell twenty three percent when compared to a year ago to three hundred and 287 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:11.720 twenty seven million dollars. All current generation consoles experienced a double digit percentage decline 288 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:17.519 in dollar sales when compared to a year ago. I bet for the PlayStation 289 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.960 and the Xbox. That's also got to be called duty related that right, 290 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:26.319 Like people bought the console with Call of Duty last year see Xbox series ranked 291 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.559 second dollar sales, while Switch was number two in units. You're to date 292 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.839 hardware spending was six percent higher when compared to the to the same period in 293 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:37.200 twenty twenty two, at four billion dollars. Sean Vamp about console hardware sales. 294 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:41.559 Why I try to help this kid real quick. Console hardware sales. 295 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:47.960 Yeah, because your day hardware is spending six percent higher compared to the previous 296 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:52.039 period. I mean, I'd assume that's just because there's so many damn games 297 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:55.200 coming out right now, like people are hopping on the train for the first 298 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.640 time. Like, if you don't already have a console, there's never been 299 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:02.440 a bad time to get a current console because there's so many games that are 300 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:07.160 either not releasing on the previous gen or just are significantly better. Why would 301 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.559 you not pick up, you know, a series ass or a PS five 302 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.160 wherever you had your eye on for a while now. Yeah, and it's 303 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:18.319 I think it's interesting that, Okay, we're seeing double digit a decline, 304 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:22.400 but I expect that to bounce back during the holidays and in November. I 305 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.279 think almost all these systems are going to have pretty good Black Friday deals. 306 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.119 I think we've already seen the PS five is going to be discounted. I 307 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:33.559 think Microsoft might have confirmed Xbox might be discounted. So yeah, people are 308 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.640 going to get on these hard this hardware, especially the people that are in 309 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.839 that second and third tier of I don't buy new consoles when I have to 310 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:42.559 like fight other people to buy them online. And now it's like, oh, 311 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.359 I'll get around to it when there's a game I want well, you 312 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:49.119 know, as much as a call of duty is not great this year, 313 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:52.279 there's still a lot of people who think are going to just pick up that 314 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.680 system with that game and hopefully be able to get it at a discount because 315 00:19:55.720 --> 00:20:00.240 of all the deals that'll be happening for the holiday shopping. Yep, all 316 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.359 right, let's see here. October twenty twenty three, accessory spending fell two 317 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:06.200 percent when compared to a year ago, to one hundred and forty seven million 318 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:10.640 dollars. The PS five Dual Sense wireless controller Midnight Black was the month's best 319 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:15.440 selling accessory in consumer spending that has been up and down, but like always, 320 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.720 accessory spending is a good sign of like how much people are like getting 321 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:22.240 ready to engage with their games. And it falling two percent isn't some drastic 322 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.480 thing. But it's been up most months for this year, so the first 323 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:30.599 decline there again probably call of duty related. Yeah, okay, we're gonna 324 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:33.160 take a quick break when we get back. We got a lot more news. 325 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:37.240 I'm curious to hear Sean's opinion about that new Pokemon concierge and more. 326 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.200 Maybe Jan can yell at us and chat about how he feels about it. 327 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:53.200 We'll talk about all that right after this, and we're back and Netflix's Pokemon 328 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.119 Concierge gets a new trailer and December release date. This is from Tom Ivan 329 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:03.240 at VGC. Netflix announced a December twenty eighth release date for Pokemon Concierge. 330 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.440 Revealed in February. Pokemon Concierge is a stop motion series produced by Dwarf Animation 331 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:12.200 Studio, a French company that previously worked on Monsters at Work for Disney. 332 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:15.440 I don't know what Monsters at Work is? Is that something I should have 333 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:18.519 no idea either, Just I'm impressed that they worked for Disney. Yes. 334 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.880 The series, which will be set at a Pokemon resort, tells the story 335 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.839 of a concierge called Hau. Is that right? Yeah, you really emphasize 336 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.279 it, but yeah, you know who works there. The show follows how 337 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:34.559 To and her side duck friend as they greet the mini Pokemon who visit the 338 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:40.240 resort as guests. I have you know, I'll play the trailer on mute 339 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.880 while no no, no, no, no, no no no no Netflix 340 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:48.440 trailer no, okay, fucking Netflix, even if it's just video, of 341 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.039 course, if it's just video, all right, yeah, alright, then 342 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.359 I'm just gonna flash it for seconds so people could see it. There you 343 00:21:53.400 --> 00:22:00.000 go, there's a Yeah, looks very pray. I think it looks very 344 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:04.359 pretty. I don't know. Tell me about your feelings about a Pokemon Netflix 345 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:11.400 Claymation show. I suppose Jeff. In any room I am in, outside 346 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:17.759 of maybe the World Championships, I'm always the biggest Pokemon Pokemon pokemoniac. Yeah, 347 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.960 I'm coffee hasn't kicked in yet. I'm always the biggest Pokemon fan of 348 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:25.400 the room. That being said, I don't give a shit about most of 349 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:29.319 these projects, man, I do kind of care about because I think it 350 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:33.480 looks so cute, I know, and I think that's like what a lot 351 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:37.680 of people are like attracted to is the art sound ear thing. It does 352 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:42.000 look very interesting, like a Claymation ye sort of style, but done in 353 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:47.799 three d uh. I do always watch the anime shorts that Pokemon puts out 354 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:52.839 because they are always so good, like, oh god, I get the 355 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:56.640 names mixed up. Path to the Peak was the TCG one, but they 356 00:22:56.680 --> 00:23:00.279 also did another one about Scarlett and Violet, and it's just like anytime these 357 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:03.000 do these animated shorts, like I don't know if you saw like Pokemon origins 358 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.039 back in the day on YouTube or anything like that, they're always okay, 359 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:12.359 They're always just incredibly well produced, like this is what the TV show should 360 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:15.160 be. This is you know, the kind of love and care we wan 361 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.720 in the video games, YadA YadA. So I'm sure this will be great 362 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.720 because that new one about Scarland is incredible. Again, I'm sorry I can't 363 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:26.880 remember her name everybody, but look up on Pokemon YouTube channel you'll find it. 364 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:29.160 It's like Paul Day and Wins, I think, is what it is. 365 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:32.359 And it's just incredibly well i animated. It's not the best animation I've 366 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:34.039 seen all year, and so I'm sure this will follow suit in then, 367 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:37.680 and I'm sure it'll be like a charming little story. It'll probably make you 368 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.039 tear up because they love doing that. They you know, like having the 369 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:45.720 Ookemon go through some trials and tribulations. And yeah, I think from what 370 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.079 I have seen, because I don't think I watched. Yeah, I watched 371 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:51.799 the initial reveal trailer, but not this, I'm sure this will be good. 372 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:55.720 Yeah. I for me, the appeal is other than the great look 373 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.680 at the stop motion animation. It is a, Hey, I wanted to 374 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:03.200 watch that Pokemon anime because Ash's journey came to an end. And I know 375 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:07.359 I could have done like the short version of like watch the first season then 376 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.680 watched the last season. It probably would have been mostly fine and maybe watch 377 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:14.720 some highlights here and there. I will say on that real quick, Jeff, 378 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:17.240 I can like give you an episode a number if you want. At 379 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:23.000 some point watch there is a top eight tournament that ends that entire series. 380 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:26.839 Watching that is worth it if you have a nostalgia for like ashcatch them, 381 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.440 right, And I do. I do want to eventually watch that. But 382 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.839 it's like and that's like ten that's only like ten episodes. It's totally doable, 383 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:37.680 right, Like skip intronautro that takes like three hours, right, that's 384 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.480 not But part of it's just the mental thing of like, oh man, 385 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.920 I'm skipping all this stuff that I maybe I would care about it, And 386 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:47.559 I know that's insane because much exactly no, I no, yes, But 387 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.799 that's the appeal here, like oh no, there's no stakes. I could 388 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:52.200 just hop into this. Okay, again, there's just a few episodes, 389 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:56.160 and so the mental thing isn't there. Now, I know I'm gonna skip 390 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:59.279 all that stuff when I actually too good around to watching those episodes of the 391 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:02.279 Pokemon ash catch an anime. But here it's like, no, I can 392 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.599 just turn this on a Netflix and not have to worry about any of that. 393 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:07.799 Netflix also apparently, and I can't remember if they confirmed this or if 394 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.799 this was like a rumor that seems mostly confirmed, has a live action anime. 395 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:18.880 Oh what's up? I just got a d M from Dan record of 396 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:23.039 him just holding a red delicious apple and you know, you know what, 397 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:26.680 that's more. No, that was just a really funny thing to get in 398 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.200 the Mole show. Go back to bed, Mike, go back to bed. 399 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:33.640 It's all good. Anyways, what are you saying about a live action 400 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:40.720 and I'm mostly working on a live action Pokemon show with the Pokemon Company. 401 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:45.119 Do you think that's a company that could pull that off? Which one? 402 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.880 Netflix? You think? Netflix? You know obviously they work with production. 403 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:57.839 Yeah, all of their live action stuff has been flawless. Everyone loves death. 404 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.480 No, stay the hell away from Pokemon. If it's if it's a 405 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:06.960 live action remake of the ash Ketchum story, yes I don't do that. 406 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.559 But if it's like this, where it's like, hey, you know, 407 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:12.000 it's its own thing that could work right. Well, what they should have 408 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:15.119 done is like they did the animated uh I mentioned Pats of the Peak was 409 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.160 a TCG show and that was Q and nary thing. It was very like 410 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:22.079 I would say, like Disney Channel, are the vibes sort of like the 411 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.599 comedy and everything like that. What that could have been like a live action 412 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:30.640 drama of like, you know, a kid trying to get better at the 413 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:32.799 game or something like that, or like a kid trying and go to World 414 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:36.039 championships for the video game. If they do that, that could be good. 415 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:40.839 But yeah, I don't know. Just don't don't mix my Pokemon with 416 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:45.359 your live action, please. I I hope if it's it's more like this 417 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:48.839 instead of trying to do what they've done with all their other anime live action 418 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:53.279 adaptations, that would or like even I wasn't a huge fan Detective Pikachu, 419 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:57.359 so like even that I wouldn't be the best part about the Detective Pikachu is 420 00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:00.839 the real world just seem Pokemon do stuff in that world, and then anytime 421 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.640 it was trying to be a story, it was pretty bad. Exactly. 422 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.319 Yeah, So I don't know if they could capture that magic and then have 423 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.200 a decent story or decent characters. I would probably be into it. Uh, 424 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:15.240 all right, there's a wonder Woman job listing out there, and it's 425 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.200 just the game. Maybe a live service game. This is from Prisculli and 426 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:22.759 and VGC. A new job listing for the upcoming wonder Woman game suggest it 427 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:27.079 may have a live service element. As spotted by WCCF Tech, the new 428 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:33.359 job ad is for lead Software Engineer Gameplay at Monolith Productions and makes it clear 429 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.839 that the role will involve working on the wonder Woman game. Join the wonder 430 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:40.480 Woman team and help bring an iconic DC superhero to life. The listing reads 431 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:44.400 well. The job requirements list a typical experience expected from an applicant looking to 432 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:47.279 work on a triple A game. One of the qualities, and the nice 433 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:51.839 to have section refers to live services. Specifically, the lining the listing says 434 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:56.000 applicants may have the edge if they have experience helping maintain a live service software 435 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.119 product or game. Although this doesn't conclusively confer that Wonder Woman will have a 436 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.599 live service component. Were to do so, it wouldn't be a great surprise. 437 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:07.240 After all, it would line up with the comments made last week by 438 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:12.720 Warner Brothers Discovery CEO and Brain genius David Zaslov, who said the company was 439 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:19.119 focused on turning its biggest gaming franchises into live service games. Yes, let's 440 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:25.079 reiterate, this is not conclusive evidence of anything. No, people have needs 441 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:27.359 for all kinds of skills for a whole bunch of reasons, and having someone 442 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:32.720 who's good at maintaining live service products may help with some other DLC thing that 443 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:36.440 they're thinking about, or very light touch live service stuff which can happen in 444 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:41.160 all kinds of games. But this is one great sign, yes, exactly, 445 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.559 And we do know Warner Brothers has this in mind. David Saslov did 446 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:49.680 make a big deal about this and that earnings call, And despite being the 447 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:52.960 company that put out Hogwarts Legacy and that being a great success without really a 448 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:57.279 the live service stuff in there, they're also the company making Suicide Squad and 449 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:03.799 that has leaned hard into live service. And wonder woman would have gotten the 450 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.039 green light in that zone where live service was the obvious thing to do in 451 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:11.119 the eyes of many of these executives. So what do you think the chances 452 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:15.359 are that this is a you know games with enough live service that we refer 453 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:19.279 to it as a live service game. I'm curious because I could see it 454 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:25.839 going the route of like Mortal Kombat also WB games. So like if for 455 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:30.039 whatever reason there's like a battle passive challenges in something where it doesn't really feel 456 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:33.559 like even in single player content because you know MK obviously you can play online 457 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:38.160 or thing, but there's also single player towers and stuff of challenges and things 458 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:42.000 you can do. I wouldn't be surprised if they like shoehorned that in in 459 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:47.160 some way, like hey, go over to the challenge mode and you know, 460 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:51.160 beat it on hard mode and you'll get like something for it. Like 461 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.039 I don't know, like you said, it's not conclusive of anything, just 462 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:59.160 a job blessing and people reading a job blessing just way too much all the 463 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:02.279 time. Yeah, as we know, especially from like Nintendo stuff and one 464 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:06.440 like with the retro and everything, like people need to calm down. But 465 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:11.000 because it's WB, I won'n't be surprised if yeah, there's it's probably still 466 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:14.160 just a single player, you know, Batman style of game. But yeah, 467 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:17.160 I don't think they're going the Row suicide squad. But if they do 468 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:23.240 shove in some live service element. Yeah, one shock me. My Windows 469 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:29.400 Cloud service thing just popped up with look back at your Memories for November fifteenth, 470 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:32.480 and it's a screenshot of fifty cent Blood on the Sand running on my 471 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:37.160 Steam deck from last year. Of course the best kinds of memories. Truly 472 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:41.559 a beautiful thing. Yeah, we'll see. With Wonder Woman, I think 473 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:45.880 when we don't have good details about a lot of these games, it's easy 474 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:49.720 to fill in. You're filling those gaps with your anxieties about where gaming is 475 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:53.839 heading in general. I think in this case it's fair to expect that. 476 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:57.240 I just go like, how would that even make sense? And really, 477 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:03.480 whenever we sort of fantasy book these things, it's always like, well, 478 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:07.720 wonder Woman from what Warner Brothers, just make that an Arkham Night kind of 479 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.559 game. It can Arkham Asylum game just with Wonder Woman, And doesn't that 480 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:15.079 make perfect sense? And I think if you're someone who likes to make games 481 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.440 and play games, yes, that makes sense. If you're someone who likes 482 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:22.160 to make money from games, in their opinion, having live service and that 483 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.680 infinite ceiling is always going to make more sense. In Fatalities, well, 484 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:29.400 you can imagine a bunch of different costumes for wonder Woman. Oh that's a 485 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:33.960 character that's been around for decades. Here's what seems wonder Woman, right, 486 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.119 And it's well, are they going to sell those costumes? Will they be 487 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:38.680 in battle passes? What does that even look like for a game like this, 488 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:42.480 We have no idea. We'll have to find out. Uh what is 489 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:48.079 like the best game that is primarily single player that you would still consider live 490 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:52.480 service, uh like and I mean like traditional, like a traditional, big 491 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.319 budget single player narrative game. Because for me, it's got to be hit 492 00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:00.160 Man because Hitman had the like constant updates and the elusive tomes and now they 493 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:05.400 have that the the the contracts mode or whatever it's called. It's a game 494 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:08.680 you can just play forever and they get endless content for it. I mean 495 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:13.680 nowadays Pokemon basically is I guess that'll probably be my answer. Like there is 496 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:19.599 a heavy multiplayer component of Pokemon, obviously, but like they constantly will you 497 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:22.400 know, I get a news update on my the Switch news feed on the 498 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:25.759 home screen, I'll just be like, hey, you can go do terror 499 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.079 raid battle for a guard shop now for all weekend. You know, there's 500 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:32.480 stuff like that, but him Man is probably like, yeah, the best 501 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:37.720 one of those, whereas it's entirely I'm trying to think, have they put 502 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:43.160 multiplayer in the new him Man games they had? They had they had co 503 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:46.359 op multiplayer or like you know, side by side Ghost multiplayer hit Man two, 504 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:49.960 and I don't, primarily, like you said, a single player game, 505 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.000 and it does it very well because you can just be like, here's 506 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:54.960 the new map, here's the new celebrity to assassinate, or where I had 507 00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:00.039 shoot. Yeah, they've had some crazy celebrities in there, like trying I 508 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.240 think what was the big one in right, Oh, you can't be was 509 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:09.440 it Nick Nlty or I was thinking wacky Action, Yeah, Joan Bean too. 510 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:14.240 But there's someone else I can't Gary Busey. Gary Busey, Yes, 511 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.039 I was mixing. I always mix up my Nick Nolties and my Gary Busey's. 512 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:19.759 I mean who does of course, yeah, right next to each other. 513 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:22.799 Yeah, insane actors that were in a million movies in the eighties and 514 00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:27.240 nineties. To be fair, that's both those guys. Yeah, uh, 515 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:30.400 all right, like a dragon Infinite Wealth is the longest game in the series. 516 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:36.000 This is from Johann Balstrom at Game Reactor when the developers described the game's 517 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:38.319 length as Monster Class, you know it's going to take a lot of hours. 518 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:44.400 That's exactly what like a dragon infinite wealth needs. According to Rio Gagotoku 519 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:49.920 studio boss Masa Yoshi Yokayama, he describes it as a monster class game, 520 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.359 longer than anything we've made so far, and that it's not something that could 521 00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:55.359 be played through in one or two all nighters. He says this in an 522 00:33:55.359 --> 00:34:00.519 interview with Japanese outlet game Watch, translated by Autobaton. He also sees challenges 523 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:02.839 with this. This means that a lot of people are going to hesitate to 524 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:07.000 play the game or will end up having to wait with it on their shelves. 525 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:09.960 I found the possibility of that kind of outcome sad, so I thought 526 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:14.280 we have to get everyone hyped up enough to play it. The solution, 527 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.079 and especially the first sense, is something I did not expect to read, 528 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.719 and again this is from the author of the story. We have to get 529 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:22.199 people to play the game in about a week or a month, even at 530 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.320 the cost of their health, which is why it's our dutious creators that generate 531 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:30.599 enough to be excited about Okay, yeah, sure, this just feels like 532 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:35.159 hype man hyping up his stuff a little bit, but kind of a wild 533 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:39.960 thing to say, What the fuck are they thinking? What the fuck are 534 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:45.800 they thinking? Why the fuck is Sega releasing two agy hour or pgs seven 535 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:52.119 days aparsh and charging full price for them, already marketing them against each other? 536 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:58.639 What the fuck is gone business to do? Whatever they want is a 537 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:01.320 football two stor Yeah? So it works so well for time Fall too, 538 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:05.239 are you talking about? They are literally doing this this week as well, 539 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:08.480 because like a Dragon Guiden came out last week and Persona five Tactica is coming 540 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:12.960 out in two days. Yeap? What the fuck is going on over there? 541 00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:16.679 How does this work? It doesn't work? And that's the brilliance about 542 00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:21.199 Sega is that they never expect things to actually work, so when it blows 543 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.519 up in their faces like that, all according to plan. Uh listen, 544 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:30.360 I'm I'm gonna play a little bit of Tactica. I'll see if it jives 545 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:31.599 with me. But if I was going to play one of these three games, 546 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:34.440 I'd be like, oh yeah, give me that one that was like 547 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:37.480 five to ten hours long. That's a side story. Even if I'm going 548 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:40.000 to be a little lost. That sounds better than having to play this this 549 00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:45.280 huge, huge thing. But also to get to the headlining topic here, 550 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:47.360 of course it's the longest name of the series because up to this point, 551 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:53.039 Yakaza was the beat them Ups, and then now we had an RPG recently, 552 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:57.920 and so of course that made it longer, and they keep mind me 553 00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:00.519 of the follow up is, yeah, it's even moore packs with stuff. 554 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:02.159 And with these like a Dragon games, it seems like they come up with 555 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:06.800 new mini games and they don't like replace the old mini games. They keep 556 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.760 all of those and they just keep adding more and more and more and having 557 00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:13.000 like more missions to do with those various mini games. So yeah, I 558 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:15.320 bet there's gonna be a ton of content in there. And at the same 559 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.920 time, I bet you'll be able to get through, like the main story 560 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:22.159 relatively quickly. Still not obviously, maybe not two sittings, but I don't 561 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.320 think that's going to be like, yeah, the last game was about fifty 562 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:30.960 hours long, if you get Yeah, stories are long nowadays. Yeah, 563 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:36.159 so that will be fucking miserable. Enjoy the rest of your show. Thank 564 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.719 you appreciate it. They're very helpful, Like I said, you know you're 565 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:45.840 gonna hear from experts, all right. Do you think developers get a benefit 566 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:49.760 when they say, oh, this is the biggest one ever. That probably 567 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:52.280 still has some effect on sales, some positive effect, right, as long 568 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:55.599 as people aren't like completely tired of it. Yeah. Like, I think 569 00:36:55.719 --> 00:37:00.199 if Persona six gets announced and they're like, and it's even longer, a 570 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.400 lot of us will be like, Bro one hundred and twine hours wasn't only 571 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:07.320 on anymore in that, but a lot of people who are really into Persona 572 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:09.800 also the flip side of me, I'm gonna go, can't I give me 573 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:14.320 more Persona? Right? Oh? Yeah, I think that's probably where they're 574 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:16.920 at right now with Yakazo. Thanks. If Assassin's Creed came out and said, 575 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:19.719 our next one's the biggest one ever, I think I would be like, 576 00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.960 dude, Bro, Bro, chill please, we don't. Are we 577 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:25.800 bad enough of that? That's okay? Yes, yes, Digital Bros. 578 00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:30.039 Is cutting thirty percent of its jobs from Ben Leona at Game Reactor. It 579 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:34.360 doesn't feel like a day can go by without us giving a report on job 580 00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:37.159 cuts and layoffs in the games industry, and unfortunately, despite reporting on the 581 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:42.360 Amazon game layoffs yesterday. Now we have layoffs from Digital Bros. To report 582 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:46.199 on as well. Digital Bros develops, publishes, and distributes games such as 583 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:52.280 puzzle Quest three, Gunfire, Reborn, and Miasma Chronicles. The Digital Pros 584 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:55.039 Group has announced that as part of it cost cutting effort, the Publishers set 585 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:59.360 to reduce its workforce by thirty percent, which will be the equivalent of around 586 00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:04.599 one hundred and the employees, with the predominant portion concentrated within the studios themselves. 587 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.760 The company has stated that it doesn't expect these cost cutting measures to have 588 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:12.719 a significant impact on the results for twenty twenty four fiscal year. It's the 589 00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:16.480 same story as always, Sean. These publishers aren't necessarily doing that much worse. 590 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:21.239 They are just in a more precarious position when it comes to figuring out 591 00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:27.159 how the money is going to flow in and and and it's always been difficult 592 00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:30.440 to predict that, but now it's difficult and it's expensive to get capital. 593 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:35.239 And that's a combination for these companies being very hesitant and scared, and they're 594 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.360 like, well, what's the answer here. Let's cut jobs to increase our 595 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:40.920 buffer between how much money we're making and how much we expect to make in 596 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:46.199 the future. It's as always shitty that it's always just the people responsible for 597 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:49.840 making all these good products that are going to get hurt, and in this 598 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.760 case, it's the studios, the people working on some of these games, 599 00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:57.400 although Digit Bros. Works a lot with external studios like, oh, we'll 600 00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:00.960 publish it for you on all these different platforms, so I wonder exactly how 601 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:06.880 that breaks down, but they did not give that information. This is going 602 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:10.199 to continue like this for some time, right, almost assuredly. Yeah, 603 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:17.119 it's just companies got too big, they sought their infinite growth or whatever like 604 00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:22.039 that. That's not necessarily what's happening here. But all these companies just expanded 605 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:25.760 and then realized, oh wait, we can't back up this expansion, so 606 00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:30.960 what do we do. Labor is the easiest thing to cut because it's you 607 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.000 know, a lot of money that we can say it there. So they 608 00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:37.679 just cut people. And you and I had a very long conversation about this 609 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:42.360 different podcasts recently. But it just it's always sucks because you upend people's lives. 610 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:45.639 And even if it's I'll be honest, i've never heard of Digital Bros. 611 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:47.119 Before. It's I have heard the games that were mentioned here in the 612 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:52.480 article, right, but it doesn't matter, like you are messing with people's 613 00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:57.920 livelihoods, especially again going into the holiday season. That's the biggest dick movie 614 00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:01.440 and possibly do if someone is saying, yep, screw your Christmas bonus, 615 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:06.000 screw your you know, like any paid time that you might have had booked 616 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:08.360 or anything like that, Like anything like this that might just straight up get 617 00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:13.320 cut, like yeah, kids don't get presents and crap like that. It 618 00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:16.440 sucks. I yeah, well, mar can we say at this point basically 619 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:20.800 are then this all sucks? Right? And the Lexi points out Digital Brothers 620 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:23.960 is mostly five O five, it's five O five's parent company, so yeah, 621 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:27.639 okay, guys, right, And in five o five does exactly what 622 00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:30.559 I said where it's like they usually partner with studios that are looking to publish 623 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:32.800 their game from like, oh, they put out themselves on Steam. If 624 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:35.679 you want to put it out on consoles, we'll help you with that. 625 00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:38.320 We'll publish Control for you, Remedy, that sort of thing. I think 626 00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:43.360 they are working more closely with Remedy on Control two, right, And I 627 00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.639 think that might be the case, but we'll see how that plays out. 628 00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:51.480 Take two boss says games should be priced according to how much time you get 629 00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:55.280 out of them. This is a Marcus person at Game Reactor, entertainment should 630 00:40:55.280 --> 00:41:00.000 cost a lot of money. According to Take two CEO Straus' zelmic who, 631 00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:02.079 during a meeting with investors shared his views on the industry and where it might 632 00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:06.199 be heading in the near future. He mentioned how a lot of it is 633 00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:08.239 about the value customers feel they are getting out of a product, and that 634 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:12.719 in the future, players should be charged by the hour. Zelnig said, 635 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.679 in terms of pricing for any entertainment property, basically the algorithm is the value 636 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:20.280 of the expected entertainment usage, which is to say that, man, how 637 00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:22.920 could you talk about stuff like this, which is to say that the per 638 00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:28.960 hour value times the number of expected hours plus the terminal value that's perceived by 639 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:32.480 the customer if ownership of that title is actually owned, not say rented or 640 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:37.519 subscribed to. And you'll see that that bears out in every kind of entertainment 641 00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:40.760 vehicle. By that standard, our frontline prices are still very very low because 642 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:45.519 we offer many hours of engagement. That doesn't necessarily mean that the industry has 643 00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:49.360 pricing power or wants to have that pricing power. However, there is a 644 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:54.440 great deal of value offered to me. This really just sounds like someone asking 645 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:59.719 about the high price of games and how that fits into how people are feeling 646 00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:02.320 over all about high prices, and Strauss is un extent. Listen, we 647 00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:05.840 could be charging a lot more. Look how many hours people are getting down 648 00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:08.199 to Grand Theft Auto. And I don't really think his strategy here is like 649 00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:12.880 we're going to charge you a dollar per hour for that you play Grand Theft 650 00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:16.400 Auto. But the reason that that's not his arguments because that would be crazy, 651 00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:22.119 right, Yeah, and god this reeks of yeah, be lucky, 652 00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:25.760 we're not charging you more. That's exactly what it sounds like. Yeah, 653 00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:31.400 which just God, you're dumb. You are You are a very dumb man 654 00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:38.880 Strauss selling say that like this, No, people want shorter games. They 655 00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:43.960 don't want like there's so many things we could talk about here, but just 656 00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:46.320 keep it short. You know. This ties into the bloat issue we were 657 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:52.679 just talking about, and it also comes into like games are expensive, as 658 00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.880 is, this is an expensive hobby on the whole, and just being you 659 00:42:55.920 --> 00:43:00.480 know, in that mentality of there could be more like find other ways to 660 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:06.280 charge you. Another thing that just sucks here and it's coming down from the 661 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:12.000 top, right, And straus Selnik should say the unspoken stuff here, which 662 00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:15.639 is like gaming unlike a lot of these other pieces of media and these other 663 00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:22.079 mediums, is that games have found a lot of other ways to charge money 664 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:25.719 that movies and music haven't been able to. You can buy music, you 665 00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:30.360 could subscribe to music services, you can buy movies, you can subscribe to 666 00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:37.320 movie services. There is no post release recurrent consumer spending, as Strausniic likes 667 00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:40.199 to say about micro transactions. And you know this is take two. This 668 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:45.760 is Rockstar right now, basically the kings of micro transactions and recurrent consumer spending. 669 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:50.760 So, yeah, you could charge by the hour, but you're not 670 00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:53.480 gonna do that because you make a lot more money by having all these people 671 00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:58.039 come in at a relatively low price I suppose, and then getting them to 672 00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:00.239 spend all this money on all this extra stuff, and that's way more valuable 673 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:02.800 to you. So this is like, yeah, you're saying this, but 674 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:06.760 we know it's dishonest because you would never do it because it would conflict with 675 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:09.840 your other way of making that real money that you've been making from Grand theft 676 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:13.559 Aughder for the last ten years. Yeah, exactly, And that's the that's 677 00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:16.039 the kicker here. You Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't think 678 00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:19.880 this has changed. It just feels like it's changed because this he's been given 679 00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:22.480 away so many times. At this point, he still got a pay for 680 00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:24.960 GT five to play GT online, which is like, you know, a 681 00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:28.719 lot of time, they'll just get people coming out like ten dollars sales or 682 00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:31.559 whatever like that. That adds people coming out like fifty to sixty dollars as 683 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:34.920 well still because they just like out, I just want to play a new 684 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:38.239 GT, I'll just pay whatever you know Walmart has on the shelf for And 685 00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:44.480 boy, this is greedy. It's all so greedy. What I'm like, 686 00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:46.440 if I got charged to play games by the hour, first of all, 687 00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:49.559 I would quit this, Hoby. That'd be way too stressful for me. 688 00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:54.800 Yes, but I'm thinking man, Dan sat through an hour of just loading 689 00:44:54.840 --> 00:45:00.199 times for Sonic Go six because that video they just has Sonics campaign. Oh 690 00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:02.960 that was just Sonics campaign. That was just songs campaign. Yeah, holy 691 00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:07.119 fucking shit, I did not know that. That's insane. It was a 692 00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:10.840 fifty six minutes of loading times. Shouts to joy Us for editing together that 693 00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:15.199 video. It's just the loading times in Sonics and that was one hour. 694 00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:20.519 Oh boy, imagine you have to pay for that hour of loading times. 695 00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:25.039 That's just two shows how insane this is and would never ever happen exactly all 696 00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:29.519 right. CD project is working on a mod editor for the Witcher three Wild 697 00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:32.159 Hunt. This is from Tom Ivan. A VGC CD project has announced that 698 00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:36.760 it's working on an official mod editor for the Witcher three Wild Hunt. The 699 00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:39.400 mod editor, which is in development for the PC version game only, is 700 00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:44.119 expected to launch next year. We're thrilled to announce that we're working on a 701 00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:46.639 mod editor for the Witcher three Wild Hunt. CD Project. Red said it 702 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:51.000 will allow you to create your own experiences in the game by making something completely 703 00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:54.559 new or editing existing quest and content. We're planning on releasing it for free 704 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:58.880 in twenty twenty four. Uh So, was this used to be a pretty 705 00:45:58.880 --> 00:46:04.880 big thing with classic CRPGs, where the moddering tools would come out and people 706 00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:09.239 would just make their own campaigns. And I remember there was a job listing 707 00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:14.760 for someone working on like one of these RPGs that was in the lineage of 708 00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:17.199 like the original balder Skate or Iceland Dale and they're like, hey, you 709 00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:21.280 know, yeah, we're making modern games on Xbox three, sixty or whatever, 710 00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:24.280 but go back to this tool for I think it was balder Skate and 711 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:28.519 create a campaign in there, and that is your resume, Like that is 712 00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:30.559 going to be what we actually judge who we're going to hire on. And 713 00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:36.679 oh, that's that's cool. And I think developers creating a space for more 714 00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:39.119 of that kind of creativity to happen and for people to tell their own stories 715 00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:43.719 in these games is a great way to keep something that's already had some of 716 00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:47.039 the longest legs in gaming history with the Witcher three and ensure that this game 717 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:50.800 is going to be around for a very long time, to the point where 718 00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:53.519 even like Witch or four might come along and not necessarily replace this game. 719 00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:59.039 And in the way, like people still play Melee right right, and like 720 00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:02.000 you you address sounds on that I want to talk about where uh, just 721 00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:06.960 putting together a game like as a mod or like you know, something like 722 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:12.360 that can be a great resume builder. Yes, I forget where it came 723 00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:14.960 from, but like someone in the industry was like, yeah, dude, 724 00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:17.239 we don't care where we went to school, Like show us your Skyrim mod 725 00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:21.000 you know like, and that will be impressive to us. We will like, 726 00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:24.039 you know, get you in the industry based on that, we will 727 00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:27.400 like bring you in for an interview, based on the fact that, okay, 728 00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:30.239 you can code, you can make this thing, like we we know 729 00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:32.719 that you have the skills there. Cool, this is a real world experience 730 00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:37.559 that we value over anything else. So yeah, but on the top topic, 731 00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:43.920 this is interesting because I know, I don't know when this would have 732 00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:46.800 happened by at least know that when I download Cyberpunk again. For Phantom Liberty, 733 00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:52.159 one of the options was to download the uh the mod red Tools. 734 00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:57.960 I think it was for like you know, a Red Engine tool editor, 735 00:47:58.239 --> 00:48:02.039 a mod creation helper. I'm trying to think of like what the terminology would 736 00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:06.920 because you can make mods for a game like just absolutely nothing. But yeah, 737 00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:09.239 they they released in some capacity, just tools that like help you with 738 00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:15.199 more in depth mods. And so I since uh, I believe Witcher three 739 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:16.880 also runs on red Engine, I don't think that was just Okay, it 740 00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:20.599 wasn't just made for Firepunks, so I'd assume that this would be like back 741 00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:22.840 parting it or whatever. It's one of those things that they've kind of had 742 00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:27.360 floating around the background, and I think they did intend to have release these 743 00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:30.360 tools of a very long time ago, and so getting it ready for Cyberpunk 744 00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:32.360 probably helped them get it to a place where it's like, Okay, now 745 00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:36.480 that we've done that work, let's take it back to Witcher three. The 746 00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:38.280 Yeah, it's just it's just a helper. You know, you don't need 747 00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:44.719 this because obviously exactly easier. It's more democratized for people to like, yeah, 748 00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:49.000 learn and this probably already download certain mods for this game and everything like 749 00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:53.400 that, you could who could say? Who could that? Uh? That 750 00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:57.159 already four mod was not what I thought was going to be. By the 751 00:48:57.159 --> 00:49:00.159 way, Jeff, you think it was going to be even more? I 752 00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:06.760 know you And yeah, yeah, listen, I looked for that one. 753 00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:09.480 I couldn't find it. So that's the Lygason. Sure, God, I 754 00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:13.559 was gonna was gonna say something about this topic, but oh well, we'll 755 00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:16.840 move on here to the final story. Machine Gun Kelly wants to play link 756 00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:21.079 in the Zelda movie. I know this is your big machine gun Kelly Fan 757 00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:23.840 Turbo shan Us from Eddie McCoo, a Game Spot, Nintendo, and Sony 758 00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:27.719 have teamed up to produce a Legend of Zelda live action movie, and one 759 00:49:27.760 --> 00:49:30.960 of the biggest questions about the movie is who will play Link and Zelda. 760 00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:35.400 We still don't know, but now Machine Gun Kelly mg K himself has put 761 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:39.280 his name into the mix for a link. Obviously these are this is this 762 00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:44.480 makes perfect sense because then Megan Fox is the perfect Zeldough we know how good 763 00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:49.960 she is with video game stuff. You're right, music to my ears. 764 00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:52.760 I cannot wait. You know how much I loved her in Mortal Kombat one. 765 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:55.480 Uh yeah, to watch Arma Grub and everybody. It was a good 766 00:49:55.480 --> 00:50:00.239 time. I keep coming back to who would be good for these characters, 767 00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:01.960 and I'm not But Sean, I think I'm at a point where I like, 768 00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:07.280 I have no idea. I have zero idea about what would actually make 769 00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:09.320 for a good Link or even a Zelda, but especially link links are really 770 00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:15.639 tough not to crack. Yeah, I'll say that probably no matter what they're 771 00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:17.639 going to announce someone and I'm like, oh, I don't know if that's 772 00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:22.199 gonna work. And I'm always wrong about that. I remember, like a 773 00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:24.000 lot of the MCU casting in the early days, I was like, man, 774 00:50:24.039 --> 00:50:28.239 you're gonna you're gonna get Johnny Storm from the Fantastic four movie for Captain 775 00:50:28.280 --> 00:50:30.039 America. Good luck with that. That's gonna fuck it suck. And then 776 00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:34.440 of course I think he was really great. So Robert Dowds Junior one's last 777 00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:36.840 time he was in a movie, Yeah, exactly, Yeah, Mickey Rourke 778 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:39.159 really and then okay, okay, Iron Man two's not great, but Mickey 779 00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:43.519 Rourke was great, isn't it. So it's a fun movie. I'm fine. 780 00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:45.000 I'm fine with it. Uh so, but yeah, so it's like, 781 00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:49.400 uh, we're not going to really know until we see it. And 782 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:52.119 I suppose the same was true with like Chris Pratt as Mario in the movie, 783 00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:54.000 where it's like, I can predict that this is probably not gonna ruin 784 00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:57.880 the experience, and that's exactly what happened. But still I didn't truly believe 785 00:50:57.920 --> 00:51:02.400 that until I saw it myself. This is like make or break for this 786 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:07.000 movie, though, right, They gotta get Link, right, Oh yeah, 787 00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:09.159 at the very least Link needs to speak, even if everyone else is 788 00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:14.480 miscast, Like you need that poster to be someone where people look at and 789 00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:19.639 they because like Zelda not Nintendo's highest selling franchise, even though it's doing a 790 00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.719 lot better with these new iterations. Huge. Yeah, people know who link 791 00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:25.519 is. You know, people play Smash, they know Nintendo stuff, they 792 00:51:25.519 --> 00:51:30.159 see the brand tattoos. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Like, Man, 793 00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:34.159 you you go a comic con, you can just like you know, throw 794 00:51:34.199 --> 00:51:36.800 a pebble and hit someone with a Triforce S tattoo. You know, like 795 00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:38.800 people know what to look for in a link, and so, yeah, 796 00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:42.800 you're right, that is the most important thing to get out of this. 797 00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:46.639 I don't It doesn't help that I just don't care about this project, Like 798 00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:52.360 this is almost as surely gonna be mediocre. Yes, Jan, wait wait, 799 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:55.280 Galaxy Brain thinking Sony, and they'll get ready to cut the check. 800 00:51:55.880 --> 00:52:01.119 The first thing they need to cast this link is James Gerald Hicks. Who 801 00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:07.159 is this gentleman? You ask who's this gentleman? He plays Dane? Who's 802 00:52:07.280 --> 00:52:15.239 Dane? Who's Dane? Quiet? Man, Oh my goodness, really says 803 00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:20.280 anything. Dane already has experience. You're broken, Jan, You're broken, 804 00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:22.119 all right? Hang on, no, hang on though, this is genius. 805 00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:25.239 I like this thing, like where he's at here? Oh my god, 806 00:52:25.320 --> 00:52:30.079 the check actually check this is not back. Look at this guy. 807 00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:34.559 This is not bad. All right, we'll see if that happens. In 808 00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:37.599 the meantime that we have a pull question from Monday, let's get to that. 809 00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:42.199 Uh. Now that reviews are out, how do you feel about the 810 00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:45.559 PlayStation portal? Four percent say they're getting one, of five percent say I'm 811 00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:50.599 probably getting one, of fifty percent say I'm probably not getting one, and 812 00:52:50.679 --> 00:52:54.639 seventy six percent say just straight up not getting one. I voted for I'm 813 00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:59.000 getting one because I am going to try to track one down. We'll see. 814 00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:01.000 And you're too lazy, just set up remote plans something else, which 815 00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:04.480 is all this thing does. Jes yes, exactly. Well, okay, 816 00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:09.679 here's the thing. I've had bad experiences with my razor Keishi's breaking. I 817 00:53:09.719 --> 00:53:14.039 don't necessarily like playing on phones anyhow, even though I do have phones sitting 818 00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:16.079 around that would probably be fine and I can kind of permanently keep it eye 819 00:53:16.119 --> 00:53:21.119 it just I don't like my stuff feeling even a little bit wobbly. That 820 00:53:21.239 --> 00:53:23.039 was a big problem with like the real break. I break stuff a lot, 821 00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:25.440 I think, but my hair gets to the stuff. I don't know 822 00:53:25.440 --> 00:53:29.960 what it is, but my stuff breaks a lot. And like the early 823 00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:31.960 days of the switch, when the joy cons would feel like they could just 824 00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:36.920 come off without pressing the button, it made that system so much more uncomfortable 825 00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:40.239 to use for me, and I don't like that overall that I want sturdiness 826 00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:45.159 in the thing that I'm holding. You have a Roger ally just sitting around 827 00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:47.920 that you hate, You could just dedicate that to remote play. I did 828 00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:51.719 do that on there, you know, maybe maybe you know be the reality 829 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:55.239 is that actually the Wi Fi experience isn't as fun to stream over as I 830 00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:59.559 I'm also gonna say, Jeff, if you had any trouble setting it up 831 00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:02.440 on your network with these existing devices, the portal probably doesn't go away to 832 00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:07.119 either. I'm not gonna help you. Probably out. I'm absolutely trying to 833 00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:10.480 talk you out the legend. No, all right, that's you're crazy. 834 00:54:10.559 --> 00:54:14.039 It's okay, I'm used to it. That's right. Yes, you've had 835 00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:15.760 to deal with it for a long time. Now, all right, we'll 836 00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:20.480 we have a new poll question here in a second before we do that. 837 00:54:20.639 --> 00:54:22.559 So let's see here, Sean, why do you tell people where they could 838 00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:25.440 find you and what you have going on? All that good stuff? Sure 839 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:30.719 you can get me on Twitter dot com still as Turbo Shawn Underscore and blue 840 00:54:30.760 --> 00:54:35.599 Sky Twitch everywhere else as Turbo Shawn Sahawn. I want to check out check 841 00:54:35.639 --> 00:54:38.079 out what I'm up to. First of all, Gay Meus Jeopardy is the 842 00:54:38.079 --> 00:54:43.559 monthly trivia show that I host on YouTube with this guy with Mike Manatti and 843 00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:45.320 a friend of ours from the industry every month. Now I bring you up 844 00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:49.199 not just to plug our stuff, but because relevant to this audience. Our 845 00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:52.840 most recent episode was with Bailey Myers, who I'm sure people are aware around 846 00:54:52.840 --> 00:54:55.880 here. We have fun time hang out with Bailey as we always do. 847 00:54:57.440 --> 00:55:00.440 Yeah, and that that is exclusive to patrons right now, but we'll be 848 00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:01.199 free for everyone at the end of the month. So if you just want 849 00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:04.639 to wait a couple of weeks, that's totally cool too. Just search for 850 00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:07.280 Game Mess Jeopardy on YouTube. You'll find it. But yeah, outside of 851 00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:12.599 that giant bomb stuff, I'm right here doing social media mostly like the tiktoks 852 00:55:12.599 --> 00:55:15.440 and YouTube shorts and all that stuff. You see a tiktak you like, 853 00:55:15.519 --> 00:55:20.559 that was me, and then doing editing and post production stuff helping him out 854 00:55:20.639 --> 00:55:22.519 Jan a little bit nowadays, you know, taking the smart stuff off his 855 00:55:22.559 --> 00:55:28.000 plate because that man works too damn hard, too much, too too much. 856 00:55:28.239 --> 00:55:30.599 But by the way, I didn't see this. I just saw it 857 00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:32.599 because I was getting caught up on Twitter the our day. Shout outs to 858 00:55:32.719 --> 00:55:37.280 Jan on six years at Giant Bomb. Can we get some claps in the 859 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:43.360 live chat for Jan puld everything together around here Later in the week, I 860 00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:46.159 will be on our stuff around here too. We got what tomorrow Tomorrow we 861 00:55:46.239 --> 00:55:52.559 got unprofessional Fridays on a Thursday. That's where we are doing. We're doing 862 00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:58.880 some Call of Duty stuff. Oops all Nicky's addition, I'm so excited for 863 00:55:58.880 --> 00:56:00.320 this time. I've been trying to get this off the ground for a while. 864 00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:07.440 Now. I'm very gonna be me, you, Jeff Baklar, and 865 00:56:07.559 --> 00:56:09.400 our own Nicky Nicky Grayson. We're gonna be playing some Call of Duty. 866 00:56:09.400 --> 00:56:14.039 We're gonna hop into war Zone, and then we're gonna play some MW three 867 00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:17.159 multiplayer afterwards. But the kicker is the entire time we will be of course 868 00:56:17.320 --> 00:56:22.000 Nicki Minaj is running around. Yeah. Yeah, so that's gonna be fun. 869 00:56:22.079 --> 00:56:25.519 Check that out tomorrow Thursday on Giant Bomb, and then on Friday we 870 00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:30.280 have Thursday Night Throwdown on a Friday. This is all. This is all 871 00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:35.440 because it's scheduling where we're going to check out the new Mario Kart DLC tracks. 872 00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:37.280 Yeah, get Mario Kurt downloaded and come play with us. It'll be 873 00:56:37.559 --> 00:56:40.400 You do not need the DLC to play on the new tracks, by the 874 00:56:40.400 --> 00:56:44.320 way, So like if you just have Mario cart eight Deluxe on your switch, 875 00:56:44.400 --> 00:56:46.159 that's cool. We'll set up a tournament. You'll get the code day 876 00:56:46.199 --> 00:56:49.719 of way. Tune into the stream. So I just make sure tune in 877 00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:51.719 live and you it will be a play Mario Kart with us. It'll be 878 00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:54.639 a fun time. Excellent. All right, let's see the new poll question 879 00:56:55.760 --> 00:57:00.239 should a game cost morph and has more content? Yes or no. I'm 880 00:57:00.360 --> 00:57:05.000 very curious to see what video gamers have to say about this topic. I 881 00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:07.000 gues suppose if it's like, oh, if it's like a one hour game, 882 00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:08.280 it's only it can only cost one dollar. It's like no, I 883 00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:10.679 don't like that either. I want to be able to pay more for a 884 00:57:10.719 --> 00:57:14.559 game like a short Hike is game I played so many times. I like 885 00:57:14.599 --> 00:57:16.599 that game so much. It does not need to cost less because it's like 886 00:57:16.639 --> 00:57:22.360 such a concise experience. I'm so much more willing to pay like fifteen dollars 887 00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:27.159 for like a few hour experience from a smaller studio than like sixty or seventy 888 00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:30.480 dollars for a bloated ass game from major studio at this point. Yep, 889 00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:35.599 all right, we will talk about that on gay mess Warnings here on Giant 890 00:57:35.599 --> 00:57:37.880 Bomb tomorrow. Shann already gave you the rundown of what's happening here on Giant 891 00:57:37.880 --> 00:57:40.199 Bombs, So I guess what I'm gonna say now is, Shawn, thank 892 00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:43.840 you so much for spending today talk with me about video games. I really 893 00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:45.559 appreciate it. Hey, it's always good to be on the show Man. 894 00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:49.480 Thanks for having me back. Thank you everybody for watching. You're the best 895 00:57:49.519 --> 00:57:52.920 audience in gaming. Until next time, have a good one, take care 896 00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:53.840 of yourself, and goodbye.