WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:11.000 Hey, everybody, welcome to Game Mess Mornings with Me Jeff Greb, 2 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:13.320 your host from giant bomb dot com. We're brought to 3 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:16.719 you by MSI. We'll talk about that more later, but 4 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:18.719 thank you for tuning in. In this episode, we're going 5 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.239 to be talking about what happened at games Com and 6 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:25.039 switch to getting a beloved final Fantasy. It's gonna be 7 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:26.480 a good one because we have Jason. 8 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:28.399 Bonelli on the show. Jason, how are you doing? 9 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.239 Hey, I'm feeling good. It was very productive yesterday during 10 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:33.880 opening night live covering it over on Game Spot. I 11 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.439 think I had seven six or seven articles all told, 12 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:38.240 go up throughout the day. 13 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:39.159 Wow, Okay. 14 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:40.560 I had a couple of pre rights that I was 15 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:42.079 able to do, and then I covered some of the 16 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.840 big things during the show. It was there was a lot. 17 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.960 There was a lot coming at here from different angles. 18 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:50.079 Some people, you know, they love to say that the 19 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:53.159 shows like this are bad or whatever grade this show, 20 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.840 but honestly, as far as like quantity is concerned, there 21 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.479 was a lot of take in quality obviously, give or take, 22 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.000 but there were some things I was excited about. How 23 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.159 about you, Bubsy, Yeah, no, there it is. 24 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.400 I am well listen at least that Bubbsy game looks 25 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.760 all right. So if I'm if this is gonna be 26 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:12.959 my lot in life, I'll maybe I don't have to 27 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:17.439 suffer quite as much. Yeah, I I like, well, that'll 28 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.040 be the poll question Today'm gon to. We are gonna 29 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:21.159 ask people who grade the show I do. I always 30 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.480 do wonder like what rubric people use when they are 31 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.120 deciding that, because it's going to be a very personal thing. Right, 32 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:27.920 do you want to be entertained during the show? Do 33 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.400 you only care about making a list of games that 34 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.400 you're excited about? Like for me, it's like, you know, 35 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.760 it's always a combination of those factors. I just never 36 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.120 want to feel like we're like we're wasting our time, 37 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:40.519 And sometimes those shows can have that that sensation of like, oh, 38 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:42.159 you know, a lot of this feels like it was 39 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.040 a waste or filling in a filling in time when 40 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.760 I have other stuff I could be doing. But there 41 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:49.799 are plenty of games that I'm like, Okay, at the 42 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.879 very least I want to try those, not a ton 43 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.760 of like, well, I know I'm gonna love that, but 44 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:56.879 you know that that's fine, that's completely okay. 45 00:01:57.560 --> 00:01:59.959 So yeah, I at the end of the day. 46 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:01.200 At the end of the day, we always get to 47 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.239 a point with these KILLI shows where it's like, you know, oh, Killey, 48 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:05.599 what is he doing. 49 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:07.040 He can only show off. 50 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.319 The games that are actually ready that the companies actually 51 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.479 want to show off. So this is what was available, 52 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.000 and you know, at a certain point, maybe, okay, maybe 53 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:16.960 he was charging too much. I don't think so, because 54 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:19.879 people keep coming back to him, they keep paying that money, 55 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:21.800 and the price keeps going up, which to me tells 56 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:25.360 me that people in these companies do believe that going 57 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:27.360 to a Jeff Keey show is worth it and it 58 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.319 gets them the attention they need. 59 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:31.560 So yeah, I think you should still have the pick 60 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:32.039 of the litter. 61 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:34.520 And at that point, I'm like, yeah, this just comes 62 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:37.520 down to there's not enough games from these big companies 63 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.000 to like make one of these shows completely shine. So 64 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.479 for what it is, I get it. But yeah, it 65 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.240 sounds like you were busy yesterday. I'm glad you were 66 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:48.520 able to get a bunch of stuff written up. We have, 67 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.199 you know, I think kind of setting up the table 68 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.840 for the rest of the year with shows like this. 69 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:56.919 Are you how are you feeling about gaming for the 70 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:58.400 rest of the year. I'm like, oh, you have plenty 71 00:02:58.400 --> 00:02:59.520 of games for me to look forward to. 72 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:03.719 I'm not like there's not anything that really sticks out 73 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.039 to me as like I need to play this right now, 74 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.639 at least until Metroid Prime gets a date. Right, But 75 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.639 I'm excited for Pokemon, I am now excited for Kirby 76 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.919 Air Riders. Holy crap, that was nice. Looked like a 77 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.439 lot of fun. There's a couple of other things here 78 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:20.639 and there that I remember is coming out this year 79 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:22.400 and I'm like, oh, that looks like that looks like 80 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.840 it could be a lot of fun. But I'm not 81 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:27.520 in a spot where I'm like desperate for games, right 82 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:31.039 because if it's not something that's coming out like brand new, 83 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:34.719 my backlog is so full. I can chip away at 84 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.280 some things, like as Claire Obscure is still staring me 85 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:38.800 in the face, like come on, man, when are you 86 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:41.400 going to play this? And we don't know if any 87 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:45.199 of the games in this presentation could be the next 88 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:47.759 Claire Obscure, right, Like Claire Obscure debut at the Xbox 89 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:51.599 Showcase last year and then became a smash hit. So 90 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:54.400 we might have seen like the people who did a 91 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.759 No Trea, right, Geama Games. They threw me a curveball 92 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.240 because when I saw that fella from La vi in 93 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:04.840 a Comedia come out, I thought it was Ea bringing 94 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.840 back Dante's Inferno. He had the same little thing on 95 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.879 his head, which is all from Dante's Divine Comedy. But 96 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:13.759 like to see a souls like approach on that and 97 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:17.560 plus a Notrea is fine. It's it's it's it's a 98 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.959 serviceable souls like for what I tried of it. And 99 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:21.759 what I mean by that is I played a demo 100 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:23.240 and it beat the ship out of me. It's exactly 101 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.680 what I expected. And then there's like other stuff. The 102 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:31.360 pre show was surprisingly strong. Yeah, like the Battlestar Galactica game. 103 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:36.160 The aforementioned nineties mascot Bubbsy was he man in the 104 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.240 pre show as well. Yes, then there was the there 105 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.160 was the one where you're just sitting at the controller, 106 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.920 the planetary Canon PVKK or Planeton, vert Planet and Vertie 107 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.959 Oh I had I practiced this planet and Vertidi gus 108 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.399 Canon and comment there it is. We got ah, how 109 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.439 do you ever screw that up? So easy? It's so easy? 110 00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:59.600 But yeah, I mean that that looks interesting. That looks 111 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.480 like it's got papers please, thing going on, but instead 112 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.480 of like collecting papers and verifying things, you're like just 113 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:09.120 defending this planet with this one canon. So I don't know, 114 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:13.439 could be could be something down the line that came 115 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.480 from this show that I'll forget came from this show, 116 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:16.839 and I'll be like, oh shit, that was a lot 117 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:18.319 of fun and we'll see what goes on. 118 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:20.959 Yeah, well's we're actually gonna talk about it. So let's 119 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.439 let's get into it. Let's explain ourselves. 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You 143 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.560 can also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps 144 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:24.639 on YouTube. 145 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:26.879 Hello YouTube. 146 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:28.439 All right, we have a lot to get into, so 147 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:31.839 let's start the Morning Mess with everything that happened at 148 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.920 Gamescom twenty twenty five opening night. It says that I 149 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.480 went through this story. There's some holes here. That's fine. 150 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:39.560 We talked about some of them already a he Man 151 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:43.879 and some of the Battlestar Galactico game. Yeah, some of 152 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:45.839 that stuff isn't in here. I try to add some 153 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.079 more stuff from the pre show. Let's get into it. 154 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.759 This comes from Jamie Tugaiev at Dual Shockers. We mentioned 155 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.560 Bubbs four D that is actually coming from the studio 156 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.160 that did Demons Tide or Demon Tides I should say, 157 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:00.639 which was a three platformer. 158 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.480 They actually got a sequel a little bit a little 159 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:02.720 bit ago. 160 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.839 It's from the last couple of years, and they have 161 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:07.839 a really really good look to them, where like you 162 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.839 are a two D sprite character running through a three 163 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.560 D world and the animation this looks really nice. I 164 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:16.319 played that game and thought it felt pretty good. Like 165 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.279 a lot of other indie three D platformers, it's never 166 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.800 it never feels like they're quite over the hump of like, 167 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.720 oh man, this, we don't even need three D platformers 168 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:26.920 from the big companies anymore. 169 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:28.160 Indie games got have this. 170 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.839 It's not like none of those games have quite been 171 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.279 there yet, but they are getting closer. And this was 172 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:35.480 definitely one where I was like, Okay, this is pretty close. 173 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:38.079 This feels how I wanted to feel. So seeing them 174 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:42.639 come in there and tackle Bubsy, oh boy, can't wait 175 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.399 to see what that's all about. Sonic and pac Man 176 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.240 are exchanging DLC Crossworld is going to get pac Man. 177 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:51.639 Pac Man World to Repack is getting some Sonic stuff. 178 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.759 Hollow Night's Silk Song is real coming at twenty twenty five. 179 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:59.519 Jason we're getting that real. Just deep dive into this game. 180 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.959 Apparently tomorrow they held off, didn't put a lot of 181 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.439 details into Opening Night Live, although people are playing it 182 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:07.240 right now right. 183 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:10.839 Yes, the first level I believe is available in a 184 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:12.519 via demo on the show floor. 185 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:12.720 Now. 186 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:16.160 The public day is not until tomorrow. I believe today 187 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.199 is media only at games Com, so that would make 188 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:21.439 sense as to why they're waiting until tomorrow to do it. 189 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.720 The public will be there. I imagine they'll be on 190 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.240 some sort of maybe a little stage, maybe Xbox is stage. 191 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:30.600 I don't know it is a specifically Team Cherry stream 192 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:32.960 or the video that's going around, so it may just 193 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:35.639 be pre recorded, but I imagine that they will be 194 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.399 on stage with Xbox at some point, considering they're so 195 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:41.840 intrinsically linked with the rug L, which we will talk 196 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.399 about a little bit later in this show based on 197 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:48.559 the rundown. But yeah, it's very weird to see actual 198 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:54.399 gameplay of Hollow Night moving. 199 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.200 Yeah, you sawtime breaking news, everybody, let's do it. 200 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:00.639 Welcome to the show. 201 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:05.440 PlayStation with PlayStation five price changes in the United States. 202 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:07.200 This comes from the PlayStation blog. 203 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:08.600 Put in your. 204 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.879 Bets Now, do you think the price is going up 205 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:11.320 or down. 206 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:16.360 Everybody, Let's find out. Let's find out together, whole question. Yeah, 207 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.919 all right, here we go. 208 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.679 This is from Isabel Timades at PlayStation What they shouldn't 209 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:23.600 have someone have to attach their name. This should go 210 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:26.600 right to the president or whatever. All right, here's the 211 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:29.639 blog post. Similar to many global businesses, we continue to 212 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:33.759 navigate a challenging economic environment. What about my fucking challenging 213 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:34.600 economic environment. 214 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:34.960 Whatever. 215 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.840 As a result, we've made the difficult decision to increase 216 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.039 the recommended retail price for PlayStation five consoles in the 217 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:45.279 United States starting on August twenty first, that's tomorrow. The 218 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:49.080 updated recommended retail price for PlayStation five consoles in the 219 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:53.480 United States are as follows. For the PlayStation five, the 220 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:56.519 standard version, which I guess and now is the that 221 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.120 updated version. But whatever, PlayStation five is going to be 222 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:03.440 five hundred fifty dollars. Now, the PlayStation five Digital Edition 223 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.399 is going to be five hundred even four hundred ninety 224 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:09.320 nine ninety nine, and then the PlayStation five Pro will 225 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.759 be seven hundred fifty dollars. I think these are all 226 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.039 going up by fifty bucks. 227 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.480 Yes, yes, a fifty dollars increase on each one. Yikes, 228 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:19.720 just sikes. 229 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:23.679 They are not raising the price of their accessories, but 230 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.120 they have and they have no other price changes to 231 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:27.799 announce for additional markets at this time. 232 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:28.000 Now. 233 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:29.519 The reason for that is they already raised the price 234 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:31.360 in a lot of other places. We've kind of been 235 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.639 waiting for this to happen. I imagine that they were 236 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.080 like looking for maybe ways around this because they do 237 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:42.000 want to sell more PlayStations. They do, but that these 238 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:44.679 companies want to raise prices when they can get when 239 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:46.159 they can get away with it, and then they also 240 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.240 sometimes feel forced to do so. This definitely feels like 241 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:53.360 we're on that path of them, like looking at Okay, sure, 242 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:55.919 right now, we could probably get away with continuing to 243 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.279 charge the same price for the PlayStation if ever then 244 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:02.320 goes perfec from here on out. But the way the 245 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.799 world has gone, maybe we should not assume that, and 246 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.639 so we can get away with raising prices right now. 247 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:10.919 People still understand, like the tariffs are a factor there 248 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:14.039 as well as a bunch of other things. So let's 249 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:15.960 just do it, even though it's. 250 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:16.840 Going to look bad. 251 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:20.559 You know, at a certain point, if you're a console 252 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.279 gamer and you're looking at PlayStation it's like, what other 253 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:24.399 choice do you really have? 254 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.200 I mean, you can go with Xbox. 255 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.799 But it's gonna kind of feel like you are just 256 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.360 waiting to get those or waiting to get some games 257 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.039 and other games you'll never get, or it's PlayStation will 258 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:38.360 eventually just get those Xbox games. So maybe Sony feels 259 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.200 emboldened and on a lot of fronts, and I think 260 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:46.320 they probably do. What is your read here, inevitable? Small 261 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:49.919 part of me is like, I'm glad it's only fifty bucks, right. 262 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.360 It could have been more. They could have justified more, 263 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:55.120 but they only went up fifty dollars. I hope it 264 00:11:55.200 --> 00:12:00.559 is not a longer term plan with incremental release increases 265 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:04.879 that would be rough. I find it interesting that they're 266 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:06.960 trying to bury it in the game's calm news cycle. 267 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.240 That's week we're on to you, Sony. Sorry about that. 268 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.840 It's it's rough. 269 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:15.559 It's just a sign of the times that we live in, 270 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:22.480 the insane, hard to explain crazy times that are the 271 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.960 world at the moment. It's not great. It's it's uh, 272 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.159 it's it's it's unfortunate, and there's really not much more 273 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.559 you can say about it than this medium that we 274 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:36.720 love this art form, whatever however you feel about it, 275 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:41.279 is simply getting harder for the layman, the normal casual 276 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:45.120 gamer to enjoy, and that ultimately hurts the whole thing 277 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:46.960 in the long run. They can we can talk about 278 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:49.320 all the games from games Com all we want, all 279 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:51.919 the reveals, all the trailers, all that good stuff till 280 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.399 we're blue in the face, and we will. But if 281 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.399 there ain't people to play it, if the people can't 282 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:58.879 afford the consoles or the PCs to get in on 283 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:02.799 the ground floor, what the hell does any of it matter? Right, 284 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:06.519 It's just it's it's it's I hate I hate it. 285 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.799 I mean, there's no other way to put it. I 286 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:08.759 hate it. I mean. 287 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:10.600 Then they kind of they stewed this up themselves in 288 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:14.279 a lot of ways, these big corporations, to deflating wages 289 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:17.720 for decades, lobbying to make sure that it stays that way, 290 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.440 kind of building it through the culture, putting out propaganda 291 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:23.519 and that to make people feel like we don't raise 292 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.039 the minimum wage, that'll get rid of jobs. And now 293 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.960 here we are like so far removed from like where 294 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:33.399 the purchasing power was once for minimum wage jobs, where 295 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:35.600 it's like, hey, you could work here and eventually afford 296 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.120 a house. That is just not that's a whole other 297 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:41.399 planet at this point, is what it feels like. And 298 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:43.720 these companies are responsible for that sort of thing. So 299 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:46.000 when people don't have the money to get into this 300 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:49.600 hobby anymore, which is what we're seeing from the younger generations, 301 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:52.279 gen Z doesn't buy video games. They don't buy any 302 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:56.639 fucking video games. So and like, can you justify that? Well, no, 303 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.279 I get it, because they have given them these others. 304 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.440 Get into our free to play games, get on a treadmill, 305 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.080 and then we'll find the ones of you that do 306 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:06.080 have money, and we'll turn you into Wales and we'll 307 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:08.679 extract that. And we're not really interested in the rest 308 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:10.960 of you because you don't have any money. And so, 309 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.639 and that means are we interested in making console games 310 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:18.320 anymore traditional games? And they clearly are losing their appetite 311 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.720 in a lot of ways. They're losing their the belief 312 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:23.279 that these things can grow, or else these prices wouldn't 313 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.639 be going up. The prices simply would not be going 314 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:29.039 up if they believed in these products long term, because 315 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:30.360 they would be like, no, we want to get more 316 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.320 people into here. 317 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.759 They don't think that's going to happen. 318 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.480 It is about getting more money from us, and that 319 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:38.679 is like the beginning of a death. 320 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:41.039 Spiral in a lot of ways. Now is it that grim? 321 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.919 I don't know. Things will change, they always do in 322 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:46.519 video games. It's like the one constant is the constant 323 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.200 is that things are dynamic, and one day is very 324 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.639 different from the next, and one year is especially very 325 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:54.879 different from the next year. But we have stagnated in 326 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:57.759 a lot of ways, and it's like, Okay, maybe that 327 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.399 truth is not as true as it once was, or 328 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:04.120 it will take longer than it has in the past 329 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:05.639 for that sort of change to come. 330 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.559 And when it does, what does it look like? Does 331 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.480 it just keep getting worse? Right now? It feels that 332 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:12.879 way a little bit. So it's it's rough, you know. 333 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.879 We can't compare this. 334 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:16.360 The Xbox Series consoles did go up in price as 335 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.080 well a few months ago. 336 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.639 Yeah, that was like earlier in the summer. 337 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.159 The Xbox Series X two Terabyte Galaxy Special Edition is 338 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:27.080 now no longer the most expensive console. Remember that went 339 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.240 up from six hundred dollars to seven hundred and thirty dollars. 340 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:33.039 So now the PS five Pro is only a little 341 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:35.960 bit more expensive than that. And then you know that's 342 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:39.159 not an Xbox Series X Pro, the Xbox Series X 343 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:41.320 like the one that has the disk drive that most 344 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.399 people would probably get. 345 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:46.279 That's six hundred dollars, so right in line with the PlayStation. 346 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:51.559 Now, okay, yeah, well, how does PlayStation sort of come 347 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:54.399 out and like like sort of distracting this themselves? Like 348 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.320 are they going to have games here pretty soon to 349 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:57.679 kind of really get people to be like, you know, 350 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.879 what it's worth that price? 351 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:03.120 I do believe you yourself was starting a pot a couple 352 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.159 of days ago saying that there was a showcase coming 353 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:08.039 in September. Then we're still to play. Yeah, might want 354 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:11.799 to move that up, maybe until before Memorial Labor Day. 355 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.399 Excuse me if if that is something you're planning to 356 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.639 do just to get this sour taste out of people's mouths. 357 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.919 I don't think people are gonna be want to be 358 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.080 sitting on this for a month if that's how long 359 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.919 it's taking you to get the State of Player showcase out. Yeah, 360 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.879 I mean they're gonna especially first party stuff, especially first 361 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.559 party stuff. They do have Ghost of Yota coming out here, 362 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.240 they do? Is that a console sellerround. 363 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.679 I mean, you know what, I don't know. 364 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:38.440 I think it is in some places, and I think 365 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:40.000 for some people that would be like, oh yeah, I 366 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.360 should I should get this. 367 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:43.200 I love ghost Sushima. 368 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.559 We are forgetting the other thing that is going to sell, 369 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:49.879 specifically PlayStations, and maybe a good reason if you're one 370 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.960 of these companies to do the price increase now so 371 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:53.840 you're ready for when that launches. And that's Grand Theft 372 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.559 Auto six next year, which it's kind of like, throw 373 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.960 all this shit and we're staying out the window. 374 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.200 Right. 375 00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.639 People will buy that game. 376 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.799 Z will buy that game right because it'll become a 377 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.079 cultural thing, their favorite stream will be playing it. 378 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.640 That will move the needle. 379 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.640 So kind of everything they do before that is just 380 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:13.119 like maneuvers to maximize the value of call of duty, 381 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.039 of well, call duty, but Grand Theft Auto, that's that 382 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:19.400 is what they're trying to do here. So you know, 383 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:23.559 the PlayStation five has continued to sell like really well 384 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:25.920 in terms of just hardware sales. 385 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.720 It's like two. 386 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:30.559 Million when you launch launch a line the PlayStation five 387 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:32.559 up against the PlayStation four. I think it's about two 388 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:35.920 million behind the PS four. That'll probably flip as soon 389 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:39.720 as Grand Theft Auto six is here, so and you 390 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.640 know another thing that might flip is the you know, 391 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:44.640 PlayStation five so sold a certain amount this year, and 392 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.559 then next year it'll probably sell more than that. So 393 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.400 it's like, we're gonna see this like bell curve and 394 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:51.680 then there's gonna be a new spike. So I just 395 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:54.400 think Sony's feeling very confident because of that one game. 396 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.359 And then meanwhile, and in the meantime, if you're buying 397 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:00.640 that system to play PlayStation games, it's still continues to 398 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:03.279 feel a little bit like when. 399 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.880 Is this going to get started? And I just don't 400 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.200 know if that's ever gonna change. 401 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.759