WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:15.679 Don't be bare. It's the internet. You're busy. Let's do 2 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:19.199 this for February fourteenth, twenty twenty five. I wanted to 3 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:21.079 say Friday. I mean, it is Friday, but I don't 4 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:23.519 usually say that. For the next hour or so, let 5 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:25.280 me help you sort through the world of gaming on 6 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:28.440 Game Mess Mornings Live with me Jeff Grubb. Today, love 7 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:31.760 is Dead as the elder Ring Night Rain network test 8 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:35.320 encounters major problems on PlayStation. But first please join me 9 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:37.960 and welcoming today's co host a Game Mess Mornings. It's 10 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:40.600 two more. Who's saying, tam, how are you doing? 11 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.880 I am here and I am alive. What more do 12 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:45.960 you want from me? 13 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:48.719 Uh? Huh, all right, okay, you know what I was 14 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:51.200 gonna ask more, but now I'm feeling like egg on 15 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:52.359 my face? What am I thinking? 16 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:57.560 It's also, you know, it's Ostall weekend, nba' Stall weekend. YEP, 17 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:03.000 it's being held in the YA area. I'm expecting to 18 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:05.599 hear a lot of E four E being blasted. Maybe 19 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:07.560 some too short. 20 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:08.280 You know what I mean? 21 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:10.799 Yeah, absolutely, yeah, exactly. 22 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.239 Damn. How are NBA fans feeling about the All Star 23 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.040 game right now? Because All Star games kind of across 24 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.319 the board being you know, kind of crappy. 25 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:22.120 So yeah, it's not been great for the last couple 26 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.359 of years. So this year's one was created in collaboration 27 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:31.519 with the greatest basketball player of all time, the one 28 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.680 and only Number thirty, Steph Curry, of course, so they 29 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.280 hit him up and they're like, Yo, we're gonna come 30 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:40.799 to your your backyard or come into your house. So 31 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:43.560 what should we do with this NBA thing? And now 32 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:47.680 there's a tournament format which is going to be cool. Yeah, 33 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:50.200 And I think at one point the rookies are like 34 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:54.000 the best rookies are going up against like the best vets, 35 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:59.640 which is bound to cause some some like intense play 36 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:02.840 because those vets don't want to lose our rookies and 37 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.599 rookies want to be some vets. Yeah, it's going to 38 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:06.319 be interesting. 39 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:08.240 That's always the thing. It's like, Yeah, I just want 40 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:12.639 to see at least some interesting game play, and usually 41 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:14.080 these All Star games you don't get that. You have 42 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.800 to create some sort of steaks, So hopefully that works. 43 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.439 I'm on the other side where I'm like, we still 44 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.400 have a season to play. So I didn't go like 45 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.080 dumb hard on like a goof games. 46 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:29.879 Yeah, absolutely, for sure, go ahead. 47 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.479 They have like four days off to recover hopefully. We 48 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:34.360 just we played the Warriors. 49 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:34.759 I say we. 50 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.360 I didn't touch a ball. I had no impact on 51 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:37.879 that game. 52 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:40.159 Yeah. 53 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.599 The Warriors played the Houston Rockets yesterday. US Rockets, I 54 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:49.400 believe are third or fourth in the conference, and we 55 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:51.719 beat them, which was good. 56 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:53.599 It was a bit touch and go. 57 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:56.159 The Warriors are doing this thing where if they play 58 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.479 a dog shit team, they will somehow lose. If they 59 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:01.599 played their best team in the NBA, they will cook them. 60 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:02.000 Yep. 61 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.039 So I don't know why they Well what's going on 62 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:05.599 over there, But we got Jimmy Buckets. 63 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.560 Now that seems like it's going to go pretty good. 64 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:10.680 It's going well so far. 65 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.039 He's uh, he's doing it. He's he's he's showing up. 66 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:16.080 He's like he's been playing really well. And then he 67 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.360 did like interviews and he was like, I'm not in 68 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:21.240 basketball shape. I still need to I didn't play for 69 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.520 a month, so I need to get fit and I 70 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.680 still haven't learned any of the actual like plays and 71 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.759 offensive plays. So he's he's still getting warmed up, which 72 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:32.159 is good. 73 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:32.759 Yep. 74 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:33.680 Excited about that. 75 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:37.680 Yeah, you know have enjoy your All Star weekend. It's 76 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.840 also the four Nations tournaments still happened for hockey, and 77 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.280 it's kind of like, oh, this it's been really good, 78 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.960 but you're right, they're all really trying because they're playing 79 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.039 for their nations and they are they're like getting in 80 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.400 scraps after the plays, like you know, not fistfights like 81 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.879 happens in hockey, but like hey, no pushing and shoving 82 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.800 and people being thrown into the net and stuff like 83 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.599 that because they're playing hard and there's already been a 84 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.240 couple of injuries. It's like, oh, oh man, they got 85 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.120 to go back and play for their teams after this, 86 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:04.719 and some of them are going to be hurt now 87 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:06.879 because of this. So it's like, okay, these games have 88 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:09.199 been amazing, but is that worth it? It's tough. 89 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.840 It's about yeah, So what's the state of hockey? 90 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.120 Video games like right now? A NBA like basketball games aren't. Well, 91 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:17.959 there's the two K games and they're great, but like 92 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.639 they don't they're too sim for me, Like I'm a 93 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:21.439 jam guy. 94 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:23.279 But what's it like over there? 95 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.160 It's you know, it's NHL from EA uh and and 96 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.600 that's about it. There You know, there are more indie 97 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.560 hockey games like Arcadie games happening than than ever before. 98 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.560 None of them have really like hit super hard. That 99 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.160 puck game was a lot of fun. That first person 100 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.040 hockey game that we played on the site of a 101 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.680 couple like last week, I think, And that one's weird 102 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.759 because like you have full stick control with the mouse, 103 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.240 so you can like lift it up and down and 104 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:50.600 left and right, and it's very difficult. It's like quop 105 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:54.839 but hockey that's actually it's a really good time. And 106 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.959 then there's kind of nothing in between that and EA's 107 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:01.079 attempt at a SIM game that's been pret pretty rough 108 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.519 for years. My question, I was just gonna say it, like, 109 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.839 we used to have it so good, Tam. We used 110 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.120 to get so many different kinds of all these sports games, 111 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:13.680 arcadie games, sim games, everything in between that was legit 112 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:15.759 just better. I know, it's always like, oh, things used 113 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.920 to be better. You can't always say that that action 114 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:18.800 was better. 115 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:20.279 My quest. 116 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:22.319 I remember I talked about trying to play NBA Jam 117 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:27.680 on a modern console. Yeah, it's been fruitless, sadly, but 118 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:31.000 I noticed that nets have a game coming up called 119 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:35.240 The Dunk Dynasty Dunk CE Dynasty. 120 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:38.199 D Dynasty. 121 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:40.160 I wish it looks. 122 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:41.920 Like the most I think it's the most free to 123 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.160 play ass game. Of course, it's like a five v 124 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:46.680 five game, but it's got like stylized versions of modern 125 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:49.920 basketball players. Like it's got like James Harden steps and there, 126 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:52.560 Kevin Durant is, then the NIS is in there, and 127 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:58.600 then Joel Embiid absolute bomb flop fucking is also there 128 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:02.319 as well. Some reason, my man's on break full time 129 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:03.240 getting paid for it. 130 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:09.680 I I like those weird mobile games that happened a 131 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:11.399 lot of times based on these sports, like, oh wait, 132 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:15.160 they're still doing those. Uh. They are all kind of trash, 133 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.759 but they must somehow always also get major stars to 134 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.000 be in them. So it's fun to. 135 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.800 See if anyone knows how I can play NBA gam 136 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.720 not the original one, right, because I know how to 137 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:26.720 play the original one good. 138 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.199 It is backer compatible because you buy a disc, right, 139 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:32.639 and those are hard to come. I know. 140 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:37.079 It's the the on Fire edition is the only one 141 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:41.519 that I think is available or whatever, and the one 142 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.480 that you need is a different one. I think that's 143 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.480 why it's it's it's weird something weirdness with. 144 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:51.199 That well, his Lord Xenu has some answers for you. 145 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.120 That may or may not be the name of an emulator. 146 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.000 Actually it's Xenu or Xenu. 147 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.120 I can't remember when i've I have already explored the emulator, 148 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.399 which is which, which works for me, and it is good, 149 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:05.319 But like I don't want to stay in front of auba. 150 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:07.680 Yeah, get it on your steam deck or something. Cut 151 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.160 that going there? Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's explain what we 152 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:12.639 do here most weekdays, I, Jeff Grub, will help piece 153 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.800 your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and 154 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.800 maybe even some of our own original reporting. For all 155 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.959 these topics, I'll get the input of a bona fide 156 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.920 expert who will make me look smart. If you're watching 157 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:26.959 live on twitch welcome, You can always listen to the 158 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:29.680 show later on podcast feeds by searching for Games Mornings, 159 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:33.279 or find the RSS on giant bomb dot com. You 160 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.000 can also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps 161 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:39.720 on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot 162 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:41.480 to get into, so let's start the morning mess with 163 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:46.959 switch To units are reportedly selling for forty thousand dollars 164 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.120 on the Chinese black market. This is from Ali Reynolds 165 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:53.439 at Nintendo Life. According to our recent post on the 166 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:58.120 switch To subreddit, this via wccf tech, early units of 167 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:01.439 Nintendo's upcoming new console are being sold on the Chinese 168 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.879 black market for nearly forty g's. This is supposedly sourced 169 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:12.720 via the same leaker from the Jonghaus shoe forums. Uhgo 170 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.120 she how zu? I like that one. I don't know 171 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:19.600 what it is, but I like that now? What's moorth 172 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:25.120 feeling dominic Decoco forums, who revealed that the the CAD 173 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:27.079 model for the switch To in twenty twenty four, So 174 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:29.879 the people that did that also apparently are selling them 175 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:32.960 for forty thousand dollars. They're selling them within an accompanying 176 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:38.000 screenshot showcasing messages between the leaker and the post had 177 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:42.080 accompanying messages that showcase the conversation between the leaker and 178 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.159 a black market seller, albeit with much of the detail 179 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:47.639 blurred out. You have to wonder why anyone would be 180 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:50.080 willing to spend so much on an early switch To unit, 181 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:52.320 but the theory is that the leaker is effectively shopping 182 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.480 the unit out to accessory manufacturers. Building products based on 183 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:58.919 specs alone is one thing, but having the ability to 184 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.600 actually test out access with a real switch to unit 185 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.320 might well be worth the hassle and money, given the 186 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:07.279 potential payoff in the months and years ahead. Of course, 187 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.799 it's possible that this could all be a load of rubbish, 188 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:12.559 but you know what these leakers are like. Give it 189 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.000 a few weeks and we'll probably see blurry cropped images 190 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.720 of the unit itself on Fami boards or something like that. 191 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:23.639 This text conversation looks suspicious as hell. Yes, it's not 192 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:25.360 even yo, my uncle has this. 193 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.159 Do you want it? It's just like I have do 194 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:33.679 you want? Yes? How much I can make that? Shit? Man, 195 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:35.240 I'm not saying it's not out there, but you. 196 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.879 Know, I mean yeah, But at the point here clearly 197 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.759 is just that it's getting wild out there for the 198 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:43.600 switch to and the fact that wait, whether this is 199 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.960 real or not real, or if it's happening, it's the 200 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.440 kind of thing like I can imagine this being real 201 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:55.559 because people have just gone nuts, and they know when 202 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:59.200 Nintendo was promising to talk about it next April. Second. Yeah, 203 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.480 people still have very little chill when it comes to 204 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:02.960 a waiting for that. 205 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.360 Who's paying forty grand for that? Come on, man, what 206 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.159 are you getting out of that? You're getting like an 207 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.480 early version. You cannot resell that thing, Like you can't 208 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.679 be like I bought an early version of the switch 209 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:16.480 and now I'm like, I'm I've got a one of 210 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.600 the kind of thing because the moment you try and 211 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.440 sell that or show it to anyone, Nintendo is gonna 212 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:27.120 stick a knife through your throat immediately, like you're cooked this, 213 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:27.840 You're done. 214 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:29.840 So what are you doing with this thing? It's not 215 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.159 even like it's just it's just for your own benefit. 216 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.440 You're like, I lost forty grand and I have this 217 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:38.799 bundle of wires and PCBs that is the switch too. 218 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:42.519 They wouldn't even like get interpol or the FBI involved 219 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.159 or whatever, And it's tend to be like we'll handle 220 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:47.600 this ourselves and just to centegrate you, just yeah, they'll 221 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:49.120 melt you where you land. 222 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.240 El Sakarai, you can make his YouTube video tomorrow. We 223 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:55.279 need him for something, and Sacarai just straps up and 224 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.840 he's like, this is why it takes me so long 225 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:57.960 for make Smash games. 226 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:59.000 I have to fucking kill. 227 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.559 In house assassin. 228 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.200 Yeah, yeah, I like can imagine that when sakara is 229 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.039 not making Smash he's basically living the John Wick life style. 230 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:13.200 Yes, it's that. What was that movie where the guy 231 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.480 was the game show host and he like used like 232 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.120 the award for the show was like, Oh, the couple 233 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:19.919 gets to travel around the world and it's like, you're 234 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.320 traveling to Moscow because he needed to go like to 235 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.600 Moscow to secretly assassinate someone. 236 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:26.240 Yeah, sounds amazing. 237 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.960 That's what That's what Sacarai is doing. He's out there 238 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.320 living that life. Okay, yeah, forty thousand dollars, you're right, 239 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.480 what what do you think? I get the like theory 240 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:38.360 here of you pay that money and then you take 241 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.600 the thing around and you go to all these Chinese 242 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:44.000 manufacturers who won't care where you got it from, and 243 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.000 they see like the chance to get out ahead of 244 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:47.960 the curve and have products ready to go for them 245 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:50.799 to switch to launch because they got a model early 246 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:53.600 and we're able to test it out make sure everything worked. 247 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.679 Are they paying for that access? I imagine? 248 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:57.720 I think, yeah, I think they would pay for that 249 00:11:57.799 --> 00:11:59.639 access at least. You know, again, this is all just 250 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.399 I could I could see that being the way things work, 251 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:06.039 though I wouldn't be too surprised if that's mostly the 252 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.759 way A lot of this stuff went down. Although you know, 253 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.840 they really can make these things based on the CAD models. Sure, 254 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:15.200 it'd be better to have a physical hard wherever you 255 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:17.039 take the CAD models, you three D print your own 256 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:18.399 thing and get. 257 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.840 As close as I have seen switch to accessories yeah, 258 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:26.240 that people have made in person and held them in 259 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.480 my hand and it's like, oh, so this is what 260 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:30.240 a switch is going to feel like. I've held like 261 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:36.279 a three D version of the switch too, because it's like, yeah, yeah, 262 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:40.039 it was whatever. It's everyone that you don't need to 263 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.000 pay forty grand for us crazy. 264 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:46.399 Yeah. I Also, I'm like skeptical that it even turns 265 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:50.360 on this forty thousand dollars switch to and if it does, 266 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.320 it's like booting into the bios or whatever and you 267 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.039 can't even get into the operating system. 268 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:57.320 So no chance. 269 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:00.960 Yeah, just I says that it's just a dumb thing 270 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.879 that someone is doing. Probably if it's real, it's just like, 271 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:04.440 why are you doing this? 272 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.120 Good for you man? 273 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.639 Yep, exactly. Wait a couple of weeks and we're gonna 274 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.919 get all more information. 275 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.440 I have a request for you. 276 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:12.559 I needed to load up your so onboard with you 277 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:17.039 know the you know, the the kind of announcements on 278 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:19.200 the street fire two when they go to a different country, 279 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:21.759 whereas like China, China, you should have one of those 280 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.639 ready for each area, so that if we were on 281 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:26.120 this story you would have pressed down, it would have 282 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.759 been like China, and then you could like carry on. 283 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:33.080 Actually love love that, actual get like the motion graphics 284 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:34.519 to come up with like the stream decks so it 285 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.840 can be China and then actually has the plane flying 286 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:38.879 or whatever, and you. 287 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:46.440 Can like a yeah, you're also slande England to super 288 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.000 prefer to when they put came in there, England wasn't 289 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:50.480 the one that why are you doing it like this? 290 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:52.960 You have changed up your energy for this? 291 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.080 Yeah, what's going on? 292 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:59.480 Super England? Uh from Software apologizes for eldin Ring Night 293 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:02.720 Rain tests server problems. This is from George Yang at 294 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.320 game Spot. From Software has issued an apology for the 295 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:10.600 connection issues currently plaguing the elden Ring Night Rain network test. 296 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:14.120 From Software's Japanese player support account on Twitter said that 297 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:17.639 servers are currently congested, which is making it difficult for 298 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.440 players to match with each other. The account suggested to 299 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.120 continue trying and apologize for any inconvenience. It seems that 300 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:29.080 like the PlayStation servers are being hit particularly hard night fare, Yeah, 301 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.559 go ahead. 302 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:32.639 It's crazy that they have to apologize for this thing 303 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.519 when the express purpose is for this to happen. Yep, 304 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.159 it's like it's for any development. This happens with order 305 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.200 others that we're so sorry that you cannot connect to 306 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.120 this network test. 307 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:46.240 I'm I'm always like, man, I couldn't do this that 308 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.240 job where I wrote this message because I'd be like, oh, 309 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.639 I'm sorry you couldn't connect. Well, let's give you your money back. 310 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:54.000 Oh you didn't pay for anything, Okay, Well then what 311 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.399 go do something else with your time? Like what are 312 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.279 we talking about here? 313 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.159 I mean like it's like again it's a symptom of 314 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:07.159 people thinking these parts of the kind of cycle are 315 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:10.679 old to them. And also it's like, you know, the 316 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:14.120 publishers shouldn't use this as a marketing be like I 317 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.639 don't think from software does that. 318 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.519 There are a few companies that I'd. 319 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:22.080 Be like, if you play early, you can get into 320 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:24.399 our beta test, if you know what I mean, which 321 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:26.559 is like if you did that, then you've got a 322 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.639 leg to stand on where you're complaining that you can't 323 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.039 get in. But I think most people should be like 324 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.759 a little more. I think companies should be a little 325 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:38.639 more clear about stuff breaking, especially from like they're not 326 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:45.440 super super well versed in like large scale networking in games. 327 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:48.799 Even they're like core games, they almost have a a 328 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:51.679 kind of like a drip feed of networking in their 329 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:54.960 games unless you go into PvP and that kind of stuff. 330 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.039 But this is the first game that they've made which 331 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:01.159 is like very very very focused on put a network 332 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.759 element of it. 333 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:05.000 They should just come out and been like, big text, 334 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:09.519 this is going to break. It's the point, do not complain, yep. 335 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.600 And you could see like, of course there's going to 336 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.679 be conflicting desires of what like the different sides want 337 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.799 to get out of this. You know, from software clearly 338 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.759 just actually wants to test and see if this is 339 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.840 going to work. And then Bandy namcoes like, great, we 340 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.919 will kind of like position it as like a big 341 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.159 exciting thing for fans, so they could start building up 342 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:29.759 momentum for the for the marketing, and I'm sure from 343 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:33.159 Stuff's like okay, that's great, but no, like we have 344 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.639 a specific purpose here, like yeah, go ahead. 345 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.080 We went to a preview event and the networking was 346 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:42.039 like not great there, Like it had a stumbles and 347 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.559 that kind of stuff, and it meant we were limited 348 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:47.919 and how much how long we could play, like we 349 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:49.919 were getting like one player would get kicked out like 350 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.039 halfway through a run and that kind of stuff. And 351 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.120 I remember like the Namco people, just like the Bandaid people, 352 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.480 freaking out. They were like, oh my god, this sucks. 353 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:02.200 I was just like, hey man, you do not have 354 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.440 to worry about it. That's this is the point, Like 355 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.519 this is gonna happen. Just just it will be fine, 356 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.079 Like I'm playing enough to get a good feel for it. 357 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.839 And I felt so bad for them because it felt 358 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.720 like they owed us something which I guess they might 359 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:18.279 have considering like we flew out there and you know 360 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:20.319 that kind of stuff, and they had they had, like 361 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:24.480 you know, intention to have like preview coverage artist. But 362 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:28.039 I was just like, it's an online game, pre release 363 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:32.200 in a very weird environment where your networking isn't ideal 364 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.400 in any way. This is gonna happen. And I was 365 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.839 just like, oh man, I wish I wish it didn't. 366 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.000 They didn't feel this like under the gone to have 367 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:42.839 a perfect experience already, and like I played it. I 368 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:44.880 played it enough to write a preview and also like 369 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.440 talk about it, so I had no issues with it. 370 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.519 But yeah, it was it had a it was Bomby. 371 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.039 That's what it's going to be like, It's going to 372 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:55.000 be there. It will probably be that way when it launches. 373 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.680 That I suppose we're gonna ask you, like, where, what 374 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:01.559 is your expectation level for this ability at launch? I'm 375 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.960 with you. I think that it's else. 376 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:09.359 Almost every like multiplayer focus game has a has had 377 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.720 a rough goal of it to begin with, or has 378 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:13.599 a high chance of it. I can't think of very 379 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:18.880 many games that came out and launched perfectly like no issues. Most, 380 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:21.680 I guess the only ones that I could reliably say, now, 381 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.559 oh it's going to be fine. 382 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.279 It's call of Duty. But that's because it scaled up. 383 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:28.519 Remember Modern Warfare, like the first one, when Quality for 384 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:31.440 Modern Warfare came out, I remember having a rough time 385 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:35.119 with that BA and so also when the game came out, 386 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.000 it was a bit rough. 387 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:39.759 But they've had what almost a decade. 388 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.519 Of being able to scale up and also use the 389 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:46.759 same kind of infrastructure to move from one to the other. 390 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.880 Game like Overwatch was rough for a little bit. 391 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:51.799 I think the only one that I can really think 392 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:55.359 of recently that didn't have an issue big enough for 393 00:18:55.400 --> 00:19:01.240 it to become like newsworthy was probably Marvel Rivals. I think, yeah, 394 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.720 because that, as far as I can tell, just launched 395 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.400 and has been fine interesting for a long time, right, 396 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.440 so interesting for a long time. And NETS is a 397 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:16.000 company that has a lot of online games, much bigger 398 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.359 than most. 399 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.960 People, Like they've got these weird freaking games. 400 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:25.640 Games with huge audiences because exactly exactly, and you would 401 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.759